Gamasutra spotted the report from a 3,000-respondent survey conducted by researchers at Ipsos, in which single gamers were twice as likely as non-gamers to go out on a date. Gamers were also by a slight margin more likely to be non-romantically social by going out or playing sports.

Gaming households on average had substantially more money than non-gaming households: $79,000 in annual income against $54,000. Within those households, gamers tended to be the cultural influence: 37% of gamers reported informing their family and friends on pop culture and technology, whereas only 22% of non-gamers filled the same role.

Of the respondents, aged 12 to 54, 55% were married and 48% had kids, while the average age of a "new gamer"--someone who picked up the habit in the last two years--is 32.

"It's obvious that the gaming market has outgrown many commonly held stereotypes about the relative homogeneity of video gamers," said Adam Wright, research director for Ipsos MediaCT. IGN's Charlie Barrett, on the other hand, took the opportunity to link gamers' social activity to advertising on IGN: it was "something our core advertisers have known for a long time."

The report did not contribute to other findings that gaming males may be poor in bed.