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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Classic Marathon Infinity
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:16:55 -0000 (UTC)
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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...