These Weird and Wonderful Devices All Run Doom

1. Pregnancy Test

Congratulations, it’s a Cacodemon! You might have to squint a little to play it, but hardware wizard Foone managed to play Doom ron a pregnancy test’s tiny black-and-white screen. They initially used it as a monitor, which is an accomplishment in itself, but took things one step further and got it running on the device itself.

2. Single Keyboard Key

Now out of production, the Optimus Maximus was a keyboard where every key was a small display screen. Modder Radio4Active got Doom running (at an admittedly low frame rate) on just one single key.

3. Supermarket Barcode Scanner

Bored to tears as your partner/relative/friend drags you around shopping? Simply grab one of the supermarket’s self-shop barcode scanners, install Doom and you’re away. Okay, it took modder tamay-idk more work than that but I’d still love to see shoppers reach for one of these to find Doom has been installed on every single one.

4. Medical Device

Why hack something to run Doom? For the challenge? The prestige? Just because it’s there? In the case of HTM Workshop, they wanted to show just how vulnerable some medical devices can be. I think they’ve proved their point.

5. Panasonic Welding Robot

I couldn’t hunt down the price for this Panasonic welding robot, but compared so similar models it’s worth five, maybe six figures. It’s probably going to murder us all, but in the meantime, Xenazorro squeezed Doom onto it. I’m assuming it was their own personal property, otherwise their supervisor is absolutely going to want a word.

6. McDonald’s Till

You may have seen the picture of Doom on a McDonald’s kiosk but, sadly, that turned out to be fake. Former McDonald’s manager Fleebs, however, had Doom running on a McDonald’s till which is the next best thing, especially if the lunchtime rush is eating away at your soul.

7. Espresso Machine

Need a boost to sharpen your reflexes? Rouge-agent007’s Doom-playing espresso machine could be just the thing. Decaf is not an option.

8. Kodak DC260 Digital Camera

Virtually every current mobile device can run Doom (and emulate half a dozen consoles) but back in 1998 it was a big deal. The idea of running Doom on one of that year’s Kodak DC260 digital camera seems ridiculous. But as VideoGameObsession shows, it can be done and what’s more it’s perfectly playable.

9. ATM

This hole in the wall machine is missing the wall, but it’s no less impressive that Aussie50 and team got this ATM playing Doom. While the video clearly shows them using a keyboard, the description states they eventually got it running using the side keys and pin pad alone.

10. Sex Toy

Dubbed “Dong DOOM” by modder MyTinyHappyplace, this is a creative use of an AliExpress sex toy. Why does this thing have an LCD screen? I’m not sure I want to know but they’ve succeeded in turning it into an altogether different kind of entertainment device.

11. Ticket Validator

Need your parking validated? This device, from Aussie modder Zbios, will punch, shoot and chainsaw your ticket. It helps that this device runs Windows CE though, slightly disappointingly, this was their own personal property. They didn’t just install Doom on a random street ticket machine and stroll off whistling nonchalantly

12. Thermostat

Ever got moaned at for playing with the thermostat? Cz7asm struck a blow for all of us with Doomstat, Doom running on a Honeywell Thermostat. It makes use of a SNES joypad and the “hot as Hell” jokes write themselves.

13. Treadmill

It’s cool that Kreeator3 got Doom running on a treadmill but what really makes this award worthy that they did this in their school’s gymnasium, while it was in use. “Sadly we got kicked out of the gym before I could figure out how to map the onboard buttons and get the belt to spin as you run in-game,” they explain.

14. John Deere Tractor

It’s not a good idea to get distracted when you’re operating heavy machinery but, like the hacked medical device there’s a point to this Doom device. John Deere has been accused of locking tractor owners out of their tractors’ internals, making it harder to repair them. It was only in 2023 that farmers won the right to repair their tractors. By putting Doom on this machine, modders Sickcodes and Skelegant were highlighting the possibility of jailbreaking John Deere’s tractors.

15. Ultrasound Scanner

I’d like to say that BwaveTV saw Doom running on a pregnancy test and had a hold my beer moment, but this was a full five years before that. Strafing doesn’t work on this ultrasound machine unfortunately, but everything else does and I can see it making for one hell of a gender reveal party.

