Personal History

My history with video games started back with the NES. My father helped my grandfather build a barn and in return my grandfather bought us our first console. I loved the first Zelda games as well as Mario 3. I was young enough that I hadn't gotten into the longer games like Final Fantasy (yet) but I spent hours with the A and B buttons.
It wasn't until I hit 7th grade that we got our first computer. It had a massive hard drive (at the time) and had the newest Windows 3.1 version on it. I never really got into the games like Everquest or Doom. The ones that I really started to play for hours were the Sim games. To date I still have most of them. My favorite one was SimFarm, which was fun until I figured out how to win and I haven't played it much since. Another series that I liked was The 7th Guest. Basically it was a puzzle game with a pretty good story.
The PC held me over until I was about 17 and the Playstation came out. My parents didn't like consoles so I never had the Sega systems or even any later Nintendo systems. So getting the Playstation was a cool feeling, until I found out that I had to buy everything separately (another controller, memory card, cables, and the first game). Even then, it had some really good games and introduced me to the Final Fantasy series. I know all the Final Fantasy fans refer back to FF7 for the best one, but I played every one released for that system and although I adore the story and the atmosphere of 7, my favorite and most fun was 9.
More recently I've ventured over to GameCube and the Wii. I haven't found a great lineup for them, but they're fun for extras like Guitar Hero. I'm planning to get a 360 as soon as funds allow. If nothing else then to play some of the XBox exclusives. They seem to have a better RPG choice than Sony. It's not a bash to Sony, but they've been trying to focus more on action and shooters than the good ol' RPGs.
I do have a PSP that I've played mostly with LocoRoco and the Final Fantasy games. My DS hasn't got much love in the past year or so, but I've been eyeing a few of the puzzle games that seem worth the effort.