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    Gaming Goes Casual; Pilot(Less?) Season

    Video games are an $18 billion business in the US, and they just keep growing. Will Hollywood studios get in on some of that interactive action? Plus, will TV's increasingly pilotless way of making shows crash and burn?

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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