Shooters have continued to evolve and remain relevant longer than nearly any other video game genre.
Since then twitch-skill games like Serious Sam and Painkiller have helped us blow off steam, tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Star Wars Republic Commando have worked our brains, and franchises like Halo and Call of Duty have helped shooters dominate the video game landscape. We've been overcoming impossible odds in shooters ever since Wolfenstein 3D first popularized genre way back in 1992.