These are the cream of the crop, as Macho Man Randy Savage would say. But if you’re curious as just what else can run Doom, check out the Will It Run Doom subreddit, which is where a handful of these awesome accomplishments came from.

Cities: Skylines 2‘s PC release was a little rocky, to say the least. This city management sequel was plagued by performance and stability issues, which, at one point, were being put down to NPCs’ teeth.

Colossal Order apologized and went all out to fix the game, but its reviews are still sitting at Mixed on Steam, compared to the original’s Very Positive. And now, it seems like those same stability and performance issues are dragging Cities: Skylines 2‘s console port down.

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“Unfortunately, we have not yet met the stability and performance targets we set for the console release. Without a Release Candidate (RC), we are now unable to meet an October release window,” reads a statement posted to publisher Paradox Interactive’s forum.

The game was set for an October 2024 release on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, but Colossal and Paradox are unable to confirm a new release window, effectively delaying the game indefinitely. They’re planning on having a new release candidate in August, but there’s no guarantee that’ll be up to scratch either.

While Colossal hasn’t said anything to this effect, one factor could be that Cities: Skylines 2 will also have to run satisfactorily on the Xbox Series S, which is significantly less powerful than the Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5.

“We are committed to keeping you informed throughout this development process, even if the updates aren’t always what we’d like,” Colossal’s message read. So, while Cities: Skylines 2 will probably arrive on console eventually, don’t hold your breath.

Pitting you against the twin menaces of the Vulgus and the Colossi, The First Descendant isn’t short on enemies. But the Gluttony Colossus could give players more to worry about. It’s just part of a wave of extra content that’ll be arriving over the next six months, taking us up to December.

It’s absolutely in Nexon’s interest to keep this online looter-shooter fresh, so it doesn’t go the way of Redfall or Exoprimal. Here’s what’s on the cards for early August:

• New Descendant Luna,
• New Colossus Gluttony,
• New Ultimate Valby
• New Ultimate Weapon
• New Skin

The First Descendant roadmap has revealed we’ll be getting Luna, Ultimate Valby, a new Ultimate Weapon, and Colossus at the start of August, just a few weeks after the game’s launch. And later that same month, a new Descendant, Colossus, and Ultimate Descendant will release, which keeps the momentum going and will officially kick off Season 1. So far, we don’t know much about Luna or what Valby’s Ultimate will look like. But if it’s anything like Bunny’s, we’re interested.

December brings another descendant, a ‘mega’ dungeon, a utility companion, another new Descendant, weapons, and more. So, it looks like Nexon has plenty of content planned for the rest of the year. Though one problem many players may run into is limited Descendant slots. To increase those slots, you’re going to need to spend Caliber. Keep that in mind when you’re researching and grinding out Descendants you might not really love or want.

If you’ve yet to play The First Descendant, it’s out now and available to play on Xbox, PlayStation and PC.

Capcom’s dinosaur-based online shooter Exoprimal launched last year to a relatively mixed reception. Once you get over the fact it’s not Dino Crisis, there’s fun to be had, but it’s far from the smash that Capcom might have hoped.

The company admitted as much last year (via IGN) but tried to put a positive spin on things. stating that “Going forward, we will continue to release content for the game while monitoring player behavior with an eye toward expanding sales.” But now, Capcom is drawing a line under Exoprimal, confirming there’ll be no new content.

“With the release of Title Update 4, all planned Exoprimal seasonal content is now complete. From July 11, Season 1 returns, with subsequent returning seasons and content starting on the first of each month,” the official Exoprimal account tweeted.

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So, while the game isn’t being shut down, the “seasonal” content will keep on cycling. It’s not a great look, particularly since Exoprimal isn’t a free-to-play game. It launched onto Game Pass, but if you wanted to purchase it outright, it would cost $59.99.

