cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/10393
“Boomer shooter” is the latest term to follow the likes of “Roguelike” or “Soulslike” in the realm of hyperspecific gaming subgenres. It applies to first-person shooters that intentionally harken back to the classic PC games of the late ‘90s like Doom and Quake.
Great article, but I hate twitch terms/phrases like “boomer shooter.” IDK why I just find them annoying.
That is because they ARE annoying, pointlessly insulting, and do not actually track with the age group it is referencing.
Terms are not magically legitimized just because they sort of rhyme. It is stupid.
A more accurate term would be X Shooter, or even Shooter eXtreme (since that’s totally how stuff was advertised to my generation). A boomer wouldn’t even be able to play the game.
The twitch community/culture as a whole is obnoxious. Just as bad as TikTok imo.
Did this even come from Twitch? People outside of Twitch use the word “boomer”.
No idea, I am not part of any of that. Seems like that has always been a good decision.
As a decidely non-boomer who grew up playing those original FPSs, I find it aggravating too, but it’s a pretty established term at this point.