Good Games For X-Mas

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What would you buy for PC gamers for Christmas assuming they are into just about everything except MUDD's like ever*puke*?

What would be some good games to buy? Shrapnel games and others? The only requirement would be a moderate learning curve or less. Steep learning curves turn most people off to a game and I don't want to waste money on a game that they won't want to play.

Thanks.

So far on my list I have:

FarCry - FPS - Excellent game allows for freedom of movement and a great degree of mulitiple angled objective achievements. - For the die hard killers who enjoy sniping people from great distances.

Space Empires IV - Deluxe - TBS - Duh - For the evil emperors of the universe.

Dominions II - RPG TBS - Duh - For the Dragon slayer war mongers.