The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoI've never been so insultedmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down156
arrow-up1270arrow-down1imageI've never been so insultedmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square126linkfedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoAs soon as people started calling staples of the FPS genre “boomer shooters,” I knew it was over.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoThat never made sense to me, since Boomers by and large weren’t the ones playing games then.
minus-squareredhorsejacket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoBoomer is shorthand for “old”. Accuracy is not a requirement for a snappy genre title.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI guess it irks me because us Gen Xers were the first ones who really started playing video games, damn it! XD
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYou are the boomer now. Passes the mantle
minus-squareDODOKING38@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoOh I thought it was because stuff goes boom 😔
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIs it called a “boomer shooter” because it has exploding barrels (or other things) you can shoot?
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoNo, it’s because they are styled like old fps like doom or hertic
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago like doom So, a doomer shooter?
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoBoomer doomer shooter
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