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How Doom became the test app for every hacked gadget

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May 28, 2025
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Mac Schwerin reports on the use of 1993's Doom to illustrate the computing power of random gadgets with screens, from alarm clocks to pregnancy tests: "The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere."

Doom's most entertaining developments happen in the shadow of the franchise, where fans resurrect the original g…

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