Elements of power

Maybe you got a new digital camera or camcorder for Christmas and have been snapping away like crazy, only to realise you've got tons of pictures/footage and don't have the appetite to whittle them down. Let Adobe's Elements bundle be your friend.

The combination of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements has everything you need to fix wonky photos, sift the duds from the gems or trim your hours of dull tapes into slickly produced, entertaining DVDs. Read the full review in today's paper.

In games, Rainbow Six: Vegas (Xbox 360) escapes the spiralling descent of the squad shooter series and revitalises the franchise with a fluent blend of first-person and third-person action. Mercury Meltdown Remix transports the blob-rolling fun from PSP to PS2, with mixed results. While it's easier to control, it doesn't feel it completely belongs on the big console.

Wii Play attempts to sweeten the blow of having to buy another Wii controller (the console itself comes with only one) by including a few mini-games for a fiver extra. But unlike Wii Sports, none of the games are much cop.

NeoGeo Battle Coliseum looks like it's from another era, or part of a retro collection of beat-em-ups. But it's actually a new game, with PS1-style graphics, riffing on the SNK fighters of old. Strangely addictive and quite cheap.