Cinsay, a leader in social video commerce technology, is also playing a part with Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, StartSomeGood.com and Indiegogo.com. From filmmakers and artists to inventors and social entrepreneurs, people are coupling their microfunding efforts with Cinsays Smart Store platform to extend their reach on the web and to increase revenues with on demand, branded merchandise thats built right into the video player.

According to Kickstarter, 44% of listed projects are successful. Thats pretty good statistics for anyone who knows about funding a business or nonprofit. Add to that, Cinsays technology where some merchants are experiencing conversion rates as high as 10% for actions taken within the video, and users can potentially increase the effectiveness and reach even more.

One Kickstarter campaign launched by the Polyphonic Spree has almost reached its $ 100,000 goal for a 2013 tour and DVD documentary project. The band added Cinsays Smart Store video to their promotion early in the campaign. The video pitch also links viewers directly to their Kickstarter.com page while also offering instant gratification to fans with branded, high quality merchandise. Shirts, iPhone and iPad covers can be purchased directly inside the video. The purchase for the customized products is handled through Cinsays backend merchant account where buyers can use credit card or PayPal to complete the purchase. Cinsay On Demand then creates the selected product on demand, then sends the buyer an email along with shipping & tracking information. So while fans are waiting for the Kickstarter swag to arrive, which can be months after the campaign ends, they can be enjoying merchandise within a few days.

This marketing approach also works for writers and filmmakers. Tanner McEnroy, writer of War of Wings, just added Cinsay to his fundraising project. Tanner also selected some of his story designs to be featured on merchandise for sale in his Smart Store. The projects store is featured on the recently launched shopping portal, MyCinsay and can be shared by his supporters onto social sites like Facebook and twitter. Even if Tanners project doesnt reach his Kickstarter goal, he can still make money with each sale of branded items and create additional marketing for the book.

Promote. Fund. Sell.

This month, Cinsay is offering Kickstarter and other microfunding users a free Cinsay On Demand account. Users simply upload their existing promotion video along with customized artwork for the merchandise and a link-back to their funding site. This is a tremendous opportunity for anyone whos Crowdfunding for any project, said Christian Briggs, Founder and CEO of Cinsay. Cinsay and MyCinsay recognizes and celebrates Global Entrepreneur Week by offering people the worlds first and best, fully turnkey video commerce platform for free to anyone wanting to launch their own business or project. Its simply the best way to promote, fund raise and sell, he added.

Each Smart Store account comes with its own web landing page, embeddable video player, SEO and keywords, store description, comments section, social media share icons and a robust backend CMS analytics tool so merchants can measure the effectiveness of their Cinsay platform and continue to optimize it.

More information on Cinsay including how to register for a free 30-day trial Smart Store account can be found at Cinsays newly redesigned website. http://www.Cinsay.com


About Cinsay, Inc.

Cinsay has created a next generation social eCommerce, viewer interactive, video-based platform for any individual or size businesses. Cinsays SaaS based technology enables everyone to sell products, services, capture donations, and generate leads all inside the patented Smart Store technology. Additional services available to individuals, SOHOs, enterprises and nonprofits, are Cinsays complete turnkey business solution via exclusive on demand, made to order merchandise featuring hundreds of personal, brandable products like t-shirts, caps, mugs and iPhone covers available at CinsayOnDemand.com. Now, anyone can be in business within minutes with no inventory whatsoever. Merchants benefit from Cinsays in-depth reporting tools and real-time statistical data. Cinsays embeddable platform is compatible with web and mobile devices and is highly scalable via its enterprise-level hosting and distribution networks. Full video production is available through CinsayProductions.com. Cinsay aggregates and promotes merchant stores via its searchable consumer portal, MyCinsay.com. Notable clients include: GameFly, Neiman Marcus, Wet Seal, decompras, and California Closets. Forbes has named Cinsay as one of Americas Most Promising Companies and by eTail Conferences as a Rising Star in innovation for 2012.????

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Up North Jerky Outlet jerky and smoked meat products are now available at over 40 Gander Mountain stores. Gander Mountain customers can select from premium beef, turkey and wild game jerky, along with tasty hunters sausage in a wide variety of flavors and sizes. Up North Jerky Outlet products are prominently displayed up front at customer checkout in many Gander Mountain stores.

