Be a Gamer: A Psycho-Social Characterization of the Player.

Over the past few decades, digital game audiences have increased, gaining relevance and weight in popular culture, and with this, the stereotype of the person who plays digital games as if these persons belong to a separate social world. In popular slang, a Player is sometimes called a “gamer”. In this paper, the systematization of the data collected in a survey spread in closed Gamer's internet social networks forums is made. The reality of N = 301 respondents is analyzed, showing descriptive statistics of the group. The results show a lack of representation of marginalized groups, with most gamers being white, male, young, and from the middle class. Their political inclination is toward Left-wing ideologies; on average, they tend to be Atheists. They like to explore the game world instead of enrolling in violent activities, which matches their agreeableness score (a construct related to prosocial behavior). Regarding their personality, they tend to be introverted but open-minded. The majority spent between 5 to 24 h playing per week.