I remember my freshman year of college playing Unreal.
I had worked all summer to be able to buy myself a computer for college (and made sure it had a decent video card).
I recall, some weeks into my Freshman year, one Saturday night getting a call from a friend of mine who lived down the hall, "Hey I'm at this party, and my friend (Jenny or some other common lady name) wants to talk to you". So he puts this girl on the phone.
Her: "What are you doing?"
Me: "Playing Unreal."
Her: "So, you're going to be doing that all night?"
Me: "Yes."
Her: "OK... I guess I'll talk to you later"
All these years later, I still think I made the right decision.