Okay, I’m going to start this holiday list with a very important note: None of these gifts are video games!

Even if the gift giver knows the gamer’s tastes, nothing screams uncreative like buying the obvious present. We love games and think they can make excellent gifts, but for the sake of sparing you a boring list of: "This Holiday’s Top 10 games" that you've all read a hundred times over, here are some more original ideas.

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As much as gamers love video games, having somebody pick out a random game for you is always dangerous territory, and lord knows I don’t want to end up in situation similar to when I received a copy of “Hylyde” for the NES, potentially the worst game I own (the guy at the store said it was just like Zelda!) With that