Playing games makes sense, but racing against the clock in games? This week, we're talking about Speedrunners!
What is a speedrun? What is sequence breaking? Is cheating in video games ok in a speedrun??
We're going to go fast in this week's episode!
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Play-by-play 00:09 - Theme Song 01:10 - Who are Speedrunners? 03:33 - Trivia 21:52 - Why are people speedrunners? 30:47 - Different kinds of speedruns, and specifics of speedrunning 51:06 - Fans of the week 1:00:12 - Spotlight: [Games Done Quick!](https://gamesdonequick.com/) 1:01:50 - Secret Spotlight: [Race Against Time!](https://raceagainsttime.io/) 1:02:25 - Where can I learn more about Fanthropological / The Nickscast 1:04:10 - Outtakes
Citations ["Wikipedia - Speedrun"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun) ["An Animated 'Speedrun' Through Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"](http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/speedrun_through_fear_and_loathing_in_las_vegas.html) ["The 10 Best Videogame Speedruns"](https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/the-10-best-videogame-speedruns.html?a=1) ["Speedrun.com"](http://www.speedrun.com/) ["Speedrun.com - Forums: Why did you Decide to Run Your Most Recent Speedgame"](http://www.speedrun.com/Speedrunning/thread/4wit4) ["Speedrun.com - Forums: Drug Testing"](http://www.speedrun.com/Speedrunning/thread/lzny6/5) ["SpeedRunsLive - Frequently Asked Questions"](http://www.speedrunslive.com/faq/) ["Gamers Divided Over Freakish Feats Achieved With Tool-Assisted Speed Runs"](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528811/20060417/index.jhtml) ["5 Lessons to Take Away from Awesome Games Done Quick 2015"](https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2015/01/5-lessons-to-take-
away-from-awesome-games-done-quick-2015.html) ["TASVideos - Welcome to TAS Videos"](http://tasvideos.org/WhyAndHow.html) ["Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - Donation Index"](https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/donations/agdq2016) ["Why The Super Mario Bros. World Record Has Been Broken So Many Times Recently"](http://kotaku.com/new-glitch-reignites-the-super-mario-bros-speedrun-rac-1787596081) ["14 Years Later, Zelda Fans Discover New Way to Kill Wind Waker Boss"](http://kotaku.com/14-years-later-zelda-fans-discover-new-way-to-kill-win-1787459259) ["Why Speedrunners Use Glitches"](http://kotaku.com/why-speedruners-use-glitches-1582919382) ["SDA Knowledge Base - What is a Speedrun"](https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/What_is_a_speedrun) ["Speedrunners Finally Pull off the 'Holy Grail' of Mario 64 Glitches"](http://kotaku.com/speedrunners-finally-pull-off-the-holy-grail-of-mario-6-1787247119) ["SpikeVegeta on the Growth and Competition of Speedrunning: I Want Something 'On-The-Line' for these
Runners"](https://pvplive.net/c/spikevegeta-on-the-growth-and-competition-of-speed) ["Trihex on the Future of Speedrunning: We Could Definitely use a Twitch Speedrun Directory"](https://pvplive.net/c/trihex-one-thing-we-could-definitely-use-is-a-spee) ["Hanging Out With a Pro Video Game Speedrunner Defending a World Title"](http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/hanging-out-with-a-pro-video-game-speedrunner-defending-a-world-title) ["What makes a speedrunner popular? : speedrun"](https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/5hicw9/what_makes_a_speedrunner_popular/) ["How we Can Fix Speedrunning - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt8hd_nfTPc) ["Super Mario World Credits Warp Explained - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.co...
