Simple question. We all have our different reasons; and there are many different kinds of gamers. Are you a Call of Duty only player competing with your friends online after school? Are you an old school JRPG gamer that enjoys character development and stories in your games? Or do you like to be visually treated to a game like Journey to relax after a hard day's work?

Discuss :D

For me: (I'm 20) It's changed a bit as I got older. I've been through the older Nintendo phase, the shooter only phase, and others. Now, I think I'm at the appreciative phase. I just love to play new experiences. Just recently finished Kingdom Hearts 1.5 (first KH game) and still playing games like Ni No Kuni and Tearaway. I guess the kicker for me is a good story and characters. Something I can think about long after the game finishes. 

I game because it is fun.

Because it's fun.
My favorite genre is JRPG's by far.

Its life.

It's the preferred way to spend my downtime.

one word...entertainment

I like to complete a suitable challenge. I'm a natural at platformers, adventures, and shooters. So if a game clicks with me i want to see it through. By completing games i can justify owning so many.

Because it's fun and it's something almost all my friends do too.

I game cause I want be to wowed by games... Whether its from the Story, or graphics or just how fun the game is

For example, When I played Crysis a few years ago, I was wowed by how realistic the graphics were, or when I played Cod 4, I was wowed by the nuke scene or when I played Mario Galaxy, I was wowed by the gameplay and etc

Ok, mandatory The World is Saved video...