I know my life is where I want it to be when I’ve been watching half hour videos about the history of Pokémon speed run records at two in the morning. 
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This is a wonderfully specific subculture
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Yeah it’s kinda amazing, right?
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I highly recommended watching the 20 min documentory linked in the article on Super Mario Bros. speed runs. Absolutely fascinating https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/amp15925655/super-mario-4-2-summoning-salt/?__twitter_impression=true …
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It’s amazing right? I just watched that one this morning. Agreed, absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

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My 17 year old son is a competitive Mario speedrunner. (64, Galaxy/Galaxy 2/Sunshine/etc.) Has top 5 times in some games and treats it like a Div 1 athlete treats their sport.
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That is awesome. Tell him he has old people on Finance Twitter rooting for him!
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I am beginning to understand that high level video game players are more interesting to kids. Yesterday my son watched a twitch stream of a tournament of Super Smash Bros. He knows all the top players.
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It’s probably generational to some extent. I find it fascinating; I rarely watch esports but I love watching videos about video games. I almost never play them anymore, but they were a part of my life from a very young age and there is a strong nostalgia there.
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The technical glitches discovered are fascinating as well. The recent one discovered in LoZ:OoT – Arbitrary Code Execution – has records falling left and right.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdRJWDKb5Bo …
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The cleverness on display in that video is absolutely stunning to me. Thank you so much for sharing.
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