Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a first person shooter video game, was released Tuesday, Nov. 8 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a role-playing video game, was released Friday, Nov. 11. Both releases were highly anticipated by video game enthusiasts around the country.

Senior Austin Ross, a self proclaimed video game fanatic, claims to play about 25 hours a week. He was most excited for the release of Skyrim.

“Officially I’ve been waiting seven months for it to come out,” Ross said. “But it’s felt more like six years.”

Senior Ashton Proctor was equally as eager for the release of Skyrim. He had been waiting for the newest addition to the series since the last installment two years ago. Proctor has high hopes for the game.

“I enjoy role playing games, and Bethesda, who is the company that makes Skyrim, does a really good job of capturing the elements essential to creating a well rounded role playing video game,” Proctor said.

Since playing the newly released Modern Warfare 3, sophomore Patrick Tapang believes the game to be the best of the century. Ever since hearing about the release date, Tapang had been waiting for its release.

“You can never run out of things to do,” Tapang said. “The game features a number of new things, from the campaign to the spec-op missions. When playing the game, it just never gets old.”

Sophomore Colton Chapman agrees with Tapang’s views. He enjoys the new edition to the Call of Duty series and plans on putting in a couple hours playing both online and spec-ops.

“It’s fun to listen to my friends complain as I show them up,” Chapman said. “Video games are something that I’ve been playing for quite awhile. Once you get the hang of them, all games become pretty easy.”

Proctor enjoys gaming in general, particularly “ridding dragons that torment the land” in Skyrim.

“I like being able to share the experience with friends and embark on journeys that you could never go on in the real world,” Proctor said. “You can’t slay a dragon in real life.”

IGN, a review website that focuses on video games and other media gave Modern Warfare 3 a 9.0 out of 10 and Skyrim a 9.5 out of 10.