Hey everyone! While I think of a bed joke, come on in and sit down. The episode, we have Brian from the Zelda Podcast Chat of the Wild to walk us through the already broken speedrun of Echoes of Wisdom. Part Zelda game, part tower builder, a dash of Link, and some menu manipulation combine to make this one of the fastest any% runs in the series. So…

Disillusioned knight Bowen (Dennis Quaid) befriends Draco (Sean Connery), the last of the dragons, and the two begin scamming village folk as Bowen repeatedly "kills" Draco for money. Bowen soon learns that Draco is… ok you got me. Dayoman went through the cutscenes so fast that we’re not sure what exactly happened. I was at a loss, so I stole some…

It’s a Need For Speedrunning Commentary Special! In this episode Brad, Hobz, and Wigi watch a live run of Resident Evil 1 Randomizer from Flame Fatales 2024! Normally the commentary is exclusive to the Patreon feed, but this month everyone can get in on the action of hearing the podcast laugh about ceiling sharks. Did I mention there’s a free trial…

Another GDQ happened, so we talked about it! Plus, there was a Halo 3 run at the event that included 4 players and there's 4 of us, so watching that just felt right. Get yourself a group cuddle session going and take a drive through today's episode!Halo 3 run: https://youtu.be/32YQWdl-Djc?si=JQxqqJp6CqegyS-FSGDQ 2024 Playlist: https://youtube.com/ …

Hey there! SGDQ was last week, and our friend and executive producer just so happened to run the new game from the maker's of Sonic Mania. We talk Penny's Big Breakaway, SGDQ2024, Super Monkey Ball, a handful of randomizers, various Tonys Hawk, come to think of it SGDQ 2023 as well, CD-I Zelda likes, and what really goes on at GDQ.Mildew0 and Penny…

Somehow it took 3 years to do an episode on one of Hobz's favorite speedruns of all time. I'm not sure how this happened. We are commissioning a panel of experts to dig into all of the information we have and issue a report detailing our failures in this regard, and we promise it will never happen again. Ori Boom Shakalaka ------------------- Liste…

Come in and find a seat, because Prof. Hart was just about to begin the lecture on the history of going fast. We’re gonna learn about arcades, Twin Galaxies and hot sauce nepo baby William Mitchell Jr., and I even read in the syllabus that dirty pictures are involved. So I’m sure it will be very educational. Fun for the whole family! Check out our …

Look, space travel is hard. We lost Hobz, Luigi wet himself, and we almost got eaten by the friendliest deep sea fangly fish. Join Rubie, Bradley, and Luigi as they blast off in a wooden space ship to get the band back together. Check out ptminsker’s 100% WR here: https://youtu.be/VaZIVBiShso?si=TCnsv6Hyw1mnMIsn Support the show and listen to our c…

It’s that time of year again, where we copy paste the episode description of a previous time we looked at a GDQ schedule. Can you figure out which one we used? Maybe it’s from SGDQ 2023, maybe not. Oh ho, I wish I was you right now, you little detective you.

Please be seated… we gather on this fine Sunday morning to rejoice in fellowship and thank our lord and savior Gnarfas for our many many blessings. Be they going fast, hot zip lines, baby goats, and no really but how he make us go so fast. Centaur Daddy will be around shortly with the donation plate, so please give generously to the Patreon so you …

For this week’s episode, we’re taking a look at more speedruns that we think people should know about! Luigi, Rubie, and Hobz each bring two (or more) games they feel need at least some kind of promotion, and also Fallout for unknown reasons. Feel free to hit us up with your recs in the comments or on discord. Support the show at https://www.patreo…

Oyyyyyyyyyyyyyy it's time for Need For Speedrunning! This time we check in everyone's favorite little guy, Toon Link and his boat... well not so much his boat... or his sister... or Tetra really. Wait we never ever see Nico or Grandma! I think I need to go lie down. Watch mralberto's run along with us Check out our Patreon for free…

