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Exam Procrastination Yep, you heard it folks, its exam time again for me. However, I have an exam tomorrow and have done very little study for it, and have spent a lot of my time procrastinating on these boards. I'm n…	12 Last	dejawolf Nov 2008
Zbrush book recommendation After getting the heads up (on Gameartisans I think), I pick up [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1598220594?ie=UTF8&tag=gameactors-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1598220…	8 Last	Mark Dygert Nov 2008
Working in the industry AND professional game reporter? [EDIT] I guess I should have put "journalist" in the title instead of "reporter". Just a little question how the rest of you guys look at this. Say someone is employed at a game developer, while at…	14 Last	Mark Dygert Nov 2008
FFXI - Model Viewer I recently discovered this model viewer for Final Fantasy XI, it's called AltanaView: [url]http://longtear.hp.infoseek.co.jp/altanaview_en.html[/url] [IMG]http://www.sebasmartin.es/Artfolio/FFXI_Al…	5 Last	almighty_gir Nov 2008
Test Drive Unlimited (referral code trade & club!) Anyone else just gotten the game? I'm looking to do a referral code trade. Anyone interested? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Just a quick edit to this thread; I'm gonna be doing a code ref…	20 Last	zahrtman2006 Nov 2008
Palin Oval Office Game its fun finding all the easter eggs [URL]http://www.palinaspresident.us/[/URL] If you find "wolf kills" then you are as big a procrastinator as me	3 Last	Saidin311 Nov 2008
lol halloweens Figured i'de start a costume thread, feel free to post WIPs of your own costumes! So heres a test run on some makeup hair and the rest. My GF did the makeup and i think its pretty awesome, we ordere…	45 Last	Toomas Nov 2008
Canceling membership to gym? I have a friend that got a membership at gold gym. She hates the place and wants to cancel but the people at gold gym tell her she can't. How legal is this? She got a two year membership at the place…	20 Last	killingpeople Nov 2008
Banjo and Kazooie : Nuts and bolts Surprised there wasn't a thread about it, of course you don't kill people in Africa or mutants in space but if you can, have a try at the demo, which was released yesterday on the marketplace. I pl…	13 Last	John Warner Nov 2008
EA lays off 600 workers. [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20893[/url] Best of luck to any of those affected by this. B	30 Last	Xenobond Nov 2008
Samsung Touch of Color Monitors after seeing these in action i gotta get one soon for my office, you can watch tv on them and these are fully 1080p hd ready, just think this touch of color series is real nice, already plan on getti…	4 Last	Zephir62 Nov 2008
madomavo, Marine and junkers are douches a few moments ago when i came to polycount this is all it said "madomavo, Marine and junkers are douches. the boards are closed untill they part" a refresh later and it was gone and the boards wer…	10 Last	Mitch Cosgrave Oct 2008
Looking for Steed's Q3 assets Hi y'all. I am doing some 7" action figure sculpting at the moment (I am such a geek), and wanted to make Crash or Major from Quake 3 next. I have some stills, but they are pretty crappy and I woul…	4 Last	MoP Oct 2008
Aviary Seems some of Aviary has gone out of beta. Currently available: Phoenix - Image editor Peacock - Node based visual laboratory [2] Toucan - Color swatches and palettes creator [url]http://a.viary.c…	2 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2008
I want to coin a phrase "At the expense of a flaming crate" In game development, when a feature that would be fun to have, but not very important, is removed so another feature that's more important can take it's place. …	4 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2008
Autodesk buying XSI? Anyone hear about this?	169 Last	dejawolf Oct 2008
french - "eligibility to work in the US" - explanations plz Hi guys, in my search for a 1st job in the game industry, I' ve received an answer from an employer asking me: [I] What is your eligibility to work in the United States?[/I] I've seen this many tim…	15 Last	bugo Oct 2008
Saints Row 2 Just picked up my copy on the way into work, will probably play a little at lunch, and will likely be glued to my projector this evening playing nonstop. Anyone else get it?	36 Last	greenj2 Oct 2008
Any good video game design schools in seattle? I recently moved up here to federal Way by Seattle and wanted to know since I see alot of polycounters are seattlites is there any good game design schools that are recommended or you've heard good t…	20 Last	Emil Mujanovic Oct 2008
Resistance 2 Ok so I got accepted to the beta on this. I never finished the first one. I probably should. Some of you say it gets better later in the game so maybe I'll go back and finish it up. So my impressio…	6 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2008
Obscure game search part 2 It's that time again... I'm trying to find a game. I believe it was a freeware game, there might have even been a Linux client. It was a tile-based, turn-based 'rpg'. All the tiles and characters w…	11 Last	foreverendering Oct 2008
Am I the only one that thinks google is ploting to take over the world? just checking. they seem to be verrrrry good at becoming an integral part of people's lives.	34 Last	hawken Oct 2008
Search problems I have an old-ish bookmark that doesn't work ([URL="http://boards.polycount.net/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=243854&page=0&vc=1"]here[/URL]). So I wanted to use Search to find the title "environment…	7 Last	adam Oct 2008
New Xsi purchase video on youtube Classic. [ame]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=kR7UWImpG54[/ame]	6 Last	Sage Oct 2008
has anyone in the UK dialled the speaking clock recently? guessing a few of you have, for resetting watches after the other night what the bloody hell is all that about? Quite possibly the most immediately annoying 7 seconds of recent memory	12 Last	carlo_c Oct 2008
