Video games were my gateway into computers. I contribute my path as a developer to when I started playing the Quake 1 demo in 96. I remember getting the demo from a pc mag cd, and spending all day playing. One day I wanted to start learning to make my own mods. So that started me on my development path.
But I totally agree, I hope I don't let me kids play as much games as I did. I got lucky, but everyone is different.