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Doom Is The Only Video Game Named An American Cultural Landmark

It's not often that a mainstream outlet unrelated to gaming or PC hardware highlights the cultural significance of Doom, but The Washington Post has done exactly that by making Doom the only video game in its list of "The 25 most influential works of American culture."

The list also includes songs like The Star-Spangled Banner and novels like Moby Dick, for your reference. Doom may not seem to immediately fit with the prestigious picks elsewhere in the list, but knowledge of its cultural and commercial impact easily justifies its place.

For The Post's part, Doom is recognized for its groundbreaking 3D graphics, self-published nature, and spawning of user-generated content (UGC, or mods) "years before anyone had a name for it." The Post also highlights facts like Doom being installed on more PCs than Windows 95 for a time, and even Doom IIbeing utilized to train Marines....

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