Video Gamers Raise $150,000 for Cancer in 6-Day Marathon

Video gamers often are portrayed as slackers. But at a video marathon last month, participants proved to be adept fundraisers.

The video-game enthusiasts from the group Speed Demos Archive, whose members dedicate themselves to completing video games quickly, raised about $150,000 for cancer research in a six-day marathon of speed gaming. That’s a big jump from the $53,000 the group raised last year in its initial event for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.