It Runs Doom: AI Chatbot Edition
Chris Nager
AI chatbots can answer random questions, create travel itineraries, write code and even "date" users. But can they run Doom? Apparently, yes, yes they can. Software engineer Chris Nager made a playable Doom app that can launch inline within AI clients like ChatGPT and Claude. In his demo, he was able to play within the chatbots simply by typing "play Doom." If the game can't launch inline in a certain client, the app he built still provides a URL you can launch to play the classic shooter.
Fans have attempted to run Doomon all sorts of devices and surfaces for decades, including calculators, fridges, toasters and even gut bacteria. So it's not that surprising that someone found a way for the game to run inside AI chatbots. Nager used Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard that enables LLMs to connect with external...
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