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<\/a>For international students, one of those barriers can be language. Lee-Radigan points out that most students have played games at some point in their lives, allowing video games to serve as a bonding experience for students from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a nice touchstone because usually everyone has some kind of connection with it,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cThere was one year where there was, I don\u2019t know which, but there was a big football tournament going on, so everyone was playing the FIFA game at the club, and it was great\u2026 it just seems to be something everyone can kind of enjoy together. Everyone has some connection with some game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During her two years as club organizer, Lee-Radigan has seen the club evolve from having get-togethers tucked away in classrooms to having them loud and clear in the centre of the Fisher Building foyer, making the club more visible and accessible to students. Another change she\u2019s seen is the focus of the club: the Video Game Club was born from the Classic and Party Gaming Club, and there used to be a full-fledged Board Games Club, which still exists as a side table during the Activity Club gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe did have a board games club, but one of the issues that we found was because students only have a limited amount of time between classes it was really difficult to get board games up and started,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cYou\u2019d start with some people, someone would have to leave, and you don\u2019t have enough people to swap in. Our hope is to get the board games up and running again as more of an evening event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Video Games Club runs from September to April; Lee-Radigan stresses students don\u2019t have to sign up as members to participate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think if it\u2019s more of a drop-in students feel a little bit freer to join without necessarily the commitment of, \u2018Oh, I have to join this club, and sign up, and give my email\u2026\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018Nope, if you\u2019re in the area, play some video games, hang out with us.\u2019 No pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee-Radigan says that the inclusive, relaxed atmosphere is one of her favourite things about running the club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI love it when all of the students who come to the club will go off and be like, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s go down to EB Games, or let\u2019s go hang out or something,\u2019 and it\u2019s nice that it seems to actually be creating a space where friendships can develop over a mutually loved activity,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it\u2019s true that some people take their video games very seriously, Lee-Radigan stresses that newcomers are always welcome in the club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s some players that have, you know, clearly been playing all their lives and are amazing, but I also find that those players are really jazzed about the game, and so they\u2019re really helpful to any players that might be new because everyone is just so immediately friendly,\u201d she says. \u201cSo, if somebody doesn\u2019t necessarily know how to play the game, instantly everyone\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, yeah\u2014so, that controller does that, this controller does that; do you have any other questions? Just ask us.\u2019 I find it\u2019s just a really welcoming environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information on the club, look for Camosun Video Games Club on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To students looking to escape the chaos of classes and exams, fourth-year Anthropology student Amy Lee-Radigan says to look no further than the Camosun Video Games Club as a way to de-stress and bond over a mutually loved activity. \u201cI think college is an amazing time to get out of your shell a little bit,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-june-12-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17769,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions\/17769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}