Lars Clausen (USA) covered 14,686.82 km (9,125.97 miles) by unicycle between 22 April and 12 November 2002. His double crossing of the USA started in Tillamook, Oregon, and finishing in Los Angeles, California, taking in 48 states in between. The ride was a fundraiser for the Seward Peninsula Lutheran Ministry. Clausen is a Pastor. He used a 91 cm (36 in) Coker unicycle with improved seat and pedal cranks of varying lengths depending on the terrain being crossed.

The longest underwater walk was 73.39 m (240 ft, 9 in) by Joseph Wilkie (USA) at the Town of Tonawanda Aquatic and Fitness Center in Tonawanda, New York, USA, on 5 August 2011. Wilkie held a 25 lb (11.34 kg) weight plate to keep himself submerged whilst running along the floor of the center’s pool.

The longest video games marathon playing a Japanese role-playing game was achieved by Philip Kollar (USA) who played the Final Fantasy series for 34 hours in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from 6-7 August 2011. The attempt started at 9:02 am on 6 August and ended 7:02 pm on 7 August 2011. Philip Kollar is an Associate Editor at Game Informer and the attempt took place in Game Informer’s offices. Sara Wilcox and Freddie Hoff adjudicated.

The longest videogames marathon playing a fighting game lasted 48 hours exactly and was achieved by Anthony ‘AJ’ Lysiak (USA), who played Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom, 2012) at Game Emporium in Garrettsville, Ohio, USA, from 4-6 May 2012. The Game Emporium arcade where the attempt took place is a small local business that ran two consecutive lock-in events to support AJ’s attempt.

The longest videogame marathon playing a dance/rhythm game lasted 24 hr 2 min 44 sec and was achieved by Carrie Swidecki (USA), who played Dance Central 2 (Harmonix, 2011) at Otto’s Video Games and More in Bakersfield, California, USA, from 16-17 June 2012. This is Carrie’s second successful Guinness World Records attempt: she reclaimed her title by playing a motion-sensing dance game but previously held the record by playing a non motion-sensing dancing game.

A documentary on Elvis Presley (USA), called The Definitive Elvis Collection, produced by Passport International Productions, California, USA, has a duration of 13 hr 52 min (including titles). Featuring over 200 interviews, with Elvis’ friends, family, fans and co-stars, production began in January 2000 and it was released on DVD/VHS on 16 July 2002.

The longest video games marathon playing a survival horror game was achieved by Tim Turi (USA) who played the Resident Evil series for 27 hours 8 minutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from 6-7 August 2011. The attempt started at 9:02 am on 6 August and ended 12.10 pm on 7 August. Tim Turi is an Associate Editor at Game Informer and the attempt took place in Game Informer’s offices. Sara Wilcox and Freddie Hoff adjudicated.

The longest video games marathon playing a stealth game was achieved by Ben Reeves (USA) who played the Metal Gear Solid series for 48 hours in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from 6-8 August 2011. The attempt started at 9:02 am on 6 August and ended 9.02 am on 8 August. Ben Reeves is an Associate Editor at Game Informer and the attempt took place in Game Informer’s offices. Sara Wilcox and Freddie Hoff adjudicated. Introduction pp.6-7 Featured in Gamer’s Edition 2012

The longest videogame marathon playing a role-playing game lasted 48 hr 14 min, and was achieved by Jeff Nation, JJ Locke, Casey Coffman, George Vogl and Jeff Sagedal, a.k.a. The Great Falls Gamers (all USA) at the Montana State University College of Technology in Great Falls, Montana, USA from 6-8 May 2012. The Great Falls Gamers played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks, 2011). They previously held the record for the longest videogames marathon playing a First Person Shooter (FPS).

The longest videogames marathon playing a platform game lasted 50 hours 1 minute, and was achieved by David Dino, Lauren Guiliano and Sean Crowley, who played LittleBigPlanet 2 (MediaMolecule, 2011) in the Sony Style PlayStation Lounge in New York City, New York, USA, from 17-19 January 2011. Stuart Claxton adjudicated.