I’ve been following this game’s speedrun for years; I never expected to see it on the front page of HN! This post could use a (2021), because this trick was discovered years ago. For anyone interested in speedrunning, this game has some of the most insane tech I’ve seen in any game and is definitely worth checking out.

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PaulStatezny 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> this game has some of the most insane tech I’ve seen in any game and is definitely worth checking out

Given the context of this forum, I'd be interested to hear more about what's so interesting about the technology!

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lesam 3 hours ago | parent [-]

'tech' in speed running is a reference to "technique" rather than "technology". https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Tech

	▲	aaroninsf an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you TIL

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glouwbug 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How close was it technically to Jak2? I consider that the defining technical mastery of that generation