--- title: "Rejoice! You Can Finally Play Doom on a Lego Brick" description: "YouTuber and Weta Workshop graphics engineer James Brown has turned a tiny Lego brick into a device that can play the 1993 hit video game \"Doom.\"" date: "2023-02-23" modified: "2023-02-23" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/play-doom-lego-brick" categories: - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "Doom" - "lego" - "the digest" --- # Rejoice! You Can Finally Play Doom on a Lego Brick ![YouTuber and Weta Workshop graphics engineer James Brown has turned a tiny Lego brick into a device that can play the 1993 hit video game "Doom."]() *\Image: James Brown\* ## Doom Brick YouTuber and Weta Workshop graphics engineer James Brown has turned a tiny Lego brick into a device that can play the 1993 hit video game "Doom." It's an impressive escalation — and miniaturization — longstanding trend: we've already seen "Doom" being played on a [candy bar](), a [John Deer tractor]() — and even [within "Doom" itself](). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U0JPrMFk ## Tilt to Win The controls of Brown's "Doom" Lego brick are more intuitive than you might think. The engineer added a small accelerometer to his minuscule computer system, allowing him to move around inside the game by simply tilting it. "I hooked up the accelerometer, so Doom is now 'playable' entirely on the brick," Brown [told *Hackster*](). "The capacitive touch wasn't tuned very well, so it's a bit shooty." Neatly tucked inside, the tiny brick features an even tinier microcontroller, a Raspberry Pi RP2040, and a barely visible 0.42-inch OLED single-color panel. Brown even managed to squeeze touch-sensitive buttons and a battery pack into the brick. The tinkerer also managed to stuff all of these components [into a simple ring]() earlier this year, just in time for Valentine's Day. It's a playful demonstration of just how tiny and accessible off-the-shelf computer components have become — but at the same time, most gamers probably wouldn't want to spend hours staring at a half-an-inch across screen. **READ MORE:** [Your Lego Minifigures Can Play Doom by Moving This Motion-Sensing Lego Computer Brick Around]() \[*Gizmodo*\] **More on Doom:** *[Rejoice, Gamers! You Can Now Run DOOM Inside DOOM]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()