Chris Baker here. Wow…has it really been eight months since last we blogged to all the true believin’ gamers out there? Crazy how time flies. We in Marvel’s games division were incredibly busy over the past few months. We still are, but guess what? We’re back to blogging. Yeah, I know I’ve said that before. But this time we mean it. Seriously. (I think.)

Anyway, consider this an all-out relaunch of the blog about Marvel games. And with that comes a new—wait, no I actually mean old—name: Blip! You see, back in the Atari age—years before the likes of GamePro, Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly (may it rest in peace) hit the scene—Marvel published Blip: The Video Game Magazine. It was the place for things like all the best tips on "Centipede," interviews with child stars about how much they like "Zaxxon" and maybe even the occasional "Donkey Kong" comic. And you thought Blip died with issue 7 back in ’83…

OK, so maybe our title is more of an homage than an all-out online videogame magazine. Still, we’ve got a lot of ideas on how to inform and entertain you here on as regular a basis from here on out (at least as “regularly” as our workloads will allow…). We want this to be a celebration of all Marvel games—past, present and future—and a big part of that comes from you, so feel free to suggest what you’d like to see here in the comments.

Here’s just a taste of what we have planned for you:

• Information on upcoming Marvel-related games. Not the same coverage you see everywhere else—we’ll give you a look from our perspective on the projects.
• Retrospectives of classic Marvel games (maybe even some not-so-classics from back when we were somehow OK with it hurting Wolverine to use his claws). 
• Top 5 lists about Marvel games. For example: “The Top 5 ‘What the--?!’ Moments in Marvel Games”
• Q&As with you fine folks. Go ahead and hit us with some questions in the comments below. Make them sensible—we can’t answer questions about games that aren’t announced or that you’re hoping will be announced, of course. Ask us, “what is it like to [insert cool thing that pertains to this job]?”, we can probably answer; ask us, “is [game you really want to see but hasn’t been announced yet] in production?”, we’re just not gonna tell you.
• Anything else that comes up…

Also, we’ve started a brand new Twitter account…because @Agent_M said we couldn’t be his friend unless we did so. Follow us at  twitter.com/MarvelBlip.

Oh, and it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to let you know just who “we” includes these days: First, there’s myself, Chris Baker, Manager of Licensed Games. I focus on console titles like the recently released "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and the upcoming "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2." Eric Adams, our Senior Manager of Casual Games, just recently joined us from DirecTV and is focused on those Marvel games you play for free at MarvelKids.com, among other things. Finally, there’s our Director of Games, Todd “TQ” Jefferson, who may actually hold the record for the most Marvel games worked on between his time here and at Activision.

I’m looking to come at you next week with something you don’t know yet about "The Punisher: No Mercy," which you’ll be able to download onto your PS3s in the coming weeks. Stayed tuned!

Excelsior, etc.,

C-Bake