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a GDQ event? Wonder no more because Rubie is here to tell you all about how... it says here they broke their toe during the marathon. Can you imagine getting that hurt and still going on with the show? What a professional that Rubie is, what a fighter. When I grow up, I wanna be like Rubie.List of run…

Look, pick any class you want. It doesn't matter. The second we get in the boss fight, Hobz is going to turn into an invisible bear and go sick house on their asses. In the meantime, why don't you hide in the corner with Rubie, Brad, and Luigi, cause they're talking about the Baldur's Gate 3 speedrun and D&D in general. Head here to see maeeeeee's …

Who's a good dog, huh?! Is it you? Are you a good dog?! You are? Oh my goodness, look at what a good puppy you are. Button? Button? Buuuuutton, good dog, very very very good and staaaay... staaaaaaaaaaaay,... you are doing such a great job. Staaaaaaaaaay and SIT! Good dog! What a good dog you are, here's some ham.To watch Peanut Butter (and JSR_)'s…

We're BACK and ready to chat about all the chaos! Tune in for some behind-the-scenes discussion with two members of the AGDQ Interstitial Team, hear the whole gang chat about why Drum% rivals Dog% for the best showcase run of the event, and listen to our thoughts on the MC Escher painting brought to life in Manifold Garden! Watch the run we watched…

When that Bruno music starts playing in the distance, you know what time it is! Time to nestle into the corner of your couch, hold your Bruce close to you, and watch speedruns of holiday movie tie-in games. Our old friend spikevegeta is back to watch another Grinch speed run this year, but Hark! This one is actually kinda good! So have Max run to t…

You know the drill, we see how many of hundred and twenty or whatever games we can name in a single hour. Will we break our PB of 33.67 from the AGDQ 2023 Pit Stop? Well there's only one delicious way to find out. Come on in and celebrate our favorite time of the year: when the holidays are over and AGDQ can finally begin! Support the show ON PATRE…

I go fast, you go fast, baby mario and chain chomp go fast. Patreon.com/PossiblyBad To see GoombaNL's All Cup Tour WR: go here: https://youtu.be/DClC7Rw0jXQ?si=jDvZTcKMkpSt1OH8

Ever wanted to start speedrunning but just don't know where to begin? Well pull up a chair as we dig into just that. Quick runs, fun runs, easy runs, vegan runs, and free records, we've got your back! Unless you're a tomato... or Kyle.Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/possiblybad

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's John Spooner-Man! Starring in a speedrun that was a world record when we first watched it but is still really cool. Picture this: Parker swings into a room and poses so hard the bad guys collapse. I know Dave, it's wild! We also dig into some speedrun news including Mario, more Mario, GDQ, and even more GDQ! So snugg…

We're continuing our series on mini episodes about speedrun terms! In the case of "Reverse Boss Order," the name is fairly self-explanatory, but the question is "how is that even possible???" Join us as we dive into the wild world of playing games in reverse order for maximum confusion! Support the show at Patreon.com/PossiblyBad…

…and you said you are here to see Samus? Well it might be a minute as she's currently running in place as she slowly moves through a wall. But maybe Rubie, Hobz, or Luigi can help you? After all, they watched and did a breakdown of the speedrun, AND they're obeying the laws of physics right now. Honestly that's probably the better option, consideri…

It happens all the time. You're scrolling through GDQ vods, and you see a category with something crazy like Low% in the title. And it's like, you've seen that before and your friend explained it to you and it was very clear but also no it wasn't. Well we here at Need For Speedrunning feel your pain and want to help with our new series “Speedrun Gl…

Look, we all know what our boy Sonic is all about: going fast and eating ass, and this week there is plenty of fast to go around. We sit down and take a look at eandis' Sonic 3 & Knuckles world record in the Sonic category, which starts with a bang and never lets up. Join us for all the screen and level wrapping goodness your heart desires and try …

