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who 'ere uses a mac not the dirty variety, but I've been recently a little pissed off with my laptop and was thinking of playing for the other team, basically im debating over going all out on a new 17" of mac book pro …	41 Last	[MILES] Feb 2009
Dual-screen laptop action [url]http://www.gscreencorp.com/[/url] [url]http://gscreen.blogspot.com/[/url] So, thoughts? Comments? I think it's pretty cool myself but I would like to see a little more about it. Specs don'…	18 Last	notman Feb 2009
Square Enix buys Eidos woo [url]http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7885454.stm[/url]	30 Last	Andreas Feb 2009
Have you heard? [COLOR=DarkRed][B]The Ice Stone has melted![/B][/COLOR]	30 Last	Japhir Feb 2009
Killzone 2? anyone else gonna go pick it up? i bought a ps3 just for that game and to have a blue-ray :P what are your thoughts i was a huge killzone 1 fan :thumbup:	31 Last	Farfarer Feb 2009
Gratz DH so we got another badass character artist here at id Software, and are continuing to sketch out plans to take over the game industry with renewed vigor.	43 Last	Jeff Parrott Feb 2009
Rock/Cliffs thread or tutorial? Hey people. I remember seeing some thread about making rocks/cliffs here but I cannot find it. Anyone know where it's hiding? Or have any good tutorials? I am using Maya, but any tips for whatever …	2 Last	kodde Feb 2009
Max 2010 announced!! [url]http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/blogs_ken/blog_detail/announcement_3ds_max_design_2010/[/url] [url]http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/pimentelk/090207_0425/3ds%20Max%20Design%202010%20-%20Featur…	60 Last	dejawolf Feb 2009
Seriously, wtf?! In Spiderman 2, Peter's neighbor chick asks him to come over for a piece of [B][I]chocolate cake[/I][/B]. Cut to her apartment, where it shows them eating [I][B]yellow cake with chocolate icing[/B].[…	58 Last	rolfness Feb 2009
X-convict is going to make you some Halos? Xconvinct will be bumbling off to Seattle as a hard surface modeler at Bungie. He'll be making your halos, killing your mans some time in the next month. Congrats, Artem!	21 Last	Rens Feb 2009
Diverge Workshop I'm signed up to attend this in a couple of weeks. 2/21 and 22nd. Was wonder if anyone had information about Dallas, Plano and the surrounding area. whats the traffic like? weather around this time …	5 Last	I_luv_Pixels Feb 2009
moving to south korea! Hey guys, I am moving..and I have a question. I am going to purchase a universal power converter/adapter...Can I plug a US power strip into the converter, then plug it into the wall---and use all my…	26 Last	Pope Adam Feb 2009
Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design Would this book work for UT3 as well?	8 Last	Bronco Feb 2009
So how bad is the job situation in the industry right now? I graduated last year with a mediocre portfolio, but I still got some interviews from a few companies. I never got a job beyond the contract one I'm in now but my career advisor kept telling me that…	21 Last	Microneezia Feb 2009
Destructoid's 10 Rules of Videogame Women [quote]Ten Golden Rules of videogame women Jim Sterling [img]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8489/120551120551goldenrulesqb5.jpg[/img] "This is a man's world," James Brown once argued. "But it wou…	30 Last	rolfness Feb 2009
data recovery my old laptop has a load of data that i need to recover off its partitioned drive. im not really that technical :-P but basically think vista is dead not the hardware (fingerscrossed) as it starts b…	8 Last	oXYnary Feb 2009
lowpolyarts.com rips off 3d artwork [IMG]http://www.bobotheseal.com/personal_work/textures/bunker-final.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://lowpolyarts.cerebralgames.com/images/cyborgmarco.jpg[/IMG] I don't know the guy, but he's on my msn (someone…	134 Last	Funky Bunnies Feb 2009
Cananyone answer some questions? Hi I'a a student at ITT Tech in Rancho cordova CA. I have been givin a assignment to interview a person in my field of study, more importantly on texture artists and animators. What skill sets a…	5 Last	Richard Kain Feb 2009
Christian Bale's Apocalyptic 'Terminator Salvation' Meltdown Holy Fuck! You guys hear this? What a total dick. [URL]http://defamer.com/5144753/audio-christian-bales-apocalyptic-terminator-salvation-meltdown[/URL]	121 Last	ebagg Feb 2009
Benjamin Button magic Not sure if this was posted so I thought I'd share: [url]http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/curious-case-benjamin-button/benjamin-buttons-visual-effects[/url]	9 Last	konstruct Feb 2009
Coraline Saw it at midnight last night. First off, WOW the art in that film was absurd. It was definitely the most visually inspring thing I've seen in a long time. The story was really good too. The char…	22 Last	JacqueChoi Feb 2009
Anyone got any used games? [I]******* I want everyone to know that before I started this thread I did read through all the "forum rules" to see if I was allowed to post something like this. I don't know, seemed like somethin…	4 Last	Talbot Feb 2009
Halo Wars Demo demo is out on xbox live, check it out if you get the chance.	26 Last	MattW Feb 2009
CAN I HAS BIRD DAY CAEK FOR VAHLEH?! Happy Birthday you! Lub joo! :) Chunks	30 Last	Joao Sapiro Feb 2009
GenPets - The new Furbies? So... yuh, buddy of mine sent me this link, and I really don't know what to say, so I'm just gonna post the site: [url]http://www.genpets.com/index.php[/url] I can't tell if its a joke or not, but …	7 Last	Ged Feb 2009
