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minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down4·10 months agoHmm. Even Wolfestein 3D was more of a Gen-X than Boomer generational thing, so setting the bar at Doom seems a little misunderstood of who actually played those games.
minus-squareGameGod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 months agoIt’s a misnomer for sure, but that’s why it’s a funny label.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoWolfenstein 3D is not a Gen-X shooter or a Boomer Shooter, it is a Greatest Generation Shooter
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoIn my optics, Boomers had Pong, Asteroids and pinball machines. The Great Generation didn’t play on computers until Candy Crush and Farmville, so even if they’re older, their games are newer.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIt was a reference to Wolfenstein 3d being the first FPS AND being about WW2
Hmm. Even Wolfestein 3D was more of a Gen-X than Boomer generational thing, so setting the bar at Doom seems a little misunderstood of who actually played those games.
It’s a misnomer for sure, but that’s why it’s a funny label.
Wolfenstein 3D is not a Gen-X shooter or a Boomer Shooter, it is a Greatest Generation Shooter
In my optics, Boomers had Pong, Asteroids and pinball machines.
The Great Generation didn’t play on computers until Candy Crush and Farmville, so even if they’re older, their games are newer.
It was a reference to Wolfenstein 3d being the first FPS AND being about WW2