Dean's GamesBeat gift guide for surviving the pandemic.
Dean's GamesBeat gift guide for surviving the pandemic.
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Dean’s GamesBeat gift guide for surviving the pandemic

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 5 min

I’ve been a no-show when it comes to our holiday gift guides of the past, but we all need some diversions this year, so I’ve collected some recommendations to help you find holiday presents for the gamer who is locked down in your home.

You’ll notice I have both new game consoles on in this list as part of our 2020 holiday gift guide coverage, as I highly recommend that hardcore gamers get both so they don’t miss out. Not everybody can afford this, but it’s worth it if you can do it. It won’t be easy to find these consoles for a while, either.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.