{"id":240,"date":"2019-12-05T19:55:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/?p=240"},"modified":"2019-12-05T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:55:32","slug":"5-video-game-christmas-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/2019\/12\/05\/5-video-game-christmas-gift-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Video Game Christmas Gift Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"background-color:#00623e;font-size:18px\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color\">This blog post will be a bit different this time because it is the holiday season and Christmas is upon us. So here are 5 video game presents you can get for someone special (or just for yourself there is no judging here.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pokemon Sword and Shield<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">Yes there is another Pokemon game released and everyone is loving it. This generation of Pokemon is once again created by Game Freak and was released in November only on the Switch. I don\u2019t really need to explain the premise of a Pokemon game because everyone knows about it in some capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield - Official Trailer\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rWwEeHB8K2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">This Star Wars game is an action adventure game developed by Respawn Entertainment. The game is set during the time after Episode III &#8211; Revenge of the Sith and you play as a young Jedi padawan. You have to complete your Jedi training and restore the wiped out Jedi Order. It was released in November for Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order \u2014 \u201cCal\u2019s Mission\u201d Trailer\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfcAHfDuNzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Apex Legends<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"> Apex Legends is a free to play battle royale game kinda like Fortnite and Overwatch. It was created by Respawn Entertainment and was released on February for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. Why get it as a present now even though it was released at the beginning of the year you ask. Because there is an expansion or new season that is coming to Apex and you don\u2019t want to miss out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apex Legends Season 3 \u2013 Meltdown Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C3q_SibAOc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ring Fit Adventure<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"> Ring Fit is a new exercising action RPG created by Nintendo. By using a ring like controller you run around the game and using the controller can also fight enemies within the game. A great way to have fun and stay active during the winter season. It was released in October and is available for the Switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ring Fit Adventure - Adventure Trailer - Nintendo Switch\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vD6Ua4NfPZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pre Order Cyberpunk 2077<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"> Now Cyberpunk is not yet released until April 2020, but you can still pre order the game and get it the day it comes out. It is being developed by Projekt Red and there is so much hype around the game. So check it out. Here is the video that was released showing of its gameplay. Just a heads up the game is rated M for mature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"48 Minutes of Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfmB1eoyzwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post will be a bit different this time because it is the holiday season and Christmas is upon us. So here are 5 video game presents you can get for someone special (or just for yourself there is no judging here.) Pokemon Sword and Shield Yes there is another Pokemon game released and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/2019\/12\/05\/5-video-game-christmas-gift-ideas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 Video Game Christmas Gift Ideas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7981,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1030419],"tags":[892254,1184139,1184868,1184457,1184654,76137,1184767],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-apex-legends","tag-christmas-gifts","tag-cyberpunk","tag-gift-ideas","tag-jedi-fallen-order","tag-pokemon","tag-ring-fit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/gamesoffutureandpast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}