It gets worse. While you’ll probably have more luck on Game Pass, there are just 71 people playing the game on Steam, down from nearly 5,000 at launch. There’s no offline mode, either, so those 71 are the only people playing Exoprimal via Steam. That’s an even lower player count than Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which is sitting at around 400.

Still want to kick dinosaur bottom? Exoprimal is 67% off on Steam and available through Xbox Game Pass. But if you were counting on it leading to a Dino Crisis 4, don’t hold your breath.

Dr Disrespect, whose real name is Guy Beahm, was banned from Twitch in 2020 for reasons that weren’t disclosed, at the time. However, a former Twitch employee recently made a tweet, widely believed to refer to Dr Disrespect, alleging that the streamer was banned for engaging in inappropriate communications with a minor using Twitch’s messaging. A couple of days later, The Verge reported that another former employee, who chose to remain anonymous, had echoed these allegations.

Now, Midnight Society, the studio Dr Disrespect co-founded, has publicly cut ties with him. “We became aware of an allegation against one of our co-founder’s Guy Beahm aka Dr Disrespect,” reads a statement posted on Twitter.

“We assumed his innocence and began speaking with parties involved. And in order to maintain our principles and standards as a studio and individuals, we needed to act.” Midnight Society doesn’t state what their investigation found but concluded that the studio is “… terminating our relationship with Guy Beahm immediately.”

Beahm, who currently streams on YouTube, has also announced on stream he’s stepping away from streaming, taking an indefinite hiatus (via Dexerto).

“I’m just feeling burnt out, you know, maybe it’s time to start something new, something different,” he explained, without directly addressing the allegations.

“I did have a sort of a planned vacation coming up and I think I might just extend that starting today, starting now… I don’t know how long. Maybe I extend that.”

After being banned, Beahm took legal action against Twitch, with both parties reaching a settlement. He recently referenced that settlement, tweeting that while he was “tied to legal obligations”, “I didn’t do anything wrong, all this has been probed and settled, nothing illegal, no wrongdoing was found, and I was paid.”

Twitch has yet to comment on the allegations but for now and, it seems, the foreseeable future, Dr Disrespect is off the air thanks to this hiatus.

At least, it’s not good news if you were rooting for this reality TV show’s contestants. If, on the other hand, you tuned in for the drama, you’ll be rubbing your hands with glee. The show was filmed last year, so it’s not as if every relationship fell apart the week after the finale went out. But it’s not a great track record for the show.

The two-minute clip, posted to X by Netflix, has each couple detailing the circumstances of their break-up, with stories of partners being blocked, ghosted, and more. What’s particularly entertaining is that, since each cast member was interviewed separately, you get both sides of the situation.

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You hear Harry talk about his former match, Jessica, explaining, “It didn’t work out, but we still have an amazing relationship, and I think the world of her.” Then, the camera switches to Jessica, saying, “We haven’t kept in contact.”

On top of that, there’s Bryton all but accusing Elyse of being fake, remarking that “I started to see a personality that I didn’t get to see on screen.” Ouch. And Christine and Nigel? They barely lasted past their prize trip to Thailand.

You can check out the clip, and if you’re wondering how Perfect Match Season 1’s couples fared, they also broke up. All of them. Let’s hope Perfect Match Season 3, which is unconfirmed but seems likely to happen, can produce at least one match that lasts.

Life by You, Paradox Interactive’s open-world life sim, was set to go head-to-head against The Sims 4, but the publisher/developer has pushed it into the pool and deleted the ladders. Rather than announce a third delay, Paradox Interactive has abruptly decided to can the game entirely.

Developed in-house by Paradox Tectonic, Life By You caught the eye of many a Sims fan. Previews received a relatively positive response at Gamescom 2023. But Paradox has decided that not only is it not up to scratch, it’s not easily salvageable.

“Life by You had a number of strengths and the hard work of a dedicated team that went into realizing them,” Paradox’s statement reads, explaining that while a delay was an option, they weren’t convinced it would be the remedy the game needed.

“However, when we come to a point where we believe that more time will not get us close enough to a version we would be satisfied with, then we believe it is better to stop,” the statement adds.

