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I have been a big fan since I was about 10.
I started with the Sega Master System and went through super nintendo, dreamcast, N64, GBA, game cube, DS, playstation 1 and 2, X Box, X-Box 360...
I enjoy almost every kind of games with the exception of realistic car races (can be pretty fun though when it is totally unrealistic with weapons and such) and most sport simulation (except tennis... I love tennis... and football when played with friends)
My favourite type of games evolved through time.
First it was platformers (Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island and Donkey Kong Country 2... nothing has ever topped those).
Then I went to 2D fighting games (those by Capcom more than those by SNK, I was a killer at Marvel Super Heroes, Street Fighter Alpha...)
3D killed those 2 genres, not much good games on those 2 categories on the past 10 years (with the exception of Psychonauts, awesome 3D platformer totally under-rated)
Then Goldeneye and Counter Strike arrived and introduced me to the FPS world while at the same time I felt in love with my favourite game ever, Final Fantasy VII, the first of a long serie of RPG I've played, including emulated older one such as the awesome Chrono Trigger
I really like the "Tactical RPG" games, when instead of dynamic fights you have more strategic ones in a war field looking like a chest. However none has ever gave me the same amount of fun as Vandal Heart on PSX. (and I've tried a lot, including Disgaea, many Fire Emblem, one in PSX with robots...)
RPGs were perfect when I was alone while FPS where the perfect game to play together, I spent long afternoon with by best friends with Golden Eye (and Mario Kart 64 back then) and made some good mates on the "internet café" where I played Counter Strike (and Unreal, and Quake and Starcraft...)
Most of my other favourite games are "unique" in the sense that they don't look like anything before them and often like nothing after neither.
The best one on that category is the incredible "Jet Set Radio" and his follow-up "Jet Set Radio Future" ; those were games in which you played roller skater in a modern Tokyo ruled by gangs and abusive police forces. You had to paint the city with your tags and you could do incredible stunts in a huge town with a fabulous design, perfect handiness, witty humor and one of the few original soundtracks I can listen to on their own.
There was also Bust a Move and Bust a Groove, too totally different game : one was about rythm (a dance game but with the pad, not with your feet) and the other was the best puzzle game ever (take that damn Tetris). And I was almost invincible at both.
Never were much into PC games, except Counter Strike (as formerly said), Half-Life and Diablo II
Nowadays I enjoy many different type of games but I feel like RPGs are much less interesting than they used to (except the Shin Megami Tensei serie maybe), the graphics are good but the plot often tends to suck a bit.
Bioshock is incredible indeed, but I really enjoy the Guitar Hero too and I'm pretty good at it.
The soundtracks of the 2 first were much better than the last ones but those of Rock Band are pretty good too, many AM3000 songs in those games !