Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic

Dr. Piotr Siuda, Dr. Jakub Majewski, Professor Krzysztof Chmielewski (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Publishing USA (Verlag)
979-8-7651-1023-2 (ISBN)

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This edited collection brings in multiple scholarly perspectives to examine the impact of the pandemic and resulting government policies, especially lockdowns, on one particular cultural sphere: games.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted virtually every aspect of our lives, regardless of where we live. In the initial months, many industry reports noted the unexpected positive impact on online digital game sales. Games were not just lockdown-proof, but boosted by lockdowns. Stay-at-home orders triggered a rush toward games as an alternative form of entertainment, and the ubiquity of mobile phones allowed wider than ever participation.

Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic studies how the COVID-19 pandemic affected game players, game developers, game journalists and game scholars alike in many other ways, starting with the most direct – illness, and sometimes death. Some effects are temporary, others are here to stay.

Piotr Siuda is Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Communication and Media at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He is a media studies scholar and member of the AoIR, DIGRA, and the Polish Society for Social Communication. His research interests include gamers communities, esports, media sports, and dark web communities. Jakub Majewski is Assistant Professor at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. His research interests include role-playing games and cultural heritage, game storytelling techniques, game industry history, among others. He is also a game developer with two decades' worth of experience and a portfolio of about forty diverse games. Krzysztof Chmielewski is Senior Lecturer of Game Design at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He is a LARP researcher, game designer, and a R&D specialist in experiential learning and gaming solutions.

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Introduction: Gamers and Gaming in the Strangest of Times
Piotr Siuda, Jakub Majewski, and Krzysztof Chmielewski (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Part I: During the Pandemic…
1. Roblox in Lockdown: Understanding Young People’s Digital Social Play in the Pandemic
Hugh Davies and Larissa Hjorth (RMIT University, Australia)
2. “I’ve Played More Minecraft with the Kids”: Gaming and Family Dynamics in the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mikko Meriläinen (Tampere University, Finland) and Maria Ruotsalainen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
3. Uses and Appropriations of the Cozy Game Animal Crossing: New Horizons During the Lockdown
Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon (Université de l’Ontario français, Canada), Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin, and Débora Krischke Leitão (University of Québec, Canada)
4. Gaming (the Pandemic) with Vision Impairment: An Autoethnographic Account
Lobna Hassan (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

Part II: The Lasting Impact of the Pandemic
5. When the Virtual Office Became Reality: Digital Game Development During and After the Lockdown
Jakub Majewski (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland)
6. The Influence of COVID-19 on Newspaper Discourses on Video Games in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Between Safe Social Spaces and Video Game Addiction
Stefan Brückner (Toyo University, Japan)
7. A Review of Studies on Location-based Live Service Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Players’ Behavior and Reluctance to Return to the Pre-pandemic State
Bastian Kordyaka (University of Bremen, Germany), Juho Hamari, and Samuli Laato (Tampere University, Finland)
8. Pandemic Gaming and Wholesome Philosophy: How New Players Reimaged Gaming Practices
Noel Brett and Sasha Soraine (McMaster University, Canada)

Part III: Lessons Learned
9. “It Was All Without Emotions, and This Wasn’t the Same Anymore”: “Replacing” Traditional Sports with Esports During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Piotr Siuda (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland), Michal Jasny (Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland), and Dobroslaw Mankowski (University of Gdansk, Poland)
10. Playing as the World Falls Apart: The Use of Video Games During the COVID-19 Crisis: The Case of Italy
Arianna Boldi, Maurizio Tirassa, and Amon Rapp (University of Turin, Italy)
11. Reflection Inception: Creating a Reflective COVID-19 Game by Reflecting on the Pandemic
Adam Jerrett (University of Portsmouth, UK)

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Erscheinungsdatum	23.01.2024
Zusatzinfo	36 bw illus
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Technik
ISBN-13	979-8-7651-1023-2 / 9798765110232
Zustand	Neuware