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Blender Scam Yeah I know the topic name might be a bit misleading, but someone is trying to scam people into buying blender as his own program. [URL]http://illusionmage.com/screenshots.htm[/URL] So apparently thi…	2 Last	Traix Jun 2011
Calling all Chicago Greetooths! So my sister has just finished college and moved to Chicago for five months for a working holiday. Apparently though the search for accomodation and work isn't going as well as she and her friends ha…	4 Last	Andreas Jun 2011
new Laptop question If you had the choice between: a laptop with a faster processor but an average-ish graphics card OR a laptop with a slower processor but a better graphics card... which would be better for low po…	9 Last	brwnbread Jun 2011
PS3 Network still down :( I want to play games Online!!!! Why such a long time to investigate stupid script kiddie hackers :(. Anyone else want to ding dong knock some sony exec's houses with me?	217 Last	BeatKitano Jun 2011
The Amazing World of Gumball I was one of 2 Rendering/Lighting Artists on the series and wondered if folks were enjoying it. Its been out a while but I saw this on youtube and figured I'd see what the reception was like. [ame]…	7 Last	Andreas Jun 2011
New Vanillaware game - Dragon's Crown So my friend passed me this link, but won't tell me where he found it: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzVg6UdMkvM[/ame] Not sure how many have seen it, since the view counter is probably stuck.…	16 Last	Tiny Jun 2011
X-Men: First Class Went and saw this with some buddies last night. This film was a definite step-up from X3 and Wolverine. I would even be willing to give it a slight edge over the first X-Men film. (despite the lack …	30 Last	Saman Jun 2011
Pc help hey guys, i've just recently run into some computer problems, need a little advice. about a week ago i took apart my pc for cleaning and upon reasembling and powering on i had hue shifts over my moni…	17 Last	oXYnary Jun 2011
BRAINSTORM: What's sort of collaborative projects could we do as a community? I know we have unofficial collab project, and some other group activities going on, but I've often wondered if we could do a mod as an art community. This wouldn't be design by committee, either. De…	119 Last	heavyness Jun 2011
Need (legalesque) advice Hey guys, quick question. I used to work on Incoming: Source (now "Orion") some time ago. Someone brought to my attention that the current project leader has released all of their content as open so…	8 Last	orion5175 Jun 2011
Happy Birthday Emil Mujanovic! May your hot dogs be covered in mustard, and your polys be counted. Happy Birthday, dude! [IMG]http://mrcanacorn.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/hotdog.jpg[/IMG]	27 Last	d1ver Jun 2011
E3 2011, anyone going? Anyone going to E3 this year? I wanted to go but I didn't get my act together to get a pass off someone. Anyway I was thinking if enough people were going that a meet up may be needed.	11 Last	evilblah Jun 2011
Congrats Snight! Snight joins Irrational Games today as our brand new environment artist, congrats dude! [url]http://www.mikesnight.com/[/url]	20 Last	Hazardous Jun 2011
Xbox Slim freezes? Ok, so i just got a new xbox slim, 250 gig, and ive been playing borderlands alot again. But its been freezing a bunch. And i think i remember that game freezing a bit before, but im worried it might…	4 Last	slipsius Jun 2011
POP Warrior Within Concept Art - Who made it? Hello, So here's the story..... :) Last year I made this model for school: [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/spikeref.png/"][IMG]http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9576/spikeref.png[…	2 Last	Steve Schulze Jun 2011
Go on this game please Is the following a beauty?	0 Last	bulesadness 45 Jun 2011
Undisclosed contract job acquired :) [COLOR=SeaGreen]Company: [/COLOR]Computerised Training Systems [COLOR=SeaGreen]Location: [/COLOR]Scunthorpe, United Kingdom [COLOR=SeaGreen]Duration:[/COLOR] 6 weeks minimum, poss. permanent Findin…	8 Last	Bombshell Jun 2011
Shadowgun Have you guys seen Shadowgun? Very impressive (visually probably the best iPad app I've seen) so far. Was made using the Unity game engine. Here are some more details on the tech behind it: [url]htt…	0 Last	Thomas P. Jun 2011
100 developers missing from LA Noir credits? [URL]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-06-06-100-devs-protest-omission-from-l-a-noire-credits[/URL] We've talked about this in the past but we haven't talked about it recently. I'm tossed u…	20 Last	hawken Jun 2011
E3 - sony Press Conference uncharted looks pretty rad, not that into 3D, but the tech thats lets 2 players play at the same time and see 2 different things is awesome, no more splitscreen.	39 Last	Ennolangus Jun 2011
Who wants to fight? [Civil War] Anyone want to join me for a battle? Topic is currently open, feel free to suggest one - my latest piece. [IMG]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5795/derpbs.png[/IMG]	3 Last	ZacD Jun 2011
Mixamo Releases Online Auto-Rigger Mixamo is pleased to announce the release of our Auto-Rigging feature. Mixamo has been bettering the world of 3d animation for over two years now and in an attempt to streamline the rigging process w…	0 Last	mixamo Jun 2011
Editing seams after UV flatten in 3dsmax Is it possible to edit seams after the flattening command in 3dsmax? I mean, delete a green edge, add another seam, etc... Or do I have to do it via stitch? In Blender I used to edit seams on the fl…	4 Last	Kingblue Jun 2011
MW3 Teaser [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht8A0yOkOyc[/ame] Let the f**king fanboy war began.....hurrayyy	43 Last	bluekangaroo Jun 2011
Happy Bday Jesse Moody! Have a good one moodyman! :D May you get a grunty present ;) [center][img]http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/1/19858-86983-gruntbirthdayjpg-468x.jpg[/img][/center]	33 Last	Jesse Moody Jun 2011
