Comic legend Stan Lee weighed in on the merit of games in a recent interview. Most noteworthy was the fact that he appeared to regard them as a better medium for excitement and fantasy than movies:

"'In a movie, you just sit and watch. (In a video game) you're not only seeing the story but you're participating in the story,' said Lee, who admits he has neither the time nor the skill to play video games."

It makes sense. Despite some awful, truly wretched videogame to movie crossovers, I remember playing FFVIII and thinking "man, that shit was better than any movie I've seen in ages."

Same with Metal Gear Solid, same with Halo, and on, and on...

Anyhow, go Stan! 85 and still awesome!