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I hate the term "Boomer Shooter" (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by onlooker@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Not to say I hate the genre, I actually love me some Dusk or Turbo Overkill, but why, oh why are they called Boomer Shooters?

These games clearly took inspiration from 90s FPS games, which ๐Ÿ‘Œ, but they were played mostly by Gen Xers and Millenials, not Boomers. When games like Duke Nukem 3D or Quake were out, Boomers were what? 30 to 50 years old? I'm sure some of them played FPS games, but there is no way they were the majority.

Whenever I see the term Boomer Shooter, my mind goes to games like Shootout! for Magnavox Odyssey. Can't we call them something else, like Retro FPSes or something?

Anyway, rant over. Thank you for your time.

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[โ€“] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it works if read as "games made by boomers?" ... Yeah I have no idea how old anyone was/is. Time and I don't really get along ๐Ÿคท

Also, going along with a thing I've been seeing in these comments, I'm idly curious as to whether anyone who isn't a Boomer cares about use/misuse/abuse of the term "Boomer" ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

From what I've seen, Boomer Shooters were actually often developed by Gen Xers (and played by Millennials), and both of them despise being lumped with the boomers - hence why they dislike the term :p

[โ€“] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 2 points 8 months ago

I guess that makes sense. I'd be upset if critters kept associating me with boomers ๐Ÿ˜ผ I don't play those so I guess I just haven't been around the term enough to get a feel for it.