In this episode, Rubie, Nichole, and Bathinjan start a three person Ghost Hunting Detective Agency and then go golfing, because golfing is something successful ghost hunting detectives do on the regular. So join us for some co-op speedrun discussions and let us know your favorite game to to speedrun with friends. Check out NicholeGoodnight and Bath…

Hot behind! Ya know, you gotta be careful in the kitchen. Never know when chef will hit you with a tomato or some unbread big boy will crash through the back door looking for a side of ranch. Lucky for us head chef Rubie and sous chef Jhobz are here to make sure service goes smoothly. If you're hungry, grab a slice of that leftover cheese pizza whi…

Brad decided to put his big boy pants on recently and take a crack at speedrunning one of his favorite games of all time: Celeste! Join Rubie and Brad as they discuss their first speedruns, tips for practicing, how it’s not necessary to stream in order to speedrun, and (most importantly) how to navigate speedrun.com…

After the panel fell through, Rubie, Brad, Hobz, and Luigi gather in a hotel room to catch up on each other’s week at Summer Games Done Quick 2023

It's the two-year anniversary of Need for Speedrunning! 🎉We're celebrating by revisiting the game from our very first episode: Breath of the Wild! Turns out things have changed a lot in the past two years (but 3D Zelda games having a stamina bar is not one of them). Come join us for some (spoiler-free) Tears of the Kingdom talk and a trip down memo…

The SGDQ 2023 schedule is out and it's deep dive time! Join hosts Brad, Rubie, Luigi, and special guest BC from the Chat of the Wild podcast as they traverse the hundreds of hours of content coming our way in just a few weeks... backwards.Check out the full schedule on the GDQ website: http://gamesdonequick.com/scheduleAnd listen to more of BC (and…

Ahh yes, Mario, the world famous… shoe cobbler, yeeeeaaah, who… rescues dogs and runs a banana shop. No wait that’s his rival, The Donkey. Look, I don’t know anything about these games. Just trust me, it’s a really fun episode. ————————— To watch Tyron18’s run with us, head to: https://youtu.be/wiDB4F_wA4Q ————————— To listen to our commentary, hea…

Is this episode even real or is it just a prank? Yes. Brad and Hobz take things at a different pace and talk about high levels play at high amounts of time. If you want to make it feel more authentic. feel free to pause the episode for a few days while you wait for the shampoo to upgrade.

Welcome Tarnished to Brad Tells Us About Elden Ring! This week, Hobz and Luigi finally relent as we check out the 2022 GOTY, and Rubie gets to see all manner of big boys. So climb on Torrent with us as we do some insane horse jumps on our way to becoming the Elden Lord!-------------------Support the show to get access to our commentary track: Patre…

Come on in and grab a carpet square, cause we’ve got a treat. Kev Bayliss stopped by to talk about his long and legendary career as a video game artist/designer/engineer, starting out at Rare at the age of 16 and how the company changed during his 20 years at the company. Follow us as the industry changes from poster paper to rendering images on th…

*This month's topic was selected by one of our very own patrons: Hypixion! We had a blast watching an All Bosses run of The Pathless - a gorgeous game with a zen-like movement flow and a whole lot of giraffes (if snakes are giraffes). This is definitely one to listen to the commentary track and watch the run along with us for sure!*Check out the ru…

This week we’re talking about the challenge where you save Princess Toadstool from King Koopa… or Wart… or Bowser? Speedrunner, host, commentator, and TCG extraordinaire Skybilz stops by to talk about their AGDQ 2023 Super Mario Shuffler run and you know, just about life man.Here's a link to Sky's AGDQ 2023 run: https://youtu.be/7MO-TiCsScQ -------…

The crew emerge from their post AGDQ 2023 naps to sit down and discuss their favorite speedruns of the charity marathon, but the main event is two of the incredible races that happened! During the break, we watched vanni_van and Iceblue race through BS Legend of Zelda before moving on to the Love 3 race between Char_bunny, Paulister, and Heponwana!…

