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Boomer Shooters

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A community about boomer shooters, a type of old-school FPS games before Half-Life revolutionized the genre. Boomer shooters have emphasis on shooting and sometimes traversing mechanics, are light or devoid of cutscenes, and the fun of making things go boom takes precedence over story. The name originates from a tongue in cheek description of the 2018 game Dusk and since stuck as a shorthand for the type of FPS.

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Playing Wolfenstein 3D with one hand in 2026 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by woelkchen@lemmy.world to c/boomershooters@lemmy.world

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Over three decades later, this historical curiosity has more than a few rough edges...

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago

So you've gone one free to congratulate yourself with?

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 10 points 7 months ago

Yeah killing nazis can be quite arousing

[–] lath@piefed.social 4 points 7 months ago

But can you play it while fapping?

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[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Judged solely as a shooter, Wolfenstein 3D feels particularly outdated compared to modern examples of the genre

oh no. 35 years old videogame is outdated? who would have guessed... i don't really see the point of the article.