1. Video Games<\/p>\n
Yeah, so let’s just start with the obvious option here. \u00a0While you want to make your gift – or at least one of the gifts a “thoughtful” one – most gamers would think receiving that one game they wanted from their significant other as just that: awesome. \u00a0So where do you start? \u00a0Well, if hints haven’t been dropped already, you can always ask, but that tends to take the fun out of it. \u00a0Next up is to take a peek into his library of games to see what he has, and therefore what he does not. \u00a0You can also get a good glimpse of genres he prefers, and can use that as a baseline when you’re shopping.<\/p>\n Between all the recently released games, and ones that are set to debut over the next 45 days, you’ve got plenty of options to deliver a highly-sought game that he will most definitely enjoy. \u00a0If he’s into epic role-playing games, you’ve got solid options in Dragon Age Inquisition and the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack, Warlords of Draenor. \u00a0If RPG’s aren’t really his thing – or if you don’t want him to vanish for days or weeks at a time – you can always go the first-person shooter route and get him the latest Call of Duty title, Advanced Warfare. \u00a0And of course there’s always the latest Grand Theft Auto. \u00a0Chances are he probably has one of those four, but a quick glance at his library along with some covert human intelligence should provide enough guidance on which one he really<\/em> wants you to get him. \u00a0What if he’s already got all the major titles, you ask? \u00a0Ahh, well, we have other options, and they are awesome.<\/p>\n 2. Retro<\/em> Video Games<\/p>\n While retro to one gamer may mean something entirely different to another, if your boyfriend is in the late twenty to early thirty something range then anything in the NES, SNES, or Sega Genesis range would completely blow his socks off. \u00a0If he’s older, you can go as far back as Atari, and if he’s a few years younger then the N64, PS1 range would just as easily generate the same desired effect<\/a>. \u00a0The only potential road block with this gift is availability; price, on the other hand, would come second.<\/p>\n One of your best bets if you are looking for something specific, say a Super Nintendo with “A Link to the Past”, then eBay will likely be your best bet. \u00a0I would of course recommend getting started now though, just because auctions will likely start lower now since it’s not quite December; plus there will be less folks searching for retro games, so you should definitely have more options. \u00a0Your other bet is if you live in an area where there’s an actual brick and mortar storefront in town that sells retro games and their respective systems; they are getting harder and harder to come by, but for example here in Houston where I live, Game Over Videogames<\/a> would be the place to go. \u00a0If you’re not into eBay, you’ll really just have to run a Google search and see what’s in your area.<\/p>\n If you’re dating a gamer, a retro video gaming gift is honestly insanely hard to beat!<\/p>\n 3. Good<\/em> Books<\/p>\n If you’ve had to drag your guy away from his television screen and the Mass Effect series, chances are he is into a good story. \u00a0Who isn’t? \u00a0That’s where the gift idea for not just books, but good\u00a0<\/em>books comes into play. \u00a0I think we’ve all scrambled late in the holiday shopping season and grabbed one to three of the first books we saw on Barnes and Noble’s “Best Seller” shelf, but did we really have the recipient in mind when we did this? \u00a0Probably not. \u00a0Books, if aligned well with your boyfriend’s tastes, can be exceptional gifts that aren’t too crazy on your bank account, even if you go new hardcover. \u00a0So what’s out there then for this Christmas?<\/p>\n If you’re guy is into science fiction, it is hard to beat Andy Weir’s still-brand-new Mars thriller novel, The Martian<\/span>. \u00a0This stellar (no pun intended) book was just picked up for a huge movie deal with Matt Damon, and there’s a good reason why: the story is easy and quick to read, and it’s awesome<\/a>. \u00a0Can’t go wrong with that one. \u00a0If you’re looking for more options, you can also go retro with books as well: Orson Scott Card’s\u00a0Ender’s Game<\/span> is arguably my favorite sci-fi book of all time, and is sure to be a favorite (even if he’s read it already, but he hasn’t since childhood);\u00a0The Forever War<\/span> by Joe Haldeman also deserves a plug as well.<\/p>\n In the end though with books, you really can’t go wrong with Amazon’s product suggestion feature on their website & app. \u00a0Better yet, you can also land “barely used” books for basically $1-$5 that look barely new, but they may take a few weeks to actually arrive since they are coming via a third party. \u00a0Translation: start looking now! (Last minute book plug that every guy will like:\u00a0The Road<\/span>, by Cormac McCarthy – one of the best books ever written, period.)<\/p>\n So, there you go – you’ve got yourself a huge head start on the rest of the shopping world, and your guy is sure to smile when he sees you got what he really wanted come Christmas. \u00a0While we could write thirty more pages on other great gift ideas for your gamer boyfriend this Christmas, this is where we leave the creativity up to you to leave the LFG community with some more killer ideas! \u00a0Drop us a line below, best of luck in your holiday shopping endeavors, and thanks for stopping by LFGdating<\/a>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even though stores and towns are pushing the decorations and music earlier and earlier every year, Christmas still tends to surprise the heck out of most of us come I don’t know – December 23rd. \u00a0With just hours until Santa, Father Christmas, or the portly guy in red comes barreling down your chimney, you frantically […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59,94,116,212,5,9,15],"tags":[286,288,289,287,175,408],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"dragonagei\"](\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dragonagei.jpg\")
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