games

20608 readers

346 users here now

Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.

3rd International Volunteer Brigade (Hexbear gaming discord)
Chapo Gamedev Discord
ChapoChat NationStates Region
Vanilla Minecraft Server
The Axe and Sickle DnD Discord

Rules

No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, or transphobia. Don't care if it's ironic don't post comments or content like that here.
Mark spoilers
No bad mouthing sonic games here :no-copyright:
No gamers allowed :soviet-huff:
No squabbling or petty arguments here. Remember to disengage and respect others choice to do so when an argument gets too much

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

The Boomer Shooter Revival (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

25 comments fedilink hide all child comments

the boomer shooter revival genre that the Doom Reboot saga started actually has a good amount of female protagonists.

In fact, it may be the only modern game genre where i can safely say the gender split is roughly half and half with games like Selaco, Ion Fury, Forgive me Father, Hedon, Nightmare Reaper, Project Warlock 1 and 2, Rise Of The Triad, Supplice, Zortch, Ghostware, Beyond Sunset, Viscerafest, The Citadel, Sprawl

There are genuinely so many boomer shooter female protagonist and you know what, and i say this with full confidence as i am very active within boomer shooter communities and follow boomer shooter youtubers like Civvie11 and GmanLives: NOBODY CARES.

Which is a hilarious fact in and of itself since the boomer shooter genre, more than any other videogame genre is DOMINATED by a male audience. And yet they do not care.

Selaco is one of the most beloved and best selling games of that entire genre and it stars a female protagonist that kicks all sorts of ass. And yet not a single outcry of "muh woke" from the community,

don't know if it's cos the boomer shooter genre has mostly grown and prospered in the indie scene so there's less toxicity there or the fact that the devs of these games themselves are openly progressive or if the fanbase of these games is just naturally older therefore they don't have the time nor patience to engage in culture wars but whatever it is, it's a nice thing to see

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As a boomer shooter enjoyer myself, I think the main reason that the genre is partially inoculated from Gamergate BS is that its remained pretty niche and indie-driven, while the audience that generates artificial outrage about video games only target big budget releases. I mean the biggest release in the category that I can think of is probably Warhammer 40k: Boltgun, made by a studio with only 61 people.

Also I think that the age range for boomer shooters perfectly overlaps with guys who grew up with stuff like Xena and Buffy, but maybe that's just me.

Sooner or later Id will make a Doom game with a female protag, and that's when shit will hit the fan (until they play it and it turns out to be really fun and then they'll all pretend that it was "anti-woke" all along).