... in reference to shooters made popular by younger Gen. X and Millennials while the actual boomers tried to get the entire industry banned.
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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My child asked me questions that make me rage uncontrollably at them? Am I a bad parent? No, it's the video games that are the problem. - A philosopher named my mom
It's called "Slang"
Kids don't know that though
Hmm. Even Wolfestein 3D was more of a Gen-X than Boomer generational thing, so setting the bar at Doom seems a little misunderstood of who actually played those games.
It's a misnomer for sure, but that's why it's a funny label.
Wolfenstein 3D is not a Gen-X shooter or a Boomer Shooter, it is a Greatest Generation Shooter
In my optics, Boomers had Pong, Asteroids and pinball machines.
The Great Generation didn't play on computers until Candy Crush and Farmville, so even if they're older, their games are newer.
It was a reference to Wolfenstein 3d being the first FPS AND being about WW2
Oh no
They've angered the 38 year olds of the comment section
Millennials do ruin everything /s
Valve didn't do shit, what an awful title. These are user generated tags.
Fake. User generated tags. Stupid article
So it's not describing shooters where the whole point is to blow up all the shit?
Shooters where you can carry more than 4 weapons, the map is usually not a straight line, key hunting is often involved, health doesn't regenerate, etc etc. Oh and there's usually a lot of weapon variety I guess.
Yeah, stuff like Boltgun, and Ultrakill.
🎉🥳 Another label graduated! 🥳🎉
Now please hurry up and vote for Bullet Heaven on Brotato and its colleagues so we aren't stuck with something as terrible as "Survivor-likes" or unweildy as "Action Roguelike - Bullet Hell"
Boomer Shooters > Modern FPS games, FIGHT ME!
Boomer shooter and modern aren't mutuallg exclusive. I liked TB's classification: "Modern military shooter".