Gift Ideas for a Gamer Baby

The whole point of playing a video game (or, indeed, a computer game) is to level up. You begin at level one, then do whatever it takes to make it to the end.

Along the way there will be dragons to vanquish; people to rescue; floating brick walls to head-butt (actually, little known fact Mario does really lift a tiny, little pixel hand to smash the bricks. True story! Play it again and pay closer attention this time. He does head-butt the coins though); quests to complete; skills to grind; castles to raid; and cities to take.

Finally you achieve all of the levels and it's game over.

But our baby isn't even close to that yet. He or she is merely a level one noob. (Or lvl 1, as most games render it.)

Or maybe you're one of those nice gamers. You subscribe to the idea that just because you're new to the game, no-one should be name-calling in your ignorance.

The last shirt is for you. Well, mostly it's for the baby that you're dressing up. It loses the 'noob' and just states the main fact: Baby is level one.

Maybe the 'noob' and level 1 humor for your gamer baby is too obvious. Besides, you have more faith in his or her future abilities.

That's when it's time to bring out the 'born 2 pwn noobs' t-shirt! The slogan is written in the gaming language of Leet (1337).

Roughly translated into English, that would be, 'I was born to defeat/win over/be better than newcomers'. Though 'noobs' is often a name leveled at experienced players too. It intimates that their skills are so low, they might as well be newbies.

Therefore 'pwn noobs' can also mean 'successfully combat all comers'.

Baby's gamer parents are really quite pleased to see him/her. You can tell by reading what's written on the onesie (UK baby grow).

The twenty sided die controls the direction of the Dungeons and Dragons role-play. Throwing a one is pretty dismal; throwing a ten places you on neutral territory. 

But throw a natural twenty and you have the best possible advantage ever.

This baby is declared to be the highest score in the game by whoever bought that crawler outfit.

Of course, some proud gaming parents prefer their role-playing games to be on-line. As they move their avatars around virtual worlds, nearly everyone they meet will be controlled by a real life person.

Massively Multi-player On-line Role-Playing Game results in the acronym MMORPG. This is an infant t-shirt for the off-spring of gamers who play Runescape, World of Warcraft, Everquest2, Guild Wars and the like.

More fun than all that? Wow! Baby must be really special!

What better daily routine can there be than eat, sleep, game?  Sustenance and fun!

Your infant might be more interested in building blocks and teddy bears, but the XBox is waiting in the corner.  One day your fledgling geek gamer will be glad that their baby pictures depicted that early intent!

You could also make this a family affair.  T-shirts exist for Dad and Mum to also declare that they exist to eat, sleep and game.

I, for one, am right there with them!