Portable oomph

You've got your iPod but you don't wanna use headphones. There are plenty of portable speaker solutions but many are a bit weedy. If you want a little more oomph, try Creative's new GigaWorks T20 speakers. Read the full review in today's paper.

In games, Black (PS2/Xbox) has been hyped beyond belief as the shooter to top all shooters - but while it's an enjoyable romp it's not the genre-buster we'd been expecting. Tales of Eternia (PSP) does the Final Fantasy thing cleverly in portable form.

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (PS2) has several of the right ingredients from its Ninty heritage, and even throws in some new ones, but the foot-slogging through endless samey corridors drains the fun. Finally, Zathura (PS2) is a typical lazy movie tie-in, even given its target audience of the under-10s.