Bananasaurus Rex
| Bananasaurus Rex | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Aaron James Loder September 4[1] Stephenville, Newfoundland |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Livestreamer, Speedrunner |
| Website |
www |
Aaron James Loder, professionally known as Bananasaurus Rex, is a Twitch.tv streamer and a video game speedrunner.[2]
Loder was the first to successfully perform a solo eggplant run in Derek Yu's roguelike platformer Spelunky.[3] An eggplant run is a very luck-based and challenging endeavor originally meant for co-op play only. It was thought impossible to do solo.[4]
Loder started his speedrunning career with Portal 2. He was able to simultaneously hold world records for 48 of the 51 levels at once.[5] Since summer 2013, Aaron has been streaming regularly on Twitch.tv.[6] At first, he mainly streamed speedruns of Spelunky, though after building up a large enough fan base to obtain a Twitch partnership, he was able to quit his main job and continue livestreaming on a full-time basis. He found his niche as a variety streamer, streaming a wide range of games ranging from indie to triple A.[7]
Besides Portal 2, Rex has also done speedruns of Dustforce, Paranautical Activity, Risk of Rain, Spelunky, Dark Souls II, 1001 Spikes and Wings of Vi. He has held speedrunning world records in all of these games.[8][9][10]
In September 2015, he became the first person to beat PangaeaPanga's infamously difficult Super Mario Maker level "Bomb Voyage", succeeding after a collective effort of over 11,000 failed attempts.[11]
References
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/bananarex/status/507563867388776448
- ↑ Klepek, Patrick (2009-09-01). "Some World Records Happen at 3 A.M.". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (2013-11-12). "Man makes Spelunky history by recording the first successful solo eggplant run". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "A breakdown of 2013's most fascinating video game moment". Polygon. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ Keene, Bradley (2014-06-04). "Interview: Video Game Speedrunner Bananasaurus Rex | What's Your Tag?". Whatsyourtagblog.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Twitch". Twitch.tv. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Bananasaurus Rex on Twitter: "Come join me for my first stream as a FULL TIME STREAMER! Spelunky speed runnin' and Dark Souls 2 shield runnin'! "". Twitter. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "PBs And World Records". B-rex.tv. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141229094437/http://mosstier.com/category/1/. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Steve Marinconz. "Dark Souls 2 World Record Speedrun 17:51:67". Watchlist.kotaku.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "It Took 11,000 Tries To Beat This Brilliantly Evil Mario Maker Level | Kotaku UK". Kotaku.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-20.