I always wanted to write a clickbait headline!

Update – December 14 – I posted the data for this question on Google Docs for any to view here. I did notice one error: One of the Final Fantasy 6 answers was not coded for single game and instead coded for series. So that would give Final Fantasy 6 sole possession of 4th place.

Back in January of 2016 I did a comprehensive survey of 725 Gamergate supporters. Before they could participate in the survey, I had to confirm that each had, in fact, supported Gamergate either through Twitter or Reddit or other means (at least one used Google+, imagine that!) at least one month prior to the survey’s announcement. In total, the survey included 56 questions, many of which were multi-part, covering a wide range of topics from gaming to Gamergate-specific goals, to politics.

While the media is filled with unknowledgeable columnists spouting off assumptions about Gamergate, the one thing I found that was universal among its supporters is games. Nearly 99% of Gamergate supporters actively play video games, and they average 22 hours of gaming per week. More than 94% believe the word “gamer” describes them well, while a Pew Research survey the year prior found that only 15% of men and 6% of women in the American general public consider themselves a “gamer”.

While conducting the survey I promised Gamergate supporters that as the book I am writing about their movement neared completion, I would set up a website and publish some of the data. This article is part of that promise.

During the survey, many told me that the most difficult question, by far, was the one asking them for their favorite game of all time. The 725 participants replied with 329 different answers. Several people could not answer the question and several more went the easy route and chose a series rather than one particular game. For that reason I created two categories: one for favorite game and one for favorite game/series. If someone wrote down “Mass Effect Series” then the answer only counted in the latter category.

For their single choice of favorite game, scroll through the slideshow. After the slideshow is a listing of their series.

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Favorite Series or Single Game (if not part of a series)

Final Fantasy The Legend of Zelda Chrono Trigger The Elder Scrolls Deus Ex Fallout Dark Souls Metal Gear Super Mario Baldur’s Gate