Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic

Dr. Piotr Siuda, Dr. Jakub Majewski, Professor Krzysztof Chmielewski

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
08 February 2024

Media studies; Technology: general issues

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.

Edited by: Dr. Piotr Siuda, Dr. Jakub Majewski, Professor Krzysztof Chmielewski
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798765110232
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables 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 Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin, Débora Krischke Leitão (University of Québec, Canada) and Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon (Université de l’Ontario français, 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) List of Contributors Index

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.

Reviews for Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic

Every aspect of our lives was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The widely accepted view is that the digital game industry benefited from the lockdown, whether by measures of sales or attention. This book offers the first collection of studies to rigorously examine games in the age of pandemic and challenge such easy conclusions. It delivers nuanced and informative essays about the ways in which games changed how we lived, played, learned, and socialized during those difficult times. * Henry Lowood, Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections and Curator for Film & Media Collections, Stanford University, USA * Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic provides a much-needed view of and record of gamers, gaming, and the industry during the Covid-19 pandemic, and will be immediately useful and of interest to both academics and a wider audience. With the global move away from face-to-face during this time, gaming norms, practices, and assumptions were all challenged, as the scholars in this volume discuss. How gamers responded to these changes and challenges is well-worth understanding. * Dr. Nathaniel Poor, Senior Researcher, Underwood Institute, USA *