I've played videogames since I was about 5. My dad brought home an Amstrad CPC 464 that loaded games like Arkanoid, Fruity Frank, and Sorcery in 30 minutes from a tape.

We moved up to an "IBM-compatible" PC, and then consoles. I spent hours on my Sega Master System, then SNES and Genesis, while my dad was enjoying his "amazing" 486DX4 100Mhz. Don't get me wrong, I spent plenty of time on it, too. I learned how to create Boot disks, pilot any spaceship, and go through a Lucas Arts point-and-click adventure game, but ultimately I'd go back to Chrono Trigger and NBA Jam.

Then I became a penniless college student, and missed the PlayStation/Gamecube era, only getting to play at my friends' houses. I bought an Xbox when I got my 1st full-time job, 10 years of hardcore peasantry ensued, culminating with a PS3.

And then 5 years ago, a friend of mine gave me his old gaming rig, top of the line from 5 years before. I had a kid, then a second one, so I kept replacing parts with whatever was the best mid-range bang-for-the-buck at the time: GTX 8800, GTS 250, and R9 280.

And now, after years of putting money aside for it, I finally have a rig I can use to play anything I want on max settings at 1080/60fps. I had put off playing Witcher 3 for that occasion, and it finally happened. As I was galloping through the wild looking for monsters, it hit me how many years I had been waiting for this, and it felt good to take a moment to appreciate what I have. I can't wait to show my dad what games can look like these days with a 1070.

Now I can't wait to save a few more years to get a 1440/144Mhz monitor! There's always a next step with PC gaming, isn't there? :)