This week, in my “Trigger Happy” column for the Georgia Straight I talk to reps for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony about the recent announcements about price and configuration changes on the Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3.

Gamers have long been waiting for Sony to drop the price of its PlayStation 3 console, and on September 1 they got a lower price ($299) and new hardware.

Also in this week’s Straight is my review of Batman: Arkham Asylum:

Batman knows something is amiss as he escorts the Joker (voiced by Mark Hamill) into Arkham Asylum, Gotham City’s institution for the criminally insane.