Games are the gifts that keep on giving…at least throughout the rest of the day when everyone else is bored with their drills and those blankets with sleeves and are now looking for what movies to see. And you may not know it, but there were plenty of great Mac games released this year. We’ve rounded up some of the best here so you can easily bring the joy of wanton violence to your loved ones this holiday season.

This morning, the online Apple store went offline for a short time. When it came back, there signs the Christmas elves had been speaking to Mr. Jobs about gift options. If you’ve thought about buying gifts from Apple this festive season, you’ll be happy to hear of the elegant gift wrapping options, Christmas-styled gift cards and, of course, the personalization options available for several Apple products.

Mac applications have always been great gifts for the holidays. They are easy to purchase and often very helpful for the receiver. To help you find Mac gifts for people on your list, I have compiled of some of the best paid applications that are now available.

• TextExpander
• Wallet
• Coda
• Aperture
• QuickTime Pro

Most large corporations (including Apple) like to file us away into a demographic. Usually it’s an age thing, but who aside from them really knows how they classify us. Well, if they have one for a thirty-something, Harley riding, heavy metal guitar playing, half tattooed Apple Fanboy/geek, then I’m there. I am sure most of you do not fit into any of the molds that Corporate America puts us in, so I would like to share with you my Apple wish list this holiday season, and hopefully it will give you a few ideas for your loved ones also. Most of the items in this list will be very inexpensive, because a lot of us are holding our money close to us this holiday season due to the unstable economy. I would classify these as stocking stuffers.