With only a couple short weeks until Christmas, some people might find it hard to think of what to get for the gamer in their family. Well, G3 has a few pointers for the holiday season on what’s cool, entertaining and affordable in the world of video games.
Give the gift of games this year, and make it a good one!
Wii Sports Resort- what better way to make Christmas memories than to spend the day playing such virtual sports as wakeboarding, archery or Frisbee? Wii Sports Resort is a great game to get someone for the holidays since it can be used with several members of one’s family and can easily be featured as a highlight of most parties. Nintendo surely does know how to make a user friendly game that anyone can use, and Wii Sports Resort just so happens to be one of the most fun games to have ever graced a Nintendo console. (Price: $49.99)
Wii Sports Resort- when you absolutely must entertain everyone in the room: accept no substitutes.
PS3- Let’s not argue over which console is better than the other in terms of games, but instead focus on the fact that the Sony Playstation 3 is a well priced ($299) Blu-ray player with HDMI output which can run in 1080p HD. Which basically means that the PS3 is powerful enough to run movies in crystal clear HD quality, plus the new PS3 is also slimmer. So for a great gaming system that conveniently comes bundled with a Blue-ray player, the PS3 looks to be a great gift this holiday season.
Good games, good Blu-ray player= a must have for some gamers this year.
Virtual gifts from Steam and Direct2Drive.com- It seems as though Steam and Direct2Drive.com both fully acknowledges the insane prices of gasoline and encourages game purchasing for that PC gamer in the family all from the comfort of your own home. The holiday specials for these two sites are not to be passed up, since they both have such stunning deals. Steam is offering games like Rome: Total War and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic for $9.99 each. Steam also has a virtual “gift wrapping” feature that delivers a message along with the gifted game.
Direct2Drive.com also has some great deals going on for the holiday season, with games like Mass Effect, Mirror’s Edge and Bioshock all for the price of $19.95. With deals like that, who needs to go to the mall for holiday shopping?
PC games can be purchased so easily with the aid of Steam and Direct2Drive, and they also offer great deals.
DJ Hero- Possibly the funkiest game on this holiday list is DJ Hero, which is available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. DJ Hero will get any holiday party’s dance floor moving with crazy beats featuring the music of Eminem, Grandmaster Flash and Daft Punk. The soundtrack is obviously stellar and the controls seems to be easy to both use and handle, which should make the game appealing to most anyone. So if someone you know is dead tired of their Guitar Hero game, be sure to give them the gift of killer beats with DJ Hero. (Price: $119.99)
Tired of playing Guitar Hero? Give DJ Hero a spin.
G3 hopes that this little list has given people an idea of what is hot in video games right now, and will also provide another update for video game apparel as well as accessories and maybe even feature some Christmas sales for electronic stores. Until the next time, happy holidays and GG (good game)!
