My first journey games... the original Blue version, back when I was 17. Initially, before even playing the game, I wasn't too crazy about Pokemon and the whole prospect of owning virtual pets was a sour experience after having dealt with a Tamagotchi (don't know how I got suckered into getting one of those). Then my brother and his friends were thinking of playing it and talked me into it. I was like, eh, alright, it did seem at least a little bit better than that annoying egg-shaped abomination.

Here I am, 33 now, and still playing Pokemon games. There's been times where I've tried to leave it behind and move on, but... AH, THE WITHDRAWAL!!! If I try to drop it, I miss it, and then they release a new game and I'm like screw it, I'm back, let's fire this up again. It happens constantly.