“Up North Jerky Outlet products and Gander Mountain are a natural combination. Folks who love the outdoors also tend to like beef and game jerky. Our products are special because there is no compromise when it comes to quality,” according to Scott Christ, Up North Jerky Outlet National Sales Manager, “Many of our customers make their own jerky, but they buy ours for the quality and the variety of flavors.”

Scott adds that the placement of Up North Jerky Outlet displays at checkout gives Gander Mountain customers an opportunity to pick up a quality snack as they complete their shopping. “Beef Jerky and premium meat snacks are the perfect last minute impulse item for a retailer to place at checkout. The customer gets a tasty treat and the store gets a bottom line boost. Everybody wins.”

Up North Jerky Outlet jerky is made with whole muscle meat with no fillers. Real beef rounds and turkey breasts are used, along with authentic venison, elk and buffalo. Scott says, “Gander Mountain customers know that they are getting the best when they buy Up North Jerky Outlet products. When you buy jerky in an outdoor store you expect to get better products than in a gas station or convenience store.”

Gander Mountain customers can select from the most popular Up North Jerky Outlet flavors. There are five flavors of beef jerky, including honey barbeque, peppercorn, teriyaki, blazin’ hot and cherry maple. Turkey jerky is available in honey barbeque and cherry maple flavors. Wild game jerky is available in 3 oz. packs of buffalo, venison and cherry maple elk.

In addition to jerky, several flavors of hunters sausage are on the Gander Mountain menu. One of the most popular products is the mini hunters sausage, a small jerky sausage stick available in five tasty flavors including original, hot & spicy, garlic, jalapeno and teriyaki. “The mini hunters just fly off the shelves,” says Scott. “The combination of pocket size packs and great taste make these a natural for any outdoor activity.” Also popular are the larger king size hunters available in original and jalapeno flavors. These are also available in very popular larger bulk packs.

Paul Lyons, Up North Jerky Outlet founder and CEO, says, “Many of our original flavors come out of an authentic “Up North” smokehouse tradition of the northern lumberjacks and early settlers.”Paul is not surprised at the success in the Gander Mountain stores. “Up North Jerky Outlet is more than just a distribution company. We are a motivating force bringing high quality jerky to a larger market. There is a market for jerky made to a higher standard. Gander Mountain customers are aware that beef and game jerky is a traditional American delicacy. They want a higher standard.” Up North Jerky Outlet products are also available online at http://www.upnorthjerky.com for delivery via UPS or USPS, with orders over $ 75 shipped free.

Up North Jerky Outlet

1437 Rochester Rd., Troy MI 48083

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My brother and I absolutely loved this game. It saddens me that in the new incantations of the retro Atari that it is never included. Simply put, you were a jet pilot that was tasked with flying over a river destroying bridges, boats, and other …
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Empty Flask Games, a North Carolina-based up and coming Smart Phone app developer, announced today the launch of its newest game, Infinite Warrior. This side-scrolling arcade adventure game breaks new ground with its cinematic high resolution graphics and engrossingyet simpleimmersive gaming experience for novice and old school gamers alike. Infinite Warrior features realistic 3-D graphics, intuitive, entertaining game play with a new twist on power-up bonuses along with endless re-playability.

Graphically, Infinite Warrior presents in full 3D with high resolution environments and characters. Character animations are recorded with Motion Capture performed by fight coordinators and stunt actors lead by Richard Ryan, renowned stunt coordinator whose credits include swordplay and stunt coordination for The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes, Troy, and many others. Infinite Warrior also includes rich atmospheric musical orchestration and voice-over narration and cues.

In addition, game play is greatly enhanced by the way the plot unfolds. Instead of old style dodging obstacles by jumping, sliding, strafing, or flying over or under, the player follows on screen clues to enable his Warrior to dispatch enemies and move forward. As the player performs a unique right swiping motion, he is rewarded by a cinematic sequence featuring slow-motion and camera pans simulating actual movie action. The player also has a unique wardrobe to customize his Warrior, with each item offering visual personalization as well as instant gameplay bonus. Armors, swords, helmets and shields can be purchased with hard or soft currency. In-App purchases can also buy revival after a defeat or unlock other locations to enlarge and enhance game-play. At launch, Infinite Warrior offers four richly rendered locations, each with its own night version. Additional levels will follow. The game begins in only one location, while three other locations wait to be discovered and accessed during game play.

