AGDQ<\/a>) has been going on all this week. For those unfamiliar, it’s a twice-yearly week-long marathon of obsessive nerds beating video games as quickly as their little thumbs can muster. Folks gather round their computer screens all over the world to watch a guy that knows a video game back and forth slice through it like a hot knife through butter. Everyone has a good time and they all donate money to help fund cancer research. I dig using my second monitor at work to watch gamers completely master old NES games that I could never get past the second level and other dudes just break the shit out of modern titles to get through them in minutes.<\/p>\nThe highlight of this AGDQ is definitely this run through of Resident Evil 7 on Madhouse difficulty. Carcinogen, the unfortunately handled streamer, goes on a madcap dash through one of the scariest video games in recent memory. My lady and I quit playing RE7 roughly halfway through the game because it was just too intense, so I really enjoyed watching Carcinogen’s careful explanations of how the game works and his tidbits of Louisiana trivia. I especially enjoyed watching his carefully planned strategies go to absolute shit as he’s forced to think on his toes and get very, very lucky to make it through.<\/p>\n