Adventure Time picked up by Cartoon Network From [url]http://www.buenothebear.com/ppj/index.html]Pendleton Ward's blog[/url]: "09.28.08 - Adventure Time is being made at Cartoon Network and my days are full of things to do. It's very fun and …	6 Last	killingpeople Feb 2009
EVE Band of Brothers - Get Got! Haha, you guys read this crazyness!? its pretty huge in its scope, this is probably the biggest movement of alliance wealth in any mmo to date. it looks gigantic! anyone know anything else? anyone …	26 Last	Joshua Stubbles Feb 2009
BottleRocket San Diego just caught wind tonight, BottleRocket is no longer. Good luck to anyone that got hit.	16 Last	Jeff Parrott Feb 2009
Last.fm Hey everyone. So my brother, being the radio station manager at his college, told me about this website yesterday. It is called [URL="http://last.fm"]last.fm[/URL]. My first reaction was "I barely …	23 Last	hobodactyl Feb 2009
Burnout Paradise Update and Ultimate Box For those of you still playing Burnout Paradise on 360, what do you think of the visuals of the new FREE v1.6 update in comparison to before? I'm mostly talking about the seemingly poor photoshop …	2 Last	FunkaDelicDass Feb 2009
Battlefield: 1943 Alright, let me don my schoolgirl outfit so I can go.. omg omg omg omg Battlefield: 1943 trailer... [URL]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57101[/URL] dog fights! Wake Island! Yeeesss!!! (PS: …	41 Last	Rox Feb 2009
L4D Expansion New maps bitches! Woot! [url]http://kotaku.com/5147229/left-4-dead-survival-pack-unveiled[/url]	28 Last	sicsided Feb 2009
Oboromuramasa Makes me happy :) [url]http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/828151/marvelous-interactive-project/videos/muramasa_trailer_020609.html[/url]	4 Last	AstroZombie Feb 2009
Dominance War 4 announcement posters Let's do our part to get the word out on the approaching Dominance War 4 contest. Here are some posters that we have put together of 2D and 3D winners. Post these at your school, work, mall, or anyw…	0 Last	adam Feb 2009
A question on freelance contracts Hey folks Any advice on what a good contract for freelancing should contain? What should I make sure is included so that I am protected and don't get stuffed via a contract loop hole etc. I ask thi…	5 Last	PeterK Feb 2009
Crunch/Overtime What do your studios do for crunch/overtime? Do you normally death march? Do you have 'scheduled crunch' where you schedule for a week every few a year or so out? When you crunch, are you required…	49 Last	aesir Feb 2009
Has anyone heard from 'Sonic' lately? Has anyone heard from or seen [URL="http://boards.polycount.net/member.php?u=14072"]Sonic [/URL]lately? We were talking a bit about 3 weeks ago and, if my memory is correct, he mentioned he was sick …	8 Last	Jeremy Wright Feb 2009
Ubisoft Vancouver [url]http://kotaku.com/5145390/ubisoft-acquires-action-pants[/url] With all the layoffs happening in Vancouver lately I thought this was nice to hear. Might be good for us.	15 Last	Keg Feb 2009
Big round of new mythic layoffs?? [URL]http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/04/rumor-more-layoffs-at-mythic-senior-designers-affected/[/URL] "Joystiq has learned from several well-placed sources that a second round -- a much more serious …	15 Last	sir-knight Feb 2009
Max Blastronaut Teaser Video [url]http://coinapp.com/?p=215[/url]	1 Last	rooster Feb 2009
"The Poly-Telier" ( A call to all artists who wish to improve in Washington) Hello all fellow polycounters! Many of you who had met me during the Seattle polycount meet up might remember my ramblings of what im about to explain. Historically many of the great master artist…	11 Last	seforin Feb 2009
Fallout 3 [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/game/4758.html[/url] Anyone else think this thing is looking more and more like Bethesda taking a giant steaming dump on the series?	469 Last	narutozo Feb 2009
Awesome website for all 3d packages. Hey I stumbled upon a pretty awesome website covering every aspect of a 3d package like 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema4d, etc. [url]www.kxcad.net[/url] home The downside on that website however is that you …	3 Last	Snowfly Feb 2009
Card Collecting: Long Dead? It may seem odd that I am inquiring about CCG's, but I have a reason... Somewhere. My main question is whether or not they appeal anymore, or if they have found their grave. For sure, there are stil…	30 Last	Snowfly Feb 2009
Shacknews gets sold to....Gamefly? [url]http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=Mzc2NjEsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=[/url] Um....yeeeeah.	9 Last	bearkub Feb 2009
Crytek buys Free Radical Title says it all mostly. I hope this means TimeSplitters 4 can now continue production. Link to the article: [URL]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57079[/URL]	10 Last	okno Feb 2009
A resonable question from a nice, decent person. Why the fuck to my fiances keep leaving me? I'm serious, this is my second in 3 years, what the fuck am I doing wrong. I'm decent, got a good job, I care, I am loving, and I'm not a complete bastar…	44 Last	JohnnyRaptor Feb 2009
DALLAS WORKSHOP?? anyone going to the massive black workshop in dallas, or does anybody in dallas have a couch and floor for a couple polycounters for a handful of nights? last, if there are no floors and you are goin…	5 Last	richkid Feb 2009
EA closures Ouch! [URL]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22150[/URL]	3 Last	ElysiumGX Feb 2009
UTIII for PC $10 @ GoGammer!! For those of your looking to get into modding, here you go... and it's a decent game to boot. Get Unreal Tournament for the PC for $10.00 at GoGammer.com [URL="http://www.gogamer.com/Unreal-Tourname…	6 Last	Wheel Feb 2009