Birthdays·5 min read
16th Birthday Gifts for Someone Who Is Hard to Read
The risk at sixteen is not buying something boring. It is buying something for the person they were at fourteen.
◆ The journal
Notes from the
studio.
What a bespoke game costs, how a commission actually runs, and ideas for the occasions people most often build one for.
Birthdays·6 min read
21st Birthday Gifts That Are Not Just Money in a Card
At 21 most people are between homes, between jobs and between phases. That is the actual gift problem.
Birthdays·7 min read
80th Birthday Gifts When They Do Not Want More Things
Somebody turning 80 has spent a decade trying to get rid of things. A present should not undo that.
Birthdays·5 min read
90th Birthday Gifts That Are Actually Wanted
Nobody turning ninety needs anything. The question is what to give when that is genuinely true.
Birthdays·5 min read
Milestone Birthday Gifts for Men, by Decade
The decade matters more than the person's taste. Here is what shifts at each one.
Birthdays·5 min read
Milestone Birthday Gifts for Women, by Decade
Most milestone gift lists for women are the same list at every age. The decades are not the same.
Birthdays·7 min read
60th Birthday Gifts for the Home Computer Generation
Tape loading, typed-in listings and Manic Miner. For the generation who did not just play the games, they made the machine work.
Birthdays·6 min read
70th Birthday Gifts for the First Gaming Generation
Pong in the pub, Space Invaders on holiday, Pac-Man at the seaside. For the generation who met video games out in the world rather than at home.
Birthdays·7 min read
5 Gifts for People Who Grew Up in Arcades
For the person who still remembers exactly where every 10p went. Gifts that respect the obsession instead of gesturing at it.
Birthdays·7 min read
5 Gifts for People Who Grew Up in the 90s
Cartridges, cover discs and taping the chart off the radio. Gifts for the 90s childhood that go further than a novelty tin.
Birthdays·6 min read
18th Birthday Gifts That Aren't Just Money in a Card
Eighteen is the hardest age to buy for, and cash has quietly become the default. What to give when you want the milestone to feel marked.
Birthdays·6 min read
50th Birthday Ideas With More Bite Than a Marquee
Fifty deserves better than a marquee, a buffet and a playlist from 1994. How to give the evening an actual centrepiece.
Birthdays·11 min read
30th Birthday Gift Ideas for Someone Who Grew Up on Games
They already own everything on Steam and finished it in a weekend. What to give someone whose whole childhood was a controller.
Birthdays·6 min read
40th Birthday Party Ideas Guests Actually Remember
Most fortieths are a room, a bar and a playlist. What to add when you want the party to have a centre rather than just a venue.