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For FPS games, "Boomer Shooter" is the common term because they're similar to the types of games "Boomers" played when they were kids.
by hn8788 5y ago
For FPS games, "Boomer Shooter" is the common term because they're similar to the types of games "Boomers" played when they were kids.
- ska 5y agoWhich is an odd association to make, since only the very youngest boomers would have even had a chance to play a shooter while under 20, which would have been what, 1983?
- blacktriangle 5y agoWhich is why I'm trying to think of some descriptions of such game unlike retro or boomer that aren't linked to a point in time or a generation so much as linked to an actual set of design values.
- bananabiscuit 5y ago“Boomer” is a tongue-in-cheek label used by Gen-Zers for anyone in the millennial generation (or older).
- 30yoboomer 5y agoThey are talking about the 30 year old boomer, its a 4chan meme. He drinks monster zero ultra, plays quake, mows the lawn at 5am, etc. The meme is subtle and sophisticated incorporating multiple levels of irony.