Gamer gifts to buy this Black Friday or for Christmas

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Do you have doubts about what to buy for your friends or family who like video games? Here we have a very neat list of gifts for a gamer.

We are in the middle of the Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday campaign, the Christmas gift shopping season… What things are good gifts for a friend, acquaintance or co-worker who is a gamer or who likes video games? Let's face it: giving a video game is impractical and not very personal, so you have to be original.

In this article we are going to list several types of gifts that you can give to a video game fan, although here we are going to abbreviate it as a gamer. And as a gift ... A guide to know what a gamer wants or may want and give them gifts accordingly.

How to know what gifts to give a gamer

Before it was very difficult to give gifts to a gamer. You had to know what console he had and his games, what he liked... You could subtly interview him, but he was very loud. Luckily, thanks to social networks you can gossip and look at his Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram profile to see what he is currently playing or what he wants.

Possibly you have profiles on Exophase or PSNProfiles and other websites that collect game achievements on Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Then there are Steam profiles that tell you everything in detail: if you have a game and how much you have played. You can do the same if you have him as a friend on the Nintendo Switch. The important thing about this step is to know in a subtle way what consoles you have, what games you like and what games you want, if we want to go through the basics of giving away a game. But we are going to take that information to apply it in the next steps.

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Be careful with the gamer phrases

Here's another piece of advice. Be careful about giving gamer merchandise with phrases like " gamer pride ." These phrases are usually cynical and arrogant, appealing to a false sense of community and identity simply because people play video games. It's true that playing video games creates a sense of belonging, but the feeling of having to prove "gamer pride" is outdated.

What do we mean by that? Don't buy things with messages like " I've failed at life, but I'm a gamer and I have two kids " and similar things. Besides being a very vague idea, some can even have toxic messages, like saying that you can't play games anymore once you get married and have kids. That's completely false in the first case, since you still have the freedom to play. And depending on how you manage your time, saying you can't play anymore if you're a parent is an exaggeration. It's better to focus on giving gifts related to games and series they like.

The Funko Pop, only if we are sure you like the Funko Pop

Giving a Funko Pop as a gift is easy: they're inexpensive, there are Funko Pops from every franchise imaginable, and it's practically impossible not to find one that your gamer friend or family member will love. But here's the catch: they might take it as an insult or a personal attack. We wrote an article about Funko Pops we'd only give to people we hate… Because you care about the person you give a gift to, right?

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Vault Boy Funko Pop

So, before giving a Funko Pop, we have to make sure that he really collects them as such, or he likes to collect things from his favorite franchise and does not mind being given Funko Pop. Beware, there are Funko figures outside of Pop series that really are awesome like Cuphead.

Figures other than Funko Pop

Giving a figure as a gift is a good detail when done well. And fear not, if you go outside of Funko you have many manufacturers of all kinds. Static vinyl figures, articulated... There are even series of figures such as Figma or Nendoroid that figure collectors and fans of the licenses they use really like, and they don't get so much hate. And in recent years they have become much more accessible, being sold on Amazon or large stores like FNAC.

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It's a bit more expensive and harder to get right. But it will make a much bigger impact than a Funko Pop. As a tip, look for stores dedicated to anime and nerd culture , which, although they usually focus more on Japanese animation and film culture, might have figures that are perfect gifts. And if you look carefully, they'll be on sale because they want to clear them out and make room.

Gamer clothing and accessories, if possible, personalized

Clothing is useful. Everyone wears clothes every day. That's why giving a gamer something both useful and appealing is one of the best gifts you can give. Luckily, you're covered when it comes to t-shirts. If you know of something they like and see something that would look good on a t-shirt, you can go to a website like Tus Personalizables and order a unique, personalized t-shirt. It could be the official logo or artwork of a game, or a design you've commissioned from a designer or artist.

If that's too much for you, stores like Primark or H&M are starting to carry a lot of video game-themed clothing . Off the top of our heads, we can think of socks, t-shirts, and underwear featuring Pokémon, Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart… Their catalogs vary a lot, and you also have to make sure you know the size the person you're buying the clothes for wears, so be careful. We repeat: it's best to go to geek shops to see the items in person, because they also sell t-shirts for gamers.

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A gamer cup, if it is practical and has space

Once again, a very practical gift. The only drawback is knowing if the recipient has room in their kitchen drawers . The easiest thing to do, and to make sure it's useful, is to go back to Tus Personalizables and order a mug with whatever they like best.

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EYE! Here we are looking for a USEFUL gift. Many cups that we will see are commemorative or decorative, which although technically you can drink from it, we do not recommend it. We will recognize them by being well decorated and not being made of the same material as the usual coffee cups. The best way to identify them is to see if there is a notice on the box that you can drink from them. It is a warning if they say that they are not made for dishwashers and microwaves, because if they do, they are most likely only decorative.

Gamer wall decor

Again, knowing what the person receiving your gift might like will do most of the work for you. You can start by buying adhesive vinyl decals to decorate their door or living room wall because they're easy to apply and leave hardly any residue.

If we want to go a bit more stylish, and therefore expensive, there are the large plates of Displate. They are large metal sheets with exclusive designs that have the quality that they are put on the wall using magnets. If you know that there is something that he will like, you cannot go wrong, although you should make sure he has room on the wall to put it.

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Here we once again recommend Your Customizables, which offers to put the design you want on a canvas. Again, remember that you can use official art or custom designs that you know you have permission to use personally.

A gift voucher for a gamer tattoo

Now we'll start talking about gift vouchers. In theory, when used properly, they're the ideal gift . In the worst-case scenario, we're essentially giving money to a store because we paid for a balance that the person won't use. So, we need to be careful.

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A discount voucher for a tattoo is a good gift: it lasts forever and is customizable to the consumer's taste. Although being a small detail it will not cover the entire price of the tattoo, but it is a help and a motivation to have it. If you know that you do not have an allergy to the idea of ​​wearing a tattoo, look at the tattoo studios close to where the person to whom you are going to gift the voucher lives.

A voucher to play on your console

Ask him without fear what console he has or what he usually plays on. Well great. It depends on the answer, what it tells you, you have the following options:

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Books about videogames and their cultural impact

The number of essays and encyclopedic books about video games is currently growing. While a decade ago you might find a book like "1001 Games to Play Before You Die," now we have the Spanish publisher Héroes de Papel, which offers books on gamer culture that make ideal gifts. In addition to translating foreign works, they have the following list of books edited by Spanish authors who have researched and compiled data, interviews, and statements to help us better understand the video games we love so much.

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