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Gaming Gifts For the Obscenely Rich

Posted by Zonk on from the hey-mom? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money's Game Over column offers suggestions for what to buy the obnoxiously rich gamer on your shopping list this year. Among the items mentioned are a $300,000 motion simulator and a 5.5 yard long monitor." Re: The Monitor - Gaaaaaaaaaah...

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  1. Might be pushing it a bit but... by chaoaretasty · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about a PC that can run Doom3 on maximum settings? Shouldn't cost more than a small Third World country.

  2. "Obscenely Rich"? by kasper37 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How rich does someone have to be to be "obscenely" rich? Better yet, where is the cutoff? At what point does the amount someone makes start to offend your sensibilities?

  3. Here's a thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about the obscenely rich buy their own goddamned luxury items?

  4. You got that backwards by mcSey921 · · Score: 2, Funny

    These are things an insanely rich gamer should by /me/. I'll buy him the same tie I got him last year.

  5. How about a pre-modded Xbox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    complete with games preinstalled.

    Not really for the super rich, but it will cost you for a lawyer and bail.

    1. Re:How about a pre-modded Xbox by captaincucumber · · Score: 3, Funny

      moderately related story:

      I spent Christmas with my girlfriend and her family a few years ago, and her older brother's gift to her younger brother was CDs full of pirated software. Probably a few thousand dollars worth. It was a seriously surreal moment, their mom made the usual noises, "oh, now isn't that a nice gift, be sure to say thank you", and the boy's face lit up with excitement as he read the titles that had been written on the CDs with a permanent marker.

      Generosity like that brings tears to my eyes...