Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoThis Half-Life mod reimagines the game as a boomer shooter—yes, even boomier than the originalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up191
arrow-up191external-linkThis Half-Life mod reimagines the game as a boomer shooter—yes, even boomier than the originalwww.pcgamer.comAgent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-square🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoJesus, it’s like anyone older than a gen Z is a boomer now
minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe term boomer shooter has been around for a couple decades to designate shooters from the '90s like Doom, it’s not a “now” thing. The genre has stayed popular and a shooter doesn’t need to be from the '90s to be a boomer shooter, either.
minus-squareAgent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI am showing my age here, but it seems that boomer in context of slang means old person if you are in your 20s or earlier.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt’s been “anyone older than me that I don’t like” for a lot of the perpetually online, for a while now.
Jesus, it’s like anyone older than a gen Z is a boomer now
The term boomer shooter has been around for a couple decades to designate shooters from the '90s like Doom, it’s not a “now” thing. The genre has stayed popular and a shooter doesn’t need to be from the '90s to be a boomer shooter, either.
I am showing my age here, but it seems that boomer in context of slang means old person if you are in your 20s or earlier.
It’s been “anyone older than me that I don’t like” for a lot of the perpetually online, for a while now.