Pete Metzger, Writer, Game Day, Los Angeles Times

Iron Man and Speed Racer: The Videogame

May 16, 2008 at 12:06 am PT

Ah, May! The weather gets a little warmer, high school kids nervously attend their proms and the movie studios begin to release their would-be blockbusters, eager to start the summer box-office rush early.

And do you know what that means? (Besides, of course, the promotional giveaway toys at Burger King and McDonald’s.) That’s right: the dreaded movie tie-in video games.

Usually a prime example of rushing a game to market before it is truly done, these games are almost always buggy, miserable wastes of time.

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