Christmas Shopping For A Gamer

An anonymous reader writes "This step-by-step guide shows you have to find the perfect gift for your gamer, even if you don't know anything about gaming yourself." From the article: "Trying to figure out which games are sure-fire hits and safe bets for the gamer in your life is never an easy task. Tastes range from the light and fluffy to the dark and deadly, and there are games for almost every type, style, and preference. There's no better way to come across as being on top of the game than to give just the right title, just as there's no faster way to cast yourself as clueless by dispensing copies of the GameCube's Charlie's Angles."

Re:What the fuck?

[flipsoft]

Also if you purchase a "gaming" gift card from Best Buy it comes with a $5 off coupon for any game or gaming accessory.

flipsoft

Re:For some gamers that is..

[lorelorn]

Christmas is looking more depressing as each year goes on. Games cost more and more.

Wow, where do you live, and where do you shop? Your experience is the exact opposite to mine. Games are getting less and less.

Right now I can go out and buy Call of Duty 2 for AUD 89.99, which is the same as I paid for Ultima VI on the Amiga a decade ago. Taking inflation into account that is a big drop in price. Never mind that my income has substatially increased since then too.

notice this was in the NINTENDO section?

[Anonymous Coward]

notice this was in the NINTENDO section? so that's why he's not delving into which console the gamer has, or console vs. PC or anything like that. And what's with the list? I glazed over it, but it seems like it's old...NFL/NHL2k3????

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Re:Obvious?

[Scuff]

notice the URL? http://nintendo.about.com/od/editorials/a/howtobuy .htm [about.com]

now look at the lists again, many of the titles are exclusive to gamecube. This should be mentioned more clearly in the article, or at least by the /. submitter.

Re:Charlies Angels??

[KDR_11k]

Because it's the worst game of this console generation according to GameRankings.

Teach them to use eMule and BitTorrent

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't give the fish. Teach'em how to fish for themselves :-)

That's the best present: knowledge for an endless supply of games.

If you want something to go with the eMule tutorial, give'em a 100mbit connection.

Mod you down, or reply? Hmm... ok, reply!

[King_TJ]

Quite frankly, unless you're willing to reject all of the "commercialization" of the Xmas holiday completely, and refuse to give *any* pre-built products as gifts - you can't escape what you're complaining about anyway!

I mean, what do you suggest? We all start making hand-made wooden gifts for everyone on our shopping list, so they "truly come from the heart"? Or maybe we should just write hand-written letters wishing them a happy holiday, and offer to mow their lawn a few times next summer, or shovel snow off their driveway for free?

Personally, I find it the exception rather than the rule where I feel I have a great gift idea for someone I know, and feel positive they'll appreciate it every bit as much as anything they'd find on their own if I gave them a gift card or cash. Xmas may be "about giving rather than receiving", but nobody really wants to be the one giving less than desireable gifts.

If anything, I'd venture to guess that most of the notion of "cash is such an impersonal gift" came from the mouths of retailers, scared some cash recipients might just save or invest the money, rather than spend it in their stores. IMHO, cash is a *very* personal gift, simply because you only earn money as a result of your labor. If someone thinks enough of me to give me a portion of their "buying power" they earned through hours and hours of work for someone else, I'm very thankful for that.