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[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Boomer shooters never get played by boomers, what a shame

Seriously tho a boomer shooter would be like maze war not DOOM, by the time this genre of games was created (by GenXers) and played by Millenials, they were becoming geriatric but whatever

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm around 40 and I played these games as they were coming out back in the 1990s. I call them either "FPS" or "Retro FPS"...

People born in the 1940s/50s never played them much. Although my dad did play Wolfenstein3D and Doom some, but that was not common for people in his age group.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Well, it was boomers that made them, so presumably SOME of them played them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

The term boomer has degraded over the last several years. I think of mid 90s fps games. And that's fine. I grew up during that era.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

As a Gen-Xer who used to twitch with the best of the younguns, I can vouch that we're playing a lot fewer games that require reflexes that can't be made up for with strategy and treachery (e.g. exploits).

Mostly I play dad games like Satisfactory or Subnautica but do pretty well for my crew in Deep Rock Galactic

If a boomer shooter is a classic run-and-gun shooter (contrast: tactical shooters or first-person survival) I'd still do fine unless its bullet hell or something. Serious Sam had the tendency to teleport in dozens of shooters on a plain with no cover, or send me into a dark place teeming with climbing ninja monkeys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Deep rock is peak video game for me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Rock and Stone

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Finally someone did the math!