I tried to replace my iPad with a Surface 3. Most of what I use it for is media consumption in addition to real work (which I hate doing on the iPad). In the end I returned the Surface, it was buggy (and I'm not convinced it was just mine after doing some searching), but it also wasn't great for...
i bought the steam controller because i wanted a wireless controller (without a cord for the dongle) and the xbone controller was 80 bucks. i am happy with the purchase, but i only use it for a few games (rocket league and broforce for now). well worth the 50 bucks.
world of warcraft. wayyyyy too much. after that probably borderlands 2. i have pretty much broken my WoW addiction. i go back when an expansion is released, play it a month, realize it's not what it used to be, move on.
i have been going to lans with guys in their mid 20s and early 30s. i felt a little out of place the first few times but they are all super guys and have made me feel like one of the crew instead of the old guy.
i used to have this couple come into my shop, once a month. they only came in to get their computer cleaned out. dirt, pine straw, roaches, cigarette ash, ugh. you could smell them from 2 rooms away, and their computer from even farther. it was bad enough that the computer got like that, but...
i have been going to local lans again. this and quakecon would be awesome to attend, but the investment. at 40 i can't sleep under a table anymore, i need a real bed, and 8 real hours. looks great tho.
one of the things i would love to own is a street fighter 2 arcade machine. spent way too much time and money playing that game in the arcade (or one of the dozens of versions that came after).