"Over time, tons of motion pictures have been licensed for a video game iteration. Unfortunately, no matter how good the movie, and even when the premise fits perfectly, games based on films tend to all suck. Or at least most of them.

The best known anecdote about a movie made into game is one that industry insiders have heard as often as their grandfather’s WWII tale… The year was 1982, Atari was on a roll, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. had just blown up the box office.

Steve Ross, CEO of At..."