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By the 2000s, some franchises offered games that fleshed out or complemented the worlds depicted on the silver screen.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Professors Carlos Manuel Vázquez and Steve Vladeck fleshed out the theory in an important 2013 article that has only grown more relevant since.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
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- colored in the lines
- gave it legs
- filled in the blanks
- expounded
- added meat to the bones
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- skeleton sketch
- the tl;dr version
- just the gist
