Entertainment

A new addition to the Avanquest Click & Play game series brings a 3D option and the opportunity to play as different members of a family.

“I wake up slow” is a song written and performed by Dory Previn. I was reminded of this recording when setting up a new device from Logic 3.

In what can be one of the bargains of the year for hidden object adventurers, Avanquest has bundled together three Samantha Swift titles from MumboJumbo priced at under a tenner.

While most will say another iPod dock with radio but the Pioneer NAV1 is more than that. Us older people who still prefer our music on CD are satisfied as it also has a slot loading CD on the top and there are more features so read on.

Time to put away your toys and childish things and get down to some hard gaming with a new headset from Plantronics.

Having looked at an earlier model (not HD) this was an eagerly awaited arrival. Very different in size and shape. My first check was the pass-through and that performed correctly, is this to be the unit I have been looking for?

The days of a household having a single iPod are no more so not only do you need the ability to charge more than one the ability to play the sounds from more than one through speakers is here with this double dock offering from Altec Lansing.

Fans of Nancy Drew will be pleased to hear that the young detective returns for yet another mystery solving escapade, this time in a snow-bound holiday resort.

With a choice of first or third-person action, Sherlock Holmes joins the Focus Multimedia catalogue of games.

Time to put your ghost hunting and puzzle solving skills to the test as you set about helping a wandering spirit in the Midnight Mysteries series.

Ever fancied a career as a truck driver. Now is your chance to see if you are cut out to be a real road warrior as you take to the Californian highways.

With 50 million units sold over all platforms and a new sale being generated every 4.3 seconds, the original Bejeweled title makes a welcome return with version 2.

This Pace unit (badged Philips) was the first HD unit I saw in a presentation in the spring, here now the production unit. If you need HD recording then this 500GB digital unit may just tick all the boxes on your wish list.

It is time to visit the Whitechapel area of London in the late 1880’s as you attempt to solve the murders that continue to confound the experts.

It's a while since I've looked at a hard-disk video recorder so I was eager to see what innovations the SmartBox 8320HD could bring to our family entertainment.

Calling all budding pop stars!! If you love Simon Cowell's flagship TV pop phenomena then this a fun item built just for you.

I'm sitting in my living room listening to 2Day FM - my daughters favourite Austrailian radio station. Welcom to Internet Radio!

Games at ten-a-penny might seem like wishful thinking but that is what you get with an offering in the GSP Click & Play series.

It's about a year since I last looked at a digital photo frame. The latest incarnation from Kodak has a number of excellent innovations that make loading your images that much easier and at the same time provide a marked improvement in the screen.

If someone told you you could make a ball fly in the air using the power of your mind - would you believe it. We were certainly sceptical - but it's true! This game is just brilliant top notch fun!

Late this summer I discovered a charming gift shop not that far from London. It has a whole range of items at affordable prices. Just in case you do not live that near they have a web site and of course they do mail order.

Put together famous paintings, kidnappers and a criminally inclined collector of works of art results in a new game published by Alawar.

In the early summer I saw a range of Sony audio and photography items. I have already told you about both the photography items I selected. Here is a rather neat stack system that for me stood out as the item to request.

An evil witch, broken mirrors, a helpful fairy and a cursed castle all play their part in a Gogii title now available on the Avanquest GSP label.

For some years there has been a growing market for replacement remote controls for audio-visual products - usually cramming the functions of many separate devices into one easy to use replacement. The Xsight Touch Remote Control from "One-for-All" is the ultimate example of this genre.

Blu-ray players used to be rather expensive. Now a unit costs less than its predecessor and has more functions. So smaller neater cheaper and more functionality seems to be the way to go with the latest model from Sony.

As computers have become faster and capable of displaying realistic graphics so our virtual heroes have developed muscles and gymnastic moves we can only dream about. Yes the Prince is back.

This is I believe the first such product from a known name – yes the Powermat was earlier at 10-1-10 – but for me anyway Powermat was not a known name whereas Duracell are known for their various types of batteries.

Robots, a flying house and cartoon graphics all come together in a couple of games developed from two popular films.

While you may have thought that after escaping from Rosecliff Island, you would be able to relax for a period but you would be wrong. Those diabolical and inventive people at Spintop Games have other ideas for your immediate future. Allowing you to believe that you were merely on a peaceful trip through the countryside, the developers came up with the idea of an earthquake which leaves you trapped in an abandoned village. Your only hope for survival is to Escape Whisper Valley.