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Visceral When I opened up the forum page just now, it said "Welcome, Visceral" in the top bit (Just above the User CP link)... which is kind've strange, seeing as how that isn't me. When I clicked the name it…	5 Last	GeeDave Jun 2011
Bayonetta 'Western" Style Cool article on Kotaku about the style of Bayonetta. [url]http://kotaku.com/5816563/would-bayonetta-have-been-sexier-if-she-was-more-western/gallery/3[/url]	27 Last	Calabi Jun 2011
Orange Box It's released! Go play, nubs! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]	57 Last	conte Jun 2011
Jörmungandr coming out of hiding Hello everyone! I've been lurking since the contest for TF2 and never really had much incentive to actually register. I'm just starting out with 3D modeling and I'm thinking of starting with the cou…	6 Last	GarageBay9 Jun 2011
Help out an injured artist and keep Extra Credits going Sorry for the stars.. Odd iphone thing Hey all, just passing on the word: [url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/allison-theus/7/404/68] *Allison Theus[/url], lead 2d artist at Divide by Zero Games, and an…	1 Last	Rwolf Jun 2011
What happened to PoopInMyMouth? I need to look at Poopinmymouth's normal map deepening process but that file on his web site is a casualty of prolonged hosting. The file isn't present on his server and subsequently on every website…	0 Last	ryokukitsune Jun 2011
The 6 Most Ominous Trends in Video Games [url]http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-most-ominous-trends-in-video-games/[/url] This is a good read, makes you stop and think for a moment where are we headed in this indrusty.	97 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2011
Cryengine 3 SDK - Aug 2011 [URL]http://crymod.com/[/URL] [quote]We'll be giving you access to the latest, greatest version of CryENGINE 3 - the same engine we use internally, the same engine we give to our licensees, the sa…	40 Last	kaze369 Jun 2011
Green Lantern Not gonna nitpick or complain, saw it at the midnight showing in non-3d, and I found the film to be quite enjoyable and entertaining. It's been ages since I've read the comics, so I'm not sure how cl…	16 Last	Striff Jun 2011
Bachelor Thesis Done! 2.0 (B) YAY i got marks for the bachelor thesis its 2.0 which would be a B in USA its all in german so some of you could have a hard time reading it [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1484680/BachelorArbeit/kompl…	0 Last	arrangemonk Jun 2011
Modeling without orthogonal reference Okay, this has been eating at me for a while now. I want very badly to model a fictional vehicle, but the only reference I have is concept art that only shows it from 3/4 views. So, I'm wondering, fo…	10 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2011
Wild Firemonk appears... Hello Polycount! For all intents and purposes, my name is Firemonk and i want to become a 3d artist. Currently, it's safe to assume that I know nothing about 3D modelling/rendering/texturing etc, …	9 Last	Firemonk Jun 2011
Current Gen Indie Projects? [COLOR="Magenta"]~[/COLOR] Firstly, I know everybody and their aunt Susan seems to be making an iphone game. I just wanted to know if their are any other games on the horizon that look as current gen…	39 Last	Allan-p Jun 2011
I made a game Hey guys, A me and a few mates from work busted our ass all weekend and got this little beauty out :p If you enjoy sillyness and pixel art give it a go, let me know what you think ... and hey if yo…	17 Last	naturon Jun 2011
Animstreet Major Update Howdy Folks, Check out Animstreet where you can find, share and sell your animations. They just had a major site update. [URL]http://www.animstreet.com[/URL] Thanks and Cheers	0 Last	polybones Jun 2011
Closed Illfonic UNDER ARREST! A few hours ago, this happened. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwNSzoe28MQ[/ame] We're crunching for GDC making everything shiny, turns out Johnny-law was a-foot! Next thing I know there's a g…	74 Last	adam Jun 2011
Alice: Madness Returns Hi all, Alice: Madness Returns has been released to today and it's my first shipped title :) Woot! I'ts getting average and somewhat mixed reviews but i'm still very proud to have worked on this ga…	61 Last	moof Jun 2011
Calling All Level Builders Yo, So, as a level builder/designer what do you find is the most common tiling textures/assets you find yourself making? for instance... I can't tell you how many wood textures i've made over …	5 Last	nfrrtycmplx Jun 2011
Internet Providers? (Canada) Hey to all, I was wondering what Internet Provider anyone from Canada might be using and how good you find it (as in -are you happy with it-). I have been having abit of a hard patch with my intern…	16 Last	Frump Jun 2011
To renormalize, or not renormalize, that's the question. I think this is still a bit of undiscused grounds around here. Now, if I am not mistaken, if you have a mesh with only one smoothing group, and you use it to bake a tangent normal map, then the norm…	9 Last	metalliandy Jun 2011
3DBidder.com - Make Money Modeling Hi, My name is Marius Silaghi and I now launched a site called [URL="http://3dbidder.com/"]3DBidder.com[/URL]. It is a site where people (Buyers) post projects they want you to make and you bid on…	15 Last	Ben Apuna Jun 2011
Ughhhh..... [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/uhhhj.jpg/"][IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4553/uhhhj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...........	10 Last	Andreas Jun 2011
No Polycounters from Valve? Kind of surprised that I haven't seen any PolyCounters from Valve on here, especially considering the relationship between the PolyCount community and Valve itself! Where are you all at? :)	25 Last	r_fletch_r Jun 2011
