1mo ago

Playable DOOM Now Available in PDF Format

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A developer known as Ading2210 has ingeniously created a playable version of Doom (1993) that runs inside a PDF file, aptly named DoomPDF. This project showcases the surprising versatility of the PDF format, which supports JavaScript for interactive features. The game can be played in any Chromium-b...

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1mo ago

Playable DOOM Now Available in PDF Format

www.retronews.com /playable-doom-now-available-in-pdf-format/

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I don't believe doom should be playable in any document, being able to, in my opinion, is a sign of software vulnerability.
- Oh yes. Adobe Reader has a reputatation for ongoing vulnerabilities. (Count: 1901 at time of comment)
  Part of it was Adobe's shitty security culture for many years. They've done a good job search-washing this away, but many of us remember their previous CEO lashing out at security researchers - as if Adobe being a Cybersecurity laughing stock was some kind of conspiracy.
  Part of it is simply that becoming the final word in portable documents required a lot of shenanigans.
  For some context, and contrast:
  Microsoft Word Vulns (368 at time of comment)
  Emacs Vulns (26)
  Firefox Vulns (over 3,000)
  Edit: In fairness, Adobe Reader is (whether it should be or not) also closer to Firefox in functionality, as well.
  
  How about LaTeX vulnerabilities? :-D

It uses JavaScript sadly. I was hoping for Postscript...

Until it runs on my .txt pc i don't care
- Do you mean... Notepad Doom?
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VoEyaqMoc
  
  That's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of. Holy shit, its amazing. Ok ok, I will care now.

What’s next? Doom on a power bank display?

Sadly doesn't work on Firefox :^(
- Probably a good thing from a security perspective
- That’s ok nothing else does either :P
  
  I know it's a joke, but I'm totally typing this message out to you on Firefox and it is working just fi

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