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Well for a gamer such things can honestly vary. More often then not it will revolve around what games are coming out, or events relating to such. A good method can be to Pre-Order something they want. You mentioned money of course, but a Pre-Order doesn't have to be paid all at once since it's before the game's release. You can actually put a down payment and take care of it slowly before the actual release. Additionally Pre-Orders, whether the normal or collectors edition, tend to come with free stuff. Unique items related to the game you wouldn't otherwise get.

A good example would be when I Pre-Ordered Assassin's Creed 3. I got a key-chain shaped like the Assassin's Emblem, as well as an Inflatable Tomahawk (Which trust me, is hilarious when you're actually holding the thing...). Additionally if you do so at a store which features a Midnight Release, the event itself is generally worth while going to. Waiting in line before hand gives one a chance to talk with other gamers, share views, and again they sometimes give free stuff for a Midnight Release (usually posters, cloth bags instead of plastic ones, etc.). Plus, depending on the game, you'll occasionally get people so enthusiastic as to dress up as characters. Trust me it's quite the sight.

Coinciding, but also an alternative if you really want to avoid the money thing, just wait till she gets a new game she is entirely obsessed with. The kind a gamer can simply sit their for hours just playing without stopping. Then just prepare to do just about everything so they don't have to. And think of foods that can be eaten with one hand but won't result in a sugar crash.

Of course I don't know how "wicked" a gamer we're talking here.

There's a third option that's relatively cheap....but it's also silly from an outside standpoint so I'll see if either of these two would work for you at all before mentioning.

I WAS OUT ALL WEEK BECAUSE OF FAMILY AND THANKSGIVING AND I

I'LL TRY TO DO THINGS NOW THOUGH IT'S LATE SO NO PROMISES OKAY

Pac-Man dinner...or Pac-Woman as the case would be.

You get a couple dozen yellow ping pong balls, a coloured sheet or two...three if you have the space, then set them up in a path leading toward the table where you've set up a dinner for two. Every couple steps you leave a note shaped like a cherry. On this note can be just about anything. A picture of couple moments, Romantic poetry, Blunt but loving statements, to name a few options.

You can also set up another trail leading away from the table to the bedroom...or the bathroom...or the living room really, your choice. I shouldn't have to detail WHY, and I will say that I only mention this detail as an extra. Something of an add on entirely up to the person behind the scheme.

Actually come to think of it you could have the path lead from the table to the living room going from dinner to movie, then end in the bedroom. Innocently or otherwise.

You're quite welcome dear Jazz. 3nodding

I am both a gamer and admittedly an eccentric...so these things actually occur to me rather naturally. My mind is a fantastic yet frightening place.

Awwww... we're sorry Lunar, we didn't even mention the cherry or the banana! >>

BUT yes, Grey I do indeed approve the choice there, I'll begin planning this out << I can find someone to lay the trail for me and everything...

Grey -- of course not, you just gotten the suggestion today, but, if you continue to think about it and produce ideas you might get enough.


Jazz - cherry and banana, ummm...... redface

I don't want to ask what happens with those. Anyway, changing the subject, because, it needs to be changed ....I wonder if we are giving the right answer for this battle thing.

=o Well, I doubt we'll like the end results, but there's no way to find out until we end it

You got a pretty good hit on Shadow Burnout, even if Burnout couldn't scrape him, as long as we do better than our last fight, lol

Yeah that hit's not going to do you as much good as you thing lass.