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Annual video game marathon raising money for the Video Game History Foundation. Showing off great gameplay for a great cause! Mark your calendars, next event is January 25-26, 2025 Learn more at https://defeatinggames.com

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Feb 13

We've officially closed the Defeating Games for Charity campaign for 2025, and after a few straggling and anonymous donations, this year's grand total is $6,000 raised for @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social!!

Thanks again everyone who contributed. We'll see you at the next one!

Screenshot from the Defeating Games website showing the text "A huge thank you to everyone who donated. Thanks to you we raised $6,000 for the Video Game History Foundation."

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.

Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

library.gamehistory.org — Now in early access

YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

You can follow all our streamers on Bluesky using this starter pack! go.bsky.app/KYY3oyi

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

Defeating Games for Charity 2025 streamers (2/2)

www.twitch.tv/kyleanderror13
www.twitch.tv/lostlake86
www.twitch.tv/mystery_dip
www.twitch.tv/n0isses
www.twitch.tv/omegainterta...
www.twitch.tv/robotspacer
www.twitch.tv/sol10gaming
www.twitch.tv/timlongojr

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you also to the organizers and streamers. Please follow them all here for more great gameplay! (1/2)

www.twitch.tv/agelessrpg
www.twitch.tv/artimage84
www.twitch.tv/rirchterbelm...
www.twitch.tv/bradsgamedev
www.twitch.tv/calamitynolan
www.twitch.tv/kaeon

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

Defeating Games for Charity 2025 is over! We did it!

Thank you to everyone who watched and donated. Our final total for the event was $5,715.69 raised for the Video Game History Foundation!!

We'll leave open the campaign through the end of the month if you still want to donate!

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

Secret double bonus super special stream unlocked! Thanks to everyone's generous donations, we've got one more stream to round out the event. Join us as Belmont plays Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter with the lead programmer and game designer of the game!

twitch.tv/rirchterbelmont

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

We hit our donation milestone for another speedrun from Kaeon! Come watch him turn Mega Man, the blue bomber, into the blue blur!

twitch.tv/kaeon

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 27

Wrapping things up for Defeating Games 2025 is Kaeon speedrunning a double feature of pogo games: DuckTales and Shovel Knight!

twitch.tv/kaeon

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Next up is CalamityNolan playing a Pikmin Randomizer — it's the first Pikmin game but all the enemies, ship parts, and onions have been shuffled around!

twitch.tv/calamitynolan

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Now we've got a dev stream from Omega Intertainment playing their game Tower Song and discussing their game-making process!

twitch.tv/omegaintertainment

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Time for an Out Of This World stream with Sol10 playing Kerbal Space Program!

twitch.tv/sol10gaming

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Up next is a flight of influential indie games that inspire Bradsgamedev, including Passage, Alphaland, Pathways, Every day the same dream, Inside a Dead Skyscraper, Aether, and Circle Pit Manager!

twitch.tv/bradsgamedev

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Let's keep it going with AgelessRPG speedrunning Might & Magic, the NES game that takes days to beat casually, in a matter of hours!

twitch.tv/agelessrpg

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Welcome to Day 2 of Defeating Games for Charity 2025! Let's start it off right with MysteryDip playing Tyrian over on Artimage's channel!

twitch.tv/artimage84

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kyleanderror13 @kyleanderror13.bsky.social · Jan 26

And I'm live for Defeating Games for Charity 2025, raising money for @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social ! More than $1.5K raised already! Come hang out!
twitch.tv/kyleanderror13 @defeatinggames.bsky.social #twitch

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Defeating Games for Charity 2025 | Hollow Knight No Hit True Ending | !dgc.charity !pledge !donate

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Rounding out Day 1, we've got true expert KyleAndError13 playing a No Hit True Ending run of Hollow Knight!

twitch.tv/kyleanderror13

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Mike Piontek @robotspacer.online · Jan 26

Tonight I’m joining @defeatinggames.bsky.social to raise money for the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! I’ll be playing and talking about Mystery House and Enchanted Scepters—including a Mystery House speed run! www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #Twitch

Photo of me holding up a copy of Enchated Scepters on floppy disk, and a jewel case for the Roberta Williams Anthology

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 26

Let's keep it rolling on Defeating Games for Charity 2025 with robotspacer playing early adventure game Enchanted Scepters and Mystery House! Come learn about their relevance and impact today!

twitch.tv/robotspacer

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 25

We've got a real treat coming up, bassist and gamer N0isses is playing music rhythm Rocksmith with a real guitar!

twitch.tv/n0isses

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 25

Tim disguised himself as a raptor to sneak past the baddies

Screenshot cropped from a Twitch stream with a streamer wearing a raptor mask and a low poly raptor on screen

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 25

Next up, industry legend Tim Longo JR will play the notorious physics-based Jurassic Park game Trespasser!

twitch.tv/timlongojr

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 25

Defeating Games for Charity 2025 continues with LostLake86 playing Minecraft, showcasing both speedrun strategies and the Dev Game Club community realm!

twitch.tv/lostlake86

Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 25

Defeating Games for Charity 2025 is kicking off with Artimage playing One Finger Death Punch and The Secret of Monkey Island!

twitch.tv/artimage84

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Defeating Games @defeatinggames.bsky.social · Jan 25

The Defeating Games for Charity pre-show is live now!

Come meet some of the streamers and learn about the Video Game History Foundation work we helped fund last year

twitch.tv/artimage84

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