Mala Petaka is another action-packed GZDoom boomer shooter now on Steam

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Zippy Bot ( ZippyBot@lemmy.zip ) · 1 year ago

Gamma ( GammaGames@beehaw.org ) · 1 year ago

It’s also used because things tend to go boom in the games

eleijeep ( eleijeep@piefed.social ) · 1 year ago

A truly unique feature of the retro FPS genre.

jjjalljs ( jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ) · 1 year ago

It’s a pun and one of the prominent meanings is “old people like boomers like them”, while the other is “rockets go boom”. You know this.

Gamma ( GammaGames@beehaw.org ) · 1 year ago

Its origin is actually related to the “30 year old boomer” meme. Etymology is fun!