Between about 2004 and early 2008 I had mostly taken a break from video games because I was too busy with college, dating, and being a crazy guy in my late teens and early 20s. 2008 was the year I started to develop a ton of interest in returning to gaming, but also to start collecting games from my childhood on systems like the Saturn, N64 and PS2. That was also the year I broke up with my last serious girlfriend before I'd meet my wife later that year and the rest was history. But because I wasn't that into gaming when I was with my last girlfriend she never got me video game related gifts, so fortunately I've never had to deal with wondering what to do with them. If I'm being honest I'd probably have kept them since I still have a few shirts that my ex-girlfriend had given me.