Silent Hill: Homecoming I picked it up yesterday and so far it's pretty good, kind of a mix between SH3 and SH1. SH2 is still the best but this game makes up for the boiled turd that was "The Room". I've heard reviews s…	20 Last	John Warner Oct 2008
New 3ds max extension Saw this on maxunderground... The new extension includes: ProOptimizer modifier for optimizing high-poly models (a reworked and enhanced version of Mootool's Polygon Cruncher), 12 new Particle Flow …	23 Last	Neox Oct 2008
Richard Williams Event in Vancouver Curious if anyone else is planning on going. It's an event showcasing his new dvd series based on his awesome book The Animators Survival Kit. Plus there will be a book signing and a screening of wh…	3 Last	Flynny Oct 2008
Star Wars Fan movie [url]http://www.darkresurrection.com/[/url] english subs, just rename them to the same name as the movie file. ie. Dark_resurrection.avi - Dark_resurrection.srt [url]http://www.moviesubtitles.org/mov…	12 Last	Xaltar Oct 2008
Closed Gears of War 2 i just pre-ordered the collectors edition today super excited to get a hold of it, especially since i got to play it already i dont know how many PCers were there, but downtown toronto last saturday,…	5 Last	Emil Mujanovic Oct 2008
Got me a job Yes! I start Monday as Senior Artist at [URL="http://www.bluefang.com"]Blue Fang Games[/URL], here in Massachusetts. Been looking for about 2 months now, since Whatif was closing shop. Talked to a …	36 Last	Emil Mujanovic Oct 2008
Free 3D training books/videos to good home Whats up everyone! Since this is my favorite 3D website to visit, I am giving away some of my older training books and videos to anyone that wants them. These really helped me when I was starting out…	1 Last	vend3r Oct 2008
where your tax dollars will go 2009 [url]http://gizmodo.com/5068686/death-and-taxes-shows-fascinating-terrible-view-on-military-tech-spending[/url] Pretty cool to see, not sure if this is for 2008 or 2009(how would they know?)	4 Last	bluekangaroo Oct 2008
Fable II Damn, suprised there's no threads on this yet, am I the only one playing it? So far I'm loving it. I haven't gotten super far yet, but I'm absolutly loving what I've seen so far. The one part I rea…	31 Last	East Oct 2008
Midnight Club LA anyone? Got this yesterday and I've been enjoying it for hours.	1 Last	SHEPEIRO Oct 2008
Pure - Quad bike racing [url]http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/944936.asp[/url] Great game, any Polycounters work on it?	6 Last	Rick Stirling Oct 2008
That thing at 2:10! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlgtLXhwJSM[/ame] It looks a bit like a touch screen or something. Anyone knows what that little screen is? Maybe it's just a portable DVD player. But I somehow l…	12 Last	Microneezia Oct 2008
The next Underworld movie...a prequel! [url]http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/underworldriseofthelycans/[/url] This has been a pretty fun series, and despite no sign of Kate Beckinsale, this one looks very sweet as well!	16 Last	IronHawk Oct 2008
ds and wacom tablet makes for interesting viewing So there I was playing my ds while the computer booted, after booting i just left the ds on and placed it upon my small wacom bamboo thingy-ma-ji. As we all know only wacom pens makes the cursor move…	1 Last	pyromania Oct 2008
Epic Announces Major UT3 Expansion [url]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55444[/url] [url]http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=181168[/url] this is real good news, cant wait for this one,	37 Last	Vailias Oct 2008
Just saying Hello Im here, just poking in wondering if after the treatment I got working for Collision Entertainment, and taking ayear off, if I should step back into the industry... The problem is I realize now th…	17 Last	Scott Ruggels Oct 2008
Advertising on Polycount.net? I am a long-time fan of Polycount, going back to the Quake 1 days. Since then, I went and wrote the Leadwerks Engine: [URL]http://www.leadwerks.com[/URL] I would like to display a banner ad on Pol…	0 Last	Leadwerks Oct 2008
Where to start!! Hello! I am looking for some advice on where to start my career as a games artist. I have a fair bit of experience in drawing/sketching i have sold my art as backdrops, illustrated for educational bo…	0 Last	shugosan Oct 2008
You know what really grinds my gears??? ...about art in videogames, being an 'artist' in videogames, POLYCOUNT or any other related topics? I'll start: [LIST] [*]Co-workers offering critique on work I am doing when I literally started …	232 Last	Joao Sapiro Oct 2008
Max Payne - movie Max payne trailer is out. Actually doesnt look too bad. Its a shame Mark didnt play the whole thing with that max payne 2 lemon drop face :)	30 Last	dejawolf Oct 2008
American McGee Publicly Pitches Cart-racing MMO [url]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55491[/url] [url]http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2008/10/20/baijiu-racer-concept-announcement/[/url] not too sure what to think about this, looks to …	12 Last	rooster Oct 2008
Dokapon Kingdom - Trust Me [img]http://www.dabbledoo.com/ee/images/uploads/gamertell/dokapon_wii_box.jpg[/img] Let's get this right out of the way: Over the top chibi, lego-like characters, terrible animation, it screams 'ju…	14 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2008
Any comp-modders / electricians out there care to help? Sup dudes, got a bit of a 'problem' hopefully someone could give me a hand figuring out. I've got a bunch of cold cathode tubes left over from various case mods, like this: [URL]http://www.microcent…	3 Last	Justin Meisse Oct 2008
Stimulus Checks Part 2 [url]http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLM.lRyNYPEw&refer=home[/url] [url]http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/10/21/second-stimulus-check-may-be-on-the-way/[/url] well i hope they pass th…	13 Last	Thegodzero Oct 2008
House Rejects Bail out just over all a really bad day today, U.S. stocks plunge as global credit crisis spreads, [url]http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm?cnn=yes[/url] [url]http://www.marketwa…	65 Last	Thegodzero Oct 2008