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Art Tests ok, long time lurker first time poster so be gentle. i was lurking round the net today and i came across [url=http://www.splashdamage.com/envarttest]this[/url]. I've only been to a few game devs si…	13 Last	3devo Sep 2008
MGS4 art making-of articles @ softimage.jp [url]http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.softimage.jp%2Fuser_case%2Fmgs4%2Findex.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8[/url] Sorry for the machine translation, softimage says an Engli…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2008
Google buying Valve? [url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10044032-52.html[/url] Google being involved in the games industry... hmm...	13 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2008
Little question about www.3d.sk/ A.K.A. All the Human Photo reference. Has anyone ever used this sites resources on a game title that has shipped. And if so, was there any legal implictions? Due to the fact that there "legally" not…	9 Last	Rob Galanakis Sep 2008
iPhone 3G I just got one. Now what do I do ?	42 Last	adam Sep 2008
Road Trippin I'm goin on a (motor)bike tour up the north east USA and through Canada. Anyone in Quebec, Montreal or Toronto area? I don't know exactly when I'll be passing through town, tentatively I have 9/13 or…	10 Last	Saidin311 Sep 2008
Softimage XSI - Metal Gear Solid 4 [url]http://www.softimage.com/products/xsi/customer_stories/metal_gear_4/default.aspx[/url] great article!	2 Last	arshlevon Sep 2008
Ben Mathis and Tracy Hunt caught in Obama assasination attemp. [IMG]http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/5/54/544/544779/UntitledX2_1219731783_1219731801.jpg[/IMG] More here: [URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-tharin-gartrell-080826-ht,…	22 Last	stimpack Sep 2008
Killzone 2 Leaked Beta Video I do not know if anyone has seen this, but I got an email about this. I am excited about this game, and this guy lost his job! :) [quote]Perhaps some of you savvy Internet surfers have come across l…	7 Last	Quokimbo Sep 2008
How Disney actually finds its stars... [URL]http://www.theonion.com/content/video/disney_lab_unveils_its_latest[/URL] You can't go wrong with a test tube. Oh wait yes you can...	7 Last	Mezz Sep 2008
Disgruntled Ex-GameStop Employee Takes it to YouTube [url]http://www.youtube.com/user/WhistleBlowerZero[/url] this is too funny,	27 Last	Oneil Sep 2008
Some MGS4 Nuttiness Damn, son. Damn. [url]http://www.softimage.com/products/xsi/customer_stories/metal_gear_4/default.aspx[/url]	0 Last	stoofoo Sep 2008
Redbull gives you WIND! That is all. pfffft Does any brits have any recommendations on budget energy drinks? Been living on Asda's Emerge and now on Euro Shopper's Energy drink, I'm too poor for Redbull so having to …	51 Last	greenj2 Sep 2008
Horizon: The President's Guide to Science It's a program which talks about scientific principles in laymans terms, focussing on the ones that might prove pivotal for a US president to know about. It doesn't go into great detail at any point,…	0 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2008
Austin Game Development Conference? Who's going in a few weeks? I'll be down there for the duration. Just wanted to check and see all who's going to attend. I got the full access pass was wondering what kind of art stuff might be good…	16 Last	mrawolf Sep 2008
Nex 1.5! The next version of Nex is out. [url]http://draster.com/nex-1.5/[/url]	1 Last	MoP Sep 2008
Intel launches six-core Xeon 7400, your bank account shudders [url]http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/intel-launches-six-core-xeon-7400-your-bank-account-shudders/[/url] it can be yours for only $2,729 lol,	2 Last	AnimeAngel Sep 2008
Richard Wright, Floyd Keyboardist passes away [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7617363.stm[/url] [quote]Wright's spokesman said in a statement: "The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadnes…	9 Last	StJoris Sep 2008
Faces to names...! Alright, In the last year I've noticed a lot new names around Polycount and thought a proper 'faces to names' thread was in order. I'll start with one of me taken outside the Vancouver Art gallery,…	242 Last	almighty_gir Sep 2008
