I simplified my audio setup some years back. In my column for Stuff this week, I dig into the reasons why – and find validation in the excellent new Ruark MR1 Mk3 speakers – along with offering a dash of audiophile baiting for good measure.

Want to give your brain a workout? Here are 12 excellent puzzle games for iPhone, each offering bite-sized challenges.

Little Computer People is 40. I loved this game as a kid. Although ‘game’ is perhaps underselling it. LCP was more like a digital goldfish – a pet person that was proto-Sims mixed with a Tamagotchi. I remain amazed that no one has resurrected it for smartphones, because it would be a perfect pocket companion. Check out the piece I wrote for Stuff about this 8-bit classic.

Moodflow deleted a year of my records. I’m not thrilled about this. The Google Play store is now flooded with angry customers, and there’s almost certainly no way to get the data back. (The app in theory backed up to Google Drive, but another bug apparently signed users out before obliterating their records – including mine.) Safe to say I won’t be writing about this app ever again.

As a child of the ’80s, I grew up with the C64 and ZX Spectrum. I still love how ancient systems tackle imagery. Retrospecs is the best way to process pics as old-school art, from delicate Mac Plus emulation to custom animated ASCII weirdness. It’s now on sale for just two bucks. If you own an iPhone or iPad and have any interest whatsoever in classic computer graphics, it’s a must-buy.