Started with the SNES, Super Mario World, Megaman X, and Secret of Mana. Eventually moved on to the Playstations and found my love of shooters with the SOCOM games, Metal gear solid, and the various Tom Clancy games. My parents had some work computers that I was able to run Command & Conquer on, but nothing else. The Xbox 360 was the first console I bought with my own money in 2007. Primary played Halo, Mass Effect and Call of duty 4, Plus an ungodly amount of hours into Elder Scrolls and Fallout. I had a gamefly account(netflix for games) at the time and worked through enough games to eventually build a disgusting 100k gamerscore. I later bought a PS3, but only ever played Metal gear 4...once. Played a ton of the Dark souls games too. Physically played Magic the Gathering and a D&D clone called "Hero Quest" for a while until my siblings moved out. Still have all my Magic cards and the HQ set on a shelf somewhere.
Halo and the COD4 will always have a huge place in my heart. My stepfather passed away in 2008 when I was 16. Playing those game on Xbox live with my Step-brother and his friends who lived in Florida created a pretty awesome relationship that I had not had before. Somewhere in this time frame I was also on the Ground floor of the first Extra Life Charity for children's' hospitals that grew out of the now defunct Sarcastic Gamer forum. I have not participated in it for years, but they having been pulling in some heavyweight numbers for a few years now and I am proud to have been a small part of that.
2015 I got an Xbox One. I fell into The Witcher 3 for nearly 8 months, bought a PS4 but only ever played BloodBorne...more than once. Played some other games, but at this time I was more interested in USPSA and my focus shifted.
Currently, few games of late have caught my attention, most of the new stuff feels like things I have already done. The current price increases and general attitude of the industry have soured me. The push towards more digital content has also been difficult on a slow rural internet.
I may pickup Cold war just as an easy unwind, but after the new console generation solidifies itself I will be taking a long break from it all.