I am a lifelong video game player. I worked at a local video game store for years. I started my collection buying vids. I stumbled into pinball a short time later, but I still have my vids after about 10 years. They are both great and help define the arcade experience I try to replicate in my basement. I love pinball the most overall, but despite all the money, time and labor I've poured into my gameroom, I still spend 10x as much time on console games. They are inexpensive and some games can consume hundreds and hundreds of hours of free time. I play pinball when I don't have so much time or when friends come over. It's all gaming and it's all great!