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New Unreal Editor 3 Training Video Hey guys, I just wanted to let everyone know about a new UE3 video that was just released called Unreal Kismet: An Introduction and Application. My good friend Rusty Sepmsrott worked hard on it for a…	9 Last	AstroZombie Feb 2009
who do you make your art for ok guys this is a question i have been meaning to ask the polycount members for awhile. Who do you make your art for? I'm not talking about what companies you work for or anything like that, but who …	52 Last	Talbot Feb 2009
iPhone woes Ya'll seem like a smart bunch with these new fangled gadgets. I've not found any answers in google or otherwise. All I can find is uber noob info. My phone needs to be restored every other time that…	5 Last	Rhinokey Feb 2009
I think I'm done with movies for the week.... Meet the Feebles.. Hard Candy... Gozu.... I'm cashing in my chips and waiting for the next round. o.O;; lol	2 Last	skankerzero Feb 2009
Transformers 2 trailer (+ GI JOE!) damn... can't wait for all the eye candy. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAujq_F_AD0&fmt=18[/ame]	59 Last	skankerzero Feb 2009
Mega snow in UK hey, its seems to have snowed alot last night which gave me the chance to build a snow man on my car. [img]http://www.pn3d.co.uk/images/snow 09/02022009458.jpg[/img] it was lacking in the size de…	31 Last	sir-knight Feb 2009
Anyone own Gears of War PC? Got GoW PC? Tried playing it over the last couple of days? [url]http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/01/drm-now-renders.html[/url] How come nobody can get DRM right? :(	22 Last	kraphik Feb 2009
GOEMAN- movie...pretty cool looking [url]http://www.goemonmovie.com/index.html[/url]	2 Last	ebagg Feb 2009
Cards go to the superbowl? lulz! woah go cards!	32 Last	Richard Kain Feb 2009
Heroes thread! Lost has it's own on going thread, why not Heroes!? Post your thoughts, theories, predictions, etc etc. And obviously, this will be chock full of spoilers!	298 Last	Jesse Moody Feb 2009
Some helpful links Hey all, I was shown this website today "Thinking Animation" and I thought I'd post some helpful pages from that site. [url]http://thinkinganimation.com/career.php[/url] - Deals with a lot of great …	0 Last	JasonLavoie Feb 2009
Global Game Jam: Jan 30- Feb 1 [URL]http://www.globalgamejam.org/index.html[/URL] [quote]You are a developer, a student, a programmer, a designer, a thinker, an artist, a musician etc etc. Come by yourself and form a team when yo…	9 Last	Nysuatro Feb 2009
The Self Learner's Checklist (work in progress) Self Learner's check list Hello dear polcounteneers! I'm making this thread to asses what it is someone teaching themselves needs to know In order to land their first job, and because I want to se…	7 Last	Ott Feb 2009
Forum Help Please - Posting Attachments Hey everyone, I'm new to Polycount (This site is amazing BTW) and I am curious as to why I am not able to post attachments. At the bottom of any thread I have : You may post new threads You may po…	5 Last	Freestone39 Feb 2009
Bournemouth University Hello, I am looking for information regarding how good Bournemouth university is for 3D Modeling and Animation. Specifically in regards to two courses, [url]http://courses.bournemouth.ac.uk/Course.…	13 Last	t4paN Feb 2009
Check out what I've been working on... [IMG]http://photos-d.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v721/2/84/502640755/n502640755_1484499_5133.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://photos-f.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v721/2/84/502640755/n502640755_1484501_694…	41 Last	Asmuel Feb 2009
Super Bowl ads Figured I would post a spot we could link or discuss our favorite commercials since that is a reason some people watch the game. So here goes...Hopefully we get some cool ads despite the crazy econo…	2 Last	dfacto Feb 2009
Games For Windows: Marketplace Anyone checked out the Games For Windows Marketplace? I don't know exactly when it was released... or if there is a thread already for it... but I'm just wondering what people think. I for one thi…	0 Last	Talbot Feb 2009
How do you organize/save your bookmarks? Ever since I started visiting polycount on a regular basis I've always wanted to somehow have an easy place to bookmark threads and external links that people share. My only problem is that I sadly …	8 Last	Pedro Amorim Feb 2009
Tim Burton's "9" [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIpZxBczWUg&feature=related[/ame] I know this trailer has been out for a while... but it looks SICK!	6 Last	John Warner Feb 2009
http://www.mir-12.com [URL="http://www.mir-12.com/"]http://www.mir-12.com[/URL] It's viral marketing for Singularity. It is kind of hokey but from what I heard that is what they were going for.	30 Last	ScoobyDoofus Feb 2009
Why no challenges? This forum seems to have died. Why have there been no new challenges? I know DW is coming, but it has been weeks.	35 Last	EarthQuake Feb 2009
UGO Buys 1UP [URL]http://kotaku.com/5125034/mass-firings-at-1up-after-sale[/URL] Nooooooo! (shakes fist violently at the sky) Tragedy! The latest series of game industry layoffs has struck not the development c…	25 Last	ColinR Feb 2009
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin Hi guys. What do you think about FEAR 2. Have just played the singleplayer demo about 4 times (i love FEAR) and i think its really cool. I cant wait for the release :D. I hope in the releaseversion a…	40 Last	rooster Jan 2009
If you're buying art books in London... Check out [URL="http://www.foyles.co.uk/"]Foyle's[/URL], the big bookstore on Charing Cross Road! They've got pretty much the entire range of [URL="http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/"]Ballistic Pub…	13 Last	Adam Curtis Jan 2009
