"boomer shooter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boomer shooters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boomer shooter (plural boomer shooters)
  1. (Internet slang) A first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, focusing on action rather than realism. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Video game genres
    Sense id: en-boomer_shooter-en-noun-BshtKtMD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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