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Valve Makes "Boomer Shooter" An Official Genre On Steam
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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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It's not meant to imply that the games were primarily played by literal boomers; "boomer shooter" just rolls off the tongue a lot better than "gen-x shooter" or "early-edition millennials shooter". Are you the sort of person who goes to the Steam page for Rogue and challenges the 'Traditional Roguelike' tag because it's not rogue-like if it's actually Rogue? :P
Or dark/demon souls games being label souls-like.
I see souls-like listed, I instantly assume it's a console game with terrible camera controls
Super Mario 64 is my favorite souls-like! /s
nope. Not remotely similar intent nor usage.
How is Souls-like not similar in intent as Rogue-like?
It is a intended as an insult. It is intended to insinuate out of style and old fashioned. Has nothing to do with the rhyme. Rogue is used to describe those games as they are "rogue like". If this were similar it would be "doom like".
I don't think it's intended as an insult at all; rather, it's just a joking reference to the meme that to gen z, anyone 30+ is a 'boomer'.
Ironic humor is difficult and often misunderstood.
Except, you know, that it's a relatively popular genre that people actively seek out by that name because they specifically want those mechanics.
It's absolutely not an insult.
So was "walking sim", but the term stuck and is now used to describe the genre.
I always liked the term "classic shooter".