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As in "some one who plays video games". Could I just use ゲーマー?
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What is the Japanese term for a gamer?
That's correct. ゲーマー is the word that is generally used.
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As rintaun says, ゲーマー is the most general term for "some one who plays video
games".

In its narrower sense, when describing a person, it can mean a "hardcore
gamer" as opposed to just ゲーム好き (げーむずき, casual gamer). For example, if someone
wants to say she's just a casual gamer, she might say things like
`ゲーム好きだけど、ゲーマーじゃありません。`

If you need to differentiate between different gamer types, there are terms
that roughly corresponds to the english ones.

  * ライトゲーマー: casual gamer
  * ミドルゲーマー: mid-core gamer
  * ヘビーゲーマー: hardcore gamer
  * コアゲーマー: especially avid fans among mid-core gamers

(From Wikipedia articles:
[ゲーマー](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC) and
[Gamer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamer))
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