MrEUserJun 23, 2023

Turn Boomer Shooters up to 11 in 2023

https://lemmy.ninja/post/18495

Turn Boomer Shooters up to 11 in 2023 - Lemmy Ninja Clan

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/15083 [https://lemmy.ninja/post/15083] > 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.

Show threadDroid_B612
I love single player FPS games, I'll definitely try a few from this list. The term "boomer shooter" is terrible though.
Jun 23, 2023 at 6:10pmWeb
Show threadowlJun 23, 2023
Yeah. I approve of the idea of shooters where the intended audience is my 78 year old mum though
Show threadblindsightJun 23, 2023

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.

Show threadTreevan 🇦🇺Jun 23, 2023

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.

Show threadEvan MintoJun 23, 2023
@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.
Show threadTreevan 🇦🇺Jun 23, 2023

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.

Show threadampersandrewJun 23, 2023
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.