I found Twitch around the same time and started watching the top runners of the day-mostly Zoasty, who became my favorite Super Metroid speedrunner and Twitch streamer. I remember thinking that a race of the game didn't sound that entertaining, but I was wrong! Just like in the early days, I was immediately hooked and so amazed by the runners and how similarly but differently they each played the game. Shortly after that I found out about GamesDoneQuick and started watching. In 2013 I found updated runs on SpeedDemosArchive. I would casually run both games at least once or twice a year for many years, but took some time off for a few years, between 2010-2014 or so. I managed to pull off some of the stuff in Metroid Prime, but was far more successful with Super Metroid. I started casually trying to copy the tricks and strats I saw in those speedruns-to see how quickly I could get through the games myself. In real time, the runs were over an hour). I instantly fell in love with both, completely amazed at how skilled the players were, and blown away by the fact that they could collect all the items in "under an hour" (tracked using the in-game timer. There were some for Metroid Prime, and some for Super Metroid. The first speedruns I ever saw were posted on SpeedDemosArchive back in the early 2000s. Super metroid randomizer wrecked ship middle full#I'm a 30-something year old man with a wife and three kids, a full time job, a degree in cybersecurity and information assurance, and a Twitch stream on the side that I spend most of my "free time" on. Zeni: Hi, I'm ShinyZeni but I usually just go by Zeni. Zeni, can you tell us a little about yourself? How long have you been speedrunning and what got you into it? My specialty is Metroidvania, but I also research FPS (first-person shooters) and survival horror. Nick: I'm a Gothic ludologist who writes about horror in videogames.
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