Texas Hold’em has conquered the world of online gaming, and has a strong presence in real life, too. Poker is a game of smarts, tactic and luck, and can be a great social experience. If you love poker, or know someone who enjoys playing poker, here are a few gift ideas for you.
5 Gifts for Poker Players
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Professional Poker Chip Set – Bring a little casino style to your home with this set of Trademark Poker dice-striped chips. Each chip is produced from a composite resin, with an insert that gives it the weight and feel of a heavy, casino-quality poker chip. Thanks to the heavy-duty, lightweight aluminum case – which includes a black velour interior – you can easily keep your chips protected and organized. The set includes two decks of cards, a professional dealer button, two blind buttons, and 500 casino-sized chips.
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The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide – The professionals of Full Tilt Poker include the best and most famous poker players in the world. Their accomplishments are unparalleled, with countless World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships to their names and well in excess of $100 million in winnings in private games. Now, this group of poker legends has banded together to create THE FULL TILT POKER STRATEGY GUIDE, which will stand as an instant classic of the genre and is sure to become the industry standard.
Portable Video Poker Machine – Looks like a computer but it’s actually a laptop video poker with a back-lit, color touch screen, seven games in one and 50,000 points on a Royal Flush! The screen slides easily closed and open in one smooth motion. This will make a great gift for the whole family!
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Men’s Diamond Poker Ring – This unique ring is a truly luxurious gift. This 10k yellow gold diamond ring is designed with poker lovers in mind. This ring is eye catching but not over the top. Good for the guy who wants some attention and wins but isn’t showing off until the game is over.
Step2 All Star Sports Climber – The Step2 All-Star Sports Climber provides your little athlete with endless playtime opportunities! This cool climber features activities such as basketball, soccer, rock wall, football toss and slide.
Metal Frame Pool – The Frame Set Pool is the cost-effective “easy set-up” alternative to over-priced and difficult to set up steel walled pools. This pool is a great value with its versatility and durability. With proper care a Frame Set Pool will provide years of family enjoyment.
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Toobeez 114 Piece Super Fort Kit – It comes complete with everything you’ll need to build the all-time SUPER FORT. TOOBEEZ is more than just a toy, because it helps increase skills, acuity and thought process. TOOBEEZ delivers oustanding play value, excellent quality at an amazing price.
Here’s a fun-filled trip back in time to the colorful arcades of the 1970s and ’80s. More than 600 photos present the dot-munching PAC MAN, bomb-dropping SPACE INVADERS, and other favorites. Nostalgic baby boomers have made arcade video games one of the hottest collectibles around.
This comprehensive reference presents photos of every popular video game manufactured, along with some long-forgotten machines and even some you’ve probably never heard of. You’ll also find information about the manufacturers who produced these classic games, a section about video game collectibles, and information on how to locate your favorite games and start your own collection. With many never-before-published photographs, beginning collectors and long-time game enthusiasts alike are sure to enjoy this nostalgic and informative look at the world of arcade video games.
Covering classic games from Space Invaders to Street Fighter, games that are familiar to Americans in their home console versions (Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Dance, Dance Revolution), as well as the unique, quirky games found only in Japan, Arcade Mania is crammed full of interviews with game makers and star players, and packed with facts about the history, background and characteristics of each game, all lavishly illustrated with photographs and game graphics. This book is a must-have for gamers everywhere.
There’s a good reason why World of Warcraft is dubbed “World of Warcrack”. Yeah, it’s because it’s one of the most addictive games ever, ruining lives and families, killing days of free time and work time and leaving nothing behind but an exhausted gamer.
Do you know a WoW addict? Here are 5 gift ideas for them.
5 Gift Ideas for World of Warcraft Addicts
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Mana Energy Potion – Mana Energy Potion is the premium energy shot made by gamers for gamers. It’s for long nights of gaming, partying, and the longer mornings that follow. It has lots of vitamins, no sugar, and no aftercrash.
