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Unearthly Challange 2009 This wasn't posted already? [url]http://www.unearthlychallenge.com/2009/en_index.php[/url]	84 Last	Spaceprincess Jun 2009
Goodbye my dear 360 If this is karma telling me to work on my portfolio, or that some kind of force thought it would be funny, since my clan was about to launch next weekend. One thing is for sure, my love, my elite, …	38 Last	00Zero Jun 2009
What do You Play Games For? Hey guys, I was recently checking out some videos from the scribblenauts game that's coming soon, and it made me realize why there's a lot of games that are coming out that I have no interest in, but…	37 Last	Vivian Jun 2009
New 360? 540 or 720 ? new xborx? [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ms-boss-ballmer-confirms-new-xbox[/url]	9 Last	Richard Kain Jun 2009
My hardcore pencil sharpening skillz One time I sharpened a pencil down so much I couldn't even see it anymore. [IMG]http://www.wallsandstalls.com/images/misc/sharpPencils2.jpg[/IMG] It really offends me when they use inferior quality…	22 Last	jouste Jun 2009
Google expects artists to work for free... [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/business/media/15illo.html?_r=1&em[/url] This is a fucking joke. Google can afford to pay artists, they are a multibillion dollar company, so this is just bei…	66 Last	MattW Jun 2009
Closed New to 3D Animation -- Good Maya Tutorials?	0 Last	TheTerribleSilence Jun 2009
Team Fortress 2 tonight! AGAIN! (5/26) A bunch of the guys from #model_Design are getting geared up to hit the polycount TF2 server tonight and have some fun. We have admin control, so if you can't get in, message one of us that is and …	78 Last	sicsided Jun 2009
Neox Tutorial with no cred :/ I saw this link in another thread: [url]http://www.realityengine.net/tutorials-2/unreal-engine/tf2-unreal-3-shader[/url] To me the guy is presenting that as if it's his own tutorial since he has no…	27 Last	achmedthesnake Jun 2009
GameDevMap.com` [url]http://www.gamedevmap.com[/url] Good resource for finding studios in any specific area. Just updated by Guarav.	8 Last	Tumerboy Jun 2009
Artist Blogs Anyone here blog or know of good artist blogs? I've started to blog myself @ [url]http://markdamico.wordpress.com/[/url] Mark	22 Last	Tumerboy Jun 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Looking good. [url]http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/transformersrevengeofthefallen/hd/[/url]	109 Last	Tumerboy Jun 2009
is there any trustworthy news website with actual professionals ? ok i dont want to start a political debate. Just want to know if there are any good non biased news websites that try to focus on the story rather than the shock and mixing facts and deturpation of f…	46 Last	sprunghunt Jun 2009
Lie...DETECTED! [i]thank you[/i] Okay, so recently I had to take a polygraph test for a job I'd been waiting to get for sometime now. It was my first time ever hooked up to a machine that could call me out on my f…	43 Last	Lamont Jun 2009
SF4 PC benchmark + a look at Capcom's 3D art The SF4 PC benchmark is available! [url]http://file.4gamer.net/demo/StreetFighterIV_Benchmark.zip[/url] And the neat thing is that if you put the characters settings to low it switches to diffuse o…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2009
Closed Ghostbusters: shipped! [img]http://www.skankerzero.com/post/gb_signed.jpg[/img] FINALLY DONE! There are several Polycounters that worked on this. It's finally in our hands and finished. After 3 1/2 years, it feels so g…	76 Last	adam Jun 2009
Laptop Helpage Hey all, I'm looking into getting my first laptop, and was hoping for some recommendations on things like good companies to go with, and stuff to look out for. I'm getting it for work, so it needs t…	9 Last	Vitor Jun 2009
Autodesk Raid? This guy claims Autodesk raided his work and fined them for downloading trail software? Anyone know anything about this or is this rubbish? [URL]http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=17818…	16 Last	kat Jun 2009