Says Pierre Roux, CEO and Founder of Empty Flask Games, Infinite Warriors greatest strength lies in its simplicity. It feels like an improved infinite runner experience. If Jetpack JoyRide and 300 had a child, it would be named Infinite Warrior. Roux, a veteran video game artist and producer, hales from Marseille, France, and has worked at Namco Bandai, Electronic Arts, Quantic Dream, Crystal Dynamic, Eidos Interactive, Vicious Cycle, Ubi Soft, and Cryo Interactive. Rouxs strong art background and extensive gaming experience make him uniquely qualified to create an innovative and visually compelling gaming experience with Infinite Warrior. The visual quality of Infinite Warrior is reminiscent of the console game experience, whereas its simplicity makes for a fun, demanding, and engaging game-play challenge.

Infinite Warrior will be available on IOS and Android platforms in September 2012.

For more about the game, visit Empty Flask Games at http://www.emptyflaskgames.com.

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Yes, an easter egg in the most boring application of all time: Excel. When the easter egg starts, you’re shown a outer-space 3D environment where you can fly around by moving the mouse. If you are lucky, you will locate a slab in the ground that has scrolling credits of the makers of Excel. How freaking cool (and scary) is that? Watch the video with annotations turned on, it will explain how it all works. For those of you who don’t want to wait: 1. On a new Worksheet, Press F5 2. Type X97:L97 and hit enter 3. Press the tab key 4. Hold Ctrl-Shift 5. Click on the Chart Wizard toolbar button 6. Use mouse to fly around – Right button forward/ Left button reverse www.eeggs.com Music: Eboman Y-qualit-Y (Dutch)
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GamerDuomo.com is one of the worlds most visited PC Games blogs. Offering daily tips and adviceto PC gaming addicts, information can be read directly from their blog, or via a daily digest email.

Today, John Cummings at GamerDuomo published his latest post, titled Black Ops II.

PC gaming fans can access the new blog post here:

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In his latest blog post, John announces his excitement at the release of the official Black Ops II trailer.

He explains that he doesnt normally get excited at the launch of a new version of Call of Duty, due to the game always resembling the original version.

However, after seeing the trailer for Black Ops II, John admits he feels a little different.

Finally, Treyarch caught onto this and did something to get the Call of Duty franchise out of its rut, he says.

John continues to explain that the latest version of Call of Duty is poised to be very different from its predecessors.

The first change John notes is that the game is set well into the future in 2025.

It looks like you ride horseback for part of it. You can fly jets. Futuristic jets to be exact, he adds.

John also shows his excitement at the amount new gear available in Black Ops II. In fact, from watching the trailer, John admits to seeing a lot of items and weaponry that was so new he didnt recognise it.

Finally, John gives an honest opinion that he believes Black Ops II will be awesome.

I generally like the Treyarch COD games way more than Activisions, mainly because they try new things, which is extremely appearent in the new Black Ops II, John explains.

To conclude his latest blog post, John provides his readers with a link to the official Black Ops II trailer.

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Current progress of my project: Augmented Reality & Gaming. Project info: I’m trying to make Augmented Reality Gaming Controls for a Space-flying game. The game itself is made in Unity, Webcam capture happens in SIlverlight and the variables are passed to Unity via JavaScript. This version: Well mostly I was working on the graphics of the game. I changed the model for the spaceship. The skybox is more moody now. GUI is also changed (a little bit) I also did some optimization in the game (with 15 enemies on screen the FPS is now 350+ instead of 150+). Also added a simple PowerUp for the missiles, more to come. Enemies are now able to shoot at you. Next: No AR tweaking was done in this version. Now I will focus on AR. Add some powerups and tweak the gameplay.

Jeffrey Maier said he won’t be at Yankee Stadium this postseason, against the Orioles, and when asked about attending a playoff game this postseason, he has released a statement saying, “Tell them I am going to watch it sitting in my living room over the fireplace on a Samsung tv”.

The New York Yankees were caught by a train cancellation between Baltimore and New York. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said during a conference call Tuesday that after the train arrived in Aberdeen, Md., the team switched to buses, and arrived in New York at about 6 a.m.

Most importantly, “Mike The Beer Guy” will be in the stands at Yankee Stadium, possibly even performing this sudsy Bud Light jingle, encouraging everyone to drink responsibly & enjoy the game.

