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I hate the term "Boomer Shooter" (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 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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[-] Hubi@feddit.de 79 points 7 months ago

It's not meant to be taken literally. Language evolves and boomer no longer exclusively refers to baby boomers, it's just a general Gen-Z term for older people.

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 64 points 7 months ago

I know, but just let me have my old man yells at cloud moment.

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 61 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ok boomer

^sorry^

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 38 points 7 months ago

No, you're not. But I like you anyway.

[-] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 7 points 7 months ago

Not a boomer, confirmed.

[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 17 points 7 months ago

That's OK, because older people use the term Gen-Z for idiots of all ages.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 12 points 7 months ago

But we're not o.... ah nevermind.

[-] RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 14 points 7 months ago

"Whatevers" in GenX.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm a younger millennial.
I'm out of my 20s. My back hurts. You're wrong :D

[-] Icalasari@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago

We may be young at heart (emotionally), but we are old at heart (physically)

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

Which is hilarious, because Zoomers are turning 30 now and when I was actually young people over 30 were just one large group of walking corpses. I am curious to see how long Gen Z will keep this "we are the young ones" shtick up. Gen Alpha is where the actual young people are.

[-] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Depends on your definition of gen z, and the oldest of gen alpha has barely started getting into highschool. As a zoomer though we are on our way out.

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