Gaming and Religion Survey (Results)

[Ultress]

1. Age: 17
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Agnostic
4. Belief in afterlife: Maybe
5. Belief in astral projection:Sometimes
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 1-4(depends on the Game)
8. What format(s) do you play? Xbox360 and Wii
9. Which is your preferred genre? RPGs(prefer JRPGs)
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? It really depends on the game and how addtive it is and how relgion is presented in the game

 

[KeithA45]

10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? I guess maybe, more time praying is less time playing... except if your praying someone will free you from that smoker...

"I saw someone pray to the A.I. Director once. This is probably how cults get started! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/459-Left-4-Dead]"

 

[Nostalgia]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Female
3. Religion: Agnostic
4. Belief in afterlife: None
5. Belief in astral projection: None
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 1-3
8. What format(s) do you play? PC, PS2 and recently, GCN.
9. Which is your preferred genre? RPG, Platformer, and Adventure.
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No, unless you have extremely high morals or extremist opinions. May or may not be mutually exclusive.

Seems to be a lot of these surveys...

 

[dangerousdave_42]

1. Age: 23
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: indifferent
4. Belief in afterlife: indifferent
5. Belief in astral projection: No
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? ranges from 0-5
8. What format(s) do you play? PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS / RTS
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

1. Age: 21
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: No
4. Belief in afterlife: No
5. Belief in astral projection: No, not yet anyway, would like to try.
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? ~2 weekdays, ~8 weekends
8. What format(s) do you play? PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS, RTS, single player RPG
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? Slightly. I can imagine Jewish people being hesitant to play WW2 games, which are a lot of games. Also, aren't some extremist Muslims not allowed to listen to music and stuff? What about games, perhaps that is banned too? That would be a major influence. Also, Amish bans all technology, therefore zero gaming.

 

[Horvic]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: None
4. Belief in afterlife: None
5. Belief in astral projection: None
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 8-10
8. What format(s) do you play? PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? MMO / FPS
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? Nope

 

[Jaythulhu]

1. Age: 30
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: None, what I believe has no organised cult.
4. Belief in afterlife: To a degree
5. Belief in astral projection: Been there, done that, yes.
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? Varies, if I work 0, if I don't work 5 - 10
8. What format(s) do you play? PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? RPG / Adventure
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

 

[Arachon]

1. Age: 17
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Atheist
4. Belief in afterlife: No
5. Belief in astral projection: No
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 0-5
8. What format(s) do you play? PC, Wii
9. Which is your preferred genre? Varies from time to time, currently RTS
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

 

[Zykon TheLich]

1. Age: 30
2. Gender: M
3. Religion: Atheist
4. Belief in afterlife: No
5. Belief in astral projection: No
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 0-4
8. What format(s) do you play? PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS/Strategy/RPG
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

PS: All you need to do is add a 'location' question and you've got yourself an escapist matchmaking thread

 

[cuddly_tomato]

1. Age: 32
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Non-theistic Pagan.
4. Belief in afterlife: Call it a belief in "extralife", that is, the essence of life doesn't die. Simply the matter that acts as its shell dies and the life part moves on.
5. Belief in astral projection: Not really.
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? Depends. I binge game. I might go a few days without, and then spend a weekend solidly playing for hours on end. Averages out at about 2 hours per day I suppose.
8. What format(s) do you play? PC, Xbox360, very occassionally PS3.
9. Which is your preferred genre? Sandbox games of any genre (Saints Row 2, Farcry 2)
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

 

[Knonsense]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Agnostic sort of
4. Belief in afterlife: yeah, kind of
5. Belief in astral projection: No. I was unaware that anyone believed that.
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 1-2 (used to be much, much, much more, but I took too many classes this quarter)
8. What format(s) do you play? PC, XBox (of the 2pi variety and otherwise), Wii, Card Games
9. Which is your preferred genre? RPG/RTS/TBS/Action/ACRONYM
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? quite doubtful

 

[UncleAsriel]

1. Age: 20
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Atheist
4. Belief in afterlife: None
5. Belief in astral projection: None
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 1-2, on Weekends. ) during the week.
8. What format(s) do you play? PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS / RPG (Bioshock, Deus Ex, Half Life 2, Beyond Good and Evil)
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No. Type of game, certainly. (How many fundamental baptists love Manhunt 2 again?) Hours, no.

 

[waggmd]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Roman Catholic
4. Belief in Afterlife: Yes (but in a different sense then Heaven and Hell)
5. Belief in astral projection: Sure why not.
6. Do you game: Yes.
7. How many hours a day do you game: 1-3 usually
8. What format do you play: Xbox 360, PC, and DS in order of frequency from highest to lowest
9. Which is your preferred genre: Shooters, sports, and WRPG games for Xbox, RTS and Sim like games for PC, and Puzzle and JRPGs for DS.
10 Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? Not really.

 

[Sgt. Dante]

1. Age: 21
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Agnostic
4. Belief in afterlife: Little
5. Belief in astral projection: None
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 0-3
8. What format(s) do you play? Ps3 - DS - 360
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS / RPG / Adventure
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

 

[darthzew]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Christian (Baptist fits best, but I consider myself nondenominational)
4. Belief in afterlife: Yes
5. Belief in astral projection: I don't think so...
6. Do you game? Absolutely
7. How many hours a day do you game? 3-4
8. What format(s) do you play? Xbox 360, PC, Wii
9. Which is your preferred genre? Tactical shooter
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? Religion could impact what KINDS of games are played, but probably not how long.

 

[Resistance205]

1. Age: 15
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Atheist
4. Belief in afterlife: None
5. Belief in astral projection: None
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 1-3
8. What format(s) do you play? Xbox 360, Nintendo 64, and soon PC
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS / RPG
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? Not in a million years.

I am suprised to see how many atheists there are on this site. It amazes me sometimes how, in my school, i am constantly tormented for being an atheist, yet on this site, from what it looks like the majority are atheists.

 

[Bobzer77]

1. Age: 16
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Roman Catholic
4. Belief in afterlife: Yes
5. Belief in astral projection: Kind of.. ( I don't thinks its not possible...)
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 3-5
8. What format(s) do you play? PC and Wii
9. Which is your preferred genre? RPG
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? No

 

[bodyklok]

1. Age: 16
2. Gender: Male
3. Religion: Atheist
4. Belief in afterlife: None
5. Belief in astral projection: None
6. Do you game? Yes
7. How many hours a day do you game? 2-6
8. What format(s) do you play? PC and PS3
9. Which is your preferred genre? FPS(TPS)/RTS/RPG
10. Do you think there could be a link between hours gaming and choice of religion? Probably not.