Speedrunners raise over $1.5 million to help prevent cancer

Playing games fast is a popular trend, and it’s one that’s helping good causes in a big way.

Awesome Games Done Quick, an annual winter event in which speedrunners try to finish games as quickly as they can for charity, raised over $1,545,000 for Prevent Cancer during the past eight days. The event, which is in its fifth year and took place at the Hilton Washington Dulles airport hotel in Herndon, Va., also got over 81 million views on game livestreaming site Twitch.