The invisible walls of video games
Squeezing through the cracks
Teleporting and warping memory
The human and machine collaboration
diegoplays Position your character on the exact pixel to discover how speedrunners walk through solid walls.
diegoplays Subpixel Wall Clipping
Lining up the subpixels (right on the frame!) / Phasing through a solid wall (breaking the game!)
diegoplays The speedrun community offers cash prizes to anyone who can solve legendary glitches.
Cosmic glitch: In 2015, a speedrunner's Mario teleported because an ionizing cosmic ray struck the console's RAM, changing a 0 to a 1.
diegoplays Tool-Assisted Speedruns use computer programs to execute inputs with frame-perfect precision.
What is the term for community-funded cash prizes offered to players who can solve or prove a specific glitch?
How do creators of Tool-Assisted Speedruns input their button presses to achieve frame-perfect accuracy?
What software tool do glitch hunters use to view real-time memory addresses and coordinates while playing?
Which modern platforming game's developers actively chose to keep speedrun glitches in the game as advanced mechanics?
What rare astronomical event is believed to have caused a famous, unrepeatable teleportation glitch in Super Mario 64?
What movement exploit from the game Half-Life did developers eventually embrace as a core mechanic?