How to choose a gift for a gamer? | Articles | Gadgets, gifts and accessories

Com­put­er games have not lost pop­u­lar­i­ty for a long time, and many of us and our friends will sure­ly be able to call them­selves gamers. And every gamer, of course, will be hap­py to receive a gift that match­es his inter­ests. That is why we have select­ed some excel­lent options that will please every­one in whose life there is a place for com­put­er games.

Keyboard+mouse

For gamers who pre­fer to play on PC, one of the most impor­tant ele­ments of the so-called gam­ing set-up is the key­board and mouse. In order to be the fastest and most agile in games, it is imper­a­tive to use the best tech­nique. To do this, as a rule, you should pay atten­tion to the para­me­ters (res­o­lu­tion, sen­si­tiv­i­ty, etc.), but you prob­a­bly don’t want to under­stand them in detail, so it’s eas­i­er to imme­di­ate­ly rely on reviews about spe­cif­ic brands.

For exam­ple, Raz­er is a world-famous man­u­fac­tur­er of gam­ing acces­sories, and one of the most pop­u­lar gam­ing mice is the Raz­er Naga Trin­i­ty with three inter­change­able side pan­els. The pecu­liar­i­ty of this mouse is that, depend­ing on the type of games you pre­fer, you can choose the most suit­able side pan­el with pro­gram­ma­ble but­tons. Of course, with the right soft­ware from Raz­er, it will also be pos­si­ble to adjust the back­light of the mouse.

The Raz­er mod­el line also includes gam­ing key­boards, such as the Raz­er Orna­ta. This key­board is appre­ci­at­ed by gamers for its key­stroke, ergonom­ic design, which pro­vides dynam­ics and com­fort­able maneu­ver­abil­i­ty in the game. The key­board also fea­tures a padded wrist rest to keep your hands com­fort­able dur­ing long gam­ing ses­sions. Styl­ish light­ing on the Raz­er Orna­ta is also present, so any gamer will appre­ci­ate such a gift.

Gamepad

Even PC gamers can’t deny the con­ve­nience of sim­ple con­sole con­trollers, and in some games it’s much more con­ve­nient to use a gamepad rather than a mouse. Most gamepads are suit­able for use with a com­put­er, so if among your friends there are gamers who do not yet have a gamepad, then it will be a good gift.

Gamepad from Log­itech is suit­able for both com­put­ers and con­soles. It con­nects with a long USB cable, so you can enjoy games in the way that suits you. The joy­stick has a com­fort­able ergonom­ic shape, mak­ing it com­fort­able to hold despite its com­pact size. All but­tons are con­ve­nient­ly and habit­u­al­ly locat­ed and easy to press. The rugged con­struc­tion ensures a long ser­vice life even with fre­quent use.

Mouse pad

Pre­vi­ous­ly, a mouse pad was con­sid­ered just a con­ve­nient acces­so­ry, and even now, in many cas­es, we use a mouse with­out a mouse pad. How­ev­er, when it comes to gam­ing, this is a very impor­tant ele­ment that can pro­vide bet­ter mouse move­ment and, as a result, bet­ter per­for­mance in games. For this, of course, it is not enough to choose just a small rug with a beau­ti­ful print, on the con­trary, it should be a thought­ful and con­ve­nient acces­so­ry. There­fore, we will look again at Raz­er prod­ucts. This time it’s an Invic­ta rug. This mod­el is two-sided, and each side pro­vides cer­tain advan­tages. The smooth sur­face pro­vides faster mouse glid­ing and is great for shoot­ers. The reverse, rough side is suit­able for bet­ter resis­tance and con­trol over mouse move­ment. So this rug is real­ly ver­sa­tile. Its appear­ance is neat and styl­ish, the col­lec­tion has two dif­fer­ent col­ors: Mer­cury (white / gray), Quartz (gray / pink).

virtual reality helmet

Per­haps this gift would please not only enthu­si­as­tic gamers, but even game lovers, because vir­tu­al real­i­ty, even if it is still devel­op­ing, but who doesn’t want to try not just to look at the game worlds, but to be in them? That is why a hel­met can be per­haps the best gift for a con­nois­seur of vir­tu­al worlds.

