While there is not a direct connection between videogames and school, some students find educational value in the games, according to sophomore Nick Moran.

“I’ve definitely learned teamwork,” Moran said. “I’ve learned to take what’s coming at you and making split-second decisions, which I’m really bad at. [Video games] help me with that.”

According to junior Jake Biales, open world games where the player can freely control their movements in the game, first person shooter games and other genres of games all hold some type of knowledge. Along with their educational values, videogames have an extensive amount of activities that their players can experience, include unrealistic settings and the ability to do unrealistic actions, Moran and Biales said.

“The fact that I can go into a world where I can kill zombies, team up with friends and do all of this cool and amazing stuff is very exciting for me,” Biales said.

Biales also finds the aspect of gaming with friends very intriguing.

“My friends and I sometimes have movie nights, and there are a lot of people there,” Biales said. “We play some very generic [first person shooter] games like Call Of Duty.”

The hobby of video games started at a young age for many. For Moran, he enjoyed gaming since he was young.

“My dad brought home his Nintendo 64, and I remember I used to play that when I was at my grandmother’s house,” Moran said. “My brother and I used to play that all the time. That was the only thing we would do.”

Both Biales and Moran refer to video games as a way to relax and be creative, and senior Pavel Ouroumov also believes one of the appeals of video games is its alleviating effect.

“It’s definitely fun to play in a fake world where you can get away from the real world and real world stress,” Ouroumov said.