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Moving to Austin, TX :D Today I accepted a contract job at Bioware Austin to work as an FX Artist on Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. I wouldn't have gotten this job without the help of [b]Rob Galanakis[/b] who said that…	34 Last	GODofbiscuits Mar 2009
Adobe PS CS4 update Anyone try this yet? The website says they addressed performance issues. I'm going to check it out today, I doubt the update can be any worse than CS4 as it is. [url]http://www.adobe.com/support/…	30 Last	Blaizer Mar 2009
FREE PC Give-away - 3D for Games Hello. Over at 3d-for-games they are giving away a FREE PC! The owner, Andy Gahan, works in the games industry and is working on the next Motorstorm game from Sony. He has written a few books on ga…	7 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Mar 2009
Whoops Future projects leaked through someone's CV: [URL="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/lego-harry-potter-crystal-skull-games-next-from-travellers-tales"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/lego-…	17 Last	seforin Mar 2009
Valencia next week Hey guys, I'm going on a work-related-trip to Valencia. Got hired to shoot massive amounts of architectural reference there :) So I got a few days to do other stuff besides shoot reference. Just ch…	1 Last	Rens Mar 2009
KZ2 Sixaxis Sniping? Has anyone played with this...I accidentally stumbled upon it when I was moving on my couch and trying to snipe...I think it is an awesome touch and it works pretty well. This is the only real use th…	6 Last	ae. Mar 2009
Friendly reminder, especially if you work for EA Back up your stuff asap. Take home personal belongings (like self bought office furniture). Once they call you to kick you out you're pretty much frozen out of the network, your machine and your ro…	11 Last	Rob Galanakis Mar 2009
Best series to watch online for free or next to nothing! I've all but forsaken watching things on TV, I usually watch maybe the news, sports games, and that's about it. I used to DVR shows occasionally so I can watch them when I wanted and skip the commerc…	21 Last	acc Mar 2009
Laptop vs. Desktop Relating to the thread I started about what to do with my $1600...everyone says I should save my money, but IF I do spend it, I want to see how many people prefer working on a desktop and how many wo…	10 Last	Jeff Parrott Mar 2009
Lasik I've tossed around the idea in the past but I'm still kind of iffy about it, [i]lasers in my eyes!?[/i] anyone here get it done?	29 Last	Vitor Mar 2009
Workstation vs. consumer hardware My Alienware laptop recently died two weeks ago and I'm going to build a desktop again. My last desktop (built about 4 years ago) ran Maya, 3Ds Max OK and had consumer parts like a Radeon instead of…	21 Last	\|Buddy\| Mar 2009
Tv series : Jekyll I'm watching this on netflix now, just spotted it and decided to give it a try, anyone else watch it? i've never even heard of it before, enjoying it a good bit. up to episode 6 now oh no seems l…	4 Last	Rhinokey Mar 2009
+1 ... - rens gets older so quick and short because I'm not the one for big words: BUT happy BIRTHDAY Rens!!! - I hope u have enough liquid available to celebrate a liddle - say goodbye to some functions of your body, now…	29 Last	Rens Mar 2009
What would you do with $1600?? Ok guys, Ive got a problem, not a bad problem but a problem. Today I got my refund check from my school loans for $1600 and I am thinking about what to do with it. Im a student at the Art Institute o…	57 Last	Ryno Mar 2009
March Issue 3d World Magazine I didn't see this posted so I thought I'd shout out that the Unearthly challenge done by pixelgoat and tor frick ([url]http://www.pixelgoat.se/viewImage.php?id=110[/url]) was showcased in the Exhibit…	5 Last	breakneck Mar 2009
Lets share our inspiration folders I had the idea that we could all use some cross inspiration and I'm sure you guys have some really great stuff you have collected over the years, Ironically I have not started an inspiration folder u…	43 Last	fade1 Mar 2009
