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Amazon's "Gifts for Moms" Sale Offends This Mom

Posted on Wednesday, May 9 @ 11:01:49 Eastern by Keri_Honea

Amazon.com typically has great sales for video games. I particularly love/hate their Buy-2-Get-1-Free sales, because I always leave there with 4-5 games in tow that will just sit in my stack of shame for months at a time. But hey, I got them at a discounted price, right?

So when I saw Amazon's Mother's Day Game Sale announcement on Twitter, I was intrigued. What would be a good game for moms on Mother's Day? I know I have my list, but I had to see what Amazon thinks we want.

I am absolutely outraged.

That's what moms want? They want fitness games, kids games, and games to play with the family? Really? Are you trying to say that moms are fat and only have the gaming mental capacity for Skylanders or the Sims?

Let me tell you something, Amazon. If those are the types of games that certain moms will play, THEY DON'T WANT GAMES FOR MOTHER'S DAY. Moms who want games for Mother's Day want hardcore games that they couldn't get for themselves upon release, whether it was for money or time restrictions.

If you think for one minute that buying games like these are great ways to get your mom/wife to get into gaming, YOU HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT MOTHER'S DAY IS ABOUT.

Mother's Day is about doing something nice for your mom and/or the mom of your children. If that nice thing is getting them a gift, get them something they will want, and not some ploy to get them to turn on a Wii or a Kinect. (Guess what? I don't own either.) In fact, you should take this entire list from Amazon as a list of what not to get the mom in your life for Mother's Day, unless the mom has specifically said, "Hey, I'd like to do Zumba without going to the gym," or "Wow, that Disney Universe game looks really cute and fun! I want to try it."

I can't wait to see what Amazon lists as great game ideas for dads on Father's Day. I bet a large number of those games will be sports games and games currently on my must-play list.

Honey, if you're reading this and you want to buy me a game for Mother's Day, please choose one of the following:

Halo: Reach
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (preorder)
Prototype 2
Resistance: Burning Skies (preorder)
Tales of the Abyss 3DS

Amazon really should have contacted me or a few other gamer moms I know to construct their Mother's Day game sale.

Tags: Amazon

Comments

De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 11:36 am
A girl wants Halo.....typical. :P

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Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Keri I think unfortunately you have much better taste in games than most moms, so while I understand your rage, to be fair if I had to bet $100 on the top games purchased for mothers day, reach would not get my vote and Zumba probably would. What I think you should do is hold seminars explaining to moms that they should set their sights higher and give video games they normally wouldn't try a chance. Spread the word sister.

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Keri_Honea
Joined: Dec 2011

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
My point is that moms who may like these games most likely do not want games for Mother's Day.

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Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
The thing is I don't think most mothers want gifts for mothers day. They just want to know they are appreciated. This is shown to them with a hug, a card or a gift. Maybe most moms are different from mine, but mine would never look at any mothers day gift as "it's not what I wanted" like a person might at Christmas. Any gift I gave my mom attached to a little card would be appreciated no matter what, which is why the games amazon offered would be suitable, because they are a "I was thoughtful and got you something you didn't say you wanted but I thought you would like" type of gift.

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used44
Joined: Mar 2002

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 11:55 am
The mock outrage in this topic is unbearable. The Sims is one of the highest selling game series among women of all time. and plenty of moms want Kinect. They're casual gamers and it's a casual video game sale. It's cool that you like shooters, but you're an exception to the norm.

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Keri_Honea
Joined: Dec 2011

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Then they should make the sale open to all types of games. I expected to see some casual games in there, but not the entire sale devoted to it.

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Noritama
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
I think this topic needs more diablo three in it.

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Your missing black ops ...

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Ivory_Soul
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Mom's don't have Vitas! What is Burning Skies doing there? I can understand Halo, De-Ting is right. That's typical, same with any Call of Duty.

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TheJx4
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
No one complains when Father's Day sales are fool of toolboxes and drillsets.

and silly fishing/hunting games for the Wii.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
I would if I had kids.

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dirty_f
Joined: Nov 2010

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
is there a sandwich-making game? it comes with a built in kitchen.

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Jason_Venter
Joined: Jan 2008

Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Hello, Keri, and welcome to a world where you appear to have almost nothing in common with most mothers who play video games. If you'd like to see an accurate list of games that such women overwhelmingly tend to play, please refer to the selection of games on sale at Amazon.com that you just ranted about.

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spartan317
Joined: Dec 2005

Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 2:11 am
I think he thinks you should be in the kitchen Keri

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Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 6:46 am
I don't think so. I think he's saying a mom who is a hardcore gamer is like a dad who's a ballerina: you need to recognize that you are in the vast minority and not complain when society does not cater to you.

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