The one thing that I was waiting for was a decent reader or outlet for comics on the iPhone. It would be the perfect reader for comic books, connex delays would never be the same again!

Catastrophic Comics has taken comics on the iPhone, to a whole new level. “Sparks: Part 1″ has been released on the iPhone App store, for a bargin price of $1.19. …read more

While watching the latest trailer for the upcoming game Batman: Arkham Asylum - I was trying to think of the last good Batman game I played. Problem was, I couldn’t actually remember one.

Is it just me? Or has the Batman universe severely lacked any decent video game adaption? The first Batman game simply called “Batman” was developed by Ocean Software - and was released in 1986. …read more

I love the Guitar Hero: World Tour drum kit. But given the fact that the sensitivity of the cymbals out of the box, seems to be pretty ordinary - in most cases. So, it’s a great thing that Red Octane have provided the “USB Midi Drum Tuning Kit” for free.

I had a few issues with the sensitivity of my kit out of the box. In order for my orange cymbal to register, I had to hit it really hard. …read more

Joystiq - are reporting that the exclusive to “GoW 2: Collectors Edition” owners Gold Lancer weapon, which was made available to ALL owners of Gears of War 2 yesterday, was done so in error.

“A Microsoft representative has informed Joystiq that the public availability of the Gears 2 Gold Lancer was made in error. Yesterday, we reported that the exclusive Collector’s Edition weapon had appeared on …read more

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Kotaku seem to have done some detective work, and believe that the sequels to Capcoms Dead Rising and Lost Planet will in fact be, multi-platform.

“In an interview in the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Capcom exec Keiji Inafune mentioned new Dead Rising and Lost Planet games. More importantly, he talked about the games going multi-platform. …read more

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Gamespot have posted an exclusive interview with South Australian attorney general, Michael Atkinson. Michael goes into quite a lot of details as to why he’s still against Australia having an R18+ rating for video games.

“Retaining the present classification scheme for electronic games is necessary because: it keeps the most extreme material off the shelves; it prevents children and vulnerable adults from being exposed to sexual abuse, criminal activity, and extreme violence in …read more

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When you’re home ill, you find some random things on the internet. One of those things, being a teaser trailer to the upcoming “Street Fighter” movie over at Kotaku. For those that where even remotely interested in the first place. Prepare for disappointment.

Clip is here.

The boys from Melbourne rock outfit City on Fire have vowed to perform 2 reunion shows if their aptly named Facebook group CITY ON FIRE (re-union show) gets 400 members. You can join the group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50370225737 The shows will be at Mischief in Werribee and Bang in Melbourne (dates yet to be announced - get voting!)

City on Fire performed locally and interstate for over 2 years whilst picking up some international supports along the way such as Aiden, Silverstein and Billy Talent.

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DCFC, the heavy hitters in the soft, melodic world of indie rock are touring once again to promote their latest album Narrow Stairs (dates below).

AUSTRALIA TOUR DATES
2.19.09 - Fremantle Arts Centre - Fremantle, Western Australia
2.22.09 - Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, South Australia
2.23.09 - Forum Theatre - Melbourne, Victoria
2.24.09 - Forum Theatre - Melbourne, Victoria
2.26.09 - Enmore Theatre - Sydney, New South Wales
2.28.09 - The Tivoli Theatre - Brisbane, Queensland

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Comic Book Resources have posted an interview with Jerry Pritchard, the associate producer at WB Games about the upcoming “Watchmen: The End Is Nigh”. The game will serve as prequel to the the upcoming “Watchmen” movie that is due for release this year.

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