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Dom Deluise died [url]http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/05/dom-deluise-dies/[/url] Many of you may not care, but he was big during my childhood years. He always seemed like a genuinely nice guy. RIP	9 Last	blankslatejoe May 2009
Computer scientists add smell to games [URL]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article6162217.ece[/URL] Lengthy article, but very very interesting concept. Below is the opening paragraph, and some examples from the end of the artic…	29 Last	arrangemonk May 2009
Wolverine movie Saw the midnight showing. Not too bad. It fits in very well with the established XMen movie-verse. Better than X1 and 3 and just under X2. That said, the other branded Marvel titles have far eclips…	48 Last	Sage May 2009
I think i may have spotted him, the man who invented steampunk. Last i heard he was somewhere near portland. [IMG]http://xs139.xs.to/xs139/09192/steamsuit_johnny622.jpg[/IMG]	7 Last	rooster May 2009
So I just saw Star Wars for the first time today... Yes, you read that right. I finally sat down and watched Episode IV: A New Hope for the first time in my life. I plan on watching the other two later but I was wanting to start a discussion on the se…	52 Last	Lee3dee May 2009
Game Review Vids Hey PC My brother has recently got in to video editing and game reviewing and posting his vids on youtube. I'm doing him a favor and putting them up here for all of you to watch and comment on, eit…	18 Last	ZeitgeistReview May 2009
Macbook vs. PC I'll be heading back to college soon and decided that my old laptop just isn't going to cut it. Nice as it is hardware wise, it's falling apart and the battery has long since stopped working. It's al…	28 Last	Justin Meisse May 2009
Closed RIP "Captain Chaos" - Dom DeLuise dead at 75 [URL]http://jalopnik.com/5240953/dom-deluise-dead-at-75[/URL] :( I need to go find a copy of Cannonball Run 1 & 2.	0 Last	flaagan May 2009
Closed Borderlands redesign Well borderlands has a tottally different art style now wich i think is awesome! [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/04/borderlands.jpg[/IMG] i wasent feeling the old gritty stuf…	141 Last	bearkub May 2009
fast1 Every single post of his ends with a 1x1 transparent gif image from a site called photosnag. [url]http://boards.polycount.net/search.php?searchid=693029[/url] Some googling turns up that there are …	9 Last	bearkub May 2009
Devoted and loyal polycounter Asking for any help Hello everyone, I made a post about this recently but I guess this is both a post asking for some other polycounters advice/ help for the most part. I was layed off early April due to a hostile me…	25 Last	IronHawk May 2009
70s animation reference Quick question. I'm looking for a reference of an iconic psychedelic 70s animation of a guy walking down the street. It has a really extreme perspective so his raised foot in the foreground looks h…	1 Last	bearkub May 2009
Test Assignment Anxiety Hello, first post here. Does anyone get nasty anxiety when they do a test assignment? First time I did one, I pulled my first all-nighter with No Doz and could barely keep anything down. Now I ca…	11 Last	TheWinterLord May 2009
paper moon flashbang's new game: [url]http://blurst.com/paper-moon/play[/url]	8 Last	StJoris May 2009
scanner recomendations and stuff ok..i KNOW this has been posted here before, but i can't find anything with a search. I'm in the market for a new scanner. something hopefully below $150. mainly going to be using it to scan my ske…	1 Last	Asmuel May 2009
New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Coming [URL]http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=54763[/URL] oh snap	25 Last	ironbearxl May 2009
2008 Game Developer Magazine Salary Survey Results [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23264[/url] Averages: Programmers: $85,024 Artists: $69,532 Game Designers: $67,379 Producers: $82,905 Quality Assurance: $39,571 Audio: $…	24 Last	Pseudo May 2009
Sculpting Comp "Creatures and Critters" $15000 Hey Guys I'm just spreading the word of a Sculpting Comp called "Creatures and Critters". Everyone's welcome ! [IMG]http://www.cgcoach.com/beta/images/banners/ccforum.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://www.cgc…	6 Last	johnnyb May 2009
remote control deathcar show on Discovery Weaponizers! [url=http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/car_wars_irl.html]short blurb on Make blog with pictures[/url] [url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090427discovery01]press rel…	6 Last	Ben Apuna May 2009
Contemporary "art" does anybody else thing that most contemporary "art" is bullshit? or the way it is explained, written about. for example, i have to read this article on this guy, michael asher who doesnt make art,…	80 Last	Mezz May 2009
weird errors polycount gives me weird errors on firefox lately it says firefox cant figure out the compression or coding of the page, dunno what it means, but half of the posts ont work	11 Last	super_villain May 2009
Muscular anatomy I am primarily an environment artist however I am always interested in developing my character modeling side, what is the general view on using images of bodybuilders from magazines like muscle and f…	7 Last	Karmageddon May 2009
New To the Forums - Question about Char/Env Design Hey guys, I am new to the forums and was wondering what your opinions are on Character vs Environment Design. I just started a Game Art and Design Course and have been working with Maya for some time…	6 Last	Steve Schulze Apr 2009
Polycount wiki down Tried to add some info to the wiki last night, got this. Still happening this morning. [B]Proxy Error[/B] The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server c…	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2009
Stand By Me Makes you feel good. [url]http://gizmodo.com/5231112/best-video-ive-seen-today-will-make-you-smile[/url] - more [url]http://www.playingforchange.com/[/url]	27 Last	Tumerboy Apr 2009