We always talk about speedruns from a "watchability" perspective on our show, but what exactly does that mean? What can make a speedrun bad to watch? What about a game that's bad to speedrun at all?? Luigi and Hobz dive into the nitpicky sides of speedrunning in this meta topic on the genre as a whole.…

It’s that special time of year, when we all grab the comfiest jammies and pile onto the couch to watch some Christmas movie tie-in video game speedruns! The lovely spikevegeta and Rubie have brought some runs along, and hey! Two thirds of them were pretty great! Runs watched during the break: -How The Grinch Stole Christmas - https://youtu.be/VnXRH…

Curl up with a warm mug of leftover gravy, because we’re gonna snuggle up with the AGDQ 2023 Schedule. Hobz, Rubie, and Luigi start from the back and work their way towards the pre-show, stopping to admire the great runs and runners along the way. Come Speedrun and chill with us.

You ever heard of Master Chief? John-117? Green shooty boy & blue AI girl? Well it turns out he's much more of a villain than you might think... Join us as we discuss AGDQ 2023's recent schedule release, watch a Legendary run of Halo: CE, and welcome our new co-host RUBIEHART!Check out the Halo leaderboards at https://haloruns.com/ or watch the run…

We’re back with another Great Speedruns In History episode, this time looking at the nail-biting Ninja Gaiden Relay Race from AGDQ 2015. In addition to providing the commentary, our guests Sinister1 and Duckfist were responsible for putting together GDQ’s first relay and one of the most exciting moments in the history of the event!…

Link… would you kindly open your eyes and grab that surfboard, even though it may look a little corpsey. Some dude named Ayn Rand or whatever built an underwater hippie farm, and the Royal family is afraid of losing all that delicious brow sweat. If you need more info, @kungfufruitcup stopped by Need For Speedrunning to break down the current Biosh…

Need For Speedrunning: Like a dead Mudkip, we’ll always be by your side in case you need to surf on our corpse. Speedrunner extraordinaire Corvimae stops by the show to talk which gens are good, baseball stats, calculating IV spreads by hand, and dead Mudkips! Support the show over at Patreon.com/PossiblyBad ------------------- Corvimae has lots of…

It’s time, everyone! CovertMuffin joins us to finally talk about the greatest, most life changing, poetic, and legendary piece of speed tech ever found… that’s right Crash 3’s double slide! You thought I was gonna say the move Hobz found that was subsequently named after him, didn’t you? That wouldn’t be very fitting for the most humble speedrun po…

Woah, an actually digestible Pit Stop??!?! Today we just wanted to promote some games and speedruns we think deserve more love... or hate. Join us with special guest Ethan King from the Procedurally Generated Show! Follow Ethan on Twitch Twitter YouTube Check out the runs we discussed on speedrun.com! Trauma Center: Second Opinion Unmetal Marvel's …

Well howdy! Been quite a while since we got us a new deputy here in Raccoon City, especially one with a knife that seems to silently scream like yours does. I was busy listening to JHobz, Bradley, and Luigi talk all about the RE2 Remake with Bobby The Blacktastic, but it’s getting harder to hear over the low roar of your knife crying out for weird …

On this episode of NFSR Pit Stops, Hobz and Luigi sit down with two runners from SGDQ 2022, RUBIE HART and Xem, to talk about being back in person, different runs, how they got their starts in speedrunning, and a whole lot more in our longest ever episode. Come hangout and listen! Follow our guests! RUBIEHART is RUBIEHART on Twitch @RUBIEHARTGaming…

Hey so a tiny little unknown thing in speedrunning happened this month called SGDQ 2022! We talked about it! We also chilled and watched a bombastic and colorful speedrun of Solar Ash, Heart Machine's follow-up to the hit action game Hyper Light Drifter. So go watch 14 hours of speedruns, play Daytona! on loop, and spam some PogBones to get yoursel…