The New York Times writes a fluffy feature about video games with a shocking conclusion. You better sit down: More people are willing to play a good movie-based video game than a bad one, even if the movie was a stinker. The Times points to the success of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. It also lauds Peter Jackson's King Kong as a good game on par with the movie.

The Year that Games Discovered Their Star Power [The New York Times]

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