Pok\'emon GO to Pok\'emon STAY: How Covid-19 Affected Pok\'emon GO Players
Since its creation, the Location-Based Game (LBG), Pok\'emon GO, has been embraced by a community of fans across the world. Due to its recency, the impact of COVID-19 on the community of Pok\'emon GO players is underexplored. We address how COVID-19 has impacted the players of Pok\'em...
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Zusammenfassung: | Since its creation, the Location-Based Game (LBG), Pok\'emon GO, has been
embraced by a community of fans across the world. Due to its recency, the
impact of COVID-19 on the community of Pok\'emon GO players is underexplored.
We address how COVID-19 has impacted the players of Pok\'emon GO by building
upon existing work focusing on player gratifications and impacts in Pok\'emon
GO. Through semi-structured interviews, we provide a snapshot of the state of
LBG play during unprecedented times. These player testimonies demonstrate (1)
the importance of in-person socialization to LBG, (2) additional ways players
use the game as a coping mechanism, and (3) how intentionality mediates player
perceptions of people-place relationships. In demonstrating these behaviors, we
provide a glimpse of how a game that forces players to explore the world around
them changed when going outside with friends became a source of danger. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2202.05185 |