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Sonic Fan Remix [url]http://sonicfanremix.com/[/url] I have a friend who shared a youtube video of this fan-made Sonic 2 remake, and I was intrigued enough to investigate further and find a website with a playable …	6 Last	Noors Oct 2010
Closed Lighting in UDK	0 Last	SnakeDoctor Oct 2010
Who'd be interested in a UT3 match/some matches? i'm pretty bored of playing against bots, but i love the game and i think it's a real shame that it's "died" so to speak. so who'd be interested in some matches? maybe we could get a community serve…	1 Last	oXYnary Oct 2010
Is Apple acquiring Sony and EA? "In all seriousness, I laughed to myself when I read the title for this article when I came across it. Once I viewed the source, I quickly shut the hell up and started taking it seriously. Although t…	50 Last	Makkon Oct 2010
Costume Quest I don't have a console so anyone pick it up? Is it any good? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_bCw8EPj8[/ame]	6 Last	Jeff Parrott Oct 2010
Shank! Just back from Pax, and I am APPALLED that there is no thread already devoted to the phenominality that is Shank! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN4vN30gG-k[/ame]	13 Last	Purplepaint Oct 2010
Requiem: Blood Mare Or Momento Mori: Requiem. [URL]http://www.playrequiem.com/[/URL] Anyways, after taking a break from this game for about a year because this game had many bugs, I finally planned to go back and see…	3 Last	Blaizer Oct 2010
What programs could you not live without? So I'm here trying to decide if I should shell out the money for TopoGun and the Marmoset Toolbag, and I start to wonder just what programs I absolutely need to make the best 3D work possible, and wh…	18 Last	RasielD Oct 2010
Closed maya looping, harden/soften edge	0 Last	omegaend Oct 2010
live stream 3D modeling sessions I've been tossing around the idea of doing some live streaming 3d modeling on [url=http://www.justin.tv/]Justin.TV[/url] I'm thinking maybe 8pm EST tonight, you can watch my horrible attempts at sub…	24 Last	bgoodsell Oct 2010
.us domain as non us citizen? Hey folks! I want to create a little page for myself, for uploading purposes and linklists and such stuff. The coolest url would be [url]www.morph.eus[/url] (.eus is something basque, but not yet on…	10 Last	.morph3us Oct 2010
Question regarding a specific Game Design Job. Hey. For the past while I've been confused. I know alot about the process of creating games, I'm in art school training to become a Concept Artist myself, but there's always been one thing that doesn…	9 Last	rooster Oct 2010
Eschalon Book 1- Who's played it? Hey. My hunger and conquest for finding old style, hard core, "nerd gasm" RPGs has took me to Eschalon book 1 on Steam. The small really old style retro RPG. I tried the demo, before I bought it, …	0 Last	Taylor Hood Oct 2010
Medal Of Honor Finally some previews for this game which can be seen at the links posted below, I gotta say this game is shaping up and i cant wait to see how DICE handles the Multiplayer. Something that struck me…	39 Last	Pogo Oct 2010
Yay! I finally finished something!! ... Well ... My wife did most of the work! [img]http://www.bobotheseal.com/photos/Quinlyn/Quinlyn01.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.bobotheseal.com/photos/Quinlyn/Quinlyn02.jpg[/img] I'd like to introduc…	88 Last	kite Oct 2010
Closed Ads in my Polycounts? Someone explain this nightmare. I'll loose sleep over this.	52 Last	adam Oct 2010
Anyone watching the blizzcon stream? Just wondering. Main event kicked off recently. Nothing major right now. Just fanpraise :)	40 Last	Wahlgren Oct 2010
What Phone? Ok. So I get home and my girlfriend has decided she needs an Smart phone... I dunno. I just want a phone for texts. And the occational phone call for a taxi. Anyhoo. I hate shopping for gadgets I do…	29 Last	piippo Oct 2010
A community made Minecraft skin pack? 'The Polycount 100'? So I am thinking about doing a small project with you guys where we create and package 100 recognizable characters in a single package for the Minecraft community. It would consist of recognizable p…	57 Last	adam Oct 2010
Inspiration Map Meme, C'mon! [URL="http://fox-orian.deviantart.com/art/Influence-Map-Template-174550753"]This[/URL] was a pretty cool meme started by one of my favorite artists on deviantart, it's actually really fun to do, and …	0 Last	fearian Oct 2010
Steam Rant First of all I've never had a problem with Steam... Its always been one of those things that some people have had issues with but I haven't. Same with GFWL, some people wont even buy the game if it s…	18 Last	Noors Oct 2010
The Productive Way to Treat Your Outsourcers Hi, guys. Lately I've been busy with freelancing quite a bit and the more I do it the more I think there must be a more productive way of clientoutsourcer communications. Sometimes a lot of time is w…	3 Last	Ruz Oct 2010
File hosting solutions... So anyway, i have a blog for my gaming side, but i also need a file storage solution to get a portfolio up. it must have the capacity for unlimited bandwidth (or at least silly huge... i managed to…	23 Last	Xoliul Oct 2010
CGHub Contest and 3months of Mudbox trial Warriors contest over at CGHub. Plus you get Mudbox trial for 3 months to do it with. I doubt I'll get round to doing this. But I thought i'd share. Might be worth signing up just for the trial. […	1 Last	Cyrael Oct 2010
How you learned to paint? Hi there, I'm looking for advice on how to go from sketching to painting textures for my models. I've never really done much work in color. How did everyone else get into painting models? Where can I…	27 Last	redpandafire Oct 2010
Demo reel or not? So this is a follow up to what someone said in another thread I started. I'm an environment artist and I'm curious about one thing. Demo reel or not? Is is something studios look for? Or is a high…	4 Last	3DRyan Oct 2010
