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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre (www.inverse.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/10393

“Boomer shooter” is the latest term to follow the likes of “Roguelike” or “Soulslike” in the realm of hyperspecific gaming subgenres. It applies to first-person shooters that intentionally harken back to the classic PC games of the late ‘90s like Doom and Quake.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article did address this:

The internet loves roasting “boomers,” the shorthand term for the Baby Boomer generation born in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Admittedly, most boomer shooter fans are likely Gen-Xers and Millennials, but they’re still co-opting the term in a sarcastic but positive way that conveys the old-school nature of this niche genre.

It all comes down to it rolling off your tongue better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was making a joke my friend :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I know I know. Just thought it was interesting that they had the same thought process in the article too. 😄