Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoThis Half-Life mod reimagines the game as a boomer shooter—yes, even boomier than the originalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down18
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-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 · 2 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarephilophilsaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boomer_shooter
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoDuke Nukem makes sense. Half-Life does not. Half-Life stars a nerdy scientist who just wants to live, and the game is carried by its story.
minus-squarephilophilsaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI think the title is just alluding to the genre change provided by the mod and referencing how the game has a lot of explosions.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoNo video game newer than Pong makes any sense with the word Boomer in front.
minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoBecause the younger boomers who were in their 30s to 40s between the 90s and early 00s weren’t allowed to play video games? It’s not the game that’s born in the boomer generation, it’s the audience it’s popular with.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boomer_shooter
Duke Nukem makes sense. Half-Life does not. Half-Life stars a nerdy scientist who just wants to live, and the game is carried by its story.
I think the title is just alluding to the genre change provided by the mod and referencing how the game has a lot of explosions.
No video game newer than Pong makes any sense with the word Boomer in front.
Because the younger boomers who were in their 30s to 40s between the 90s and early 00s weren’t allowed to play video games? It’s not the game that’s born in the boomer generation, it’s the audience it’s popular with.