The company that brought you the bacon mints, bacon air fresher and killer unicorn toys is giving away free rubber chickens to the first 100 people who visit their retail location (not the web store).

Also, if you order form the web site before Midnight, April 1, 2011, you’ll get one, too.

Easter is coming up quite soon. April 4, 2010, to be exact. So hopefully you’ve done all your shopping to create Easter baskets for the kids you know, or for the people you know that are kids at heart.

If you haven’t, then you don’t need to start worrying just yet. After all, Walmarts and Targets are filled with the necessities for creating Easter baskets. And, as long as you live near a GameStop, Toys ‘R Us or Hot Topic you’ll probably be able to find some special candy geared toward gamers that’ll make the basket really stand out.

Gamertell’s put together a list of some of the video game candy you can find in stores right now. In most cases, your local Hot Topic or Toys ‘R Us will probably have the items, but links to online stores will also be included in case you want to frantically buy, pick the fastest shipping option and hope for the best…

Archie McPhee, the company known for creating silly and unconventional amusements, has just created a new item for the holiday season – the inflatable fruitcake. Yes, for $9.50 you can send your family, friends or even yourself a life-size inflatable fruitcake. My favorite part is the Frequently Asked Questions sections of the site, which tells you why fruitcakes are so terrible and how you possibly lived before the inflatable fruitcake was invented.

Now, you may be wondering what exactly a fruitcake has to do with gaming. Good question! First – I’m sure there are some desperate gamers out there who, after receiving that game they’ve wanted for weeks for Christmas decided to pull an all-nighter playing it. After hour 23 of their gaming marathon, their sense of judgment have been impaired and they might have accidentally ingested some of the ornamental family fruitcake. Now, with the inflatable fruitcake, there is no more temptation to actually eat a real one.

Second, the act of giving a fruitcake is a bit of a game in and of itself. Its like playing hot-potato…