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2003 Videogame Holiday Gift Guide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the games-people-play dept.

Tim Grube writes "Gaming Horizon is currently hosting a feature that informs gamers on what to buy this holiday season. The 2003 Holiday Gift Guide presents twenty-five titles per console including the Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and HandHelds."

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  1. Real Christmas Game by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    In the spirit of the season you should send links to Jesus Dressup out to your loved ones. It's free[1] and really makes one appreciate the holiday spirit.. or something like that.


    [1] Nails not included

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  2. Dear Santa: by shystershep · · Score: 3, Funny
    I really enjoyed that lump of coal last year, but this year how about something a little more, um, interactive. I've been real good. Honest!

    Thanks Santa!

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    1. Re:Dear Santa: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      For Christmas, I want a sense of humor

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    2. Re:Dear Santa: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Shep,

      This year I am going to bring you a stick and a string. What you need to do is attach one end of the string to the coal and the other end to the stick. Place the stick in the ground and you have a custom tetherball set.

      Santa

  3. That was quick by IANAL(BIAILS) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow - two comments and the website is already getting slashdotted...

  4. I suggest.... by Kirk+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... not giving the gift of MMORPG to your kids, because not only will you be laden heavy monthly fees, but you'll probably never see them again.

    Unless you, like... hate them or something. At least they won't pester you for a car anymore. Excelt way to remove them from your life without giving 'em away. And you can feed them with just cheap chips!

  5. Heh. by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 3, Funny
    Right, because I not only have a patriotic duty to spend spend spend this time of year, but I have to be told what to buy by some stuffed shirt.

    How about consulting the wish list your kids wrote to Santa? Or asking?

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    1. Re:Heh. by oliphaunt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Kids? Games are for ME! The kids can play f*cking scrabble or something.

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  6. Dear Santa Claus... by musingmelpomene · · Score: 5, Funny

    These games are great and everything, but before you get any of them for me based on this advice, I would like to call your attention to the fact that I lost my job on Monday.

    Therefore, here is my list:

    A manual labor job at the North Pole, which probably has better weather and better working conditions than my last workplace

    And one XBox so I can play Fable.

    Thank you Santa!

  7. Yes! Duke Nukem Forever... by Kirk+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... in Christmas 2056.

    I hear it comes with bundled Arthritis cream, for we'll all have old-man joints by the time it finally comes out.

  8. A PC isn't console (Can't you guys edit at all?) by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...presents twenty-five titles per console including the Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and HandHelds.

    Uh, I hate to break it to you, but a PC isn't a console. Would it behove you editors to actually correct sentences like this one before you hit the "publish" button?

    Can't you correct other people's mistakes? Is that it? Well, let me help you out then:

    "...presents twenty-five titles per platform, including the Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC and HandHelds."

    There you go. Drop the italics from the above, and you're good to go. I've even tidied up some of the punctuation for you. No charge.

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  9. Re:This the season ... by Gr33nNight · · Score: 4, Funny

    He must work for EB.

  10. Re:Mac OSX Games? by insanely_mad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, I suggest you get an Xbox, PS2, GameCube, PC, or HandHeld.

  11. Re:A PC isn't console (Can't you guys edit at all? by mntgomery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would it behove you editors to actually correct sentences like this one before you hit the "publish" button?

    Wouldn't it behoove you to check your spelling before correcting someone's semantics?

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  12. Re:This the season ... by TimboJones · · Score: 2, Funny

    Missing comma. Read as: "Final Fantasy $Version, XIII,..."

  13. Re:This the season ... by Tofino · · Score: 3, Funny
    These are probably the same children who in the 80s were purchasing Atari's 1300

    Those were OK, but only half as good as the Atari console I had...

  14. What about . . . by npsimons · · Score: 3, Funny
    The 2003 Holiday Gift Guide presents twenty-five titles per console including the Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and HandHelds.


    What about Linux?

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