Maximus - 3D print in wood! i just saw that on [url=http://www.pixologic.com/blog/]ZBrush Blog[/url] [url]http://maximus.emecstudios.be/[/url] A company making 3D prints in various materials, mainly different kinds of wood. …	14 Last	Peris Jun 2009
Terminator: Salvation I just got back from the midnight showing. This movie is kick ass, and needs to be seen. The CGI in this movie is among the best I've ever seen. there were several parts during the movie where i tho…	79 Last	almighty_gir Jun 2009
Some changes to Polycount, please read As you may have noticed, we've reordered things a bit here. If you take a look at the main page you'll see some stuff is a bit different. We wanted to make sure everyone was aware of everything going…	58 Last	gaganjain Jun 2009
Demon top-loader from hell [url]http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=223309871[/url] Don't forget to scroll down for the Q+A's	3 Last	nkoste Jun 2009
Musical Readings Hey all. This is a bit out of the norm, but I thought I would share some of the articles / reviews my sister (Alie Lavoie) has recently written for the very cool music blog, The Singing Lamb. These …	0 Last	JasonLavoie Jun 2009
New Posts RSS feed Hey is there any chance we could get an RSS feed for new posts? I, for one, would use it all the time if it were available. Does anyone else think this would be useful?	10 Last	Vito Jun 2009
It's about time, Huxley Beta Sign-ups. Been delayed for awhile, but now their gonna be going into beta soon. [url]http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/197/view/news/read/13761/Beta-Signups-Begin.html[/url]	14 Last	Justin Meisse Jun 2009
What to look for in a programmer? Hey guys, I'm thinking about starting my own little iPhone business while I continue to search for work (in house and freelance). I just want to start out really small and see if I can turn out a ve…	7 Last	BradMyers82 Jun 2009
Laser Guided Smart Bullets um, yes please! :poly123: [URL]http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-06/smart-bullets[/URL]	41 Last	Rox Jun 2009
Forum's 'Homeliness' Does anyone remember a game dev web forum called developer's corner? I miss that site, it only had a few hundred members but in a way that was great because you got to know a lot of them. I don't g…	28 Last	rolfness Jun 2009
The Jack Thompson ps2 This is amazing, the irony! [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/06/custom_1244983533601_jackCasemod.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://kotaku.com/5290009/do-not-judge-this-ps2-casemod-by-its-cover…	3 Last	TheWinterLord Jun 2009
texturing I have a question what best dvds for texturing tutorial. I got gnomology hard surface texture but i am looking for human skin painting tutorial is there any? Thanks for your input.	7 Last	bounchfx Jun 2009
Closed The N word the word being [spoiler] nigger or nigga [/spoiler] It just crossed my mind, so I wanted to get your thoughts on this whole topic. there seems to be two camps. 1. never use it -- the word has got t…	92 Last	adam Jun 2009
2 Uncharted Multiplayer Beta Codes R47A-9ABX-I98G BJJD-A4B8-R6PC I got a few extra at e3.	14 Last	SmartDevil Jun 2009
Congrats to PC guy's that made top 75! Help me congratualte the Polycounters, that made the top 75! Definetely an achievement due to the competition this year. Also, discuss who you think will take the top 3:) 3d: [url]http://www.gamea…	38 Last	Jeff MD Jun 2009
Inept Doctors, What's your experience? After two years of having doctors tell me I'm fine, I more or less find out my collarbone has been torn away from my chest and healed askew. Problem is, any doctor worth his salt should have been abl…	44 Last	Steviant Jun 2009
slideshow program hey guys, i have to do this dumb portfolio show in a few days. can anybody refer a good free slideshow program that i can show my images on? I'd use windows picture viewer, but i'm using vista and…	3 Last	danr Jun 2009