SteelSeries Special-Edition World of Warcraft Mouse – The World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse was designed specifically for World of Warcraft by Blizzard and SteelSeries. The World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse provides remarkable benefits to all MMO gamers, regardless of level or play style. The mouse features incredible customization options to accommodate personal preferences. Seamless integration between software and hardware will provide an amazing in-game experience that provides superior performance, comfort and control. The World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse is fully scalable to meet and exceed the requirements of even the most discerning World of Warcraft gamer.
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World of Warcraft Alliance Crest Beanie – Before you venture to the unforgiving wastes of Icecrown, tuck your sensitive skull into a new Alliance Crest Beanie. It’s got enough frost resistance to make Sapphiron’s Frost Breath feel like a blown kiss, and the emblazoned banner of Azeroth’s fairer races will instill awe in those who are fortunate enough to behold you.
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SteelSeries Limited-Edition Zboard Keyset Wrath of the Lich King – This SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Keyset (WotLK) is customized for the World of Warcraft® expansion, Wrath of the Lich King®, but will also work together with any other World of Warcraft® PC game. After mounting the keyset to the SteelSeries Zboard base, the gaming experience will enhance drastically due to specific keys assigned for Raiding and Player vs. Player (PvP) gameplay. Strategical placement of color-coded labelled keys and one-touch macros for frequent commands like roll, duel and invite, will help provide immersion, mastery of the game and help increase the users actions per minute (APM).
It’s the season to be jolly, but also the season for buying many gifts. If you are looking for toys to buy as gifts for kids, and you need to buy them cheap, here are 5 ideas for you.
5 Toys for Kids Under 10$
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Transformers Movie 2 Deluxe Rampage – The stink of diesel fumes and hot tar follows RAMPAGE wherever he goes. His treads are packed with metal shards stripped from his victims, and the countless scratches covering his chassis are testament to hundreds of brutal battles. He lives to pound his enemies into submission, and thinks of little else. Only $7.99.
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Quiddler – The SHORT Word Game. The challenge of Quiddler is to arrange your entire hand into words. Only $7.97.
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Melissa & Doug Friendship Stamp Set – Stamp and sketch to your heart’s content with this cheerfully themed collection. When inspiration hits, this simple stamp and pencil set lets budding artists make countless colorful creations. Friendship-themed images include a butterfly, rainbow, teddy bear, various hearts and flowers, and a bouquet of balloons. Only $9.99.
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LEGO Space Police Squidman’s Escape – Attention all Space Police units. The infamous Squidman has stolen a fortune in gold space-credits, and he’s on the run somewhere in the solar system. It’s up to you to track him down using the space police raptor, catch the crook, and toss him back into galactic jail. Only $9.13.
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Mastermind – Test your code-cracking prowess with Mastermind, “the challenging game of logic and deduction.” The codemaker sets a code of four colored pegs–choosing from yellow, red, orange, blue, green, or white–and conceals it behind a flip-up shield. Your mission: replicate the code in 10 moves or fewer. With each of the codebreaker’s attempts, the codemaker uses red and white key pegs to offer cryptic clues about color and position. Only $9.99.
The holidays are upon us, and it’s time to start considering gifts for Christmas!
If you are looking for Christmas gifts for kids – toys, dolls, games, trucks, or even a Kindle – here is a great list of gift ideas for children of all ages.
The wait is over for the next generation of musical gaming equipment. Whether you are an aspiring amateur, or a practicing professional, Ion’s award-winning Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set for PlayStation 3 lets Rockband players finally jam out with ease, letting your inner rockstar come out screaming.
Game Critics Awards Winner
Rockband, which took the gaming world by storm in late 2007, was followed by the highly-anticipated sequel, Rockband 2 that was released in September of 2008. With Rockband 2 came Ion’s Drum Rocker Set, which quickly took the Game Critics Awards top spot in 2008′s Best Peripheral/Hardware category.
Professional-Grade Aluminum Rack and Pads
While other drum controllers force you to use their configuration with a pre-molded, plastic array, the Drum Rocker’s professional-grade aluminum rack lets you position your snare, tom and cymbal pads the way you want. Not only can you play your hi-hat with a right-hand crossover by placing your cymbals anywhere around your kit, but by mounting your pads to the drum rack with the included metal L-arm and clamp system, you can tilt, swivel, raise and lower the cymbals to whatever position you want.
