News: Games have gone beyond movies - Stan Lee

Spider-Man creator Stan Lee has said he believes games are catching up with films these days - and in even surpassing them in some respects. Lee was speaking during a panel discussion at this year's Comic Con event in San Diego. "When you talk about games evolving over the years and becoming more like movies, in many ways, they've gone beyond movies," he said. "To do a movie is difficult, but it's linear. There's a beginning, a middle and an end, and that's it - you write a story. "In a videogame, you're writing many stories within the story. It's a totally different structure and a totally different philosophy of writing and, I think, a much, much more difficult one. I get the feeling more work goes into these videogames than even goes into the movies." During the panel discussion, trailers were shown for forthcoming... [read full story]