I want to change things up. How did all of you get into PC gaming and/or steamGaf?
After a few years with the NES(88-91), my parents purchased a 386 PC. The first game that they purchased for me was Laura Bow The Dagger of Amon Ra and that got me into the Sierra line of adventure games(King's Quest, Quest for Glory Police Quest, Willy Beamish, etc.). Family friends helped me work with DOS and learn the command line system. There were also various Flight simulators and Sim City in the mix along PnC games. Overall, a much more cerebral experience to what consoles(SNES/Genesis) provided at the time.
By 1995, it was becoming long in the tooth and newer games required Win 95 and a CD-ROM drive. My folks weren't interested in getting a new one, so I purchased myself a PSOne instead. By '98, when we did finally get a new PC, I had grown accustomed to console genres(JRPGs, fighting games). Nevertheless, Blade runner was one of my first forays back, and it was a great title.
(Skip to '09)With all the DLC shenanigans, I decided to move over primarily to PC gaming. It wasn't till a few years ago that I really embraced DD-only, but the convenience and sales won me over. That was around the time that I got myself a GAF account, and after a while I'd started lurking in this thread. Now it's the one I follow the most.