The Lego Licensed Property Video Games Phenomenon (Part 1)
So let's talk for a brief moment about one of modern gaming's most persistent video game franchises...or series...or genres (I'm not even sure what to consider these games considering they are from the same developer, but they feature many different IPs in their repertoire.) We'll call it a franchise for now and dub it the "Lego Video Games Licensed Property Franchise." In the past 10 years, Lego video games have been on the rise and, no one really knows why. This year's release of Lego: Marvel's Avengers will make the 20th Licensed Property (LP) Lego Video Game release since their debut in 2005. I mean, they're decent games yes, but why make every single franchise into a Lego version of itself and marketing it as such (probably to milk every penny they can out of the franchises before they die or are forgotten, but that's none of my business. So I guess the best place to begin would be at the beginning, and it just so happens that I bega...