Games have pretty much always been a part of my life, and I've always been happy to have 'em. The only sort of "game-less" period I had was from the point in time in which my brother sold off his NES and games to when I was 11, saved up my money, and bought myself a SNES (the first system that I personally owned). I was quite sad when he sold the NES; I still loved the games. That was pretty much the end of gaming for him, though, so I had to make do until I could get my own console (couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 years).
Anyway, since then I've been a gaming nut, but sometimes I do wonder if the internet has really changed gaming for me. Well, it has, but I question if I play games as much as I used to when I typically would play at least a couple hours after every school day (and then a ton all weekend). Nowadays I have I have a lot of other time consumers like college, my boyfriend, and other stuff. Often times when I get free time I'll use it up on the computer at a message board or toying around with all the gaming merchandise I bought thanks to eBay and online stores.