Mr. Boyer shows his excitement while playing video games at home. Photo provided by Mr. Boyer.

By Shelby Harty

Games are entertaining whether they are video games or board games. Children play a lot of games and maybe even as teenagers. Even though children and teenagers are more prone to play video games, adults enjoy them as well.

Math teacher Earl Boyer defined the difference between video games and board games. “Video games are exciting because they immerse me in a 3-D world of sound and color. Board games are not as exciting because it takes forever for someone to roll the dice and figure out what they are going to do. Plus, many board games involve money and I already have to worry about money in the real world.” Boyer commented, “I do think people spend too much time playing video games. I don’t play games unless I am caught up at work. Also, I think many of the games available that kids play are not appropriate for them.” Boyer’s favorite games to play are horror and military games.

Senior Jackson Seering commented on his favorite video games. “The ‘Legend of Zelda.’ I have been around that game series for a long time and it’s one of the best games because it’s made by Nintendo. ‘Splatterhouse’ simply because it is violent. They recently remade it for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and it is amazing. I loved the older ones I played with when I was younger as well.” Seering’s favorite genres of video games are action, war, adventure, horror and play station games.

Senior Christina Schafer is quite the opposite. Instead of video games, she prefers to play board games. She said, “I feel like they are more fun because more than one person can play making it fun. Board games also remind me of when I was little.” Schafer also listed her favorites, “‘Monopoly,’ ‘Candyland,’ and ‘Life’ are my favorite board games.” She likes puzzle games and adventure and online games that combine the two together into one game.

Some people prefer video games because they become engulfed in the 3-D adventure, while others like board games more because it is fun to play with more than one person. Whatever the reason is, people play games just for the fun of it.