Spiffy Chaps - Webcomic Hey guys. I hope this isn't against forum rules or anything, but i just wanted to post a link to a site that 2 friends and I just got up yesterday. [url]www.spiffychaps.com[/url] Its a little webco…	32 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Mar 2009
Want Free Portfolio Space? Given the times that are in it, I thought I would offer my webspace upto anyone who would like somewhere to host their portfolio or resume site. I've seen alot of good friends become suddenly unemplo…	8 Last	RonanHayes Mar 2009
retarded KillZone 2 review [url]http://ps3thevolution.com/2009/03/09/killzone-2-smoke-and-mirrors-from-a-cgi-artist/[/url] Here's a really retarded review of KillZone2 by a "real CGI artist." Some really retarded things jum…	50 Last	Joopson Mar 2009
L4D Official SDK Documentation here's : [url]http://www.l4d.com/LevelDesignDocs.zip[/url]	1 Last	sicsided Mar 2009
Germany and Alabama shootings?! WTF is going on with people? I heard late last night that someone in Alabama went on a shooting spree, then I hear this morning that Germany had a crazy shooter also. Both were spread across large ar…	10 Last	bounchfx Mar 2009
Call for Submissions - Into The Pixel Just received an email from the AIAS. Looks like an interesting avenue for people who have released titles, to showcase some of their art. [url]http://www.intothepixel.com/[/url] Now in its sixth …	0 Last	JacqueChoi Mar 2009
So..Noby Noby Boy anyone? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjwzr5QRJs&feature=related[/ame]	12 Last	Kevin Albers Mar 2009
the uncrackable found this on piratebay: UNCRACKABLE!!! haha. removed the link because of violations of polycount rules: [quote] Steel Beasts Pro PE Here it is- an ISO of the most realistic modern tank simulator …	18 Last	Jeremy Wright Mar 2009
What ive been working on... [url]http://g4tv.com/xplay/blog/post/693186/X-Play-Watchmen-The-End-is-Nigh-Hands-On.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=X-Play[/url] Videos of Game(Watchmen) i have been working …	14 Last	Jeff Parrott Mar 2009
Unseen 64 Pretty cool site, its awesome looking at games that were in production but got cancelled also pretty cool to see early builds of games that have since released check it out: [url]http://www.unseen64…	1 Last	skankerzero Mar 2009
Major UT3 Update [B]Epic Games has been quietly working behind the scenes on a M-M-MASSIVE update for Unreal Tournament 3. However, the most exciting news may just be that this is only the beginning - a very small pa…	37 Last	Talbot Mar 2009
IGF Audience Award! Go vote for retro/grade! Hey everyone a demo that I worked on with the start up that I was doing was submitted to the IGF awards. It got nominated for Excellence in Design and Excellence in Audio. Also it's up for the Audien…	2 Last	Tumerboy Mar 2009
Closed Cyborg Dragon Community welcome to CyborgDragon Community & forum .	12 Last	adam Mar 2009
Robert "Orpheus" Headley now lives in Portland, Oregon! or rather, Tualatin but with TriMet its all more or less the same. lol. If anyone lives in the area and would be interested in hanging out sometime. Shoot me an email. [email]Robertheadley@gmail.co…	0 Last	Robert Headley Mar 2009
tech-artists.org GDC 09 Guide We've put together a technical artist oriented guide to GDC for our members, I thought Polycount could find it useful as well (and despite my encouragement for it to Adam, PC isn't really doing any o…	1 Last	Ryan Hawkins Mar 2009
spam forum !! i have created this forums .... [url]http://3dkernel.com/forums/[/url] neglecting the free stuff , i just established a spam forum , ... for fun , i just want to know what is goin to happen , ..…	5 Last	aniceto Mar 2009
My graduation project Hey guys, I completely forgot to tell you all here that I graduated in February!!! I am now a master in Communication and Multimedia Design yay! My graduation project was to brainstorm for cool ga…	13 Last	charger Mar 2009
