Greetings,
Well I too been a gamer since god knows when. I always enjoyed games where I work with other players. At first friends in the neighborhood, then my bro and I discovered MMORPGs. Starcraft, Diablo 1 and 2, UO, Anarchy Online, Starwars, Lineage 2, then WoW. Each game was a step up in graphics and just something new to explore. Just like any toy, get bored with it after a while and want something new to play with. MMORPGs is like reading a fun book, but you are the main charactor and others in the fictional world are other players. Work together, trade, fight, organize to achieve goals. Ultimately it is a time sink.
I recently broke from my WoW addiction, game is most evolved and intresting MMO I played. Also most clean one too, as you know ingame gold buyers and cheating usual bring MMOs to their knees over time. Why play long and hard when someone with money to blow can do in seconds what took days, months, or a year to achieve? Lineage 2 is an excellent case of this.
About MMOs, Final fantasy 1-6 got me hook, line, and sinker when I was young. After FF7, they don't intrest me much at all now.