I recently played the PSP version of Iron Man and while some of the features are impressive, it seems Sega forgot the most important aspect of any game: fun. That’s right, Iron Man for the PSP just isn’t all that fun to play. It seems, especially for the beginning missions, more like work. The main reason for that is the controls set up. There’s just too many things to do at the same time. The buttons are camera angles, Left and Right top buttons are flight (with different commands for hover, land & flight) and weapons fire (respectively), the up and down are weapons to choose from, left and right are power management (armor, propulsion & weapons). All in all, way too much to concentrate on in the middle of blowing things up. Plus the mapping leaves much to be desired. Basically, it’s follow the blip and watch the numbers decrease. Oh joy.

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Editor’s Note: No doubt you’ve heard a little something about some changes coming to Newsarama. Along with those changes comes a new contributor, William Clark. Until his new home is ready, though, William will be hanging with us here at Blog@. Check out his first post below …

Hi guys, I’m William Clark and I’m a gamer.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way… wait, oh, what was that? More, huh? Okay, I’ve been playing video games for, well, let’s just say my first console was an Atari Jaguar and leave it at that. Newsarama is adding more content and realized, “Hey! We don’t have anyone reviewing video games especially with all these comic characters and movies coming out and the games attached!” I was asked to blog about game content primarily because I’m gamer and a blogger. And when I say gamer, let me clarify: I play video games all the time. As I’m writing this, I’m taking time away from me and GTA IV, so this will be over quick cause I’ve got missions to catch up on.

The title of these blog entries will be “We Run Game” because that’s what this blog will do - run all the gaming news and reviews Newsarama can muster at you. By the way, it won’t be just comic character games we review but a little of everything that Newsarama believes you guys would be into (so Madden heads - don’t worry - I got you.) This means besides Spider-Man, Batman, Iron Man, etc., you’ll see reviews on Madden, Metal Gear Solid, God of War (the PSP review is coming….), etc. Holla back on your own insights too, but be prepared to back it up - we gamers are real passionate about our games and consoles.

There is just one rule - no console bashing. People have different consoles for different reasons and it’s just not cool. Fair comparisons are fine but to just say “PS3 sucks!!!” or “Who in the world would ever want a Wii?” or “X-Box is garbage!” that’s not cool and we won’t be having it here, so play nice or at least be civil. After that, have a blast. With that said, let’s get into some news….

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