David Letterman tonight (1/30/09) Bill Hicks stuff I just heard, so sorry for the late notice passing it on, but I heard through a friend that tonight on David Letterman, Mary Hicks, Bill Hicks' mom is going to be on the show. Also on the show tonig…	3 Last	bearkub Jan 2009
ladies and gentlemen: may i present MDickie. [url=http://www.mdickie.com/about.htm][img]http://www.mdickie.com/images/photos/ref_portrait07.JPG[/img][/url] [url]http://www.mdickie.com/about.htm[/url] [quote=MDickie]Every industry has one. The…	38 Last	Psyk0 Jan 2009
google doesn't work? somehow it appears that he filters every website as dangerous for my computer, anyone else has this problem?	12 Last	MoP Jan 2009
Idle question for the pros among us... Have any of you ever heard of a man named Luke Ahearn? I can't mention why, but his name came up where I work recently. SUPPOSEDLY he worked at the MOVES institute on America's Army, among other gam…	7 Last	Valandar Jan 2009
Is your studio obsessed with bacon? Is your studio obsessed with bacon or is this just a Mythic thing? I blame Bacon Salt's aggressive marketing to game devs (giving packages of bacon salt to producers at shows)	47 Last	InProgress Jan 2009
Closed Crap artist can't get job, whines about it [URL="http://bndesign.t83.net/#/models/4524978210"]Brian Nathanson's portfolio.[/URL] [URL="http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/540/oped_from_the_outside_looking_in.php"]His feature on Game Care…	208 Last	MoP Jan 2009
Dom War Feature / Information [url]http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4894[/url]	18 Last	NyneDown Jan 2009
making of WARHAMMER ONLINE BLUR Here is a 2 hour presentation on the making of the warhammer online intro video. [url]http://gnomonschool.com/events/blurwarhammeronline/blur_warhammer-online.php[/url]	14 Last	Marcus Dublin Jan 2009
Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout Trailer looks awesome! [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44909.html[/url]	14 Last	rooster Jan 2009
Simple Question - Plasma or LCD I'm in the market for a new tv. My old one is about 8 years old it's a GIANT 40 inch CRT. The thing is like 2 feet deep and weighs a million pounds. I'm not looking to break the bank, but now is a p…	25 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2009
dungeons and dragons the movie Fuckin terrible	19 Last	notman Jan 2009
Final Fantasy 13: New Trailer I've watched it 4 times now....I think Square's winning me back. Wait a few minutes, there IS gameplay, and it's really nice. [url]http://na.square-enix.com/ff13/[/url]	22 Last	sir-knight Jan 2009
Construction sign in TX gets hacked, message changed to... Zombies Ahead! [url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html[/url] I'm sure I'd laugh right before I drove off a cliff, or into the back end of a paver...	9 Last	vik Jan 2009
mayan textures back up Hi I'm not sure if this is old news but it seems Mayan Texture libraries is back up. I did a quick search and no results came up. link here [url]http://www.mayang.com/textures/index.htm[/url]	6 Last	TheSplash Jan 2009
Bullshot Artist? Saw this on blues. [URL]http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=17487&accountno=101[/URL] Check it out. [quote]4-year college degree required[/quote]to [quote]Perform advanced…	12 Last	KeyserSoze Jan 2009
Rage (long post) NOT ABOUT THE GAME! NO COOL PICTURES! NO FEATURES! NO COMMENTARY! So I'm at work right now, and just a few short moments ago I decided that surfing polycount on my employer's time was getting me qu…	13 Last	pliang Jan 2009
Repo! The Genetic Opera so yeah, I'm torn, I love rock operas but am I goth enough for this movie? There's been alot of positive buzz about it, i like this quote the best: "Imagine if The Big Lebowski-era Coen Brothers had…	25 Last	Inpw Jan 2009
Greetings Haven't seen you before, but this looks like a nice community- the board mods are nicely integrated, and you seem to be a pretty talented bunch. I'm a longtime designer of many things, robotics most…	2 Last	Tumerboy Jan 2009
Most catastrophic loss The other day I was reading Griff Rhys Jones had to bail from his boat and abandon his laptop that had the only copy of his novel he'd been working on for two years solid. What's the most amount of …	30 Last	Sage Jan 2009
I am in need of some guidence I been in this art school for about 2 years now, and until recently i been happy to an extent. They opened my eyes to the arts and made me appreciate a lot of things but at the same time i can't help…	18 Last	killingpeople Jan 2009
action, Action, ACTION! Some explosive! Something Awesome!!! i want to see some action movie where some major BS happens or a martial arts movie where someone arms gets ripped off and gets used as a weapon! Provide me with …	27 Last	RawRanator Jan 2009
When is the next... When is the next Low Poly Contest?? I'm really excited that this forum has its one section just for it!	19 Last	[Deleted User] Jan 2009
Blade&Soul vs Tera For a little over 5 years I haven't played a single mmo, for the sole reason that I was sick of every one of them having essentialy the same battle system, that is ones that are purely stat driven. D…	5 Last	bounchfx Jan 2009
whats the game im thinking of? it was a fair while back, a 3rd person rpg who's selling point was it took the piss out of rpgs made references to creatures dropping gold and other nonsensical items, heavily stereotyped characters…	4 Last	Vrav Jan 2009
Polycount's European Store is now open. Hey guys, just a note that we've opened a European store that should ship at a relatively cheaper to Europeans and other countries like Japan & Australia. As always, I'd love to see pictures of you …	28 Last	MoP Jan 2009