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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SAY BOOMER SHOOTER

ONE MORE GOD DAMN TIME

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why? It’s a genre at this point

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably because GenX and Millenials (the actual people who created and played these games respectively) don't like being associated with the generation that's destroying our society and planet whilst being completely out of touch with reality. It was boomers who tried to ban these games, remember?

bUt BoOmEr iS jUsT sLaNg FoR oLd PeRsOn NoW

ok zoomer

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s also used because things tend to go boom in the games

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A truly unique feature of the retro FPS genre.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It's also way more fun to say than "retro fps"

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a pun and one of the prominent meanings is "old people like boomers like them", while the other is "rockets go boom". You know this.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Its origin is actually related to the “30 year old boomer” meme. Etymology is fun!