There is always someone on your Christmas shopping list who is difficult to buy for. I have never been one of these people. It's very easy to please me. I just want one thing: games! We did something a little different for my gifts this year. Instead of giving my wife the name of a few games and having her pick them up at retail price we got all of the shopping on black friday weekend. This was great for a couple of reasons. First, we were able to get everything on Amazon and not have to fight the crowd. Second, I was able to get a LOT more for the money.
Before I dive into what I got though, let's take a look at what we got for my son Reid.
Epic Mickey - He's a big fan of Mickey so this seemed a no-brainer. Turns out he hasn't quite gotten the hang of pointing the wii remote at the screen just yet. Also, there is a lot of reading involved. He'll get there though.
DS Lite - Reid has been rocking the DS Phat for a couple of years now and it's on it's last legs. The time (and the price) was right to get him an upgraded system. He's had to charge it multiple times already. :)
Nyko Wii remote and nunchuck - This will make the family's 4th and final wii remote. Reid needed his own and this was a good deal in a combo pack with Epic Mickey.
Toy Story 3, Kung Zhu, & The Backyardigans - Picked these up on Amazon's black friday deals. Backyardigans was a gift from a relative. Reid has spent a lot of time playing all 3 already.
Donkey Kong Country Returns - I needed a gift for Reid to give to mommy. They both had a lot of fun playing the first DKC on my super NES so I feel like this was a good pickup. Also got it on sale from Amazon.
Now for my pickups!
Bioshock 2 - Really dug the first game. Was just waiting to catch this one for cheap.
Dragon Quest IX & Glory of Heracles - I love RPG games on the DS.
Ratchet & Clank games, God of War Collection - All 3 of these PS3 games were $10/ea and the PS2 Ratchet was $8. Me and Reid both really enjoy the Ratchet & Clank series so these were great buys. God of War 1&2 with HD graphics was a steal for $10.
3D Dot Game Heroes and White Knight Chronicles - Picked these up for $15 a piece. 3D Dot looks like a lot of fun, but I took a total stab in the dark on White Knight; I know next to nothing about the game. Hopefully it will be fun too. If not I can always put it on Goozex.
Eternal Sonata - This was on my want list of 360 games until I found out it was coming to the PS3 with more content. Scooped it up for super cheap too.
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom - I've heard it compared to Ico. That was enough for me. Ico was one of my favorite titles on the PS2.
Also got a few blu rays on the cheap. I'm treating my blu ray acquisitions as my definitive movie collection. I'm only getting stuff that I know will be viewed multiple times. I have way too many dvd movies that will never see play again, not gonna repeat that mistake with blu rays. The Batman movies and the Firefly series are all upgrades from dvds I already own. The Book of Eli is my favorite movie of 2010 and Snatch is one of my all-time favorite movies.
All in all it was a great christmas for games. Not sure how I feel about purchasing my own gifts, but really how much different is it from giving my wife a list of games? Either way I know what I'm getting.
Anyway, enough about me! What did Santa bring you? Let me know in the comments.
Happy New Year!
-Van
