I was thinking about my favorite out-of-game moment recently. This is something related to gaming, but isn't necessarily something you experienced in a game or while playing a game.

Mine is simply this: Seeing the entire NES set up for the first time at Toys 'R' Us.

I had just had a difficult couple of years -- some medical problems -- and the last time I played video games was during the heydeys of the 2600. Seeing this in that store brought back all kinds of really cool memories and I really, really wanted to experience that again.

What's yours?