In an article that concludes very little whatsoever except that possibly (but not definitely) more movie tie-in games this year are better than previous years, the New York Times runs a puffy bit on "The Year That Games Discovered Their Star Power" (registration required). So, bad movies make bad games, good movies can make bad games, and good games can be based on bad movies, and we conclude here that a good game is a good game, regardless of movie connections, and perhaps I need that two minutes reading the article back.