XPS meltdown I love my Dell XPS M1710 gaming notebook, so I was extremely upset when the graphics card - an nVidea GeForce Go 7950GTX - had a meltdown, especially since it's just out of warranty (isn't it always…	13 Last	Gmanx Jun 2009
neotokyo - great looking mod coming to HL2 [B]INFO HERE: [/B][url]http://neotokyohq.com/index.html[/url] [B]SAMPLE MUSIC (sounds great!): [/B][URL]http://neotokyohq.com/nt_music_player.html[/URL] More links to the trailer, 720p etc.: [URL]ht…	10 Last	Wells Jun 2009
i think you'll find that's SIR christopher lee, young man. Now be on your way. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8097237.stm[/url] now, i have a theory, and it is this : EVERYBODY - and by that i mean everyone on this board, your children, parents, grandparents, all your fri…	9 Last	Wells Jun 2009
UK trip Ok so now that I'm less than two weeks out i want to see if anyone wanted to meet up with me and my wife. Well be in London, Cardiff, Newcastle, and Edinburgh(not in that order). We wont have a car f…	47 Last	Thegodzero Jun 2009
Let's get opinionated: Who's going to win Dominance War 4? [B]N0X-2292 Prototype by Molotov. [/B]Sexy, clean, DIRTY, and the ability to switch from rollerblades to claw feet. Fuck ya. Check out the rest, [URL="http://www.cgtalk.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=23…	60 Last	Richard Kain Jun 2009
Zbrush4 feature hotness The new Spotlight and Lightbox feature for z4, I cant wait to try this. This is going to be awesome. :) [URL="http://pixolator.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=071829"]http://pixolator.com/zbc/showthread.ph…	46 Last	Mongrelman Jun 2009
DW4 Top 75 Announced (2D & 3D) [url]http://www.gameartisans.org/dominancewar/homepage/index.php[/url] Unfortunately I'm not quite awesome enough and i didn't make it. Congrats to the finalists who did.	5 Last	Del Jun 2009
Anyone used rosetta stone? Did a search and didnt find a thread....soooooo. As title implys, Has anyone used and had results from rosetta stone language learning program? Im currently doing the russian lessons, and its workin…	26 Last	Vailias Jun 2009
zomgz! alien reboot! [img]http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/05/ALIEN-thumb-350x291-18708.jpg[/img] [url]http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/alien-reboot-a-prequel-is.php[/url] aliens 1-2 were awesomest, and AvP 2 had some se…	14 Last	Richard Kain Jun 2009
Rant* why should I download your damn patch!??!! Just venting here. So I go to play Company of Heroes - Tales of Valor with my dad having not played it for a night or two. Upon loading and logging into my Relic account im informed there is a patch…	15 Last	dejawolf Jun 2009
My external HDD just got pwned. It fell a fair distance and now makes a pretty horrible sound when plugged in. Sounds a lot like the pin is having a great time scratching the disc, which is just brilliant. Gonna have a mate open it…	11 Last	Marcus Dublin Jun 2009
Game Dev Schools - What would you change? Hey all, I just wanted to start a quick discussion on what the people of polycount would change about current Game Development schools, if you had the opportunity too. I know for a lot of you, thes…	30 Last	ImSlightlyBored Jun 2009
Let us help in saving the world. The world is vastly changing. 10 years from now, where in the hell we could be? We might not have the kind of life that we are enjoying right now. All these ps3, xbox, wii, 3d stuffs, game stuffs mig…	96 Last	danr Jun 2009
Reference: Bonsai tree image dump During my last visit at the Washington D.C. [URL="http://www.usna.usda.gov/"]National Arboretum[/URL] (best kept secret in town), i took a bunch of pictures of some of their Bonsai trees. I thought s…	14 Last	Vivian Jun 2009
Happy birthday caseyjones Ok, i missed your birthday that was yesterday! But i have a chance to redeme myself with this post :) Happy birthday :) [IMG]http://www.spacepimping.com/graphics/myspace-happy-birthday-graphics/Happy…	21 Last	Rens Jun 2009