Entertainment

As part of its Hidden Mystery Collectives series, Focus Multimedia has bundled together a couple of Echoes of the Past titles. Belonging to the Hidden Object Adventure genre, these titles are entitled The Citadels of Time and The Revenge of the Witch.

Giving you the freedom to listen, communicate and adjust a variety of settings are features on offer from an over-the-ears style of headset from Creative.

Here something that I have not looked at recently a couple of MP3 players, both from Sony. The first is a water resistant offering mine was white. The second in more normal black a unit that claims a quick charge time of only three minutes.

When a game has the title of Fairway then there is an excellent chance that golf will be involved in some way. In the case of this next title that involvement is based around the Solitaire card game that is known as Golf.

Put on your investigative hat and be prepared to enter the world of the supernatural as you take on the challenge of three Big Fish games.

Over the years I have played, and enjoyed, a large number of games that belonged to the Match 3 genre. In the most part, these games took various approaches as they set out to make the playing experience as challenging and enjoyable as possible. Unfortunately sometimes there were exception and this next Match 3 title was one such offering as it failed to engender any semblance of enjoyment when I was checking out the product for this review.

Real characters, ghostly apparitions and live jigsaw type videos all come together in a Mystery Case File title.

The first is a rather nice shower proof Bluetooth speaker set at a not outrageous price. The second is a method of saving your USB device be it phone or tablet from having a flat battery when you are away from power.

Not only does this next product add speaker capability to your smartphone but it can also act as a backup battery.

When the words “Happy” and “Nightmare” occur in the same title, you could be forgiven for wondering just what you were letting yourself in for.

A rather large remote controlled car that some children may find difficult to stop their parents using, it is stated at 8+. The Second a reaction testing device designed for children or almost any age and even those of pre-school seem to love trying it.

One-eyed stone heads, a town that is only visible for a short period every 300 years and a missing boyfriend are all present in this next game.

With different types of tiles, multiple layouts and two styles of game play, this Mahjongg offering might well appeal.

As it approaches its one hundred year anniversary, John Buchan’s classic tale of murder and spies makes its appearance on the Windows PC platform.

Two methods of listening to music, first a rather nice Bluetooth speaker that can also work with a 3.5mm lead. Second a pair of earbuds from Sony that seem to stay in place without swelling the ear canal as so many do for me.

Time to enter into the spirit (no pun intended) of the game as you attempt to solve murders committed in two different locations and time periods.

A trip to India in search of the reason why people are disappearing as you switch between a male and female character is on the cards with this next game.

Up until recently I was of the firm opinion that the living room in my home was of a reasonable size. Now, however, I am not so sure. The arrival of a product from Samsung has put a different perspective on how I regard my personal living space.

Ever received an invitation for an event that happened years ago? If so then you will feel at home with the opening of this next game.

As technology advances, data stored on legacy devices needs to be transferred to the latest format to ensure the content continues to be readily available.

A last minute invitation saw me attending the launch event for Kobo’s latest eReader device.

Witches never seem to rate highly on most people's popularity lists. Part of this unloved quality could be down to the actions of the Snow Queen, a central character in this next game.

The Boxee Box could be regarded as a hybrid product. D-Link, the source of this particular offering, has combined the free Boxee media software with its own hardware kit in order to offer the user a solution to the conundrum of creating a home-based media centre for their entertainment needs.

Why would some unknown person murder a travelling opera singer? It is up to you to solve the crime by playing a series of Match-3 boards.

Rather than give this next product an easy-to-remember name, its developers have opted for the model number of i2360P.

Asked to list the top ten world influencing events of the past 50 years, I am sure many, if not all, would include the event that happened on the 22nd November 1963.

Never having eaten an oyster, I am unsure whether this delicacy would suit a side dish of damsons but why talk of food when technology is available.

A somewhat different book reader in that the shape of this near 7inch offering is more like a book with the bulge in the middle makes it easier to hold. It also has a backlight when lack of daylight means you need it.

Two different rather nice value sets of earbuds from very different places, First from Crystal Acoustics their i-40 offering. The second set from a name more known as a motherboard producer the H11 from Gigabyte.

You probably do not know much about Grey Mist Lake. Not many do especially since the mysterious fog engulfed the town and when it disappears, so had the town. There were rumours of occasional reappearances of the town with ghost-like inhabitants but now you can check it out for yourself.