Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game

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13 March 2026

00:26 Why researchers keep using Doom in their researchNature: How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for science Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.