Virtual tree, real impact: how simulated worlds associate with the perception of limited resources.

ABSTRACT: Video games have long been considered an effective educational tool. Environmental education studies have found that games positively affect the feeling of nature connectedness, producing pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. With growing urbanization, video games also provide chances to interact with nature. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizon (ACNH) became a household name, with millions of copies sold worldwide. The article used the Bayesian multilevel model to analyze 640 survey responses of ACNH game players from various online communities. The correlations between the perception of limited resources and virtual planting and exploiting behaviors with the varying effect among ethnicities were explored. The findings suggested positive correlations

SUBMITTER: Ho MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244435 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature