The psychology behind video games during COVID‐19 pandemic: A case study of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

With the emerging outbreak of a novel coronavirus, millions of people have been followed social distancing rules to self‐quarantine at home. Given the continuation of this pandemic trend, people who have suffered from the anxiety of coronavirus and experienced social isolation their psychological we...

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Published in:Human behavior and emerging technologies 2021-01, Vol.3 (1), p.157-159
Main Author: Zhu, Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Crossing
Animals
Computer & video games
coronavirus
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Escape
escapism
Loneliness
New Horizons
Pandemics
psychological well‐being
Psychology
Quarantine
Social interaction
Social isolation
video game
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Summary:With the emerging outbreak of a novel coronavirus, millions of people have been followed social distancing rules to self‐quarantine at home. Given the continuation of this pandemic trend, people who have suffered from the anxiety of coronavirus and experienced social isolation their psychological well‐being started to be concerned. During this time, one popular video game called “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” successfully get everyone's attention and led us to explore the psychology behind video games. On the one hand, New Horizons provides a dreamland for the players to temporally escape from the cruel reality with a risk of losing in escapism. On the other hand, the New Horizons world becomes a perfect social platform to keep social interaction with others to get rid of the loneliness.
ISSN:2578-1863
2578-1863
DOI:10.1002/hbe2.221