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$5,000 Grand Prize in "Light Files" Mystery Contest remains unclaimed; SouthPeak officials perplexed.


CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1997--It's been eight months since the murder of fictional daytime soap opera soap opera

Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style.
 star Karla Masefield was revealed in SouthPeak Interactive's on-line mystery The Light Files(TM): Death in Broad Daylight. And it's been three months since additional clues were posted that could lead amateur sleuths to a lucrative $5,000 prize for solving the mystery.

Nearly nine thousand visitors to http://www.lightfiles.com have reviewed police interviews, photos of evidence and crime scenes, witness statements, newspaper clippings, suspect and witness profiles, soap opera scripts and other evidence. But as of today, the "reward" money remains unclaimed.

"It pains me to see this money sitting here without anyone stepping forward to take it," proclaimed Armistead Sapp, president of SouthPeak Interactive SouthPeak Interactive is a video game publisher publishing titles in Europe and North America. It has been publishing games since 1996 and has recently formed a relationship with the development studio, Artifcial Studios. . "I can't get any work done with all these hundred dollar bills strewn strew  
tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews
1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle.

2.
 across my desk."

More than 40 clues point to the perpetrator A term commonly used by law enforcement officers to designate a person who actually commits a crime.  of a fictional homicide, but entries must be submitted before the October 31, 1997 deadline for the contest.

The Light Files: Death in Broad Daylight was written by Lee Sheldon The name Lee Sheldon could mean:
  • Lee Sheldon (writer), a game developer and writer
  • Stagger Lee, the name which may have been given to a 19th century criminal whose real name was Lee Sheldon.
, SouthPeak's Senior Game Writer/Designer. Sheldon is a two-time Edgar Award nominee for mystery writing and Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and  nominee for outstanding achievement in television writing. In addition to writing and co-designing the critically acclaimed CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 game, The Riddle of Master Lu, Sheldon is a 20-year television veteran who has written and/or produced for such series as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Cagney and Lacey, Charlie's Angels, Blacke's Magic, Edge of Night, and Simon & Simon.

Based in Cary, N.C., SouthPeak Interactive (http://www.southpeak.com) is a multimedia entertainment company that develops, publishes and markets quality CD-ROM entertainment products. SouthPeak develops PC games utilizing Video Reality(TM), a revolutionary new way of planning and developing computer games that results in stunningly detailed environments where gamers are free to control where they want to go, when they want to go, and what they want to look at -- and interact with -- on the way there.

SouthPeak and The Light Files are trademarks of SouthPeak Interactive LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
. Video Reality is a trademark of SAS Institute Inc., used under license. All other tradenames referenced are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

For More Information: Editorial Contact: Bob Chase, SouthPeak Interactive, (919) 677-4499, Ext. 4327, BChase@southpeak.com

CONTACT: SouthPeak Interactive

Bob Chase, 919/677-4499, Ext. 4327

http://www.southpeak.com
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