Comment on Mala Petaka is another action-packed GZDoom boomer shooter now on Steam

• eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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

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  • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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    • eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A truly unique feature of the retro FPS genre.

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      • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It’s also way more fun to say than “retro fps”

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    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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      • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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