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The day I stop talking about Doom mods is the day I’ve been captured by aliens who have taken over my body, but they don’t know how to operate it. In fact, I need to work out a system to let everyone know I’m not the real me. For now, let’s take a look at a curious monstrosity that’s coming to id Software’s iconic FPS. Over on ModDB, user Anya_Forger is in the midst of modding Doom 2 so that reminds us all of the pain that once was 1996’s Bubsy 3D. It’s a curious mix, I have to admit, but it remains to be seen why this…

Benjamin Franklin once said that “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Had he been alive today, he almost certainly would have said, “oh, and the other certainty is people will keep modding Doom until the end of time.” Quite the forward thinker. Anyway, here’s id Software’s iconic FPS running on a toothbrush. Just a few days ago, Twitter user atc1441 (thanks, Rock Paper Shotgun) uploaded a brief clip showing Doom running on a smart toothbrush. On the tiny screen of the Planck Mini, you can just about make the game…

If you thought the days of porting Doom onto every possible device known to humanity were over, think again. Now, get ready to slay demons while also maintaining a neat yard. You may be a lover of violent FPS games, but you’re also a responsible adult now. If you happen to have an Automower NERA from Husqvarna, know that an update for the firmware is coming soon which will allow you to play classic Doom. Just to clarify, it won’t turn your garden into the realms of hell. Rather, you’ll be able to control it on the…

As influential as the original Doom games are, it’d be interesting to know how much they’d stand the ravages of time were it not for modding and unusual ports. It set the building blocks for the FPS genre back in the day, but the fact that people continue to tweak the original formula shows just how much of an impact the series has had these past 30 years. Sometimes mods will even incorporate other horror franchises. Take this one that mixed Doom with Friday The 13th. Inspired. Now, here’s one for us Alien lovers,…

Oh, Doom. Is there any method by which you can’t be ported? Evidently not, it seems. The latest in a near-endless attempt to get id Software’s iconic FPS up and running on just about everything on the planet is one that will be music to your ears. Or not, as is the case. Over on Reddit, user wojtek-graj has made Doom completely playable…in audio. That is to say, they’ve managed to get it to run in a spectrogram, which is a visual representation of sound frequencies. Actually, I’ll let them give you the lowdown: The game…

Believe it or not, these are not even the weirdest ways folks have found to play Doom.Gif: YouTube - Sprite_TM / Ancient / SeanHodginsIf anybody remembers the old “Can it run Crysis?” meme, the joke has long since fallen flat as more games have long exceeded the specs requirement on that 16-year-old game. On the flip side, “Can it run Doom?” has a separate connotation. It belies the ingenuity of tinkerers and DIYers trying to find the most unique system to support a game that first hit store shelves on Dec. 10, 1993.But…

Nvidia is quite forthcoming about its themed hardware products. In October, Team Green launched an Alan-Wake 2-themed graphics card in honor of the horror sequel’s release. Now it’s Doom‘s turn to get the RTX 4000 treatment. If you want to get your hands on a 4090 GPU styled after id Software’s iconic shooter, Nvidia is giving you a few days to take part in a giveaway. In a recent post on Twitter, the tech giant has said it’s celebrating Doom‘s 30th year with a chance to win one of the most powerful pixel pushers in…

The original Doom recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, making me feel quite old. As well as being an early blueprint for the FPS genre, id Software’s iconic shooter is also a popular modding playground. Sometimes, these mods harken back to even older gaming days. Modders Gokuma and Kontra Kommando have crafted a love letter to an absolute classic ’80s slasher film. Specifically, they’ve turned Doom into Friday the 13th. More specifically still, they’ve based it on the NES adaptation, turning the 1989 side-scrolling…

Well, it’s been about a hundredth of a femtosecond, let’s see what people are trying to port Doom onto now. Oh my, would you look at that! It appears as though it’s possible to get id Software’s iconic FPS to “run” on cells. In a meeting of technology and biology, PhD student Lauren “Ren” Ramlan at MIT (as shared by Reddit user AnNdPh) has figured out a way to use E. coli cells to sort of run Doom. Now, I’m not scientifically minded, so I don’t fully understand how they do it.…