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?
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drspod@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 362d
SAY BOOMER SHOOTER
ONE MORE GOD DAMN TIME
GammaGames@beehaw.org · 0 pts · 362d
Why? It’s a genre at this point
eleijeep@piefed.social · 0 pts · 362d
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?
ok zoomer
GammaGames@beehaw.org · 0 pts · 362d
It’s also used because things tend to go boom in the games
eleijeep@piefed.social · 1 pts · 362d
A truly unique feature of the retro FPS genre.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
It's also way more fun to say than "retro fps"
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · -2 pts · 362d
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 · 0 pts · 362d
Its origin is actually related to the “30 year old boomer” meme. Etymology is fun!