For anybody who doesn't know, my birthday is 5 days before Christmas so that's why I'm putting both lists in one. My Mum told me they're willing to spend roughly £200 over both my birthday and Christmas ... so here's my list for anybody's who interested ;)
1 - Xbox Live 12-Month Gold Subscription. My Xbox Live ran out just two days before Black Ops came out, so for now I've set up a secondary account so I can play online with Black Ops. The problem is, when I go up a level it doesn't feel like I've achieved anything because I know that my the time I've got to Level 50 my free month of Gold will have run out. Whatever, at least I can learn the maps and what works and what doesn't.
2 - Turtle Beach Ear Force X11 Headset. For ages now, I've wanted a decent headset so that my Mum and Dad don't get annoyed at me for playing CoD with the sound turned up, and also because it can help you play better. I made up a shortlist of headsets, and it was a tossup between this, or the X31. The X31 has a few extra features but the X11 can be plugged into your PC and also doesn't need batteries. So I went for the X11's, giving me an extra £40 (from not getting the X31) to ask for something else ...
3 - That something else is 4,200 Microsoft Points. There isn't really anything I want to get now with those points (although I may download the map pack I don't have for CoD5) but apparently Treyarch are already hard at work making new maps for Call of Duty: Black Ops. I won't even mind having to pay 1,200 Microsoft points for 5 maps because Treyarch have done such a great job with this game - the only problem I can see being the knife lunge. With MW2, I never bought either of the map packs because they were a rip-off and MW2 was so unbalanced it was ridiculous.
4 - Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. Which came out yesterday. I've never really been a big fan of Need for Speed but because this one is being made by Criterion (of Burnout fame) I can't wait to get my grubby paws on it. It looks absolutely brilliant.
5 - Subbuteo teams. Most people won't know what Subbuteo is, so I'll tell you. It's a football game (soccer if you're American) where you have mini players and a mini pitch. Each player is on a sort of small bowl, which you flick to try and get the ball, score, pass and so on. I've put down the 7 teams I want, but I've said that I really only really want 2 for Birthday/Christmas. Each team costs about £10.
6 - PES 2008 (PSP). According to lots of PES fanatics, this is the best PSP PES. Even if it isn't, it's only £4 so I'll pick it up thank you very much.
7 - Viva Pinata + Forza Motorsport 2 Bundle. Microsoft have released a number of bundles, where you get two games for the price of one, usually with an extra controller, or you can get them pre-owned for less than £10. I probably won't play either of these games much, but it's only £5 and I love Forza so hopefully I'll like it.
8 - Battlefield Bad Company 2. I was quite excited about this when it first came out, but then I remembered that it wasn't Call of Duty and I didn't want to pay £30 for a game I wasn't going to enjoy. Now it's down to £10 and most of the n00bs online have moved onto Black Ops so I'll give this a go.
9 - The Damned United (DVD). If you don't know, this is the story of the famous manager Brian Clough's career at Leeds United. I've watched it once at the cinema and enjoyed it, now it's down to £4 on Amazon so I'll get this.
10 - Crackdown. £4! £4! I know, ridiculous. From all I've heards this is a great sandbox game, and I love openworlds and sandbox games so I'm asking for this. Apparently there's virtually no storyline which might be a problem for some gamers but I don't think I've ever completed an open-world game's storyline, I just have too much fun messing around.
11 - SEGA Rally. I love rally games. I had all the WRC games on PS2, and I've got both DiRT games on 360. Can't wait for DiRT 3. Loved the new WRC game's demo. I might have asked for that new game, but I'm sure it will drop in price pretty quickly so I've asked for this instead while I wait for that new game.
It's actually my shortest list ever, but whenever I've put down about 1,000 items it just seems to let me down when I only see ten items waiting for me (when obviously it shouldn't) but hopefully this year I'll get all the stuff I've asked for. I'm just asking for money from all my other relatives, then I'll see how much I've got. I might get a capture card for my 360, I might get an iPod Touch, might just save it up, I dunno I'll just see how much I get before making any decisions.