But everything else sounds just the same. I started out not being particularly good at anything with action in it. When I was a kid I could just about be medium at them. Still the fun ones were fun.

But then when I hit about 35, two things happened: a) RTSs showed up, and b) I started to develop some physical symptoms caused by playing actiony games. The RTSs absorbed all my time for a while, Warcraft was first (unless you count Populous as an RTS). But I found they made my nose run. The longer I played, the worse it got. In severe cases, I became all stuffed up just like a head cold. Then other things showed up: dizziness and headaches. Limiting the time played did not help because these symptoms start as soon as I begin to play (though they do get worse if I keep playing). I can't play shooters or sims at all. Doom made me nauseus (though I played it anyway because it was so cool). Recently I got a really cheap deal on the original Mass Effect which I had always wanted to play. But I just can't handle the combat sequences.

So I've specialized in things that were more turn-based. Including especially strategy, and rpgs. These genres were a natural progression from what I had played before the pc was invented anyway. Some adventure games as well. I loved Interplay's Neuromancer (on my C64!), and Space Quest, and ultimately Myst (though TB is the expert in the adventure category).

For strategy, there used to be a bunch of cool games for the C64 by SSI (that closely mirrored what I was playing with my friends face-to-face). Like Breakthrough in the Ardennes, ...um... something about Normandy, Tigers in the Snow. More I can't recall.

The Panzer General series is a lot of fun, though it's kind of a mix of wargame and boardgame.

And SSI came out with some amazing renditions of D&D. Also Interplay's Wasteland. I recall some early rpgs I played on a 286 based on Traveller. Later favorite rpgs: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Neverwinter Nights 2, Planescape: Torment, Knights of the Old Republic.

I love the 4x games too. When CIV2 came out I turned into a zombie and played it every waking, non-working minute for a few weeks. MOO, MOM, Ascendancy, etc.