But the vice president said the studies had not made "the next connection" - that game playing actually led to violent acts - and concluded that more research was needed.

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That strikes me as disingenuous, since the media relations department acts upon information provided by the departments conducting the research.

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But IV soon morphed into a multipronged, first-of-its-kind firm: It buys and licenses patents, sues infringers, acts as a venture capitalist for inventors and does in-house scientific research.

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