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Game story? [URL]http://kotaku.com/5130882/hey-game-developers-learn-how-to-use-your-game-writers[/URL] This article, though short, really touches a nerve with me. It's a trend I've noticed for the past few yea…	28 Last	Asherr Jan 2009
Youre lucky day if you're from UK 1000 pound video card for 12 pounds ? Maybe someone can thank me by buying me one too ? [url]http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&cs=ukdhs1&sku=A1662660#Overview[/url]	17 Last	Andreas Jan 2009
HAPPY LEE3DEE DAY! Happy Birthday Mang! We better go out again sometime soon, the wife wants to come over and play with your wii. [IMG]http://www.spacepimping.com/graphics/myspace-happy-birthday-graphics/HappyBirthd…	22 Last	Thegodzero Jan 2009
Don't forget about Technical Talk Here at Polycount we have a dedicated forum for all the technical talk related the tools of our trade. It's located [URL="http://boards.polycount.net/forumdisplay.php?f=43"]here[/URL]. I'm not tryin…	5 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2009
fun learning with kismet hey guys i found an old image in hard drive a while back i though you guys might appreciate the humor life choices described by kismet [IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x12/thefirston/Kismet.j…	0 Last	Thefirston Jan 2009
Forum Question : Images Hey all, Stupid question, i know, but this is the first time I've had the need/desire to post images into a fourm post, and as far as I can tell I am only able to post links to images hosted elsewh…	2 Last	Skygrasper Jan 2009
Autodesk Freelance Site [URL]http://www1.discreet.com/site/freelance.nsf/$$Search[/URL] Aside from searching for freelancers there is a link to get added to the list. I can't remember if this has been posted before. I vag…	2 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
Best Job/Vacatiion EVER To those affected by the layoffs, Welcome to the best opportunity of your life. [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090113032028[/url] The only neg…	20 Last	CrazyMatt Jan 2009
moving to Portland, Oregon area! Are there any polycounters in the area, I was hoping to be able to find someone to split rent with. Would certainly make the moving process a lot easier. Either way, Thanks and I look forward to see…	3 Last	Vrav Jan 2009
Greatest game ever made [url]http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php[/url] i know there's a thread for awesome stuff, but i thought this was special. it's not often that there's a level of abstraction like this in game…	45 Last	snemmy Jan 2009
Forum width The new layout helps with this, but I still have issues. My usual monitor for browsing is my 1440x900 display that is turned to portrait (ie. 90 degrees from normal 'widescreens'). This means that th…	10 Last	pior Jan 2009
Dennis Muren vancouver siggraph presentation So the local Siggraph chapter is having a week or so long Spark FX film festival kinda thing with lots of guest speakers this month, lots of amazing topics to choose from but the one that caught my e…	1 Last	PixelMasher Jan 2009
My Phone repels Jobs So I just talked to a company about an internship, and my phone decided that today would be the day it wanted to be a piece of crap. Throughout the conversation I had to listen to a nice intense "buz…	6 Last	Mil0 Jan 2009
Curious Case of Bejamin Button VFX Ha ha, I've been meaning to see this movie for awhile now, but I always wondered how (or even IF) they did VFX, this little article breaks it down a bit, some really awesome photos too. [url]http://…	12 Last	Rens Jan 2009
IGF finalists (article at offworld) [url]http://www.offworld.com/offworld-igf-2009-01.html[/url] For those of you who have an interest in indie gaming, this article should make you smile. These aren't the type of games that generate t…	8 Last	Michael Knubben Jan 2009
Darwin Awards 2009 Nominee #001 [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WlRvMugKFU8[/ame]	27 Last	PixelMasher Jan 2009
Snow fun and beauty thread Post your pictures and movies of you and your family having fun in the snow :D nice snow pictures are welcome too. mine: [URL]http://www.vimeo.com/2779842[/URL] [IMG]http://img133.imageshack.us/img…	23 Last	Thegodzero Jan 2009
problems with making disney's sleeping beauty castle in 3D? Hello there, For my next project I had the idea to recreate the sleeping beauty castle from Disneyland Paris this one: [url]http://www.disneyfrontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/disneyland_paris…	19 Last	Quokimbo Jan 2009
Time Warp No, it's not a game or a movie. It's actually a show on the Discovery Channel. The premise of the show is essentially just a couple of guys (scientists or not) run around filming things in super slo…	6 Last	pior Jan 2009
El Coro's Transient hope its ok to post a link to another forum, its worth it!! For anyone who hasn't seen this yet, check it out! [url]http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=123338[/url] El Coro works w/ Massi…	4 Last	rooster Jan 2009
In case you didn't notice... (DOMINANCE WAR 4!) ...looks like things are getting fired up for Dominance War 4. [url]http://www.dominancewar.com/[/url] Every year, some ridiculous shit has come up to keep me from finishing my entry. No excuses…	74 Last	snemmy Jan 2009
9 Trailer: Produced by Tim Burton Looks awesome. Art direction is very refreshing and unique in my opinion. [url="http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/"]http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/[/url] Movie started…	1 Last	gavku Jan 2009
Happy day of birth Skeptical Nate and Keen! That's right, I said it. Happy Birthday guys!	26 Last	Pedro Amorim Jan 2009
animator's survival kit: animated. worth the price? I just saw this, and was incredibly excited: [url]http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/[/url] I mean I read the book, and it was great- but seeing all the examples in motion, and richard williams …	17 Last	apocalypse Jan 2009