As disappointing as this news is for would-be players, there may be bigger consequences for Paradox. As reported by CISION, the cancellation of the project means Paradox will be taking a loss of MSEK 208, just under $20 million.

“This is obviously tough and disappointing for everyone who poured their time and enthusiasm into this project, especially when our decision comes so late in the process,” Paradox Interactive says. Given this was Paradox Tectonic’s debut game, I hope disappointment, rather than layoffs, is where this ends.

Life by You will not be available.

Are the Fortnite Servers Down?

There are a few possible fixes for this Fortnite error, but the first thing to do is to check that the game’s servers aren’t down. To do this, there’s a couple of things you can do.

First, go to Epic’s own Server Status page here and click on the plus next to the Fortnite section. If you see mention of an outage, that means there’s an issue you can do nothing about. So, it’s time to close the game and try something else out for a bit.

If there’s no error, it could still be down, but Epic just hasn’t updated that page yet. Go to the Fortnite section of Down Detector and see if there are reported outages.

If Down Detector is reporting problems, don’t worry – Epic is likely aware of the issue and on the case. The official Fortnite Status X page will typically update players, keeping them aware of any ongoing issues and whether a solution is on the way.

At the time of this article’s most recent update, June 14, 2024, the issue is indeed on Fortnite‘s end, which means there’s nothing you can really do until it’s fixed. If you’re reading this article at any other time and the above tools are saying things are fine, then read on!

Related: When Does the Current Fortnite Season End?

How to Fix the ‘Failed to Download Supervised Settings Error’ in Fortnite

If neither page mentions any kind of system-wide error, it could be an issue with your PC or console. In that case, there are a few things to try.

• Check you have an active internet connection by opening up another online game visiting a website
• Try rebooting your PC or console
• Disconnect your PC or console from the internet, then reconnect
• Try turning your router on and off

Those fixes could work, but if you’re still getting the “failed to download supervised settings” error while trying to get into the game, it’s more likely to be an issue on Fortnite‘s end. It’s entirely possible you’re experiencing the error before any other tools have reported the problem. That’s not what anyone wants to hear, but these things happen, and Epic Games has done enough for its fanbase to earn a bit of a grace period when it comes to errors. So, sit tight and wait for things to work themselves out. Battle Royale isn’t going anywhere.

And that’s how to fix the Fortnite “failed to download supervised settings” error.

Fortnite is available to play now on various platforms, including the Meta Quest 2 and 3.

It used to be that whether you were on Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation, you could tweet a screenshot with a couple of button presses. If something silly or remarkable happened in the game and you were so inclined, you’d send it right to social media. It was also handy for getting screenshots off your console and onto your PC if you didn’t feel like digging out a USB stick and doing all the work associated with that.

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But in April 2023, Microsoft dropped Twitter integration from the Xbox, and PlayStation followed suit in November. Now, the last hold-out, Nintendo, has yanked the feature, simply explaining that “The feature for posting screenshots and videos to X (formerly Twitter) from the Album in the Nintendo Switch HOME Menu is no longer available.”

You can still post screenshots to Facebook via the Switch, but Nintendo advises that feature could be removed at some point. Why? It may be down to Twitter/X owner Elon Musk’s decision to start charging for access to the social network’s API. Maintaining this feature could be costing Nintendo money, and that’s just not going to fly in this day and age.

Related: How to Find General White in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The feature has been removed as of the current firmware update, 18.1.0, bringing the console into line with the Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. When quizzed about Microsoft’s original April 2023 move, Musk replied, “I will look into this,” but he has not spoken on the issue since. That says everything it needs to.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was supposed to be Rocksteady’s next big smash, a game to prove there was life beyond the Batman: Arkham games. Instead, it failed spectacularly, and at the time of writing, there were less than 250 people playing it on Steam. That’s a game that requires an online connection, in case you’d wiped that frustrating requirement from your memory.

Now, a report over at Bloomberg has revealed the behind-the-scenes drama. For starters, its failure was such a blow that Warner Bros. Discovery Inc’s video game head, David Haddad, flew in to see how the situation could be salvaged.

