Some ideas work great as movies while others are better suited to games. The elements that combine to make one medium work are often not the same as those for the other, yet sometimes the two cross paths and we end up with a non-Scooby-Doo related pairing of Matthew Lillard and Freddie Prinze Jr. (I told them it was crazy!)
When we see these movie/game crossovers, it’s usually the original format that ends up being superior. But sometimes a discovery can be made and we realize that, maybe—just maybe—Vin Diesel really is a better video game character than actor. In this spirit, I’ve compiled the following list of intellectual properties that have transcended a single medium to judge which came out better.
