Marathons: Gamer-style

By: Simon Jones | July 22nd, 2009

So quite often in my line of work I find myself drifting off into tangents when browsing the net. Sometimes this is just into random hilarious sites like “Stuff White People Like” (which I recommend all un-PC people visit), while other times it is onto job sites like Seek where I browse all the awesome, high-paying jobs I’m not at all qualified to apply for.

But recently, I’ve become completely swept up in UStream fever. This great little piece of technology lets me watch all the sport I need to for work, as well as random Mexican ads about shampoo. Yesssssssss.

I was just searching through a couple of shows one day when I found the Holy Grail of Rad: Mario Marathon 2. Immediately I punched myself in the face for the sheer realisation that I had somehow missed the first Mario Marathon. Frustrated by that fact as I was, I tuned into the program and was greeted by three gods of gaming. These blokes were attempting to play – and complete – every single Mario game in order to raise money.

I ended up watching sporadically throughout the day, seeing them take turns sleeping and just generally being swept up in the constant stream of Twitter messages they were receiving. This got me thinking, what other sorts of games would be worthy of a marathon in order to raise money? – keep in mind that these guys collected $28,000, immediately after which they did a most excellent Mario dance.

I’d really like everyone’s thoughts as I’m pretty keen to do one myself with a few fellow gamers. Obviously it wouldn’t be on the same scale as Mario Marathon or the popular Final Fantasy Marathons, but it would be a sure-fire way for me to curb boredom on a weekend.

Thoughts?