Gear of the year

Get the paper today for a quick recap of Log On's gear of the year, an item which is no way related to a desire to spend time with family and friends rather than researching and writing a whole new article.

In games, Yoshi's Island DS has much in common with New Super Mario Brothers - a sideways-scrolling platformer of old skilfully adapted for the DS. While it may not touch the heights of NSMB, the irrepressible Yoshi is hard to put down.

Still on the DS, 42 All-Times Classics miniaturises scads of card/board/pub games into one addictive package designed to appeal to anyone who bought Brain Training.

WWE: Smackdown vs Raw 2007 (X360) takes wrestling into the next-generation graphically but shows little sign of innovation elsewhere. Still good fun though.

Flushed Away (PS2) is a stain on the Aardman name, a tie-in with the movie that mines all the cliches of kids' games while under-achieving on a technical level.