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Turn Boomer Shooters up to 11 in 2023 (lemmy.ninja)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MrEUser@lemmy.ninja to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/14972

Yesterday I got lots of questions asking “I used to play (X) are there any current generation Boomer Shooters like it?” I wrote this article to answer many of those questions.

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[–] Droid_B612@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love single player FPS games, I'll definitely try a few from this list. The term "boomer shooter" is terrible though.

[–] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 3 points 1 year ago

For those that prefer another term I recommend “retroFPS”

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The term "boomer shooter" is terrible though.

idk... That seems very descriptive and has memorable assonance. I immediately knew the type of games that implies, even moreso than retroFPS since "retro" is such a moving target, it could mean things like Half-Life, which is about as far from boomer shooters as you can get.

[–] Treevan@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the name and it's memorable but I dont believe FPS were intended for "boomers", weren't they aimed at Gen X/maybe early millennials who were the young adults/children in these timeframes? Games weren't an adulting pastime back then, it was child's play.

I bet there were a few boomers playing but Gen X would have been the dominant gaming generation.

I can't believe Gen X have been forgotten again.

[–] VamptVo@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Treevan @blindsight Boomer has now been expanded to be synonymous with "old," it barely even means "the baby boomer generation" anymore in modern Internet parlance.

[–] Treevan@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

While I don't disagree with your statement, this is what I was referencing:

The term “boomer shooter” is a playful reference to the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation who were the initial audience for these games.

I don't think there is any doubt there.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I agree. If everyone knows what type of game we're talking about, the term is appropriate. Hard agree on retro-FPS.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I saw Fortune's Run referred to as a boomer shooter, which looks like Doom and a lot of games immediately inspired by it but plays much more like Quake, Half-Life, Deus Ex, Max Payne, and Metal Gear Solid in a blender.

[–] owl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I approve of the idea of shooters where the intended audience is my 78 year old mum though