For years, major film studios have licensed products related to their most popular films; video game spin-offs have become an important part of these licensing practices. Where blockbuster
films are concerned, the video game release has become the rule rather than the exception. In Hollywood Garners, Robert Alan Brookey explores the business conditions and technological
developments that have facilitated the convergence of the film and video game industries. Brookey treats video games as rhetorical texts and critically examines several games to determine how
specific industrial conditions are manifest in game design. Among the games (and films) discussed are The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Spider-Man, and Iron Man.
