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Here’s a video of Doom running on gut bacteria, proving you really can play the game on anything


An MIT researcher has gotten the 30-year-old computer game Doom running on actual gut bacteria. The frame rate is really bad, as the game would take nearly 600 years to beat.

An MIT biotech researcher has been able to run the iconic computer game Doom using actual gut bacteria. First of all, the bacteria aren’t actually running the game, as we still haven't cracked that whole “inject biological matter with digital code” thing. We’ve seen the game running on pregnancy tests,rat brain neurons and even inside of other titles, like the sequel Doom II and Minecraft.

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