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'Doom' Can Officially Be Played on Another 16-Year-Old Device

Rebecca is a scientist-turned-storyteller and professional ghostwriter who enjoys forgetting common English words and making up her own in their stead. She's probably stuck between two basically-the-same dialogue options in a Larian game as you read this (there's so much at stake, obviously!!!). Rebecca currently lives with two gigantic puppies, a toddler consistently LARPing as Lara Croft, and her Halo-playing husband in Detroit, MI. You can find her past work at Zelda Universe and Verily Magazine. All it takes is an old camera and some very specific firmware In need of a conversation starter for a late-summer event? A fill-the-silence trick for a lull at a backyard barbecue, or an emergency plan for the three seconds after you accidentally lock eyes with a stranger at a party? Here’s an idea: Bring your DSLR. Don’t take a single photo with it. Instead, whip it out, hand it to somebody, and challenge them to clear a level of Doom — the classic 1993 version — on the camera. Enjoy their confusion…and then the double-take as they realize that, wait, you can indeed play Doom on a DSLR. Provided that you own a very specific, very old device, this is a real thing you can do. The Canon E

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'Doom' Can Officially Be Played on Another 16-Year-Old Device

Rebecca is a scientist-turned-storyteller and professional ghostwriter who enjoys forgetting common English words and making up her own in their stead. She's probably stuck between two basically-the-same dialogue options in a Larian game…

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'Doom' Can Officially Be Played on Another 16-Year-Old Device

Rebecca is a scientist-turned-storyteller and professional ghostwriter who enjoys forgetting common English words and making up her own in their stead. She's probably stuck between two basically-the-same dialogue…

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