The Georgia Straight today includes my latest “Trigger Happy” column, which this week looks at some recent games released for digital download on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Store services.

If you shudder every time you think about shelling out $80 for a video game to play on your next-generation console, you should consider some of the smaller games available through the digital storefronts that are part of these systems. Not only are these arcade, casual, and indie downloads cheaper, they’re just as much fun. Sometimes more.