I blame my slightly older geek brother.
He was the one that went out and got game systems as they came out. Odyssey2, Sega, Vic 20, C=64, Amiga 500, and we had fun playing games together. After I came back home from the Navy, I had enough to buy a used A1000 which we would connect together for games like Stunt Racer. He ditched the A500 for PC shortly after, but I stuck with it. I guess my needs are modest enough where I don't really need a PC yet, and the ones at the office are good for email and posting here.