Ash Parrish

Shadowheart is the most romanced character in Baldur’s Gate 3 and has been nicknamed “God’s favorite princess” by the BG3 community (it’s a meme, trust me.) Apparently, this designation also makes her the most valuable character in a Baldur’s Gate 3 speedrun. She gets transformed into a bear and throws her massive ursine weight around to kill one of the game’s major bosses.

If you’re a regular, mortal player, it probably took you somewhere between 50 and 750 hours to beat Elden Ring. But if you’re a speedrunner, you can beat the game in 20...minutes and! you don’t even have to fight a boss.

In my short tour of all the technology that keeps GDQ running, I asked what piece of equipment director of technology Jason “Wyrm” Deng would grab first in case the building caught on fire.

I’ve only been at Games Done Quick for all of 20 minutes and I’m already charmed by the event’s press badge. It’s Penn! The journalism bird from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, one of the best examples of press representation in a video game ever. I’ve collected a lot of press and convention badges in my time but this is one I’m proud to keep.

Ninja Theory shared some updates on development on Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II during Xbox’s Developer Direct showcase. For Senua’s next adventure, she’s on a journey of revenge, going after a troop of Vikings that have been raiding her village.

In about an hour, Peanut Butter, the shiba inu partner of speedrunner JSR_, will make his Games Done Quick debut running Gyromite — an NES game that made use of Nintendo’s R.O.B accessory. This is the first time a dog has ever speedrun a game at the annual speedrunning charity event and it is sure to go down as one of the best runs of all time. Don’t miss it.