And research from the Entertainment Software Association can help you spot trends and figure out what type of game to build.

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Market research firms are touting games and other entertainment applications as a vast untapped money pool.

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And, we are launching a Center for Social Responsibility in Entertainment and Performing Arts as a hub for research, curriculum development, distinguished visiting artists and public programming.

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The robot nominees list is an impressive collection of robots that span education, entertainment, business, and research.

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Maestas is the president of Navigate Research, a firm specializing in research, measurement and analysis of sponsorships in sports and entertainment.

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Research suggests that most families have a limited budget for home entertainment and they may choose to switch their spending rather than add to it.

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"There's been an enormous amount of research done in the entertainment field about looking for linkages between entertainment content and actual violence, and they haven't found any, " he said.

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But above all, what Nintendo has learned from its research over the past few decades -- and what television makers and rival game companies like Sony Computer Entertainment are learning -- is that 3-D plus glasses is a losing formula, Nintendo executives said.

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