Update: Awesome Games Done Quick has hit its fundraising goal with its charity efforts, but it is still going strong and collecting donations.
Currently $543,960 have been raised toward the events $500,000 goal, and that number continues to climb.
Original story:
Awesome Games Done Quick, a video game speed run archive website, is currently collecting donations during a week-long live stream in the interest of raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
You can tune into, and donate money to the live stream by heading here. So far $29,360.62 has been collected of its $500,000 goal. The event started today and ends on January 11. During the stream, speed runners will be making record attempts on assorted games like Pikmin 3, Cave Story, Banjo Kazooie, Bioshock, Resident Evil 4, the Mega Man and Mega Man X series, and many, many others. You can see the whole schedule of planned speed runs by heading here.
Thanks to Davis Thorne, Josh Flinders, and Dennis Silva for the news tips!
[Source: GamesDoneQuick.com]