UK politician Jeremy Corbyn has been seen playing “Thatcher’s Techbase,” a mod forDoom 2that centers around Britain’s ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher coming back as a Cyberdemon monster. Given its stance asone of the best first-person shooter franchises in gaming, id Software’s early output helped establish the genre, with the classic games still being played to this day. And of course, the modding community is no stranger to messing with the formula, though it is quite surprising to see a politician engaging with one of the mods.
As popular as the games may be, with the series containing one of thecraziest and most iconic FPS weaponsin the guise of the BFG, many wouldn’t consider it “the norm” for a public figure to be seen playingDoomor any of its follow-ups or contemporaries. Gaming is often considered to be something for younger people, especially when it comes to the more violent titles, so the image of a political leader playing a video game is quite intriguing, especially considering this particular one could say something about the player in question.
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Jeremy Corbyn is the former leader of the UK’s Labour Party and was recently seen playing this Margaret Thatcher-themedDoom 2mod, as first spotted by PC Gamer. An image uploaded to Twitter shows the politician standing next to a “Thatcher’s Techbase” arcade cabinet, which was built for The World Transformed festival, an event based around art, music, and “radical politics.” What’s interesting about seeing Corbyn play this game is that the late Margaret Thatcher was the leader of the opposition, fronting the Conservative Party and serving as UK’s Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990.
It’s also quite intriguing that this mod is centered around someone quintessentially associated with British culture and the political landscape. It’s unusual to see something so UK-centric in gaming, though there was thatDuke Nukem 3Dmod that poked fun at all things British, with references to well-known outlets like Greggs bakery and even a nod toThe Great British Bake-Off.
Politics aside,Doomfeatures great world building, even in the base entries. However, it’s the modding community that has helped keep the series in the limelight, at least until the reboot came about in 2016. It’s good to see the classics are still being honored, and no doubt many UK readers will get a kick out of seeing the ex-Labour leader going toe-to-toe with CyberThatcher.
Doom 2was released in 1994 and is available on multiple platforms.
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