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<\/figure>\n In a week filled with fantastic live speedruns at Summer Games Done Quick 2022<\/span>, a one-hour playthrough of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance<\/em><\/span> still turned heads. Even more remarkable was the encore, unlocked through community donations: a frantic race through the game\u2019s Blade Wolf<\/em> DLC campaign which ended up setting a brand-new world record. Or at least it would have, had it been real. Instead, a few days later the speedrunner behind it confessed to having faked it using a pre-recorded video compiling his best times from previous runs.<\/p>\n Speedrunning culture<\/span> is incredibly online, with players swapping strategies on forums, livestreaming their practice and world record attempts from all over the world, and later uploading the best times to record-keeping sites like Speedrun.com. One of the things that makes annual events like SGDQ is that some of the most talented players behind all sorts of different games get to come together in person and showcase their craft live for fans and casual viewers alike. In this context breaking records is rare, and all the more special because of it. Substituting pre-recorded footage for live attempts, on the other hand, is sacrilege. But that\u2019s exactly what a speedrunner who goes by Mekarazium admits to doing last week.<\/p>\n