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Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre

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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre

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Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Games like 'Dusk', 'Amid Evil', and 'Into the Pit' are shining examples of a new FPS subgenre: the "boomer shooter" inspired by games like 'Doom' and 'Quake'.

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It’s a joke.

It caught on because boomer is a synonym for old and a synonym for loud / explosive etc.

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