I love playing video games to relax and interact with other online gamers. Also I've heard it improves your hand eye coordination, which is a cool bonus.
I usually take a look on eBay for game auctions, sometimes you will get great bargains if you time it right. Always buy from sellers who have a high rating and sold many items.
Man, you was very lucky as a kid to get all those consoles.
This is my console timeline:
Sega Mega Drive 2,
Gameboy,
Playstation,
Nintendo 64,
Original Xbox,
Playstation 2,
Xbox 360,
Playstation 3.