Sorry that I wasn’t able to put up a post when it started on Friday, but Games Done Quick set up a two-day marathon in support of the Houston Food Bank. Harvey Relief Done Quick is, as you would expect, intended to benefit those who are affected by Hurricane Harvey. They have currently raised almost $110,000 USD.
The current game, as I write this post, is Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, all dungeons and Ganon — they’re just wrapping it up. It will be be followed by a six-hour run of Chrono Trigger, 100% glitchless (all quests). Tomorrow night ends with a 100% map race of Super Metroid, and a three-and-a-half hour run, give or take, of Final Fantasy IV. As usual, they are streaming around the clock until then.
The next scheduled Games Done Quick is Awesome Games Done Quick 2018 in January.
Really Scott, no one is going
Really Scott, no one is going to benefit from an industry that itself generates a lot of the global warming so maybe your entire industry needs to be looked at for its adverse environmental effects! No one affected by hurricanes needs the gaming industry’s money!
“A new study published in the
“A new study published in the journal Energy Efficiency finds that worldwide, gaming computers suck down $10 billion worth of electricity (or 75 terawatt hours) a year. Given that sales rates are projected to double by 2020, that figure is expected to do the same. The study finds that while gaming computers comprise just 2.5 percent of personal computers worldwide, they account for 20 percent of global computer energy use.” (1)
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“Gaming Computers Use a Truly Astonishing Amount of Energy”
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ae3b5k/gaming-computers-use-a-truly-astonishing-amount-of-energy