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Holiday gift suggestions for your gamer | The DeanBeat

OK, I’ve been a little late coming up with my holiday gift guide, as we’ve already passed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But here’s my guide just in case you’re running late on your gift buying and you need to get a holiday gift for the gamer or tech lover in your life.

I’ve tried out some things this year and here are my recommendations for a variety of gift types with products that I’ve actually used.

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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.