Re: FREE GAME: Classic Marathon Infinity

On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 09:52:07 -0400, Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:13 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
 
 

All the usual caveats apply; it's a boomer-shooter made in the
boomer-shooter era,

 
Tangential thought...  wonder who thought up the term "boomer
shooter"?  I've encountered very few baby boomers that were into
gaming. Gen X aged folks were the norm when early FPS shooters first
arrived on the scene.
 
I'm guessing a moron gen Z kiddie that thinks they have all the
answers thought that one up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter_game#Boomer_shooter

The name "boomer shooter" is derived from the baby boomer generation,
where "boomer" has since become slang for anything old or antiquated.
[6] According to New Blood Interactive CEO Dave Oshry, the term originated
following the release of Dusk (2018), with fans of that game quickly coining
the term.

Origin is not very clear. But I think age group won't be the best/first metric
to rate video game genre popularity by...