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Toronto/San Francisco – As media assets for Web, gaming, marketing, computer-aided design (CAD), film and television continue to grow, the need for an easy-to-use, yet cost-effective workflow asset tracking system has never been more immediate. Southpaw Technology provides the answer with today’s launch of TACTIC™ 2.5, delivering the first enterprise Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution to tackle large asset management problems from a workflow perspective. TACTIC 2.5 increases productivity by properly indexing and tracking each component of every project to create a streamlined workflow with an automated central repository of valuable assets.

Created by users from the 3D and animation industry, TACTIC 2.5 combines a robust server with an intuitive drag-and-drop Web Client to create a superior DAM system which is highly scalable, secure and very fast. Developed and used in the most demanding media pipeline environments, TACTIC 2.5 simplifies and solves the most challenging DAM issues faced by today’s film and game producers, designers, architects, educators and many more.

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Developer – Big Fish Games
Publisher – Big Fish Games
Released – November 26 2008
Rating: E – T
Game Score: 10/10
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In this sequel to Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst, players again take on the role of a Master Detective trying to unravel the evil mysteries which inhabit the old Ravenhearst Manor. Picking up where Ravenhearst left off, the story revolves around the fate of yet more ghosts who are still trapped in the eerie mansion.

The tone for Return to Ravenhearst is set right from the opening frames of the game. A moody and haunting soundtrack, complete with timely sound effects lets the gamer know that this chapter in the franchise is not going to be a pleasant jaunt through the park. The game’s environmental artists have developed an atmosphere that exudes creepiness – everything from the artfully created lighting to triggered animations immerses the player into the mood of the story.

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Story2.OH and giraffesoft announce the launch of Hailey Hacks, a web series for kids 8-13. The funny magazine-style show is hosted by Hailey, played by Marlee Maslove, and demonstrates cool things kids can do with their computers

Toronto – Story2.OH and giraffesoft introduce Hailey Hacks, a series of web videos starring Toronto grade 6 student, Marlee Maslove. Hailey (Maslove) is the Hermione Grainger of web wizardry showing 8-13 year olds all kinds of cool things they can do with their computers.

“Kids have these very powerful machines at their fingertips,” says series creator Jill Golick, “but no one’s teaching them the incredible scope of what they can do with them.” The mandate of the series is to broaden tweens’ use of the computer beyond games, Google and YouTube to include the wider world of blogs, widgets, RSS feeds, social bookmarks and the amazing tools that exist on the web for creating, collaborating and communicating.

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