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This “brew ha-ha” video, which quickly surfaced on the evening of the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves infamous “infield fly rule umpire call” NL Wild Card Game, has started to create quite a buzz online. Don’t miss it – Watch the video, drink responsibly, and please share this video with everyone.

http://youtu.be/V1NMOTQf5Zg

It features a miniaturized Derek Jeter tossing a baseball along the right-field line appearing to utter the words “Bud Light” at the 2:37 mark of the video, and Curtis Granderson sprinting across the outfield appearing to chase down the YouTube video play-head, near the 2:21 mark of the video. These superstars are featured as well as the rest of the New York Yankees & Baltimore Orioles teams, as they warm up on the field for the big game, with a special shout-out near the end, to Buck Showalter.

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Cincinnati Reds fans caught Anheuser-Busch’s famed eight-horse team of Clydesdales, when the horses entered Great American Ball Parks southeast gate, and the Budweiser Clydesdales will remain in Cincinnati for the rest of the National League Division Series games.

Severin Air Safaris has been operating its luxury safari packages since 2010 covering the southern part of Kenya between Mombasa and the Masai Mara. By the end of 2012 they will introduce a northern circuit starting from Nairobi and bringing guests to Loisaba, Naivasha and Maasai Mara, with optional extensions including Shaba and Meru National Park.

The professionally guided main tour will depart weekly from Nairobis Wilson airport. On the program are 2 nights at Loisaba Lodge in the Loisaba conservancy, 2 nights at Chui Lodge and Kiaganzi House at Lake Naivasha and 3 nights in Karen Blixen Camp in the Masai Mara. The journey starts with the guests flying into Loisabas private wildlife conservation area where they will be welcomed by their private silver level safari guide. Loisaba Wilderness is outstandingly beautiful, its abundant wildlife is truly wild and its accommodation is comfortable beyond measure. Guests can enjoy several of the many activities Loisaba has to offer including horse riding, camel riding, mountain biking, river rafting or fishing (seasonal) or game drives which are followed by an evening bush sundowner and a night game drive where they have a very good chance to see the elusive Leopard, a regular visitor to Loisabas waterhole. After 2 nights at Loisaba Lodge, the journey continues to Lake Naivasha. The accommodation consisting of both Chui Lodge and Kiangazi House is located in the private Oserian Wildlife Conservancy and for the next 2 days guests can enjoy activities such as a boat ride, daily game drives and a bush breakfast on the shore of the lake.

On the fifth day the journey continues to Karen Blixen Camp in the Masai Mara where the next three days are spent exploring the vast wildlife areas of the Mara Reserve and the Mara North Conservancy which is a beautiful private wilderness area of more than 30,000 hectares. The Masai Mara is famous for its unique concentration of wildlife, birds, rich vegetation and open savannah. It has been classified one of the “Seven Wonders of the World” due to the extraordinary annual migration (July – November) when over 1.3 million wildebeest and zebras cross from the Serengeti to the Maasai Mara in search of greener pastures. Less famous, yet very impressive, is the Loita Hills migration, where thousands of local wildebeest come to the Mara North Conservancy between December and May.

The northern circuit can be extended to Meru and Shaba, or be combined with the existing southern circuit. Guests choosing to combine both itineraries will spend another two nights in Satao Elerai Camp in Amboseli, one night in Severin Safari Camp in Tsavo West and two nights in Satao Camp in Tsavo East. Activities on the southern circuit include extensive games drives, bush walks, a visit to a traditional Masai Village in the Elerai Conservancy as well as sundowners at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.

For further information visit our website http://www.severinairsafaris.com or contact us via sales(at)severinairsafaris(dot)com.

About Severin Air Safaris

Severin Air Safaris is a luxury tour operator based in Mombasa, Kenya and has a range of flying safaris which depart weekly from Mombasa and Nairobi. The company operates the Cessna Grand Caravan which is equipped with digital weather radar, Garmin 3D navigation system and air condition. The private airplane has 8 very comfortable and luxurious First Class leather reclining seats with the ability to move in all directions. The large windows allow guests to observe the passing elephant herds, the hippos close to the rivers and the extensive Kenyan Savannah from a very close distance. Severin Air Safaris is member of the Out of Africa Collection. Apart from luxury air safaris, the aircrafts are also available for charter flights through Kenya and neighboring countries. For more information about the company and the products visit the website http://www.severinairsafaris.com and follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook.

Just a run around the island. U does noclip mode, you can both spawn in and out of this mode scroll lock Lets you go in and out of 3rd person mode, *this can cause a game crash* Most likely other hidden things we can do. Also I found a guy hidden at the top of the hotel. most likely not in the final version, but still, I’m sure it would be kinda cool to find him in it.
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