AutoRoute trips up

In this week's column, Microsoft's trip planner AutoRoute 2005 gets the once-over. In many ways, it beats the hell out of loading web page after web page at some of the online map sites. But the maps are a bit dodgy on the Irish front, so how can you trust it with the rest of Europe? Read the full review in today's paper.

You can also get skinny on the Irish heats of the Xbox-based FIFA Interactive World Cup. Come along on Sunday October 31 if you think you're hard enough.

Meanwhile on the games front, the peerless Pro Evolution Soccer 4 has been taking up far too much of my invaluable time. Also reviewed are Def Jam Fight For NY (not bad if you're into brawlers and certainly heaps better than the original), Tiger Woods PGA 2005 (same old stuff but brilliantly done if you like that kind of thing) and NHL 2005, which (ho-ho) leaves me cold.