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As soon as people started calling staples of the FPS genre "boomer shooters," I knew it was over.
That never made sense to me, since Boomers by and large weren't the ones playing games then.
Boomer is shorthand for "old". Accuracy is not a requirement for a snappy genre title.
I guess it irks me because us Gen Xers were the first ones who really started playing video games, damn it! XD
You are the boomer now. Passes the mantle
Oh I thought it was because stuff goes boom 😔
Is it called a "boomer shooter" because it has exploding barrels (or other things) you can shoot?
No, it's because they are styled like old fps like doom or hertic
So, a doomer shooter?
Boomer doomer shooter