Information Management and Retrieval

Our work focuses on innovative means to store and retrieve media and information. All Medium Rare projects -- from games to interactive training to marketing websites -- boast robust information architectures and insightful (and sometimes radical) data access mechanisms.

Web Marketing and Search Engine Optimization

Fast-moving web publishers need to continually innovate to maximize their audience and revenues in a competitive marketplace. Medium Rare brings a wealth of practical web-marketing experience to help you grow quickly and cost-effectively. Viral marketing, guerilla marketing, affiliate marketing, direct response, search engine optimization: our expertise, codebase and relationships are in place to jump-start your campaign!

Creative Development / Prototyping

Save time, save money with rapid prototyping and Medium Rare's "SWAT-team" creative development. Test market or pre-sell your new product concepts without the heavy investment and opportunity cost of full product development. Our inhouse creative team provides industry-leading vision and professional QA. (Just take a look at our list of industry awards) Coupled with an extensive network of creative and production specialists, you'll have the right skill set dedicated to your product, whatever it is. CD-ROM, web, or email-based; video, audio, text or animation. Interactive, linear or data-based. Call for details

Video Production and Compression

There's nothing like video, for entertaining, for teaching or for selling. But if your product or marketing plans include video, consider the special issues surrounding computer-based video: bandwidth and latency, artifacts and color-shifting, platform dependence and plugins, to name a few. Go with a pro! Our experience with digital video production goes back to the earliest days of computer-based editing and playback. We've worked with some of Hollywood's top properties -- including Star Trek and Tom Clancy, and continue to develop for high- and micro-bandwidth applications.

Encryption, Digital Rights Management, and Copyright Protection

Need to control the distribution of valuable or sensitive documents? Medium Rare ensures your successful transition to web-based publishing with critical Dighital Rights Management support services, from encryption and license management, to rights revocation and subscription sales. We'll also convert your document into a secure HTML, eBook or OEB format, or ride herd on your overseas conversion process. Everyone's publishing needs are different: but you can take advantage of our extensive DRM code base and content distribution expertise to customize a solution for you.

Childrens ELibrary
The Childrens eLibrary serves public and school libraries nationwide with secure and simple eBook distribution.

Klingon Language Lab
Voice-recognitation and video software agents hilight this language tutorial. Includes pronunciation, vocabulary and simulated "conversation" drills.

AOL@SCHOOL
eBook reading program
Basic eBook display package makes classic childrens books available to kids and teachers online. Includes supporting teacher's materials, refreshed weekly.

Star Trek: Borg
Interactive video format teaches and tests Star Trek lore.

Interactive/Immersive Training and Education

10 years of high-end game development has given Medium Rare the opportunity to put into use a variety of interactive teaching tools, including voice- and click-based drill and response, immersive video role-playing, accurate simulations, detailed performance tracking, and computer-assisted teacher support.

That these tools can be applied to "real" education, while maintaining the fun and motivation of gaming, is amply demonstrated by the Time Machine series of titles. These email-based history games teach and test "real world" facts within the context of "choose your own path" adventure games.

Tom Clancy:SSN
Intensely researched tactics and combat scenarios, physics and acoustical models, provide a accurate layman's overview of SSN combat operations.

Time Machine
"historical mystery games"
Fact-based 'choose your own path' games depend upon knowledge of real-world events and characters to succeed. Include maps, chronology and detailed Data Bank. (9 titles to date.)