Abbi Weston, junior, shares how she became interested in gaming. Tami Lemcke, Abbi’s mom, also gave an opinion on her daughter’s hobby. 

TKC: What are your hobbies and recent interests?

AW: Mostly just gaming and reading.

TKC: What kind of games do you like to play?

AW: Open world and role playing games. 

TKC: When did you get into video games?

AW: I started playing when I was young when [we] had DS’s. I got my first game [when I was] 10 [years old]. [Before that] I used to play my brother’s games.

TKC: Do you think COVD-19 impacted how much you game?

AW: I would say it didn’t impact it. I would play [games] a lot [during the day,] instead of going to school and then only playing for a couple of hours [at night].

TKC: Any favorite memories through video games?

AW: Competing with family members and my brother. My brother is 20 [years old].

Abbi Weston’s mom, Tami Lemcke, gives a perspective on her daughter’s interest in gaming. 

TKC: When did Abbi start playing video games?

TL: She was little.[The games she played] weren’t Mario or anything like that, they were little learning games, and then probably in kindergarten she got a DS and started playing Mario and then went on to Minecraft.”

TKC: Did her playing increase over quarantine?

TL: It definitely increased because there was a lot of time where you could go and do anything. She would spend a lot of time on the switch playing Animal Crossing and on her phone playing Minecraft.

TKC: Do you find any positives or negatives of her gaming?

TL: [Gaming] makes you more creative. She gets to build different things and different worlds. Although, there are a lot of times where she doesn’t want to do anything else but play video games. 

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