It's one thing to use a luxurious pair of stereo headphones to enjoy good music at great volume, the audible thrill of an action packed movie or the big kabooms of an explosive videogame all in the privacy of one's tech-wrapped skull; it's quite another to do all that while nipping off to the fridge for a beverage or three without missing a beat; the bathroom too, while you're at it. Such is the liberating case with AW770 Wireless Deluxe Headphones from Advent Wireless.

While there is currently not a great many PlayStation2 games that support keyboard play, InterAct Accessories SharkBoard is still a viable purchase considering the number of other tasks it makes all the easier and more efficient - basic data and/or cheat code entry, for example (on Keyboard supported games, of course, more of which are becoming available).

InterAct's Mobile Monitor One is exactly the type of simpatico peripheral - a backlit LCD display - one would expect for a transportable console.

Sony's Dual Shock Analogue Controller for the PlayStation is arguably the best gamepad yet created. If not, it is, at the very least, the most prevalent of the modern controllers, with well over a hundred million units floating around out there. There's a pretty good chance you have one - or know where you could get your hands on one, cheap or free. Breathing new life into the old controller, Soyo's Kiki-Joy USB Adapter lets the otherwise-exclusive PSX controller work on a Win98/2000/Me/XP PC.

Since there are more than 110 million Nintendo GameBoys in the world, all of which feature a dinky little LCD screen and an exasperating lack of backlighting, Nyko carves a humongous niche for itself as purveyors of the Zoom Light.

Where brand name hardware from the likes of Microsoft, Madcatz, Logitech and InterAct can only pretend at durability with their polycarbonate plastic racing wheels and appendages, Canadian based Act Labs offers absolute beefcake with their Force RS (Racing Systems) and RS Shifter ensemble.