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Everyone’s going crazy as always around Christmas, and picking gifts for people can only add up to the overall frustration, especially if you’re buying games or hardware. Gamers are picky and most of the time if we want a game, we already bought it. But just in case you have no clue what to give someone and need a bit of inspiration, check out some of the following pieces.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2This is without a doubt the most sought item this year. You may hold a grudge against Modern Warfare 2 due to its very short singleplayer campaign, but you can’t deny its entertaining features. It’s definitely the best game you can give away, in case the person you’re giving it to didn’t already buy it. I’d double-check first.
2. Dragon Age: OriginsIf you haven’t heard anything about Dragon Age: Origins you’re either living under a rock or have an ad-blocker extension for your browser. Not only are there ads about the game on nearly every gaming website, people are writing about it non-stop and for good reason: it’s one of the best RPG’s released in a long time. It’s a great looking single-player game so if you know someone who’s into RPG’s he will certainly appreciate it.
3. AionAion is yet another RPG, just MMO. While MMO games are not everyone’s favorite genre, Aion is decently polished and fun — at least for awhile. While I complained about the game once of twice before, it’s probably the next best MMORPG next to World of Warcraft. I seriously doubt you know anyone who didn’t try WoW yet so you can scratch that game off the list, but you can get gamecards — it’s pretty inexpensive but nevertheless a good and useful gift.
4. Left 4 Dead 2Slaughtering gazillions of zombies is quite honestly extremely dumb and boring if you ask me, but hey people seem to dig that. Borderlands is a good alternative — it’s a sort of Diablo II/Fallout 3 clone as far as I understand and quite good, but I have yet to try it. Don’t buy these two for kids though, unless you can enforce the teletubbies mod.
5. Sims 3Now this one you can give to underage people. While a regular fifteen year old will probably hate you for buying this and laugh in your face, anyone younger may enjoy it. It’s only here because it’s the top selling game on Amazon, not because I like it. You may also want to check out Crazy Machines as a perhaps even better and no doubt more entertaining alternative.
6. Razer Naga Gaming MouseIf you’re up for spending around $80, this is one of the coolest gaming mice you can possibly find. It’s designed for MMO gamers in mind but just click the link and you’ll find dozens of awesome alternatives easily.
7. Logitech G15 Gaming KeyboardAbout $70 but worth every penny. There’s not a gamer in the world who won’t like G15 and you seriously can’t go wrong here. This is the best selling gaming keyboard for a lot of reasons so don’t hesitate to check it out.
8. Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick$30, great reviews, what else do you need? Oh yeah, a great flight simulator!
9. Batman: Arkham AsylumGreat graphics and you get to be a Batman — the only thing missing are jetpacks but with any luck they’ll put it in Arkham Asylum 2. For now this game will be more than enough, and chances are the recipient doesn’t have it already.
10. Star Trek OnlineIf you want to play it safe, it’s best to pre-order a game not even published yet. Star Trek Online is an upcoming (release on Feb 2nd) MMO game in which you get to drive your very own spaceship. According to early reports from the beta the game is hardly the best MMO but who cares, it’s Star Trek!
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I found a good list of gift ideas for gamers that are friendly to the pocket. Nice one!