The EVO story got me thinking about the SDA Charity Marathons that I am a big fan of. Speed Demos Archive features gamers from around the world doing speed runs on all sorts of games with all the proceeds going to charity. Their last marathon raised almost half a million dollars for cancer research, and their next marathon coming up later this week will support Doctors Without Borders.

I have no idea if they get permission to stream all of these games, though I do know that in the past companies like Blizzard have given them prizes to award to donors in their random giveaways, so obviously there is some contact involved with a a few game companies.