Gift Guide: 10 Sweet Gifts That’ll Make Hard-Core Gamers Swoon




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Nvidia Shield Tablet Throw away your iPad. Literally throw it in the garbage. Nvidia Shield Tablet is a tablet made with gaming in mind. You can use it to play Android games, stream games from Nvidia's new Grid service, or stream from your desktop PC. And you can broadcast your gameplay on Twitch. $299 and up.



Nvidia Shield Tablet

Throw away your iPad. Literally throw it in the garbage.


Nvidia Shield Tablet

is a tablet made with gaming in mind. You can use it to play Android games, stream games from Nvidia's new Grid service, or stream from your desktop PC. And you can broadcast your gameplay on Twitch. $299 and up.






GameCube Controller Adapter and GameCube Controller for Wii U Quick: Can you name a piece of electronic hardware from 2001 you're still using? Nintendo's GameCube controller has proven to be the favorite of Super Smash Bros. players, and Nintendo's new adapter will let you use them for the new Wii U version. Nintendo has brand new controllers (with longer cords) on shelves too. $20 (adapter), $30 (controller). Gamestop/Nintendo



GameCube Controller Adapter and GameCube Controller for Wii U

Quick: Can you name a piece of electronic hardware from 2001 you're still using? Nintendo's GameCube controller has proven to be the favorite of


Super Smash Bros.

players, and Nintendo's new


adapter

will let you use them for the new Wii U version. Nintendo has


brand new controllers

(with longer cords) on shelves too. $20 (adapter), $30 (controller).



Gamestop/Nintendo



Gamer Grip You don't need to be a hardcore gamer for sweaty hands to ruin a great run at that brutal last level. Gamer Grip keeps your palms dry for hours, without getting any gunk on your controller. It's also endorsed by golfers and other professional sportspeople. $13 Gamer Grip



Gamer Grip

You don't need to be a hardcore gamer for sweaty hands to ruin a great run at that brutal last level.


Gamer Grip

keeps your palms dry for hours, without getting any gunk on your controller. It's also endorsed by golfers and other professional sportspeople. $13



Gamer Grip



Logitech G910 Orion Spark Clickety-clackity mechanical keyboards aren't just for annoying your coworkers, anymore. Logitech says these keys have a wicked fast response time. Also, individual illumination on every key lets you see even during a midnight marathon. You can illuminate just the WASD keys or the whole thing. You can even plug your cell phone in for a second-screen experience. $179 Logitech



Logitech G910 Orion Spark

Clickety-clackity mechanical keyboards aren't just for annoying your coworkers, anymore. Logitech says


these keys

have a wicked fast response time. Also, individual illumination on every key lets you see even during a midnight marathon. You can illuminate just the WASD keys or the whole thing. You can even plug your cell phone in for a second-screen experience. $179



Logitech



Astro A50 Some of the best headsets money can buy, Astro's line of comfortable, high-quality personal audio systems added the A50 this year. The microphone trims out all the room noise, sending your voice and your voice only to your fellow online players. And if you want to be quiet, you can just flip the microphone up to mute. $300 Astro



Astro A50

Some of the best headsets money can buy, Astro's line of comfortable, high-quality personal audio systems added the


A50

this year. The microphone trims out all the room noise, sending your voice and your voice only to your fellow online players. And if you want to be quiet, you can just flip the microphone up to mute. $300



Astro



Octodad Plushie Octodad: Dadliest Catch was one of the most charming indie games of 2014. Now you can profess your love for this niche masterpiece with a plush version of its main character—a loving father and secret octopus. Magnets in the tentacles (I mean, hands!) let you stick him on the fridge. $18 Fangamer.com



Octodad PlushieOctodad: Dadliest Catch

was one of the most charming indie games of 2014. Now you can profess your love for this niche masterpiece with a


plush version of its main character

—a loving father and secret octopus. Magnets in the tentacles (I mean, hands!) let you stick him on the fridge. $18



Fangamer.com



Samsung Gear VR The Oculus Rift isn't available for consumers yet. But if you're dying for a close-enough experience, here's the first consumer product from Oculus. Gear VR requires a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to serve as the screen, and gives you the first glimpse at Oculus' vision for VR. A version bundled with a gamepad costs an extra fifty bucks. $199 Samsung



Samsung Gear VR

The Oculus Rift isn't available for consumers yet. But if you're dying for a close-enough experience, here's the first consumer product from Oculus.


Gear VR

requires a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to serve as the screen, and gives you the first glimpse at Oculus' vision for VR. A version bundled with a gamepad costs an extra fifty bucks. $199



Samsung



Scuf Gaming Controller When every twitch counts, pros turn to these super-modified, turbo-charged controllers. Customize every little detail on Scuf's site: Paddles on the back so you can press buttons with your pinky, taller thumbsticks, remove the rumble. If the price is too steep, you can send in your own pad to get modded. $79 and up Scuf Gaming



Scuf Gaming Controller

When every twitch counts, pros turn to these super-modified, turbo-charged controllers. Customize every little detail on


Scuf's site

: Paddles on the back so you can press buttons with your pinky, taller thumbsticks, remove the rumble. If the price is too steep, you can send in your own pad to get modded. $79 and up



Scuf Gaming



Videogame Box Protectors Classic videogames are becoming hot collectibles. You wouldn't leave your Golden Age comics in a pile, right? Treat your mint-condition classic games right with these custom-sized, acid-free plastic boxes. They'll keep that copy of Donkey Kong Jr. looking like you just walked it out of Woolworths. Videogameboxprotectors.com



Videogame Box Protectors

Classic videogames are becoming hot collectibles. You wouldn't leave your Golden Age comics in a pile, right? Treat your mint-condition classic games right with these custom-sized, acid-free


plastic boxes

. They'll keep that copy of


Donkey Kong Jr.

looking like you just walked it out of Woolworths.



Videogameboxprotectors.com



Wii U GamePad High-Capacity Battery Nintendo's GamePad controller has a built-in screen that lets you play Wii U games without anyone else seeing that you're playing Hello Kitty Kruisers. But the standard battery drains way too fast. Nintendo sells a high-capacity battery through its web store. Now you're playing with power. $32 Nintendo



Wii U GamePad High-Capacity Battery

Nintendo's GamePad controller has a built-in screen that lets you play Wii U games without anyone else seeing that you're playing


Hello Kitty Kruisers

. But the standard battery drains way too fast. Nintendo sells a high-capacity battery through its


web store

. Now you're playing with power. $32



Nintendo






We are all gamers now. But we’ve all got that special someone for whom playing isn’t a distraction or even a hobby, but a way of life. We may not understand, but for the holidays, we can at least be an enabler.


Here are some gamer gift ideas that go beyond the mundane. Maybe they make marathon sessions more enjoyable. Maybe they keep your stuff clean and tidy. Maybe they’re grapes.





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