MMORPG.com - Holiday Shopping Guide

Here's something else fun: buy your MMO gamer gold or credits online for the holidays! Oh wait, but that would support gold farmers and they suck. Consider though a pre-paid credit card. Credit cards are always useful to an MMO gamer. Along those lines though, there are a ton of game cards in all the major stores right now: Nexon, Free Realms, Wizard 101, they are endless. I know some of these games are geared toward kids, but heck, time to feed the next generation of MMO players. Give them the Kool-Aid and make them drink deep. So if you really don't want to bother to take the time to shop, cards and cash always go a long way, especially when we gamers will likely spend it online somewhere, somehow.

Okay, so far we have made our list: wishes, clothes, phones, collector's editions, and cold hard cash. All of these things will go a long way with a gamer. The key is to find something that would surprise a gamer. Keep in mind, nothing surprises us, we play games, we are prepared for anything! So what do you get the gamer who has everything? Well here are a few bonus ideas.

If you have the money to spend and you are shopping for an older crowd of gamers who actually remember playing in an arcade. Why not search eBay for a good conditioned real arcade game? I am talking about the classics here like Galaga, TRON, Tempest, Joust, Centipede, Frogger, etc. The list goes on and on. They are out there, though very expensive. This is something classic and cool that these days really is one of a kind. Search around and see what you can find. Who knows maybe your spouse will be in some Donkey Kong documentary!

Well we have covered the standards and the extremes. Now it is time to get just flat out weird. This is the peak of the trip where reality and psychedelics mesh into a world we're not quite sure of. Bobble heads are awesome. Who wouldn't want a Star Wars Bobble head on their desk? Yoda or Obi-Wan go a long way in proving you are strong with the force. It's a Bobble head for goodness sake, everyone likes them.

Even deeper in the basement of gamers are the Age of Conan LARP swords. That's right, if your gamer truly takes it to the extreme and does live action role play, why not pick up a weapon that they can use from their favorite Hyborian King? There are several LARP weapons from the Age of Conan selection and I have to admit they are actually kind of cool. Although I would have to see one in person to really make the call. This is definitely something different though, and could prove to be great fun when your gamer starts beating on everything in the house with it.

Back to WoW for just a second, even more extreme is the WoW Stein. That is right, huge German Beer glasses with Warcraft images on them. At $89.99 these cups ain't cheap, but I have to admit they are cool. Nothing beats showing up at some fancy wedding with your Horde WoW Stein ready to drink and be merry. Yes, that is the idea, take your WoW Stein to a very fancy party, sit and enjoy. If people laugh at you with it, smash them in the face like a drunken dwarf in a bar fight with some elves. When everyone stares at you, say "That's how we role in Azeroth!" Hah, it this point logic and reason have left us behind, but isn't that what the holidays are all about?

In the end, please enjoy your holiday week. Spend time with family and friends and remind them how awesome gamers are. Remind them that while they are happy with their clothes from Eddie Bauer, you just got a game that will take you into a great world, with your friends, and give you hours of whoop ass in PvP. Perhaps the other side will start to see things our way and in time we'll have more Noobs to pound on in Battlegrounds. Happy Holidays everyone!