Bananasaurus Rex

{{short description|Canadian streamer and speedrunner}}

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| name = Bananasaurus Rex

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| birth_name = Aaron James Loder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|4}}{{cite tweet|user=bananarex|number=507563867388776448|date=September 4, 2014|title=birthday|accessdate=December 29, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://clips.twitch.tv/TallTrustworthyPlumberGivePLZ|title = Twitch}}

| birth_place = Stephenville, Newfoundland

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| nationality = Canadian

| occupation= Livestreamer, Speedrunner

| website = {{URL|www.b-rex.tv}}

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Aaron James Loder, professionally known as Bananasaurus Rex, is a Canadian Twitch streamer and a video game speedrunner.{{cite web|last=Klepek |first=Patrick |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/some-world-records-happen-at-3-a-m/1100-4871/|title=Some World Records Happen at 3 A.M.|publisher=Giant Bomb |date=September 1, 2009|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}

Loder was the first to successfully perform a solo eggplant run in Derek Yu's roguelike platformer Spelunky.{{cite web|last=Matulef |first=Jeffrey |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-12-man-makes-spelunky-history-by-recording-the-first-successful-solo-eggplant-run |title=Man makes Spelunky history by recording the first successful solo eggplant run |website=Eurogamer.net|date=November 12, 2013|accessdate=December 20, 2015}} An eggplant run is a very luck-based and challenging endeavor originally meant for co-op play only. It was thought impossible to do solo.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/23/5227726/anatomy-of-a-spelunky-miracle-or-how-the-internet-finally-beat |title=A breakdown of 2013's most fascinating video game moment |publisher=Polygon |date= 23 December 2013|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}

Loder started his speedrunning career with Portal 2. He was able to simultaneously hold world records for 48 of the 51 levels at once.{{cite web |last=Keene |first=Bradley |url=http://whatsyourtagblog.com/2014/06/04/interview-video-game-speedrunner-bananasaurus-rex/ |title=Interview: Video Game Speedrunner Bananasaurus Rex | What's Your Tag? |website=Whatsyourtagblog.com |date=June 4, 2014 |accessdate=December 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020101646/http://whatsyourtagblog.com/2014/06/04/interview-video-game-speedrunner-bananasaurus-rex/ |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |url-status=dead}} Since summer 2013, Loder has been streaming regularly on Twitch.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.twitch.tv/bananasaurus_rex |title=Twitch |website=Twitch |date=August 15, 2015|accessdate=December 20, 2015}} At first, he mainly streamed speedruns of Spelunky, though after building up a large enough fan base to obtain a Twitch partnership, he was able to quit his main job and continue livestreaming on a full-time basis. He found his niche as a variety streamer, streaming a wide range of games ranging from indie to triple A.{{cite web|author= |url=https://twitter.com/BananaRex/status/466771413178007553 |title=Bananasaurus Rex on Twitter: "Come join me for my first stream as a FULL TIME STREAMER! Spelunky speed runnin' and Dark Souls 2 shield runnin'!" |publisher=Twitter |date=May 14, 2014|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}

Besides Portal 2, Loder has also done speedruns of Dustforce, Paranautical Activity, Risk of Rain, Spelunky, Dark Souls II, 1001 Spikes and Wings of Vi. He has held speedrunning world records in all of these games.{{cite web |url=http://www.b-rex.tv/pbs/ |title=PBs And World Records |website=B-rex.tv |date= |accessdate=December 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103835/http://www.b-rex.tv/pbs/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://mosstier.com/category/1/ |title=Leaderboards: High score |website=mosstier.com |accessdate=August 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229094437/http://mosstier.com/category/1/ |archivedate=December 29, 2014}}{{cite web|author=Steve Marinconz |url=http://watchlist.kotaku.com/dark-souls-2-world-record-speedrun-17-51-67-1586629971 |title=Dark Souls 2 World Record Speedrun 17:51:67 |website=Watchlist.kotaku.com |date= 5 June 2014|accessdate=December 20, 2015}}

In September 2015, he became the first person to beat PangaeaPanga's infamously difficult Super Mario Maker level "Bomb Voyage", succeeding after a collective effort of over 11,000 failed attempts.{{cite web|url=http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/09/21/took-11000-tries-beat-brilliantly-evil-mario-maker-level |title=It Took 11,000 Tries To Beat This Brilliantly Evil Mario Maker Level | Kotaku UK |website=Kotaku.co.uk |date= |accessdate=December 20, 2015}}