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I hate the term "Boomer Shooter" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 👌, 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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[–] [email protected] 79 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 61 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ok boomer

^sorry^

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Not a boomer, confirmed.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

"Whatevers" in GenX.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 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.