Board Games

HARLEEM, Holland, January 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Danish born Art of Crime is taking its flagship product Crimeville on its first global jump by expanding into the Benelux market with its new partner and industry guru Christian Batist, Sticky Factory (former Senior Vice President of Habbo Hotel, Sulake Corporation). With a browser based Massively Multiplayer Online game Crimeville for kids 6-13 years old and  full portfolio of additional product lines in a black box business configuration, Art of Crime is ready to take Crimeville global in 2012 "I'm completely blown away by Crimeville as a theme, from the play perspective and now also as a business opportunity. I believe that Crimeville can become a global brand, bigger than most of the successful online games today and I haven't seen a single online game company that has developed a total cross media strategy from... (more)

Toyota Offers a Ride on the Boardwalk at Philadelphia Auto Show

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today announced the Toyota/MONOPOLY Hybrid Ride Experience, a unique ride and drive event taking place at the Philadelphia Auto Show from Jan. 28 to Feb. 5, 2012. The activation will allow auto show attendees to experience the capabilities and advantages of the third-generation Prius, all-new Prius v, Camry Hybrid and Highlander Hybrid models. Teams of professional drivers and trained product specialists will take guests on a fun and informative demonstration drive through an eco-friendly course pattern... (more)

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Wowopolis/

In the news release, Wowopolis™ Ignites the Imagination as its First-Ever Line of Games and Crafts Debuts at New York Toy Fair, issued 23-Jan-2012 by Wowopolis over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the third bullet point beginning with "COLORGAMI," second sentence, should read, "It debuts with several thematic sets, including "Space Adventure," "The Red Carpet Fashion Line" and the "Alphabet Pop-Ups,"" rather than, "It debuts with several thematic sets, including "Space Adventure," "The Red Carpet Fashion Line" and the "Puppet Maker Activity Kit,"" as originally is... (more)

99-Cent Only Stores® To Sell Philips® 22" Flat Screen LCD TVs for Only 99 Cents Each to the First 9 Customers to Celebrate the Grand Opening of its New Store in Covina, CA on Thursday the 26th of January

CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 99-Cent Only Stores® will celebrate the grand opening of its new store in Covina, California on Thursday the 26th of January at 8am by selling a Philips® 22" Flat Screen LCD TV – a $230 value – for only 99 cents to the first nine customers in line! (Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110214/LA47195LOGO-a) The next 99 customers in line on the 26th at the new store may purchase a Scooter – a $29 value – for only 99 cents! The following 99 customers can purchase a Bell South Visual Director Caller ID Box with Call Waiti... (more)

Extending VRML 2 with Java

There is no doubt that Java holds tremendous potential in bringing sophisticated behaviors and networking to VRML 2 worlds. The debate is over how to add the Java and how much control the Java should have over the VRML. There are two approaches to using Java to extend VRML 2 worlds which have been popularized by VRML technologists. A third approach, which will allow programmers to load a VRML 2 file directly into a Java 3D API and manipulate worlds completely in Java, is just on the horizon. This article looks at the potential of the External Authoring Interface (EAI), reviews wh... (more)