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LogicDonny

11-22-2006, 03:35 PM

Barkworm

11-22-2006, 04:12 PM

Nope, haven't got games for either since I was 13... :cry:

Mecha Cow

11-22-2006, 04:56 PM

I don't usually ask for games, but when I do (And the price stays within reason), sure. Why wouldn't you?

Jed

11-22-2006, 05:12 PM

Not since I was a kid. I usually have the money to get the games I want on release so come Christmas day there's none left to ask for. I might ask for a Wii this year though, but I don't think I'll get it without paying something towards it myself.

Peanut

11-22-2006, 06:37 PM

I do. It's died down in the last few years, but I at least get a couple games every Christmas.

愛

11-22-2006, 11:44 PM

I used to get a lot of games for Christmas and birthdays. Now I usually get 2-3 games per occasion. I'm sad.

Krang's Uncle

11-23-2006, 12:38 AM

Not really. I used to be a gamer, not hardcore, but i dont dedicate much time to video games anymore. So i usually dont ask for games. But that will probably change now that the Wii has come out and im really liking what i see from it, so i do plan on asking for it when my birthday comes along (four months from now) or at least a game or two for it.

11-23-2006, 06:18 AM

Yep. I get probably a game or two around Christmas time or my birthday (they are in the same month), so I'm usually happy. I mean, last year I got "Ratchet and Clank: Going Comando" for my birthday and the sequal, "Up your Arsenal", for Christmas, along with a DVD of "Batman Begins". That definatly made me happy. If I don't get games, I either get CDs or DVDs, so it's all good :D

ThirdMarioBro

11-23-2006, 08:58 AM

My parents just told me today that they preordered zelda but told me no more games for your bday cuz you already buy them yourselves but still it was nice to hear.

I know I buy games but getting this is all I asked for lol.

No xmas presents either.

Basically, I don't celebrate christmas like many do. We have dinner, meet relatives and don't worry about presents.. Christmas has lost it's meaning due to the fact it's all commericalism and all that. I used to get presents every year for christmas until like ummmmmmm 3 years ago.

So anyone here get gaems or things for their bday or christmas?

Bah, that is the one thing I can't stand about Christmas. Our relatives suck ass from a straw, and I abhor having to go around them. They used to drag us down there to "family gatherings" when I was little. Basically, it felt like an interrogation with a tree. It was hell. We only did it for my grandmother while she was alive. Now we stay as far away from them as we can.

So yeah, my Christmas consists of staying with my real family, watching a Christmas Story all day, unwrapping gifts, cooking dinner together, and just doing family stuff. Our relatives can go straight to hell. And yes, my family still gets me games for Christmas. I get clothes and junk myself, and they know I probably wouldn't wear anything they got me anyway. :lol:

11-23-2006, 12:19 PM

Yea i generally get a game or 2 during special occasions like these...and with the great deals coming out from Black Friday and on i'll probably get myself a few that i missed out on b4 (im gettting a 360 this christmas so i have alot of catching up 2 do)...

Toonami Tom

11-23-2006, 12:42 PM

Yes, if I ask for them. This Christmas I'm asking for the Wii.

Add Edit: You are right LogicDonny, Christmas is really no longer a religous holliday. It's a shame that has happened.

ThirdMarioBro

11-23-2006, 01:22 PM

Christmas can be a religious as you want, or don't want. Don't let the world tell you how to think about it. How you see things is your choice; nobody else's.

Toonami Tom

11-23-2006, 03:26 PM

That's true.:) Yeah.

cowabunga14

11-23-2006, 04:06 PM

I typically get a few games for Chrstmas, yeah. This year I don't want that many games, so I'll get Bully, Okami, and a cheapo game.

I do plan on getting a Wii for my birthday.

Spike Spiegel

11-24-2006, 10:20 AM

Sadly, I never get any games for Christmas anymore. I used to get a new system nearly every year from my dad, but he is dead and my mom hates games so....oh well.

But anyway wouldn't it be hilarious if some kid sits on Santa's lap and says "I want a Wii" and Santa thinks the kid has to take a piss?

ThirdMarioBro

11-24-2006, 12:01 PM

I guess I'm pretty fortunate that my family likes games too. My Mom has her own DS light and SNES.

Doppleganger

11-24-2006, 12:35 PM

Not since I was a kid. I'd ask for a gaming system but those are too expensive.

Spitfire

11-24-2006, 06:20 PM

I'm 18 and my Mom still asks for a Christmas List. Along with her my Dad's side of the family will buy me presents even if I tell them no*Just like my Mom* So it's either make a list and get something I want, or don't and get crap I don't have room for and have no use for*Like a lamp or a rug* I could get junk or entertainment.

What would any smart person do? Make the damn list! Yeah Christmas lost it's meaning completely but I don't care. Any holiday that brings in this much cash can be viewed as something more then togetherness. It's to celebrate our riches, our economy. We got fat wallets by December let's loosen that sucker up and buy a 5,000 dollar TV what the hell else am I gona spend it on?

Ecto Jedi

11-25-2006, 09:00 PM

I honestly don't remember the last time I received a video game for Christmas. It might have very well been that Christmas we got the PS2 -- then again, that might've been a birthday. I do, however, remember receiving video games during the N64 era...Army Men: Sarge's Heroes and GEX 3 included. Then again, who could forget opening up the system itself that fateful Christmas Eve, along with a slew of great games? GoldenEye, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, Cruis'n USA, Super Mario 64...Man, that was a banner year.

I'm 18 and my Mom still asks for a Christmas List.

Ditto. It's great, isn't it? :)