One of the first com­pa­nies to take notice of VR tech­nol­o­gy is Ocu­lus Rift, and their CV1+ Touch hel­met is one of the most pop­u­lar. The dis­play res­o­lu­tion is 2160x1200 pix­els, and the view­ing angle is 110 degrees. Built-in head­phones pro­vide three-dimen­sion­al sound, and thanks to the abil­i­ty to adjust the dis­tance between the lens­es, both adults and chil­dren can use the glass­es. You can use the hel­met with a Win­dows com­put­er, and the kit includes sev­er­al VR games on which you can imme­di­ate­ly check the oper­a­tion of the device.

The con­trollers are easy to oper­ate and have mounts that pre­vent them from drop­ping dur­ing the game. Def­i­nite­ly such a gift will bring a lot of plea­sure to any play­er.

Cooling pad for laptop

Many gamers play not only on sta­tion­ary com­put­ers, but also on pow­er­ful lap­tops. And one of the most com­mon lap­top prob­lems is over­heat­ing. Even pow­er­ful gam­ing devices can get very hot when over­loaded, so a cool­ing pad nev­er hurts.

The stand from Cool­er Mas­ter is suit­able for lap­tops with a diag­o­nal of 15 inch­es, and you can adjust the degree of cool­ing your­self. The stand works almost silent­ly, no loud­er than the cool­er built into the lap­top, so it will not affect the process of play­ing and work­ing on the lap­top. The stand works by con­nect­ing via a USB port. The stand itself weighs 790g and is equipped with legs that allow you to change the angle of its incli­na­tion and height. As for the design, the stand looks sim­ple and neat, and you can use it any­where and any­time. Any games will be on your shoul­der.

Joystick for flight simulators

If you try to play flight or space sim games with a key­board, you will quick­ly real­ize that the activ­i­ty is incon­ve­nient and inef­fi­cient. But the solu­tion is quite sim­ple: a spe­cial con­troller.

Log­itech G Saitek X52 Flight Con­trol Sys­tem allows you to ful­ly sim­u­late the process of flight con­trol. The LCD dis­play will show you all assigned but­tons and the timer at a glance, and the con­troller can be adjust­ed for both right-hand­ed and left-hand­ed oper­a­tion. It gives you agili­ty and easy, smooth con­trol of an air­craft or a space­ship, depend­ing on the game you choose. You will quick­ly get used to the con­trol with this joy­stick, and stop imag­in­ing the game with­out it. And of course, for any gamer, espe­cial­ly a fan of flight sim­u­la­tors, this joy­stick will be a very valu­able gift.

Steering wheel

If you are a gamer, then most like­ly you love rac­ing. Or at least tried to play them. So as a gift to a con­nois­seur of games, you can always choose a con­ve­nient set­ting for dri­ving sim­u­la­tion. The Speedlink Black Bolt steer­ing wheel makes the play­er feel like dri­ving a real car. Real­ism is only com­ple­ment­ed by the pres­ence of vibra­tions dur­ing col­li­sions and land­ings. The angle of rota­tion of this steer­ing wheel is 180 degrees. The steer­ing wheel is very easy to con­nect using Plug and Play tech­nol­o­gy and is com­pat­i­ble with Win­dows. The kit also includes a real­is­tic ped­al set and side levers. Do not wor­ry about the fact that the steer­ing wheel may be unsta­ble — it is attached to the table with spe­cial suc­tion cups, so that while dri­ving you will not feel dis­com­fort. With this steer­ing wheel you will feel the pre­ci­sion of dri­ving and become an invin­ci­ble leader in any race.

It would seem that choos­ing a gift for a gamer is not so easy, but the indus­try is devel­op­ing at such a speed that every year games become more orig­i­nal, and there are more and more oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve the gam­ing expe­ri­ence. Just choose what suits your gamer friends and give the best gift.