I am a pretty committed gamer, and that includes both boards n' bits gaming as well as video gaming.
In my experience and tastes: Strategy Board/Card gaming > Computer (PC) gaming > Console gaming > almost all other hobbies. (totally objective here
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I say this, though, with an affection for all 3.
As far as video gaming goes, I started with old PC games like Zaxxon, Digdug, Snipes, Q-bert. (5.5 inch floppies -which really were "floppy")
Since then, I've played TONS of PC games. FPS, RTS, TBS, RPG -- all fun. Doom series, Age of Empires series, Civilization series, Diablo II are probably the best examples of each of the four categories during my pre-adult PC gaming years.
Current favorites include:
-FPS: Source engine games like TF2, Portal series, Left 4 Dead series (finally playing through HL2 now -- been putting it off for a long time),
-RPG-action: a sweet-sweet 3D tower defense game called "Orcs Must Die,"
-TBS/RTS: the Total War series (played through Rome a few times, now on to Medieval II, excited to get to Empire).
What gets the most playtime currently? HL2, TF2, and Orcs Must Die.
As far as console gaming goes, I've played a bunch of NES/SNES games, and then a handful of N64, Gamecube, and Playstation/PS2 games. Probably my favorite out of these were Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and an old and mostly-unknown SNES game called Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen.
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Yep, video games rock.