A product or service must include excellent production values, universal ethical values, appeal to the target age market, be consistent with age appropriateness, and innovative in value.

The RealGaming™ staff look for products that entertain and teach with unique flair, actively stimulate a person's imagination, and inspire creativity in the age group for which they are designed. It is very important to us in how a product helps a gaming enthusiast grow socially, intellectually, emotionally, ethically, and physically. Products must be free of inflection of association with, or extolling of, pornographic content in any way.

Breakdown Of Our Product Evaluation Guidelines

In order for a product or service to be featured in the RealGaming™ Product Guide, it must meet the high standards set forth by ChildSafe International, CSI Corp, another subsidiary of our parent company, Positive Marketing International, Inc. ( hereafter referred to as PMI ). PMI established it's guidelines from CSI Corp. for product and service review following careful evaluation of U.S, and European protocols in what makes a gaming product or service viable for consumer use. These guidelines are periodically updated to remain consistent with current trends of the consumer market. A basic breakdown of our product review guidelines which we use to evaluate and rate products submitted for review is listed below.

Emotion

• What is the level of "FunFactor™" - How appealing is the product for use by a gaming enthusiast?

• What is the level of innovation and creative style that makes a product or service special or unique with stimulation of new play activity?

Intellectual Thought

• What is the level of creative awareness development by a gaming enthusiast's use of the product or service?

• What is the level of contribution to acquisition of new learning skills, practice, and information by using the product?

• What is the level of fit for adaptation for "Special Needs" people; These persons have different levels of development and adaptation with products?

Safety

• What is the level of contribution to a gaming enthusiast’s healthy physical development by using the product?

• What is the level of suitability with the product for use in home, educational environment, or both?

• What is the level of quality in packaging design, safety, and age/gender designation with the product?

Social Responsibility / Ethics

• What is the level of being appropriate for age level or gender specified on packaging for the product?

• What is the level of quality in design and use of the product?      Determination needs to be made as to how well the product will hold up to a gaming enthusiast 's continued use?

• What is the level of educational value and accuracy of meeting specified productive ends with the product?

• What is the level of environmental contribution and social responsibility by the product?

The Five Senses

• What is the level of simplicity of use of product? ( A gaming enthusiast should be able to use a product with minimal difficulty.

• What is the level of accuracy/quality in auditory level if applicable?

• What is the level of accuracy/quality in visual appeal for the product?

• What is the level of contribution to gaming enthusiast’s healthy physical development with the product?

• What is the level of visual appeal for marketing value and sales for the product?

Eligible Products
RealGaming™ accepts products designed for infants through adults. Toy prototypes are also eligible for submission; as are Beta versions of software or videogames as well.

Resubmissions
Products that are NOT approved for the RealGaming™ Seal of Approval are eligible to be resubmitted.  Upon re-submission the product or toy, must havehad made the changes specified in first submission denial for approval.

Entry Fees
Unlike many other organizations, there are no entry fees of ANY kind.  It is the desire of RealGaming™ Staff to keep a level playing field for all products and services submitted for approval; thus we have the slogan,... NO FEES = NO BIAS.

Shipping and Delivery
RealGaming™ will uphold a policy of we will not accept COD or postage due packages. If your package is considered to be oversized or overweight by the US Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, DHL, or Airborne Express, you will need to contact our office to specify how the products will be submitted.

All products with their corresponding applications, press kits, etc. should be shipped to:

Positive Marketing International, Inc.™
Att: RealGaming™
3684 Paradise Rd. Suite #D1047
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Digital Images Used On Our Web Site

It is requested that companies submit digital images of their products. Images of products which meet RealGaming™ approval will be used for individual "Innovative New Products" description pages and the actual formal review pages on the actual RealGaming™ website.

Images must be either .jpg or .gif files, no smaller than 72 dpi. Images may be delivered on CD-ROMs, or ZIP disks. No images sent to us or the medium on which they are delivered will be returned.

Please Note: Results of product evaluations which fail to meet our guidelines will NOT be released, except to the manufactuer who submitted the product for review. Approved products submitted to RealGaming™ will not be returned unless arrangements have been made prior to the review of the product..

Awards

RealGaming™ gives awards for products that rise to the challenge and meet the requirements to earn a "4 or 5 Star Rating". There are three awards; Award of Excellence™, Seal of Approval™, eChoice Award™, and Readers Choice Award™.

The eChoice Award™ is the RealGaming™ Editor's Choice for best product in it's category. It is what The Toy Man feels has the highest probability of potential success in the consumer market. Evaluation process is based upon both the product evaluation guidelines we have adopted in addition to The Toy Man's personal opinion.

The People's Choice Award™ is the Creme de la Creme because our readers and attendees at various trade shows such as ComicCon, Gencon, E3, and others, will fill out a survey in which they are given nothing more than a list of the companies whose products have made it to the finalist list and now must be voted upon to determine from the viewpoint of our readers and trade show attendees as to what they feel is the very best game, accessory, or comic related item for the year in which they are voting. This will include all categories of game types. The end result is the honest unbiased opinion of the people, not our staff or any sponsor of our company.

We invite your company to rise to the challenge and submit your games, accessories and comics for our review and consideration for induction into the RealGaming™ 2006 Product Guide.

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