Play activity in the internet as a value of the modern student

The article substantiates importance of studying online games due to their mass popularity among college students, with emphasis on their diversity. The online games are valuable since they are of compensatory nature, they provide students with creative search field, enhance self-esteem, give an opportunity of the unique experience of interactive cooperation of players, supplementing the social experience, and may fulfill the role of psycho-correctional methods. The online games can promote positive transformation of the student’s personality in case he isn’t carried away by them, and no virtual escapism is formed.