PCs at Cyber Racoon Pc Café in Santa Clara, Calif. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

Inside of Cyber Racoon Pc Café in Santa Clara, Calif. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

He spends the rest of his night roaming the expansive map of Genshin Impact. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

Ruiz has been gaming since he was ten years old. He spends on average four to six hours a day gaming, sometimes even all day. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

He is mainly a PC gamer. He built his PC from scratch by watching YouTube tutorials. Building his PC allowed him to save money, customize it for gaming, and personalize it to his liking. (Amalia Diaz /...

He takes a break from gaming and goes out to the backyard to do yoga. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

Martin Ruiz with his go-to Apex Legends character, Wraith, the Interdimensional Skirmisher. Martin took 17th place in the GuhRL’s Subscriber Tournament. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

Ruiz puts eye drops to relieve his dry eyes from gaming for four hours straight. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

He is mainly a PC gamer. He built his PC from scratch by watching YouTube tutorials. Building his PC allowed him to save money, customize it for gaming and personalize it to his liking. (Amalia Diaz /...

On tournament days, Ruiz likes to chase pre-workout with his cup of coffee, foam roll, stretch and work out before starting his matches. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

He starts off his day with a bowl of Maple Clusters with Frosted Wheaties watching Sweatdreams twitch stream, in Daly City, Calif. (Amalia Diaz / Xpress Magazine)

Melissa Sondhi is a professional opera singer based in San Francisco. Sondhi made her debut with Opera San Jose and has expanded her career in stage productions where she played the roles of Ida in Die...