The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are in full flow with coverage all over the BBC at the moment. British medal hopes rest with the likes of Shelley Ruman and Amy Williams on the Skeleton, a scary luge-type event involving what looks like a tea tray and eye popping speeds. Most of the events of Vancouver 2010 are taking place in the skiing resort of Whistler, boasting stunning views of the Rockies and some amazing powder.

If you’ve been caught by the Winter Olympics bug but can’t make it to Vancouver in time, you can experience all the thrills and spills of the Winter Olympics in a virtual way - on PS3, Xbox360 or PC. The games in Vancouver 2010 are varied - compete in 14 different events from Skiing, Snowboarding, Bobsleigh to Speed Skating and Ice Hockey. Play online to compete against Winter Olympics fans from across the globe

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Tony Hawk: Ride was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Gadget expert Ella Williamson explained that it is available for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3. It’s essentially your typical Tony Hawk skateboarding game with a unique twist - it comes bundled with a fantastic skateboard controller which you stand on, and your movements on the board translate to your movements, tricks, turns etc in the game.

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The latest cutting edge driving game to hit the market is Forza Motorsport 3 and this was tested by Jason on last night’s episode of The Gadget Show in a reality vs virtual race off between himself and Johnny Herbert at Silverstone. Forza Motorsport 3 which took a team of 300 people over 2 years to make, including real life racing drivers.

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DJ Hero is a new game for Xbox 360 and PS3 from the creators of the best selling franchise Guitar Hero, and it was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. DJ Hero comes bundled with DJ decks allowing you to mix, cross fade and scratch in time with the onscreen instructions and music.

DJ Hero is available to buy from around £90.

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Wii Sports Resort is a brand new game for the Nintendo Wii and was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. This game can be purchased with or without the Wii MotionPlus accessory, which adds a new dimension to compatible Wii games by providing a much improved motion sensing capability. Every little action is tracked faithfully on screen.

Wii Sports Resort is the sequel to the incredibly popular Wii Sports. It features 12 new games including frisbee which Tim Lovejoy demonstrated in the Something for the Weekend studio.

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The Logitech Guitar Hero Wireless Guitar Controller was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Ella Williamson explained that this controller was for use with PS2 and PS3 versions of Guitar Hero. It is designed and weighted to both look and feel like a real guitar, perfect for avid fans of the Guitar Hero franchise or guitar players who want a bit of fun and interactivity.

The Logitech Guitar Hero controller is heavy and solid. Strum along to the corresponding colours on the fret board to play Guitar Hero. The Logitech wireless guitar costs around £150 and you can get one here

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Deal or No Deal is one of the most addictive TV shows in the UK, if not the world. The beauty of this worldwide smash hit game show is in it’s simplicity. Noel Edmonds hosts the UK version of Deal or No Deal, in which contestants select numbered boxes containing various amounts of money and trying to beat the banker.

Jackpotjoy are an online gaming company and you can play Deal or No Deal online with thier great Deal or No Deal game. Play for free, or for the chance to win huge cash prizes as they do on the real show. According to the Jackpotjoy Deal or No Deal website, £2 million is won every day.

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Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip for the Nintendo Wii was the second of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Simon Rimmer’s daughter was in the Something for the Weekend studio to demonstrate the game. Gadget expert Ella Williamson explained that Shaun White Snowboarding was also available for PS3 and XBox 360, but the one used on the show was the Nintendo Wii version, compatible with the Wii Fit balance board which costs around £70.

Shaun White Snowboarding for the Wii utilises the Wii balance board. You stand on the board and shift your balance from side to side to turn as you would on a real snowboard. By bending your knees and pushing up you can perform jumps, and stunts can be executed using the Wii-mote which you hold in your hand.

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Jason Bradbury counted down The Gadget Show’s top 5 computer games for Christmas. Here are the games featured, from 5 to 1:

5) Lego Batman

Gadget Show presenter Jason Bradbury remarked that sometimes all you want is a simple game that’s quick to load and fun to play, and Lego Batman on the Nintendo DS fits the bill perfectly. Lego Batman is the latest in the successful Lego series of computer games which includes Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones. The aim is to make it through the 30 levels fighting your way through using classic Batman moves and gadgets faithfully recreated in Lego form, and collecting as many Lego bricks as you can along the way.

Lego Batman for the Nintendo DS is an easy to play, great fun and distracting game. Get it now in time for Christmas.

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Lego Batman is also available on other formats

4) Spore

Spore for the PC is from the makers of The Sims. Gadget Show presenter Jason said it could possibly be the biggest game in the history of games. You start off as a single celled organism floating around in a big sea. By eating everything you come into contact with you grow and grow, evolving as you eat particular cells. You control the evolution of your character through four different stages, ending up in the conquest of space. Apparently the space element of Spore is almost a separate game in its own right, with 50,000 planets to explore in the Spore universe.

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3) Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip

Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip is available for most formats including PS3 and XBox 360, but perhaps the most exciting version can be found on the Nintendo Wii, where the balance board from Wii Fit can be used as a virtual snowboard. Tilt backwards, forwards, left and right as you would on a normal snowboard - the controls for the Wii version of Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip are intuitive and lifelike. Only a couple of buttins on the Wii-mote are used to perform tricks - everything else is controlled by your own sense of balance on the board. The Gadget Show presenter Jason thought this game would also do well for Travel Agents by giving people the snowboarding bug.

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2) Tom Clancy’s EndWar

Ton Clancy’s EndWar for XBox 360 and other formats came in second place in The Gadget Show’s Top 5 Computer Games for Christmas feature. It is an action strategy game in which you control a World War III army, but it’s how you control the army which makes the game unique. You may have already seen adverts on TV for Tom Clancy’s EndWar - using a headset you can control the game by only using your own voice. Ordering troops around couldn’t be easier than barking out orders from your sofa. The voice command system is amazingly responsive. But Tom Clancy’s EndWar isn’t a gimmick of a game - it is a solid strategy game with the added bonus of the voice controls.

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1) Little Big Planet

Little Big Planet is a PS3 exclusive, meaning it will not appear on any other platform. It is number one in The Gadget Show feature of the Top 5 Video Games for Christmas. Jason Bradbury described Little Big Planet as ‘kind of odd…but in a really good way’. You begin by customising the look of your fabric character, or sackboy. There are 50 weird and wonderful levels in the form of a 2D/3D platformer. It is totally unique, and totally beautiful.

Using the level editor you can even create your own levels, then share them with the PS3 online community. Conversely you can play other peoples levels, meaning that the replayability factor of Little Big Planet for the PS3 is basically endless. Little Big Planet is receiving rave reviews for it’s gameplay, concept, creativity and its original and innovative graphics. The Gadget Show’s Suzi Perry said that Little Big Planet was the most gorgeous computer game she’d ever seen.

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On last night’s The Gadget Show Jason and Suzie played Wii Music, a game which Jason Bradbury said they had been waiting for for weeks. Wii Music is released this week, and according to Suzie Perry is ‘hilarious’. Basically you use the Wii-mote and the Nunchuk attachment to play different musical instruments. There are 60 instruments available to play in total, ranging from guitar to saxaphone to drums. If you have Wii Fit you can use the balance board to act as drum pedals, with the Wii-mote and Nunchuk as the drumsticks.

Multiplayer is where Wii Music comes into its own, with support for up to 4 players each playing a different musical instrument in the same ‘band’. The Gadget Show presenters Jason Bradbury and Suzie Perry said that whilst their playing on Wii Music wasn’t going to win any awards for music, it was good fun. Wii Music is shaping up to be one of the biggest selling games this Christmas.

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