Gadgetory

so you've got a gamer in the family or a friend that's really into video games and you're not quite sure what to get them well one of the first obvious choices is of course a game it is the holiday season and as such there have been a lot of big-name releases battlefield 1 titanfall 2 Gears of War 4 watchdogs 2 Final Fantasy 15 Last Guardian the list goes on the problem is you might not always know which exact one they want or they have the impatient habit of grabbing games right at launch depriving you of the chance of getting it so that's where all the other gifts on this list come in starting with a personal favorite of mine collectible figures if there's one kind of merchandise that is just booming with gaming related stuff its figures and there's a lot of different kinds and quality levels you can go for for instance if the person you know is into Nintendo stuff chances are they already have some amiibos they're built well the price points aren't bad and they're constantly going on sale so these can be a good stocking stuffer or little gift if you want to go for something not Nintendo owned one of the biggest collectible figures in the u.s. right now are pops now to be honest I'm actually not a huge fan of regular pops something about their eyes just bores into your soul reminding you of that mistake you made 10 years ago were they really knock it out of the park though is there special edition larger figures my most recent obsession being their titanfall 2 pops featuring little mini pilots that can fit inside the jump in quality here is obvious especially in its paint job in detailing making it a pretty awesome gift for any titanfall fan now if you want to go even more next level without getting into big ol statues then one of the best options out there are Nendoroids these are made by a Japanese company called good smile and while most of them are anime and manga focused there are a number of video game based designs that are seeing more and more distribution in the West one of the coolest things about these things is their modular design most come with several interchangeable limbs faces and accessories so you can pose the character just how you want and change it up every now and then now--if figures just aren't the right fit another option that I think goes overlooked a lot is coffee table books which there are actually quite a few based on gaming an easy choice here is of course art books lots of collected arts from different game franchises have sometimes as a collector's edition thing other times you can buy them on their own a great example would be the Last of Us a pretty timely grab considering two just got announced and if an artbook doesn't feel right there's plenty of Awesome books out there relevant to gaming for instance the Hyrule historia a book that chronicles behind the scenes info on the Legend of Zelda franchise including whole explanations of how every game is linked or a more recent example now you're playing with power a companion book to the NES classic that has little strategy guides for games on the system as well as a documentary into the NES is life and uses a lot of art assets from old magazines advertisements and instruction manuals now of course another longtime popular option is gaming themed clothing t-shirts hats so on so forth but if you want to do something a little more festive a little more ridiculous you can of course get holiday sweaters now you can get something like this which is honestly kind of lazy design it's just a regular old sweater with a design printed on the front what you really want is something like this now this is a real woven sweater with the entire design all over the place not a fan of playstation boom Sonic that was a messed-up pun anyways though still not a fan of that Street Fighter these things been getting more and more popular every year so there's a lot of designs out there I'm gonna link some my favorite ones down below for you guys to check out so all the stuff is cool but if you want to grab something that's a little bit bigger of a gesture there is of course special edition systems but the problem here is that there's still not a ton of color options and some limited editions are exactly that limited as an already gone so if you want to do something really fancy there's actual companies dedicated to selling and customizing systems and other colors like this bright red Xbox 1s you see right here from color where you can send your own system and controller in or just pay extra for them to send you a new system you could choose colors for different segments get different finishes and even design a matching controller if you know someone with a favorite color that just isn't going to be an official system any time soon this is a pretty badass way to make their dream a reality and on that note I'm actually teaming up with a good friend of mine your average consumer to giveaway this red Xbox one right here all you got 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