Chris Schoonover

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Robert Cargill, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li writer Justin Marks, Blur Studio's Tim Miller, Producer Adrian Askarieh, EA Entertainment VP Patrick O'Brien, and Mortal Kombat: Legacy Director Kevin Tancharoen — a group that is well equipped to talk about video game movies past, present, and fut It's October, which means the biggest video games of the season are upon us. 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