The game has been out for over 20 years but the speedrunning community is still whittling down its world record time thanks to newly discovered glitches and seemingly limitless room for route ...

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The various Rainbow Road tracks that have appeared in every Mario Kart game are some of the most famous tracks in the entire franchise. They each are unique in their own ways and have attracted a ...

“The History of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out World Records” by Summoning Salt (screenshot by Dan Schindel) It’s time for a holiday edition of our column of new and noteworthy video essays! Granted, none of ...

Speed-runners inhabit a unique segment of video game culture. They take something that most people think of as a leisure activity and turn it into an adrenaline-fueled, flop-sweat-inducing test of ...

Even if you don't know anything about the deep web subculture of speed running, there's a decent chance you've played the original Super Mario Bros. enough to know what's special about world 4-2. This ...

Like crappy graphics, split-screen co-op, and multiple sports titles to choose from, today's youngsters don't know what it's like to be stuck in a video game with no idea what to do next. Now, instead ...

After 75K attempts over five years, Summoning Salt says he's hanging up the virtual gloves.

YouTuber Summoning Salt has been running a great series on speedrunning history for the past few months. In it, he takes a game - up until now, mostly console-focused - and goes over its entire ...

One of the best changes to the Games Done Quick series of charity speedruns over the last few years is the focus on education rather than raw speed. The speedrunning community feels more open than ...

Mario Kart Wii is nearly 13 years old, but hardcore players are still trying to bend it to their will with “ultra shortcuts” — massive lap skips that require unreasonably high levels of skill. But ...