At least, that’s according to the current and former Rocksteady employees who spoke to journalist Jason Schreier. Schreier, who is known for in-depth pieces like this, interviewed nearly two dozen people who chose anonymity because they weren’t allowed to speak to the press. The article, which is an enthralling and horrifying read, is packed with behind-the-scenes tidbits. Here are just a few:

• New staff joined the project with no idea it was multiplayer
• The studio’s co-founders were working on a multiplayer puzzle game, which they ditched in favor of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• Rocksteady grew so much it became unwieldy and difficulty to manage

Related: Kill the Justice League Fans Are Furious Over the Game’s Handling of Joker

Granted, these are, again, from anonymous sources, but given the game’s troubled history, I can believe it. The report also states that some of Rocksteady’s staff are working on a director’s cut of Hogwarts Legacy. You could take that to mean that the developer is safe or, alternatively, that Rocksteady is in danger of being relegated to a support studio.

There’s still no release date for Suicide Squad‘s single-player mode, and while Rocksteady has released the game’s first season of content, it seems doubtful fans will get to defeat all thirteen Brainaics.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is now available on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5.

The final Venom film (at least until Sony throws a big enough wad of cash at Hardy), Venom: The Last Dance‘s trailer is as ridiculous as you could expect. It sees Hardy and symbiote pal Venom on the run from pretty much everyone, including Venom’s own race.

The head-munching suggests that Sony is going for a more adult rating this time. As much as I love the original Venom, watching the Lethal Protector munch someone off-screen just seems weird. The trailer also gives us a brief glimpse of actors Stephen Graham, Juno Temple, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a military officer.

The trailer even has Eddie/Venom fumbling the infamous “We are Venom” line and introduces Horse Venom. No, I’m not making this up – Venom literally takes over a horse, leaving Eddie clinging on for dear life. Someone give Sony a call and get them to make that an action figure.

That’s the good news. The bad news for MCU fans is that this seems to crush any hopes of an MCU crossover that sees Venom taking on Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. Before teaming up with Eddie Brock, the comic incarnation of Venom was bonded with Spider-Man, and their separation led him to bear a grudge against the web-slinger.

Related: Why Ultimate Spider-Man Works So Well

Sony’s Venom has nothing to do with Spidey, but Eddie and Venom get whisked away to the Sacred Timeline at the end of Venom 2 and return without encountering the hero at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Venom left a piece of himself behind, but the trailer appears to show Ejiofor’s character collecting that chunk. It’s not clear how he got to the MCU, but it looks as if Holland and Hardy won’t be teaming up this time around.

Venom: The Last Dance hits theaters on Oct. 25. Expect a reveal of the official Horse Venom popcorn bucket sometime before then.

That’s not to say Jason will be actually murdering anyone in platform brawler, but WB Games reveals that his “sleeping bag kill” will be appearing. Featured in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, the kill had Jason grabbing a camper in their sleeping bag and repeatedly swinging them against a tree.

The kill was cut, and only the first swing made it into the movie, but the footage is out there, and Jason X delivered an extended, dual-camper version of this gruesome execution. Now it’s in MultiVersus, albeit with less gore, and it’s just amazing.

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That’s not the only revelation featured in this grindhouse-style trailer dubbed the “Official Jason Voorhees ‘Weirdo in a Mask’ Gameplay Trailer.” Aside from watching Jason bloodlessly slay his way through other fighters, the trailer reveals that you can also play as Uber Jason from Jason X. However, it’s unclear from the trailer whether that’s a limited-time special skill or an unlockable cosmetic. 

Jason also takes a swing at Shaggy, though it stops short of giving us the Scooby-Doo/Friday the 13th crossover I’ve always wanted. “Why, it’s Roy Burns, the ambulance driver!”

I’m particularly impressed by the game’s cartoon take on Jason, so much so that I’d pay good money for an Amiibo-scale model of this incarnation. And if WB Games doesn’t step up with that, I’m sure someone will extract his model and turn it into a 3D printable mini-statue.

You can play as Jason Voorhees, along with 25 other characters, when MultiVersus arrives on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation on May 28.