Each year Target brings out a bevy of holiday themed gift cards to offer a variety choices and allow you to include a bit of holiday novelty when you give someone a gift card. In the past we’ve seen some pretty cool tech cards but this year Target has decided to revive last year’s featured card. And, yes, it’s still pretty cool.

Under the heading of “WOW Holiday Gift Cards,” Target is offering a mini Lego set. While last years’ was intended solely to make the Target Bullseye dog, the 2011 version includes several more pieces to allow you to make three complete figures: The Bullseye puppy, a snowman and a polar bear.

GameStop was the subject of controversy this week when it was revealed that employees were told to open new PC copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and remove the OnLive promotional insert that dwelled inside. GameStop then pulled the game from shelves and said it was shipping all copies back to Square Enix. To make up for that unpleasantness, GameStop is presenting a peace offering for those who purchased Human Revolution.

If Toys R Us’ Presidents Day sale didn’t appeal to you, then don’t worry. It has a standard sale ad this week as well. The February 20-26, 2011 sale ad is out and it has quite a few appealing sales. You can get free Toys R Us gift cards with select sale purchases, a toy with de Blob 2 or a custom iPod Touch bundle with a rather nice starter kit.

Since this is a gaming blog, let’s begin with the gift card and games promotion…

Toys R Us has five video game deals running until February 19, 2011, and quite a few of them involve free Toys R Us gift cards. Which is great, because everybody loves free gift cards. Especially when said cards are worth more than $10, meaning you might be able to actually get something worthwhile for free with them…

Best Buy doesn’t have much to appeal to gamers this week, but there are an assortment of PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers and accoutrements which could be quite appealing. There are no massive and monumental sales, but if you need a PS3 or want to get a specific hit game or two between January 30 and February 5, 2011, you may just be in luck…

Who would have thought downloading a free game from the App Store would be worth $10,000? This is exactly what happened to Gail Davis from Orpington, Kent, UK. Davis won a $10,000 iTunes gift card for downloading Apple’s 10 billionth app. The app in question was a free game called Paper Glider.

Here’s a sweet little deal that you may want to get in on. LivingSocial, a site that provides all kinds of deals in your area, is selling Amazon gift cards. For $10, you can get a $20 Amazon gift card from LivingSocial. The gift card is good on anything you may want to buy on Amazon. Since we are a gaming site, that’s precisely what we expect you’ll be spending your gift card on.

Let’s face it, some people are real hard to shop for. Or it’s just that certain people (like me) want gifts that cost way more than you can afford. Or this holiday season you may just be too exhausted (or lazy) to actually look around for things. If any of the above is true, then your best bet is to grab a few gift cards. The question is, where to get your gift cards from.

Which is where this guide comes in. Here is a guide of the 10 of the best stores that sell gift cards gamers want. Read through it to find the best gift cards for your gaming family and friends…

You might be considering a gift card for the gamer on your Holiday shopping list. An easy get is, of course, a GameStop gift card. While a GameStop gift card will certainly be met with a big grin and some hoopla, you can to kick it up a notch with one of GameStop’s console-shaped gift card cases.

Each is a fully formed shell of a game console representing the three biggies (a PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360) plus the PlayStation S2 and Nintendo DS (sorry PSP fans). And each is big enough to insert ye standard gift card. These are all plastic although the GameStop web site lists this as “tins” (don’t you love SEO?).

Each year Target releases special gift cards for the holiday season. Often these cards involve some type of electronics but this year’s card is pleasantly log tech.

Mounted on a card featuring the LEGO logo right next to a white Target logo, this year’s holiday gift card is the Target dog in Legos. Yep, you get a little box of Lego parts and can put it together to form the iconic white dog named Bullseye with the, uh, bullseye, er, eye.