As a retro video game collection, there's nothing quite like this little blast from Activision's past, the infancy of home videogames and the Atari 2600 (a small step up from the ubiquitous PONG). But the Activision TV 10-In-1 Games Video Game System is more than just a software bundle of early-tech interactive entertainment; it's a complete videogame device in and of itself, with the actual games packed right in.

When Sony revamped and re-released the original PlayStation game console as the delightfully diminutive "PSOne," intimating also sorts of portable fun and gladness, they didn't seem too keen on accommodating the actual players of portable game systems. Perhaps they were waiting to see if anyone would pick up on the idea of an old-is-new device, a videogame "Discman." And seeing as Sony just released a proprietary PSOne LCD monitor -- conveniently, just in time for the holiday shopping season -- that might very well be the case.

Renowned for their luxury class, high performance audio/electric accessories for musicians and audio purists, Monster Cable has jumped into the videogame business in a big way. Their new line of "Monster Power" products includes the very best in rechargeable batteries.

This fantastic little MP3 player isn't shaped like an audiocassette just to pay homage to last century's music format -- it actually allows for MP3 playback on any cassette deck! How cool is that?

For the recreational user, Two-Way Communicators using the dedicated and regulated UHF airwave frequencies known as the Family Radio Service (FRS) have all but replaced the antediluvian "Citizen's Band" ("CB") and the "Walkie Talkie."

While I've never enjoy listening to this new whipper-snapper music, this rip-hopped re-mixed musical menagerie of neo-disco DJ hipstuff, I just realized that's it's actually fun to make. With Apzu's new Digital Mix Master (DM2) plugged into my PC, I'm a veritable dance party music machine (with no dancers to be found).