Wroclaw anyone? Hello. As a university student, I'm going on Erasmus project (a European Union project for students mobility across diferent countries). Me and three more classmates are going to study a semester on …	11 Last	Vitor Mar 2009
new free Eat3D tutorials section Just got this in the latest newsletter from eat 3d and they posted a few simple little video tutorials for getting models and models with animation into UE3 and also a quicky howto on creating a turn…	11 Last	dejawolf Mar 2009
This is how I dream. Well, not really but whatever. It's a cool video. Environment monkeys will love it for sure. [URL="http://i.gizmodo.com/5164434/the-holodeck-as-re%20imagined-in-2009"]http://vimeo.com/3365942[/URL]	29 Last	Vrav Mar 2009
Seattle Polycount Meetup #3!!!! So I'm heading back to CA for two months (Bungie contract is up) and I thought it would be cool to have one more meet up. I leave next week Thursday so I was thinking we could meet up on Wed (28th).…	121 Last	Cryocat Mar 2009
Closed Hello Polycount... Just a little notice from your neighbors over at GameArtisans.org... [CENTER][COLOR=Red][B]When The War Starts. We Will Destroy You All.[/B][/COLOR] [IMG]http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/1718…	251 Last	Emil Mujanovic Mar 2009
Blade 3D Game Engine!! The Visual Game Engine! Hello fellow polycounters! It’s been a while! As many of you know I recently relocated for a new job to Washington state (which has been nothing short of awesome, great place to be and live…	36 Last	seforin Mar 2009
New Star Trek trailer [URL]http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/[/URL] Am I the only one who still likes Star Trek? Anyway, I thought this trailer was served with an extra helping of awesome sauce. I will b…	6 Last	Luxury Mar 2009
The new internet code of conduct? Is it the norm to act like raving b-tards now? The general act like a complete dick but occasionally say LOL to let people know you aren't serious kind of attitude. I think it's gotten out of hand,…	22 Last	Yozora Mar 2009
new terminator trailer well, I think I may have to see this now. At first I was pretty much ignoring this movie... but it looks like they may actually pull a decent movie out of their terminating ass this time around. [u…	34 Last	Rory_M Mar 2009
One blue whale. [url]http://www.wdcs.co.uk/media/flash/whalebanner/content_pub_en.html[/url], Ah one blue whale squeezed into your monitor.	7 Last	sir-knight Mar 2009
New Desktop So I am putting together a new desktop this weekend. [LIST] []AMD Phenom 9850 2.5ghz quad core []9800GTX GR2 512mb ram []8 Gig Ram []1x TB hd []1x 300 GB hd []Vista Ultimate 64bit [/LIST] S…	6 Last	Ryan Hawkins Mar 2009
Guy arrested for photographing sewer grates This guy got arrested and held for 2 days under suspicion that he was photographing sewer grates in Manchester but was released when they couldn't find any pictures of the sewer grate on his cell [ur…	33 Last	[Deleted User] Mar 2009
Our first iPhone game Not sure if this should be here or in P&P, but our first iPhone game has just been released! It is a port of an earlier freeware open source game that [url=www.wolfire.com]Wolfire[/url] made for a Ma…	7 Last	Ninjas Mar 2009
Call the cops when mcdonalds dont have my mcflurry!! This lady called 911 when they didnt have chicken nuggets.... [URL]http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=005ba96d-e315-4431-9a0c-fced178fc558&from=&fg=rss[/URL]	6 Last	PolyHertz Mar 2009
Urbis - Videogame Nation Exhibition If anyones in or around Manchester (U.K.) from May to September... [URL]http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3296[/URL]	0 Last	pixelmitherer Mar 2009
Wii ports are lame, however... ...remakes like this [url]http://kotaku.com/5164152/a-boy-and-his-blob-and-their-screenshots[/url] are golden. I love the art direction they took with this title. I never had a chance to play the ori…	8 Last	FAT_CAP Mar 2009
I got a job! I posted a quite a few of the things I have worked on in here, and I have to say it has paid off! I just got a job at High Voltage Software! I want to thank everyone on here who has taken their t…	14 Last	JasonLavoie Mar 2009