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Dead Snow OMG TOTAL WIN... Nazi Zombies in the Snow....Count me in! [URL]http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39336[/URL] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KQh87_V2Q[/ame][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3…	6 Last	Paul Pepera Dec 2008
Riddick : Assault on Dark Athena Trailer FTW: [URL]http://io9.com/5101635/riddick-is-your-zen-buddhist-philosopher-of-space-murder[/URL] If this is anywhere near as good as Escape from Butcher Bay, I'm lookin forward to it. :poly…	21 Last	Tulkamir Dec 2008
game artist job interview - how to dress? Hi guys, My job interviews are getting close now, and I was wondering what kind of clothes to wear? Would a pair of jeans & sneakers be fine (of course not too grungy :) ) I guess a full suit is a…	42 Last	Azreality Dec 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4 coverage My coworker just showed me this page... I thought it was badass and wanted to share it with the polycount... maybe you've seen this already, but I found it really cool. [url]http://features.cgsocie…	2 Last	pliang Dec 2008
Job Market: Animators what does the job market in North America look like as far as entry level game animators go? I have a friend who is in school and is trying to decide whether to direct his education more toward envi…	4 Last	MagicSugar Dec 2008
Black Mesa Source Trailer [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oGlhgVz5r6E&fmt=22[/ame] Looks like the mod team have really gone to some great lengths, brought back memories of HL1 watching it lol I'm quite excited to see this…	26 Last	b1ll Dec 2008
Midway sold? [url]http://www.edge-online.com/news/midway-sold-00012-share[/url]	28 Last	J Randall Dec 2008
3D space recordings/play back in ALL videogames Hey, so I've been playing GTA4 for PC (second time through the game, first was on 360) and I have to say I absolutely love the playback feature. Not only is it a recording of the last 40 seconds, but…	6 Last	Rox Dec 2008
using initiative, or is it? Hey guys, Apologies first off cos ive had afew pints with my dad and his mates as I always do on a tuesday..,,so ya know bear with me :) . Just to give some relevent background info here my current…	20 Last	rawkstar Dec 2008
I just got like 3X better as an artist You know what? for the longest time i was worried about being original, and I'm happy to say that I'm finally over that stupid bullshit. if i was texturing a model, i didnt' want to incorporate cool…	19 Last	shotgun Dec 2008
Absinthe legal in US? I was over at Binny's (liquer store) the other day and they were sampling Absinthe and the lady working there said that it was the real stuff and that a few months ago a law was passed making it lega…	19 Last	TomDunne Dec 2008
PETA´s Cooking mama game. [url]http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/index.asp[/url] Sooo, is it just me that thinks they are kinda raping the name/license? "Play Mama Kills Animals Now! In PETA's Thanksgiving-themed parody of …	45 Last	Justin Meisse Dec 2008
Berlin Hello, I'm thinking about planning a trip to the city of Berlin sometime next year. Just wondering if anyone knew the city well and could recommend any good places to visit? interesting shops (comic…	6 Last	pixelmitherer Dec 2008
Adobe User Research Study A friend who works at Adobe passed this my way, perhaps some people here might be interested... [QUOTE][B]External Casual Game Developers Needed for Upcoming Adobe User Research StudySponsored by th…	11 Last	funshark Dec 2008
who is the best band in the world? and why? basically, post an example of who you believe is the best band in the world, and your reasons why. [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s99Rg[/ame] while i love metal, house, trance,…	79 Last	John Warner Dec 2008
How do I trace someone downloading illegalz? So someone has been downloading games where I work, and now C&C3 is the latest. I am teh unofficial IT guy (not sure how this came to be) and the boss mans are getting on my case about it. ESA sent…	34 Last	ae. Dec 2008
whats cool in game graphics For a university talk I composed an overview on common rendering techniques in todays games (more or less the high-end ones). The material is a collection of stuff I have gathered in the last 5 years…	27 Last	SHEPEIRO Dec 2008
Flickr photostream thread Who has them and wants to share them? [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/7675643@N03/[/url] This is mine,nothing too artistic in terms of pics but i have tons of architecture pics from places i have…	11 Last	JO420 Dec 2008
3December Austin Autodesk is hosting its annual 3December event on Wednesday. I'll be giving a presentation about our rigging pipeline at BioWare at the event in Austin, TX. I hope to see other PCers there, especia…	0 Last	Rob Galanakis Dec 2008
Psychic Cat Story I've just had a weird experience and thought I'd share it with you all. Last night I dreamt about my ex-girlfriend's cat. Yes, that is weird in itself but I thought nothing of it. I've never dreamt …	16 Last	Pedro Amorim Dec 2008
Look sir, droids! I realised a childhood wish today and received my 'bucket' in the post. I've waited 31 years to get one of these. I've never been happy with the build quality of the early versions - and couldn't aff…	20 Last	Frank Dec 2008
What can this forum help me as a student? Hi I'm just asking what this commuinity do for me as a student that aims to be in the video agem industry as an artist?	28 Last	yuhMEE Dec 2008
Shep's movin north (job thread) thats r*north, accepted an environment artist role there today will be moving up to edinburgh in the new year if everything goes well... thanks to rick stirling for pimping my portfolio and see you …	34 Last	Tumerboy Dec 2008
Video Game Artist Salary? Just out of curiosity. What is the avarage salaray for a 3d Modeler/ Environment Artist/ Animator.. etc.	26 Last	AstroZombie Dec 2008
