Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , which runs the Action AllStars online virtual world for tweens and teens, said today that it is tapping a software product from Crisp Thinking to help moderate its online environment. Six Degrees is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Prism VentureWorks, and Time Warner. Six Degree said the NetModerator product from Crisp Thinking can identify and block predators, bullies, and other threats to its online game. Financial details of the deal between the firms was not disclosed.

Marina Del Rey-based ActionAllStars.com , which develops virtual worlds for kids from six to 14 years old, said this morning that it has linked up with Candystand.com , an online gaming and entertainment site. ActionAllStars is operated by Six Degree Games, and is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Prism Venture Partners. According to the firms, ActionAllStars.com's sports entertainment will be available directly from Candystand.com's web site. The deal includes access to Action Allstar's sports games from the National Basketball Assocation (NBA)

Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games is off to a rapid start with its new Action AllStars virtual world, the firm tells socalTECH, with more than 100,000 registered user in the first two weeks of public availability. The firm is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Prism Venture Partners, and raised $7M in a venture round around September. READ MORE>> ...Tags: The site--which counts both the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball Advanced Media as partners--offers an online site focused on interacting with friends, playing games, and chatting with other sports fans.