The Covid-19 crisis through the video game. Discourse analysis of Death Stranding: a metaphor for solidarity in times of pandemic

Abstract

The crisis unleashed by Covid-19 has been reflected in video games. Times of lockdown have turned this medium of entertainment into an instrument of escape and a stimulus for physical exercise in the home. It has also played a persuasive role, with particular cases such as Death Stranding, a major production that reflects many of the social aspects that have emphasised this crisis and whose discourse is analysed in this work from a semioludological perspective.