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…

As the desire to purchase digital content grows, retailers have decided they want in on the profits. Walmart and Best will join Target in an agreement with Facebook to sell Facebook Credits in its stores.

OK, so this year’s high-tech holiday gift cards are arguably lower tech than previous years but they are still kinda cool.

This year’s cards are more retro style toys than high tech gadgets. Each requires that you $25 on it before you can take it home or you can order it online for an additional $1.95 for shipping and handling. And, no, they don’t simply have blinking lights or silly sounds, a standard feature in some of the thicker-than-credit-card style gift cards.

Tech and computer retail store Micro Center has a whole bunch of stuff on sale starting Black Friday (November 27, 2008) through the whole weekend. It begins at 8 a.m. on Friday and ends 6 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2008.

Sale items include Acer PCs for $299, 22 in. flat screen monitors for $199, 1GB MP3 player for $0.99, a min tripod for $0.99, cameras, computers, printers,, RAM, video recorders, hard drives and more. Some deals may also be availabel on the web site, though not likely the one-day in-store sale items.

I’ll stick to the game deals for now:

• Friday only, $50 gift card for any Xbox 360 console purchase (Xbox 360 Arcade for $199, Pro for $299 and Elite for $399)
• Friday only, World of Warcraft for $39.99 and Battle Chest for $19.99 (reg. $39.99)
• Friday only, free $10 gift card with full-price ($59.99) purchase of Fable II, Halo 3 or Gears of War for Xbox 360.
• Two DS bundles, the Cobalt blue with Flash Focus for $139.99 and the Crimson red DS with Mario Party DS for $149.99.
• Build Your Own Wii Bundle for…

Further demonstrating the increasing availability and decreasing price of memory, Target has put out a Speed Racer themed gift card that features a USB 2.0 Flash drive built right in.

The plastic promo gift card features a tiny USB cable (an inch long) that clicks flat into the card and can be ejected using a tiny mechanical switch at the bottom edge. It also has an activity light on the upper right edge of the card.

The internal Flash drive shows 62.8 MB total capacity with 51.6 MB of it filled with Speed Racer movie promotion items including a cheat code for the Wii version of the upcoming Speed Racer videogame…