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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre
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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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I refuse to use “boomer shooter” it’s a dumb moniker that ignores the single most influential person involved in the genre: John Carmack.
He’s not a boomer, boomers didn’t make the genre, boomers don’t deserve the credit.
Agreed. Carmack is Gen X.