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CutThroats – The Board Game

If you like pirates, backstabbing, team work, backstabbing, board games, and backstabbing then CutThroats is the game for you.  Developed by Erik Moore and artwork by Kyle Rhône. In this game you can play any number of roles on a pirate ship from the Cook to the Captain. When the ship leaves port you can go on a number of different adventures that all have numerous outcomes. The hope for you and the rest of the crew is that you come back with plenty of gold. But once back at port, don’t turn your back because all …

Toys to Avoid

I usually don’t want to submit my readers to something so painful.  But my wife saw this on TV this morning and a part of my soul cried when I saw it.

I don’t think there is much more to say then , wow….really?

Andrew Kramer – Video Copilot

If you have been to VideoCopilot.net then you know exactly what I am about to say….
Andrew Kramer is a great source to learn and/or help expand your knowledge of Adobe After Effects.
If you do video editing and like creating visual effects, I recommend Adobe After Effects.  I have used Final Cut Pro and its companion Motion and find them limiting in comparison to this software.  I am also an avid PC user and that might have something to do with it.  But back to the topic at hand:
Video Copilot offers many stock effects and footage DVDs for sale that are …

Dataton WATCHOUT 4.1

Dataton recently released its newest version of WATCHOUT in August.  This is a media playback software designed for presentation and live entertainment.  This happens to be one of my favorite multi-display software, due to it’s timeline control, cueing, and ease of multi-display configuration.  There have been some major updates since the 3.5 version of this software.  The amount of control given to the designer allows them to rely less on their editing software (like Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro) and gives the designers the ability to edit major functions right on the control computer.
The list of tween tracks …