Too bad that minesweeper isn't included inside the definition of 'computer games'. I'm pretty good at it. It developes your analytical and mathematical thinking.
There was a game I used to play when I was very little. I don't know how it's called, but the main character was a rabbit (or a bunny) that had to collect keys or something in different worlds - there was a field world, and a chess world, and a beach world and a snow world. I wonder how it's called. I think I was pretty good at it.
But that's it, I never played any "popular" games.
If you can recommend on anything that doesn't include war or violence, and that is good for beginners, I'd love to know. (And the most important thing is that it won't be addicting. Yeah, that's a hard one.)