The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoI've never been so insultedmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square125linkfedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down156
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageI've never been so insultedmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square125linkfedilink
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoAs soon as people started calling staples of the FPS genre “boomer shooters,” I knew it was over.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThat never made sense to me, since Boomers by and large weren’t the ones playing games then.
minus-squareredhorsejacket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoBoomer is shorthand for “old”. Accuracy is not a requirement for a snappy genre title.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoYou are the boomer now. Passes the mantle
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIs it called a “boomer shooter” because it has exploding barrels (or other things) you can shoot?
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoNo, it’s because they are styled like old fps like doom or hertic
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago like doom So, a doomer shooter?
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoBoomer doomer shooter
minus-squareDODOKING38@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOh I thought it was because stuff goes boom 😔
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
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
Oh I thought it was because stuff goes boom 😔