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‘DOOM’ is Now Playable on… a Pregnancy Test?
One of the longest-running jokes in video games is getting the original DOOM to run on unconventional things. We’ve had it on printer displays, watches, cash registers, and microwaves, but the most recent port is perhaps the strangest yet.
Finding out you have Hellspawn on a pregnancy test would normally be a bit worrying, but in this case, it’s just the hellbeasts of DOOM. Foone on Twitter had initially got a video of the Id classic playing on the 128×32 pixel monochrome display of a pregnancy test, but thanks to some extra wizardry, they actually got the game running on a teensy display that ordinarily has the sole purpose of telling you if you should start investing in a crib or not.
Yesterday I had a lot of retweets and reddit posts and such for playing Doom on a pregnancy test.
But as I explained then, it wasn't really PLAYING on a pregnancy test, it was just a video being played back, not an interactive game.Well, now it is. It's Pregnancy Test Doom! pic.twitter.com/Nrjyq07EVv
— foone (@Foone) September 7, 2020
It’s not easy to see much detail given the minuscule display and low pixel count, but it’s unmistakably DOOM…running on a pee stick.
It’s impressive, but we all know technology won’t peak until DOOM is running on a strand of hair or a fleck of dandruff.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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