Thanks for all your responses. It was nice to read what other peoples' interests are, and that I'm not alone.

A Red Panda, it sounds like you had an awesome grandma! I've heard the original Zelda game is very, very difficult. It sounds like you've got some amazing interests. You must have a lot of fun. Also, I would recognize your Navi tattoo. She looks like a shiny ball with cute, simple wings that resemble a fly's wings. I played Ocarina of Time when I was a little kid. I couldn't beat it until years later , but it was a lot of fun and I loved the puzzles. My favorite character was princess Zelda.

I suppose playing games is like reading or watching TV. Joining online communities with similar interests sounds good. It would be neat if there was an interest thread here where people could go just to list their interests.

Here are some of mine:
I enjoy reading. I like nonfiction books about things I'm interested. I also like stories with fantasy elements in them. However, I'm not good in connecting to them if they have too much fantasy or violence in them for some strange reason. I also like writing and hiking. I actually don't like writing nonfiction, but fiction. I like watching movies, too.

Sometimes psychotic, I hear you. That girl was very young and was probably jealous of my time. I had just never forgotten how scathing her words were. For a long time, I had thought it was about the video games themselves. I had wanted to play video games with other people many times, but when it occasionally happened I would get so embarrassed I had a hard time enjoying our time together. I guess I need to work on that.

I love board games, but so many people find them seem to find them boring, especially at my age. I'm in my very early twenties, so maybe it has to do with my age. It's hard for me to find people who enjoy them.

I notice when people are wearing things related to video games, and I do see more of it in college. I suppose people of that age are more comfortable in their interests than in high school. However, I've always felt that wall of mean talk from when I was younger. Most of my family acted like my interest in video games was something foreign to them and strange. I often didn't have the nicest relatives, who would make fun of what I did, no matter what it was. They just thought I was fun to make fun of, I suppose. Well, I enjoyed venting that. I feel a bit better.

Now that I think about it, it wasn't a supportive household.