What is a speed run (or “speedrun”)? Wikipedia says it’s “a play-through of a computer or video game, the whole game or a selected part such as a single level of it, with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible.” That’s their competitive usage.
But I like to watch them for fun and “education”, as well. Especially older games, which I may have played a lot of, at a younger age 
but which I am relatively unlikely to invest the time into playing again. Some speed runs skip a lot of the game, and/or show a “perfect game”, but others are more “human-like”, and show the entire game. It’s like watching a great player play the entire game for you.
Of course, that would spoil current games, or games I still have the intention of playing through. But, as I said, for older games… it’s fun.
Here’s a link with a lot of movies at The Internet Archive. Some are small, some are huge, but all I’ve seen so far are very interesting… to me, at least.
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