Voluntary online surveys are only going to get results from people who want to take them, which, with a title like "gaymer survey" is probably going to mean a disproportionally large lgbt turnout.

'gay gamer', 'girl gamer', 'christian gamer'

People need to stop labelling every hobby they do with their religion and sexuality for no apparent reason.

Exactly. Can't we all just be "gamers"? Of course not, that's a stupid question. I'll just go make a "straight white gamer" survey and be labeled as a skin head. You want to be treated equal then quit acting like your special.

You can't really stop a person from labelling themselves by what they feel is important to their identity. Especially if that is a "deviation" from the expected norm. For example, we've heard of video games being vilified by church-based moral groups, so for a person proud of being Christian to also be a gamer they may feel they have to correct the misconception pre-emptively. But then we get into pre-empting opinions, and that's another way you could rub people the wrong way.

Done.
Quite an interesting survey.

They should do a survey on straight conservative Christian gamers who don't give a rats ass about homosexuality in games...we seem to be the minority these days

This isn't about labels. They're trying to figure out if they can "sell" gay content to the gaming community. I'm all for it. I really appreciate it when developers take such bold, positive risks with their content, and I'd like to see it more often. You know, something to stand up against all that pure, macho testosterone in things like Gears of War. I loved the content in Fable II, and because of such, I've always had a great opinion towards Lionhead.

i'm gay

i'll admit that

this survey just shows that people don't accept homosexuality as normal, and that they have to a) consider the "demographic" when scripting storylines, and b) do a risk analysis on homosexual content

just write the goddamn stories, and play the goddamn games

why is it a big deal?

this shouldn't be an issue, thats true. But it is an issue and we do have inequality in the world.

@ Eficent "You want to be treated equal then quit acting like your special."

Sure sure, that works. Because if african-american people just stopped worrying about it, we would totally have equal rights today. If women just said "you know, we'll just shut up about being equal and it will all turn out right" then the male chauvinistic attitudes would have adjusted on their own and women would have miraculously been given the right to vote, own land, and do anything they like equally.

No. No socio-economic group has ever been able to raise themselves to a level of equality without raising a "fuss." You need to speak up and raise awareness. People need to know that, even though things might seem different, we are all fundamentally the same and all deserve the same treatment and rights and representation in all forms of government, entertainment, and life in general.

/grandstand off

Definitely an interesting survey. I felt glad to share my opinions. :D

Seperate drinking fountains just means shorter lines for everybody.

(survey taken, thanks for heads up)

I guess it's helpful to find out what is accepted in the gaming community and if games incorporating more gay storylines is commercially viable, but a survey like this will likely only be taken mostly by the more accepting gamers so the results are really not representative of the community as a whole. And while seeing a developer add meaningful and realistic gay content to a game may make me respect them as people it's certainly not going to effect my purchase decisions, that's up to if the gameplay looks fun.

Done. But I don't like the label "gaymer", prefer to go by "The Conquerer".

I took it too. It was interesting, I guess.

@ Bobothechimp - I'm a straight, Christian gamer that doesn't give a shit about sexuality in games. Bam.

I have no problem with homosexual content in games, but to be honest I pretty much want it to all stay optional, I wouldn't buy a linear RPG where the main character is a gay guy. Not because I ZOMG H8 TEH GHEYS, but because it would just bother me, I would have no connection with him what so ever.

Wait, fuck! I didn't check to see if there was a prize or not. Idiot. I just wasted 10 minutes. Well, that's what I get for not reading carefully I guess.

@kefkaesque: Well, then I guess your options are already pretty limited. Bam!

@Hopeless Savage

I guess I worded what I said wrong, I have gay friends in real life so I know I can connect with them. It's just like, in a lot of movies/games the ending is the main couple kissing or something to that effect. And if I spent 40 hours playing an epic RPG and the ending was the two main guys kissing, it would be completely unsatisfying to me and more or less ruin the ending for me which is something really important to me in stories.

Am I being a biased dick for saying that? Yeah and I do feel bad for how homosexuals get treated in that effect, but I'm just telling you the truth about it, would it be better for me to lie and say that the game's story wouldn't be completely more satisfying to me if it were a guy and a girl together? I have no problem with gays and think that the way they're treated is unfairly, but I'm not lie and say that if there were 2 games that were exactly the same except that in one the protagonist was gay and in the other he was straight, that I wouldn't prefer the one with the straight guy.

I would love to see more gay characters portrayed in games as just people who happen to be gay rather than gay characters who happen to be people.