The 2025 edition of charity fundraising speedrun event Awesome Games Done Quick has been running for the last week, featuring such wonderfully absurd runs as an Elden Ring saxophone-controller boss showcase and a Crazy Taxi speedrun performed with a live band. As a Fallout sicko, I was pleased to see Tomatoangus (also known as Tomatoanus) tackling a New Vegas all-romances run, a somewhat niche speedrun record we've written about before.
There are 12 romanceable characters in Fallout: New Vegas, and collecting them all Pokémon-style in a single playthrough would normally be impossible. Its NPCs have predetermined sexualities, and there's normally no way to change your character's sex to suit their preferences mid-game. However, as Tomatoangus explains in this run, quicksaving and quickloading right before the moment you're asked if you've finalized character creation means the pop-up keeps appearing throughout the game, letting you sneakily rebuild your character halfway through.
