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A few hours at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego — the annual fanboy-palooza that has become one of the entertainment industry’s biggest events — should have been adequate to convince anyone that video games are becoming as much a part of the culture as movies and TV shows. The cross-pollination was rampant: You had games based on movies (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ghostbusters); movies based on games (Prince

of Persia, Gears of War”); and comics based on games (Mirror’s Edge).

And, of course, you had plenty of games based on comic-book or cartoon characters. New titles on display at Comic-Con included Activision’s Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion; Midway’s Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe; Warner Bros.’ Lego Batman; the Cartoon Network’s FusionFall; and Telltale Games’ Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventure.

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