I always played boardgames until just a couple of years ago (I'm 52), when my GF decided she missed videogaming, and bought a Wii. I enjoy shooting, so I was drawn to the obvious choices, Call of Duty, etc., but quickly discovered that 1st person shooters make me motion sick. I couldn't find any good third person shooters (ideas please!), and Zelda/Mario held no interest at all. Then my GF bought an oldie..... Pikmin. I finally got the whole obsession thing. I still remember the day I stumbled across Pikmin 2 in a Gamestop, I immediately bought a bottle of champagne to celebrate. Played it again about a month ago.
PC - The rudimentary poker games from 10 years ago, before anybody ever heard of Chris Moneymaker, et. al. Starcraft, obviously, until Labor Day when Dominion came along. If the size of the icons had been friendlier, I think I would enjoy Civilization.
Does anyone know of a PC (or console game) where the mechanics are Air Traffic Control. I'd be especially interested in some sort of voice activated, near real-life simulator.