Favorite Texture tuts! Hey Polybro's (Polysis') Just recently got my tablet which means I can go nuts on some texturing. I would really like to learn how to hand paint my textures, but i will need some help learning how t…	7 Last	[HP] Oct 2010
Dead Rising 2 Anybody else pick it up? I have to say thus far I'm... Toooorn... I had the stupid idea of picking it up on PC, but man what a sloppy PC port, ugh... Shame its not using the MT Framework engine like …	24 Last	Quokimbo Oct 2010
Posting demo reels to the web Hey all, just had a curiosity. I've been struggling to get my demo reel put up online while having the quality actually be decent. I was curious as to how everybody here goes about it. Just stuff l…	8 Last	3DRyan Oct 2010
Halo Reach Halo Reach, whos getting it ? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnbrN0PsYko[/ame] I'm not sure if I will be getting it Myself, I hope it has something new in terms of gameplay. the old gameplay i…	398 Last	Jesse Moody Oct 2010
Draconian copyright laws i was searching youtube for music, when i got this all too familiar message: [img]http://www.dejawolf.com/polycount/copyrighted.jpg[/img] it ticked me off, and i googled "fuck sony and WMG" and foun…	4 Last	dejawolf Oct 2010
Prague Church AWESOME Hey All, don't know if any of you have seen this yet, but its really awesome!!!! [url]http://www.geekologie.com/2010/10/just_watch_it_amazing_videomap.php[/url] Enjoy!	2 Last	Malus Oct 2010
Good bye Mr C. Kind of surprised this wasn't reference, but maybe it's only something us old timers remember ;) [URL]http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/oct/20/happy-days-actor-bosley-dies-at-83/[/URL] [IMG]…	1 Last	Stinger88 Oct 2010
Unearthly Challenge? Hey there, Now that I am out of school and working in the industry, I've been itching to participate in a contest! However, I've been looking for Unearthly Challenge info, and I was wondering when t…	25 Last	Jason Young Oct 2010
Block users? Is there a way to block certain uses that are on the forum? Just wondering.	22 Last	piippo Oct 2010
Specialising Art Skills Firstly. Sorry for long post. Hope it aint too boring or pointless. Ok. I'm a "Jack of all trades, Master of None". Which has proven to be very handy, as I like being able to adapt to new skills and…	0 Last	Stinger88 Oct 2010
Best Consumer Digital Camera for Artists? I bought a Canon Powershot many moons ago. It's since past it's prime, and I'm looking for something new. I've done the google, and reviews say the (new) powershot is still the hot thing. I've also d…	29 Last	poopinmymouth Oct 2010
Experience advice please I am currently attending a Community College for Simulation and Game Development. Like most people that go to these schools I have been spending most of my time learning outside of class. Charlotte d…	3 Last	bluekangaroo Oct 2010
Disc no longer needed for Netflix on PS3 and Wii [URL]http://mashable.com/2010/10/18/wii-ps3-netflix-disc-free/[/URL] [quote]Previously, Microsoft and Netflix had signed some sort of [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-14in…	6 Last	Autocon Oct 2010
Anybody going to Gamecity Nottingham? Was thinking of going to this, anybody else been to one or going to it? [url]http://www.gamecity.org/[/url]	0 Last	JackyBoy Oct 2010
Short Survey for Professional Digital Artists [any help appreciated :)] Hi all, I am looking for help on a university research project and I have constructed a short questionnaire that requires only a small amount of time to complete. I understand most people are ver…	4 Last	[HP] Oct 2010
You're logged in as.... I've just noticed that when I'm on the news page I am logged in as someone other then me. Here's an example: I'm not sure if I am actually logged in as this person or if it just says so but I do thi…	12 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2010
video game violence We all know that the argument "video games makes kids violent" is a huge crock of bullshit. what rarely comes up is the following question, "if it isn't video games, then what is it?" well, recentl…	26 Last	greenj2 Oct 2010
Krome australia layoffs. [URL]http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/08/krome-lays-off-100-employees-shuts-adelaide-studio/[/URL] And yet more bad news to come out of australia. I dont think there is anyone here from krome but i wis…	35 Last	Muzzoid Oct 2010
Layoffs and Closing? I have heard that Treyarch and Raven have laid of quite a bit of people, along with NSpace closing its doors. Were any people affected here, as id is hiring and would like to help where I might be a…	31 Last	Joshua Stubbles Oct 2010
CYBERTRON needs an update, (help). I have a PC sitting downstairs (collecting dust) that needs a small upgrade so I can make it run most of todays games with ease. It's not the worst thing in the world, but I think what I really need…	9 Last	XenoKratios Oct 2010
Congrats to Josh Singh Welcome aboard buddy. It has been many years since we first worked together on the Parasytic Moon project. Now after a long hiatus, we finally get to work together again! The NextGen MMO team is ex…	71 Last	bbob Oct 2010
New Laptop needed. Ok. I need a new laptop and I've got to go buy one tommorrow. I'd probably spend more time researching and looking for the best deal but I need it quick. So I'll probs end up going to PCWorld which i…	1 Last	oXYnary Oct 2010
I just destroyed Polycount. (and you can too!) Go to polycount.com, or you can stay on this page if you want, and simply paste this into the address bar. [code]javascript:var s = document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';documen…	19 Last	InProgress Oct 2010
New job... I just accepted a World Artist Contract position at Bethesda. I'm super stoked! :D Any Polycounters out there in the Mary-Land?	31 Last	Geezus Oct 2010