Probably feel this way because I fall into the same demographic, but if you weren't born in the mid-to-late 70's, you missed the golden opportunity to grow up with gaming. You remember arcades. You remember watching the evolution from Atari to Nintendo, 8-bit to 16-bit, cartridges to optical media, and the days when "multi-player" meant four of you squeezing into the same limited dorm floor space in front of a 19-inch TV to play Mario Kart 64.

If you're older than that and still involved with games, chances were you played in the arcades at the bowling alley with your buddies, or were employed in their programming/manufacture. You grew up and got into gaming.

If you're much younger than that, you missed several important steps in their evolution. You grew up playing video games, but they were like the kids who a couple years ahead of you in school. You might have known them by name, but you didn't grow up with them.