Oh wow. Speaking of computer games, I was hooked on rollercoaster tycoon (which I had a pirated copy from my neighbor). The Sims was always one of my favorites.. I know now there about about 7 or 8 diff. Sims games. Yea, learning how to manage a family was ok, but i was in for buying the cool new pin ball machines, HUGE pools, basketball courts, and every other small game that was of interstest and in budget for the resisdents in my game. Designing the house always appealed to me too. I wont go into details regarding cheat codes, b/c i know we all have done it.
It was always cool to have the HUGEST house in Sim CIty woth about 5 million. If only there were cheat codes for real life? yea right.
I even got into online monopoly for a while, but nothing too important. I guess thats what my early ages were like, but ya cant call those investments per se.
The original Pokemon cards were one of th greatest too. I actaully never played the "trading game" before. I just wandted to biggest and baddest pokemon with the most HP. The shinny ones were always a nice feature. I remember speaking with Moss about this one. He said they would really hold no value for them down the road. I guess with his explanation it makes sense.
Spending money on the hottest Lego kits was what most of my money went towards. I loved building new things, then taking them apart and reconstructing another object. Legos, Knex, (there was one more) that kept me busy..
Great thread Dee-Eight!
All the best,