Understanding Game Culture: Gamer Identity and Consumption in Türkiye and the World
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https://doi.org/10.47613/reflektif.2025.213Keywords:
Community, Culture, Game, Gamer, IdentityAbstract
Games have been experienced before humans existed. However, in today’s world, especially with the prominence of the title “Digital Gaming” and the “Game Culture” that has become popular with this title, it is consumed by millions of people in the modern world. As a matter of fact, this culture has been cultivated by many different subcultural communities over time and has led to the emergence of the “Gamer” identity over time. The “Gamer” identity as a label has been adopted by many game enthusiasts and internalized by people who consume game culture. Although today the label “Gamer” characterizes people who play games, it actually refers to much more than that. The aim of this article is to try to define “Game Culture” while at the same time understanding the Gamer identity and explaining how this identity is consumed both globally and in Türkiye.
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