Immersion [Youtube] [quote]Photographer Robbie Cooper shows just how focused young video-game players can be.[/quote] [COLOR=Black].[/COLOR] [CENTER][ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gu0iu0xwls[/ame][/CENTER]	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2008
Closed Noobs: Starting from the ground up.	0 Last	Soulsteady Nov 2008
Movember! [IMG]http://www.achmedthesnake.com/images/moustache.jpg[/IMG] Hey guys theres 2 days left to donate to this very worthy cause....so pucker up, pull your finger out or whatever to support mens health…	7 Last	achmedthesnake Nov 2008
blah... technology. so it looks like something died in my motherboard or powersupply on my athlon xp 2500+... It refused to properly power my 2.5" mobile drive, so I decided that rather than risk dataloss, work interr…	1 Last	Lee3dee Nov 2008
Education vs Work - Ever gone back to school? Title pretty much says it all. Have you ever gone back to school after you´ve gotten a job in the industry? I´m on of the lucky ones that have gotten the chance (Been working 1.5 years soon) and I …	13 Last	Emil Mujanovic Nov 2008
TurboSquid-ing do you think that selling this manga head would succeed ? i would give it 9.99 $ . so guys , can you share your opinions about this too ... [img]http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/3/3dgu…	11 Last	Yozora Nov 2008
CONSUME MASS QUANTITIES It is your duty to consume. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK_7ju0W8HA[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv23xwe0BoU[/ame] [IMG]http://www.adbusters.org/files/downloads/thumbnails/Po…	39 Last	sicsided Nov 2008
My stupid friend I got this email from a friend of mine yesterday and thought someone else might get a kick out it: [i]Killing some time...I went to linksys.com....went to their Live Chat support...and told them I w…	12 Last	Sage Nov 2008
Wii Shortage? Hey guys, just wondering what you guys predict now that the holidays are pretty much here in regards to the availability of Wii systems. Specifically in the U.S., do you think there will be a Wii sy…	5 Last	notman Nov 2008
New here Hi, all new here just saying hi for the moment soo... HI :D	4 Last	Nilium Nov 2008
Closed Rick Roll goes prime time 'Fosters Home for imaginary friends' at the Maceys parade got rick rolled yesterday, figured some of you might get a kick out of it :) : [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7B5aHafc0[/ame]	6 Last	adam Nov 2008
Xmas time = New 24" monitor! So close to a year ago I was looking into getting a new monitor. In the end I opted to hold out and wait a bit. Now with Xmas around the corner I'm ready to dump the CRT and get a LCD monitor. I'v…	21 Last	BradMyers82 Nov 2008
WeeWar Anyone playing? [url]http://weewar.com/[/url] My name on there is MANCHILD if anyone would like to play.	4 Last	Wahlgren Nov 2008
Hello. Which is preferred? A Specialist or a Generalist? Hello everyone. I didn't see a sticky for new people so I thought I'd just make an introduction here. I'm relatively new here and I'm hoping to make some new online friends at polycount. A lot o…	16 Last	MagicSugar Nov 2008
[Research] Voxel editor So I was idling in #tigirc when somebody mentioned about the open source Tig pixelation project. I was thinking for a bit, and I thought what about a really good voxel editor which supported standard…	10 Last	Michael Knubben Nov 2008
We haven´t had a LPC in ages. I´d be totally in. Post some Ideas for a low poly contest in this thread and maybe we could get one rolling. We could use one thread for all entries like they do over at gameartisans so all the Unea…	10 Last	adam Nov 2008
NXE Anyone get on the early trial setup of the New Xbox Experience? Just got it installed on my 360, and liking it so far. The new setup's gonna take a bit to get used to navigating, but I like it alread…	95 Last	Mister Sentient Nov 2008
Nonsense Social Commentary Articles on Yahoo! It's a constant unending stream of useless social commentary from Yahoo!... * How to tell if he'll cheat * 6 ways to one up your mate * How to eat a pizza * Why do people feel justified on writing…	16 Last	greenj2 Nov 2008
Explosive/Vacuum Decompression Just some research. Any ideas of what this would actually look like on flesh? If you have links put the links, not the pictures, no need to make people ill. Found this: [url]http://www.geoffreyland…	16 Last	Gmanx Nov 2008
PS CS3 killed my eyes! Does anyone know of a way to change the CS3 interface colors... they're awfully bright and unlike in CS2, they dont just use your windows colors. I've trying googling but the only thing i found was …	5 Last	StrangeFate Nov 2008
R.I.P Maya PLE perhaps it's just hidden now? however, the area PLE forum is down as well?	6 Last	rooster Nov 2008
Gearbox layoffs..? Anyone affected and looking for a job, feel free to link your portfolio here. We'll get you back up and on your feet in no time.	35 Last	JDinges Nov 2008
Twilight No thread on Twilight?! I dragged my friends out to see this on Saturday. EPIC MOVIE! Honestly one of the best times I've had at a movie. The entire thing is so awesomely over the top you can't h…	15 Last	Mezz Nov 2008
The Shield - Series Finale Wondered if any of you are watching "The Shield" the last episode of the series is next Tuesday after seven seasons it's coming to a close. I'm calling it now.. I woke up this morning and this is wh…	4 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Nov 2008
image host probs.... i never post....and i'd figure i'd post some older models while workin on new ones just for feedback. i screenprint from max viewport....paste into pshop....save as jpeg and all is good. but when i…	5 Last	Snowfly Nov 2008
No NDA buddy. Why would you want one? so lets just say SOMEONE .. (not me ;)) has a casual game. that someone has been in contact with a CERTAIN distributor. that distributor suggested that the procedure is to send them over a demo buil…	25 Last	ElysiumGX Nov 2008