Ignition layoffs in Austin [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35449/Ignition_Lays_Off_Console_Devs_In_Austin.php[/url] Wow. I remember reading a thread awhile back saying they had laid off people in CA and FL and move …	16 Last	Snefer Jun 2011
from Child Of Eden to the Hobbit - framerate in film Hey all, So I was giving Child Of Eden a whirl the other day (if you haven't heard of it, check it out, it's basically REZ2 and plays great on a regular controller - no need for a Kinect) and got st…	12 Last	pior Jun 2011
Battlefield Heroes user data compromised LulzSec is at it again: [url]http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/26/lulzsec-over-release-battlefield-heroes-data/[/url] If anyone here has played Battlefield Heroes, you may want to download th…	11 Last	xvampire Jun 2011
Closed I'm producing a DVD Hello I'm producing a DVD with a co-author... we are in the pre-production phase. [IMG]http://qemum.org/downloads/Diagram8.png[/IMG] this is a rough sketch of the DVD contents **games names above …	63 Last	r13 Jun 2011
What has impressed you about games and movies? I was listening to a Games Industry Mentor podcast on Technical Design at work this week and it got me excited about doing something in UDK over the summer. One of my biggest take aways from the podc…	30 Last	R3D Jun 2011
DreamWorks' Puss in Boots [url]http://youtu.be/Znuq-daWfLE[/url] It looks awesome ^-^	4 Last	Nekomata Jun 2011
Official Fav Movie Thread So I was looking through my VHS collection and stumbled onto some old hidden gems that some of the new age kids might have never heard of. This thread is to post some movies you would put in your f…	55 Last	leslievdb Jun 2011
SWG going under "Sony Online Entertainment today announced its plans to shut down [URL="http://www.1up.com/games/pc/star-wars-galaxies/"]Star Wars Galaxies[/URL] before the end of the year. The long-running MMO fi…	9 Last	LMP Jun 2011
Zbrush Online Classes anyone? Bonjour! I've been looking around the web but I thought you loverly people could help out as well :) A couple of work buddies and I have been looking for a solid online Zbrush course that we can sig…	6 Last	TheDarkKnight Jun 2011
Sculptris Alpha 6 GO GO GO I have been in love with the program since Dr.Peter first released it to the public, and now the latest version is out. Theres no time to explain, theres no time to do a review, just go! [URL]http:…	17 Last	SHEPEIRO Jun 2011
Heads Up - Mudbox 2012 - SP2 Seems like Autodesk is full gear on Mudbox, hope the rest follow suit. [URL]http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=17237552&linkID=11937426[/URL] What has been fixed: [QUOT…	0 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2011
TF2 is now FREE + Meet the Medic! Forever? Apparently it's now being supported solely by microtransactions. I can't help but feel that PC was a big part of starting this, so I figured I'd post. [url]http://kotaku.com/5815052/team-for…	23 Last	Minos Jun 2011
what software is being used here? curious. looks fun to use [url]http://vimeo.com/17231029[/url] Thanks	25 Last	Jeff Parrott Jun 2011
Indie Game: The Movie - Official Trailer [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhaT78i1x2M&feature=youtu.be[/url] Always knew the indie scene was growing fast. Now a movie about it and i recognize many of the games from it.	20 Last	Ben Apuna Jun 2011
Environment Training Challenge I just thought of something... Why not start a list of Environment objects to model for practice? SO! The following is what I need from YOU, the polycount community, if you would be so kind: - List …	14 Last	DrunkShaman Jun 2011
Industry Giants 2011 Hey guy's, just wanted to let you know about the Industry Giants event this weekend here in Dallas. Yes, I know most of you want to come, but cannot make it!, but those of you that can are in for a …	5 Last	illusionfields Jun 2011
R.I.P Ryan Dunn. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13848736[/url] Shame, although somewhat ironic considering the stunts they did. May he rest in piece.	70 Last	Mrskullface Jun 2011
Industry Giants 2011 Hey! Any polycounters going to Industry Giants this weekend? Its gonna be sick! [url]http://www.industrygiants.org/ig2011.html[/url]	3 Last	EmAr Jun 2011
Building a PC Any tips for building a PC guys looking to spend £700 - £800 and what should I go for Intel or AMD. It's for highpoly modelling, animation and rendering.	0 Last	TJS93 Jun 2011
Polycount's Twitter First off, follow us (duh): [url]www.twitter.com/polycount[/url] Secondly: If you don't use Twitter, or don't understand its use, that's cool. This thread isn't for you. I would explain the benefits…	11 Last	Geezus Jun 2011
happy birthday Quake just saw this [url]http://bethblog.com/index.php/2011/06/22/quakes-15th-anniversary/[/url] oh those days ;) I remember modifying those .pcx textures for the models and editing some maps. Mostly with…	23 Last	[HP] Jun 2011
Happy B-day Hawken Happy Bday from Greentooth!! 一杯だけ飲みにいくかも!	8 Last	skylebones Jun 2011
New noob question. (Need advice!) Hola! I'm just starting out in 3D graphics, and I'd like to get into the industry as a 3D artist. But obviously as a noob I want to aim my skills in an area that there are possible job positions i…	8 Last	gsokol Jun 2011
NEWS - GA Montreal Closing and DWV Hacked I'm only posting this in case anybody here on PC entered Dom War and haven't seen this announcement, and have been awaiting news. [quote=FredH;1255197]Got hit with three major problems this week, so…	50 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2011
Location question - London, ONT Hey PC'ers, I've got a couple of questions about working in the London, Ontario area. I've got family in the area but have no idea what the market is like. Anyone know the area that wouldn't mind e…	9 Last	ae. Jun 2011
Closed Team Fortress 2: Meet The Medic brilliant	0 Last	MartinH Jun 2011