[Blink]

Unless your a big gamer, there really isn't any reason to stick with Windows, most programs have a Linux alternative and for those that don't you can easily run them in a VM. I would suggest you make a live disc (can be a disc or usb) and try out a few distros, @Ender will suggest the more tech savvy ones but I suggest Kubuntu or Linux Mint, especially if you are fresh from Windows.

I do play games, but not as frequent as I used to be, since... well I don't really have a good game I guess.

I will consider your suggestion tho, and look into it, maybe Linux is just the OS for me. You never know, unless you try. x)

If you don't like it, there's still another thousand *NIXs out there. (MINIX3, BSD, etc.)