Can anyone recommend a good environment concept artist Hey there folks,i anunfortunately am being forced to quite quickly update my portfolio,which im sure you know what that means,new job soon very likely. And well i am not good at designing my own work…	12 Last	JO420 Jan 2009
Games Grads 09 [url]http://www.gamesgrads.co.uk/[/url] Just a heads up to students/grads in the UK in case they didnt know of this event. No idea if its effective or not, but worth a shot I guess!	2 Last	killingpeople Jan 2009
Looking for nice place to live (washington Issaquah ) Im currently trying to find any info on a place in Issaquah , I am trying to find hopefully a house/town house to rent from . If anyone has info please help me out. Im doing research right now on cra…	7 Last	Parnell Jan 2009
Books? I'm sure that you've all read a book at some point in your life, and I'm suggesting that you start sharing good ones with all your lovely polycount friends! Personally, I haven't read too many books…	85 Last	Joopson Jan 2009
New MacBook So what do you think? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTeO_E96tm4[/ame]	16 Last	PixelMasher Jan 2009
Tribes 2 Fix Ok, I know several of you have mentioned playing Tribes 2 at one point. Those who were still playing, may have been made aware that Vivendi shut down the Master servers. Well, a group has released an…	3 Last	notman Jan 2009
I finally got it! After working hard these last 2 years and making alot of trail and Error and mistakes, I finally got it! I got a job at Digini!!! Washington!! Thank you very much Polycount if it wasnt for alot of …	64 Last	okkun Jan 2009
Car Accidents on the go for all your xbox on the go needs [url]http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/04/suzuki-xbox-dashboard-mod-for-the-undignified-gamer-on-the-go/[/url]	6 Last	ebagg Jan 2009
BBC news article on Games sales There was a thread a while back about how the global financial crisis would affect the gaming industry.. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7814272.stm[/url] good sales will turn around how…	3 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Jan 2009
OK, I screwed up here... I forgot for the third year in a row to make slum's birthday thread. So, happy birthday asscheese. :D	24 Last	SHEPEIRO Jan 2009
LOTR Conquest Demo Has anyone tried this demo? I stumbled on this in XBL. I'm an Old fan of the Battlefront series and this was pretty fun online.	6 Last	Flynny Jan 2009
My new set up been wanting to do this for awhile, just got the time. i had 2 21" cintiqs, but i found myself using only 1 most of the time, i just liked having 2 cause i never had to put down my pen and pick up a…	33 Last	dejawolf Jan 2009
Aquaria - if you like metroidvania type games... Aquaria is a awesome metroidvania style indie game. I recently bought it off steam and I just finished completing it, I liked everything about it, the art, sound, story and most importantly gameplay.…	7 Last	Steve Schulze Jan 2009
unlockable content good or bad? I'm working on a rhythm game for Xbox community games, and have a question regarding unlockable content. Some people think most content should be locked for most games, and that having all content av…	14 Last	East Jan 2009
Pixologic on Gears of War 2 [url]http://www.pixologic.com/interview/epic/1/[/url]	2 Last	JohnnyRaptor Jan 2009
Open Beta [url]http://kotaku.com/5124078/catch-real-mexicans-in-this-real-border-crossing-game[/url] Sign me up... ;)	2 Last	ae. Jan 2009
F*** Gold's Gym (rant) My fellow dudes... I'm pissed so my thoughts are clouded, but I got to vent somehow. Stay the fuck away from Gold's Gym, I beg you. I am currently getting fucked by them and their financial company …	34 Last	Hebs Jan 2009
I'm a proud parent.... of a new years baby lager! [img]http://artbyjustin.com/misc/brew_kit01.jpg[/img] He should be ready on Feb 13th... Friday the 13th! Hahah, yeah, I was considering ringing in the the new year with an…	16 Last	PixelMasher Jan 2009
Shoddy games courses. Right, I’ve graduated from a Games course and while I was there it wasn’t particularly spectacular and I didn’t take the initiative while I was there to do what I should have –…	59 Last	Microneezia Jan 2009
trackball does somebody know where i can get a small trackball unit to solder into my xbox 360 controller to have it instead of the right stick? i hate moving the view with a stick i only fount keyboards for…	9 Last	arrangemonk Jan 2009
Animation challenge? I actually brought this up over at gameartisans, but that place is already overloaded with comps/challenges, so I thought this place would be a good place to suggest this. There aren't any game rel…	27 Last	sir-knight Jan 2009
Terminator 2 - what software? I was watching one of the Zbrush website testimonials of a guy talking about how back in the day he worked on the T1000 effects and I was just wondering what kind of software/techniques they used bac…	8 Last	scourgewarper Jan 2009
Are games worth $60? There's this thread on [H]ardOCP about retail games taking a price dip because of the state of the economy. And out of that people started saying the cost of games don't equal the value of gameplay t…	81 Last	Darth Tomi Jan 2009
laptop hard drives I need to invest in a new hard drive for my lap ptop as on of them self destructed recently I was looking at something like this [url]http://www.laptopshop.co.uk/western_digital-hdwd250gbpata-laptop…	4 Last	Lamont Jan 2009
Too many console versions Why is it in recent years technology has broken into so many different versions? Many of which have a shorter and shorter life spans? Is it consumer trends? Have we as a society told the industries…	27 Last	Lee3dee Jan 2009
relocating overseas I imagine there are alot of international artists here that have done something similar... hypothetically speaking if one were to relocate to another continent from north america what are the steps…	0 Last	Hito Jan 2009