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Former Bungie director thinks the term extraction shooter is 'so dumb' that he wanted to work with Marathon's marketing team to 'create a different genre name'

"It's the only genre where its name is a mechanic."

PC Gamer · Nov 12, 2025

Former Bungie director spent their time on Marathon "dying to create a new genre name" because an extraction shooter is "the only genre where its name is a mechanic"

Chris Sides stretches the definition of 'only' when complaining about the genre name

GamesRadar · Nov 11, 2025