One Laptop Per Child Plays Doom

Geeks rejoice. The One Laptop Per Child initiative (or OLPC) has some working prototypes rolling off the production line. Of course before the hand crank power supply, productivity software, or usability for children worldwide is tested someone had to figure out if could be used for the feature everyone needs in a computer – killing time. Doom, which ran like a dream on DOS machines, has been loaded up on a prototype and video evidence (thanks YouTube) has been provided to show that the device runs the game. We're still waiting to hear if NIN will be preloaded on the iTunes that comes with these machines. Not surprisingly, the news hit the geek news meme on the tubes pretty hard the past two days. We always knew something good would be coming out of the Cambridge-based nonprofit. Now the world will know the wonder of the first person shooter.