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If you’ve got a gamer in the house, there’s no better place to hide their littlest Christmas presents than in this retro 8-bit Christmas stocking.

This stocking has an old-school controller on top (yes, we know the D-pad is on the wrong side) and a chunky pixelated pattern across the main sock area. It’s 14″ tall and wide enough to accomodate game discs, handheld systems and other goodies for gamers.

Find the 8-bit Christmas stocking over at ThinkGeek for just $9.99(USD). Goes great with the 8-bit holiday wreath.

Velocity Micro, makers of custom pre-built desktop computers, announced a Vector “Holiday Edition” desktop computer, as well as a VMultra drive external peripheral. The computer isn’t dressed up in Christmas colors and strung with bells and ribbons — it’s a different kind of Holiday Edition, meaning the company is making it its main product over the holidays.

The Vector Holiday Edition was designed and built in the US, and it starts at a base price of $599, which will get you an AMD A6-5400K dual-core processor, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, AMD Radeon HD graphics, 1TB of hard drive storage, and the buyer’s choice of either Windows 7 or the new Windows 8. Plus, the purchase comes with a one-year warranty and lifetime phone support.

The VMultra Drive peripheral will be separate purchase, and it combines four different peripheral devices into one single hub. Features include an external DVD±RW drive, a USB 3.0 hub, a SD card slot, and a 500GB hard drive as a backup storage solution. The VMultra Drive will begin shipping November 12 for $199.

The Vector Holiday Edition is available now for configuring and ordering, and will ships as soon as possible. If you’re wanting to get that special someone a custom-built machine, but don’t want to risk building it yourself, the Vector Holiday Edition may be a good choice come this holiday season.

Velocity Micro unveils Vector Holiday Edition desktop for $599 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The holiday season is here and if your family is anything like mine that means you’ll see some of the same boxes used again for gifts this year that you saw last year, I and maybe even the year before. If you want to use an interesting box that will be in the family for years to come, a new PrankPack box is available to wrap your gift in.

This particular box is perfect for people who like gaming and video game accessories. The box shows a gigantic controller on the outside called the GameMaxx Hydrating Game Controller. The box notes that the product was voted the “Largest Gaming Device” by the National Gaming Convention in 2011.

The prank package promises a gigantic controller featuring a five amp adjustable speed fan with mister, a 24-inch flexible drinking tube, and a neck strap. The device promises to hold about a gallon of whatever drink the person wants to put inside. The image shows a surface festooned with buttons and sliders for controlling your favorite video game.

If you’re the sort of gift giver who likes to mess with people, this box might be just the ticket. The downside is that it costs eight dollars just for the box. There a lot of people out there who won’t mind the eight dollar price for a box in the least. I can just see this PrankPackage being used to give someone socks.

GameMaxx PrankPack comes just in time for the holidays is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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With this year’s holidays being just around the corner, it’s only natural for companies to start tempting potential customers with cash-saving, too-good-to-pass deals. With that in mind, Microsoft, via the informative Major Nelson, announced earlier today its 2012 Xbox 360 holiday bundles in hopes of luring some folks in; among these are a 250GB console with Kinect, Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures and one month of Xbox Live for $400, while there’s also a 4GB, $300 option that comes with the same Gold subscription, Redmond’s motion-tracking peripheral, Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Kinect Adventures. In addition, the Surface maker said retailers should start offering the console for $50 off MSRP, and that this limited time deal will also apply to the Halo 4 bundle which is due to come out on November 6th. Better yet, these new bundles and promos are available now — so, for those living in the US, now could be a good time to snag one of Microsoft’s renowned consoles.

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Microsoft announces Xbox 360 holiday bundles and $50 off promo for US market originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, this one should give parents with ever-present ankle-biters reason to celebrate. Starting Sunday, October 14th, Target will make a special in-store area available highlighting 20 of the most sought-after toys — all tagged with QR codes for one-stop, secret mobile shopping. The initiative is being targeted at consumers (read: frazzled Moms and Dads) who need to conduct their frenzied gift-buying without the prying eyes of curious children. You’ll have to install the company’s app to scan the codes and opt-in for the free shipping, but it’s really no more complicated than that. All told, it’s an added bit of convenience that should relieve some of that mad holiday stress, but it’s definitely bad news for the impulse buyer. You can check out the PR after the break for the full list of included products.

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Target adds QR codes to hot holiday toys for secret shopping originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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