I love you guys. This place rules. [I][SIZE=1]True story.[/SIZE][/I]	48 Last	Waz Apr 2009
I have an interview soon - advice needed FAST! Hi guys! I'm on a games art and design course at university, and in the cuttent economy, Ive been having hell finding a work placement for my sandwich year. (kind of a year out doing work experience)…	8 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2009
thinking of getting back to work yeah I was thinking of getting back in to a studio after my holiday in turkey. does anyone know who is hiring in central/north london right now Freelancing has been dead recently . I have bills to…	6 Last	Ruz Apr 2009
The new dream gamestudio job: casting director Get paid to Get laid! [URL]http://www.modelmayhem.com/1023425[/URL] [quote]I am a Casting Director at BioWare, one of 17 studios in the Electronic Arts corporation. BioWare is distributed between …	5 Last	Fliff Apr 2009
Why I am writing too much. I find myself torn between sitting here on Polycount or sitting with my wife watching Dancing with the stars (finale) and The biggest looser (penultimate episode). Well that should explain why I am …	19 Last	Dazmo Apr 2009
Wife wants to play a MMO again.... So ive done the WoW thing before raided pre-bc and did some bc runs and quit just not feeling the drive to get back into wow. I use to play FFXI before wow was wondering if anyone on here plays FFXI …	34 Last	snemmy Apr 2009
Neverwinter Nights (the first one) max files I was installing Neverwinter Nights on my laptop for when I travel for something to do and while I was patching it, found this page: [url]http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/max_files.html[/url] The…	7 Last	Vrav Apr 2009
A Dead Rising 2 Afterall? [url]http://kotaku.com/5148320/could-this-be-dead-rising-2[/url] Dude... dude...	40 Last	Tumerboy Apr 2009
best book i've ever read. i've stumbled across a really great book called [url=http://www.stevenpressfield.com/books/war_art.asp] The War of Art[/url]. It's a really good book that is very insperational. Unfortunately for th…	20 Last	Bort Apr 2009
Half Life 2 - What was the big deal? I just recently beat this game, after buying the Orange Box for my 360, and I'm trying to figure out what so many people saw in it. For me, it seems like the game was just a lot of long boring sectio…	111 Last	neolith Apr 2009
Amazing bike skills [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o [/ame]	20 Last	ElysiumGX Apr 2009
Proposed law, new warning label for games [URL]http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/12/new-bill-congress-would-add-cigarette-warning-labels-video-games[/URL] [COLOR=Red][B]"WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent …	56 Last	00Zero Apr 2009
Eat3D has a bangin' sale on Hey guys, some of you might know this from their newsletter already but Eat3D, the guys who made the old pillar dvd and a bunch of other dope ones is having a pretty sweet deal on right now. they ha…	1 Last	lefix Apr 2009
Bayonetta [URL="http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14253761/bayonetta/videos/bayonett_trl_climax_041309.html"]Trailer here[/URL] Looks like a pretty awesome game. Directed by the guy that did Devil May Cry.	40 Last	arlrex Apr 2009
looking for Joust Remake images Hey, just looking for the arts from the Joust remake a few polycounters were doing a little while back	10 Last	aesir Apr 2009
Ghostbusters Intro cinemat Look for me, I'm the security guard watching the monitors. :) [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48374.html[/url]	23 Last	Daaark Apr 2009
Land Before Time: Sad Story Okay so I was looking through some animation reference today and stumbled upon some Land Before Time production cels. Which reminded me how awesome that movie was: [URL]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ji…	14 Last	[Deleted User] Apr 2009
Westwood College Sued For Fraud [URL="http://www.videosift.com/video/Westwood-College-Sued-For-Fraud"]http://bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=97429[/URL] Don't forget to tighten up the graphics on level 3! …	77 Last	Delaney King Apr 2009
Game Engines Hey guys, What's the low down on affordable game engines? I've done some research at places like devmaster.net and so forth, but I'm looking for info on engines that may not be advertised there. If y…	4 Last	JacqueChoi Apr 2009
A dude and his bear! Has anyone seen this? [URL]http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/content/expedition-grizzly-3909/brutus-and-me/album-01.html[/URL] This dude has been apparently been raising this 800lb blac…	34 Last	Blaizer Apr 2009
MS Walk Hey all, I'm going to be walking in the MS Walk this Sunday. I was a bit late getting on board, and my team and I need to get some more pledges! So, I was hoping to get some from you kind hearted, c…	1 Last	Joshua Stubbles Apr 2009
CG Workshop Event - "Anomaly" [img]http://www.cgmovement.com/images/posters/test_poster_anomaly.jpg[/img] (Poster art by Jeff Simpson) So I've been taking some time on the side working with a few folks for this event, hoping to …	10 Last	PixelMasher Apr 2009
commercial mods? My friend here gets alot of job offers featuring mods that have high expectations to become fully commercial games. But how realistic is it ? i mean they use top AA game engines like unreal 3 cryengi…	13 Last	Justin Meisse Apr 2009
Modeling of the main character from Bayonetta Figured maybe some people would be interested in this. It is quite brief but gives you a good look at the main character from the upcoming xbox 360 game Bayonetta. At the bottom of the blog article…	1 Last	Xenobond Apr 2009
Industry Giants Dallas Hey guy's, I wanted to post well enough ahead, that in June ( 5th and 6th to be exact ) we will be doing Industry Giants here in Dallas. We are bringing in Jay Hawkins from Epic along with Jason Man…	2 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Apr 2009