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[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 59 points 1 year ago

"I play Doom with my keyboard."

"... okay?"

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's all about the flex.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

Hackaday is the epitome of "because we can".

[-] veroxii@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

If a piece of hardware can't run doom is it even hardware?

[-] cassetti@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Crazy how people are still finding new things to cram doom into. I remember when that was a popular thing to do twenty years ago haha

But I'll admit, stuffing it into a keycap is pretty damn impressive, albeit useless haha

[-] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

It's the "hello world" for hardware.

[-] DarkenLM@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Screw the Turing test! The superior test is "Can it run DOOM".

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it literally runs on pregnancy tests

[-] wmassingham@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It wasn't running on the pregnancy test then, and it's not running on a keycap now. Both this and the pregnancy test are someone putting their own hardware into a random enclosure and saying "I'm running Doom on X!"

No, you're not really. Would you say that I'm running Doom on a banana if I put the same hardware inside a banana peel? No, because it's just a case for something else.

If he was running it on the keyboard's existing processor and it had a screen in the key, like Doom on a Mac touchbar, then I would agree.

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

He was streaming doom to the pregnancy test. it's a pretty cool hack, even if he's not "running" it on the pregnancy test.

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

"you can even plug in a keyboard"...

To play Doom...

That's running in a key on your keyboard...

Not sure why he didn't take the extra step of tying in the power and keys from the USB keyboard the keycap is living on. I feel like that shouldn't be too hard

[-] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Bonus points if that's a touch screen

[-] MrSilkworm@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

everyone: Idont think there is any other way left to play Doom.

Dev: Hold my beer

next: Skyrim playing in a Keycap

[-] dobeltip@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I was imagine to put Doom logo on my keyboard. But that is the whole game lol i take it.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Next: running doom in a CPU cooler's lcd

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

What exactly is the obsession of putting DOOM of all games into any hardware over other games?

It's a fine enough game, but definitely not the game of choice I would choose if I were to choose an old game to be put in random hardware.

[-] ZEEEPh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Really clear a cool. It makes sense it goes everywhere

[-] sznio@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's easy to port, has low system requirements, and it's funny to see running on a toaster

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the Optimus Maximus keyboard.

While impractical, it's still cool! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[-] dan80@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

What is this, Doom for ants?

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