New Nintendo Console? [URL="http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1161875p1.html"]http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1161875p1.html[/URL] [URL="http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1162045p1.html"]http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/11620…	54 Last	Bombshell Jun 2011
Activision + spyro = ... I don't know what this is... There isn't much I can say on this... well actually theres a lot but not much I would like to say on it. [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-skylanders-spyros/714667[/url] Anyone here re…	19 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2011
What to do when practice doesn't make perfect? Looking for thoughts and tips on this. Basically, I've been doing life drawing every day for about 6 months now, and went to weekly classes for a couple of months before that. I do it mainly for fun…	36 Last	Tom Ellis Jun 2011
Could it be? ICO/Shadow of the Colossus game bundle for the PS3? This might be interesting. hmmmmnnn It's under $40 so... sign me up? Oh wait... I sold my PS3 :(. [url]http://www.walmart.com/ip/ICO-Shadow-of-the-Colossus-PS3-PlayStation-3/15061046[/url]	46 Last	eld Jun 2011
Freelance how to? How do you do it? know how much to charge? Thing to look out for? Just got an email about some work on cellphone games. I have never done anything freelance so kind of lost on this.	10 Last	Ennolangus Jun 2011
done with basic on to tech school... basic trianing for the airforce was the worst 8 weeks of my life, nothing whent right, I cought a fever in an important time in training which set me back behind in my group and i was catching up thr…	22 Last	Jesse Moody Jun 2011
Houses - Rent or Buy? Hey all. I'm keen to get some opinions from you guys who own/rent property on the pro's/cons of renting vs buying. My girlfriend and I are looking to get a new place (currently living in a home own…	148 Last	almighty_gir Jun 2011
Red Faction Armageddon ummm.... BAAAAAAAAHAHAHA [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/game/red-faction-armageddon/13250[/url]	9 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2011
Need help about modeling transformer. I know this question has been asked many times, but i have trouble to find it correct answer that's bother me. Can one person make all this alone? I mean can i model the transformer and then texture…	9 Last	Mane Jun 2011
New wireless mouse needed The middle wheel is sticking badly now on my old Microsoft mouse so I bought a new one today but it's really uncomfortable. Here's the problem... [IMG]http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/GCMax/…	12 Last	3DLee Jun 2011
The Journey game I tried searching for this, but couldn't find it. Shoot me if there's already a thread. I think this looks like a hugely promising game. The style is so crisp and beautiful, and the environments giv…	13 Last	Steve Schulze Jun 2011
Last day at Relic - Capcom here I come! So after an awesome 11 months on contract here at Relic working on Space Marine I am leaving to become a Lighting artist at Capcom Vancouver. and its a full-time job as well, no longer a contract wo…	16 Last	aajohnny Jun 2011
Closed mech wip	0 Last	lrobles99 Jun 2011
Bad news for Cryptic... [URL]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-05-18-atari-drops-cryptic-studios[/URL] [quote][B]Atari drops Cryptic Studios[/B] Publ…	9 Last	gsokol Jun 2011
Sorta new guy Hello, ive been around for a few years but i never really post :) I thought that i would say HI :P	0 Last	Shaper Jun 2011
My Pinchbot Infestation statue has arrived! ( with pics) Heya. To anyone who has heard of or is interested in 3D printing, or the works of Alessandro Baldasseroni, this might interest you. A brand new company called Pinchbot has released their first statue…	22 Last	Superconductor Jun 2011
Get Your Name in an Indie Game meme mini-contest [URL="http://pixelante.com"]Pixelante[/URL] is finally getting ready to release our PC/Mac/Linux indie game [URL="http://fowlspace.com"]Fowl Space[/URL]. To celebrate we're holding a mini-contest to …	1 Last	acc Jun 2011
New Tomb Raider trailer - who made it? Lately there's been an explosion of game cinematics, made by all kinds of studios, sometimes the game studio itself and sometimes its a contract job.. but it's hard to really know who's responsible. …	7 Last	polygonfreak Jun 2011
Konami E3 2011: Transfarring [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAzRJAoiQAU[/ame] So that happened.	27 Last	Entity Jun 2011
Game reactor to reveal "Secret Game" Hey! Couldn't find this anywhere, so perhaps this is a local Swedish thing. But, the game magazine Game Reactor is to reveal a secret game the 15th of march. They have revealed some details about…	42 Last	Jeremy-S Jun 2011
How much should I charge? (1st time doing freelance) Hello everyone, I am in need of your counsel. I just got asked as a modeler for a low-poly project but it will be my first time being paid for it. I've been asked for how much I demand for various i…	5 Last	CelebrenIthil Jun 2011
Final Year Project for a 3D College Degree program? Hey guys! Im interested in knowing what kinds of things people have done or are doing for a final year project, for whatever game art college degree they've done or are doing, or, what they would d…	6 Last	FavoredSoul Jun 2011
Windows 8 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osa1ZXZaaWM&feature=player_embedded[/ame] Curious as to what everyone thinks...	66 Last	neolith Jun 2011
Slandering Artists How awesome is this...: [url]http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/15-totally-dumb-jobs.html?curPhoto=5[/url] Not that I care but was curious to ask, is this what people really think about bei…	30 Last	Firebert Jun 2011
BRAINSTORM: Ideas for personal projects I thought I'd get a thread going on various personal projects I'm starting to build reference for in hopes of a.) igniting discussions on them to help the brainstorming period and b.) see what others…	18 Last	haiddasalami Jun 2011