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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre

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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre

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Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Games like 'Dusk', 'Amid Evil', and 'Into the Pit' are shining examples of a new FPS subgenre: the "boomer shooter" inspired by games like 'Doom' and 'Quake'.

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Agreed. Carmack is Gen X.

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