Motivation I'm having some problems staying motivated to do art lately. It seems like i'm getting a little too stressed out about not having the skills necessary to create art the way i see it in my head. It se…	24 Last	man_o_mule Sep 2008
Star Wars : The Force Unleashed Launch Party Hey guys, if you live by the Bay Area or close to, we'd like to invite ya to the big Launch Party Happening tomorrow at the Harrison St. Best Buy in San Francisco. The full game will be available to…	5 Last	Joseph Silverman Sep 2008
Need industry help or guidance...or any at all Hey guys, like the title says, I need like guidance or advice on the industry. I meant to put advice from anyone else as well, just wanted some advice from someone at a studio already. So heres my …	11 Last	Mark Dygert Sep 2008
the end of dx/ogl [url]http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/gpu-sweeney-interview.ars[/url] interesting interview with Tim Sweeney (Unreal Engine). It goes along the same lines as recent statements by id software t…	6 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2008
Star Trek You guys 'Trekkies'? I consider myself one. I love the lore. Love it all. [SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkSlateGray]Except for Star Trek:Enterprise, boo.[/COLOR][/SIZE] Been burning through Deep Space nine the …	28 Last	Ferg Sep 2008
Democratic or Republican Yup, a politics thread. I'm Canadian so I won't be involved as much in this thread as I'd like to be. So what are we looking at? 4 more years of Bush or 4 years of fresh noobiness? Someone enligh…	107 Last	Joseph Silverman Sep 2008
Howdy Polycount! Hey guys, I just wanted to drop in a cliche "Hi, I'm new here, I love the site, looking to stay awhile and let some magic rub off." My buddy showed me the website about a week ago and I've had the …	11 Last	Emil Mujanovic Sep 2008
Babo Violent 2 FREE Top Down Shooter Hello, I just wanted to spread the word about this great game called Babo Violent 2. First of all, BV2 is about 2 years old, about a year ago it was at it's peak in terms of activity, but recently it…	8 Last	HandyAirDuster Sep 2008
Team Fortress 2 update [URL="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54148"]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54148[/URL] yay.	104 Last	stimpack Sep 2008
Intermission in the Third Dimension I don't care what you are doing, you stop it and watch this right now (and no, this is not the MY ANUS IS BLEEDING video): [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aVgYBFIJDI[/ame]	19 Last	Rwolf Sep 2008
It's Official: Steam = Good (Crysis/Crysis Warhead now on Steam) [url]http://store.steampowered.com/sub/987/[/url] :D BTW, it got a 9.4 from IGN, [url]http://pc.ign.com/articles/909/909584p1.html[/url] :)	10 Last	grasshoppa Sep 2008
Spacey's TF2 Models in Papercraft [URL]http://www.bongo-papercraft.net/2008_02_01_archive.html[/URL] Just stumbled across these tf2 papercrafts, look like many of them are spacey's.. and naruto looks like poops. He even has poops …	11 Last	pior Sep 2008
Birthday for Ruz Happy Birthday you old son of a bitch :D -caseyjones	33 Last	Joshua Stubbles Sep 2008
got my polycount shirt! Oh and its spiffy, thanks again guys :) offtopic, anyone from Montreal on here?	21 Last	TheWinterLord Sep 2008
Where do I go from here? hey folks I figured I'm almost at a crossroads in my career as an artist and should probably seek some direction. I was trained at algonquin college's animation program and am a graduate in traditio…	17 Last	Oneil Sep 2008
Level Design/Art Survey I have launched a survey section on my website which will focus on game development and mod communities. The first survey is now up and covers Level Design. Feel free to go through it! [quote] # For…	17 Last	Tumerboy Sep 2008
Free multiplayer games? Heya, so I've been playing this Xplorers game over [URL="http://games.asobrain.com/"]here [/URL]with some people I know. But we kinda got tired of it. So I'm wondering if anyone here knows any nice m…	0 Last	Kawe Sep 2008
Scanner Recommendations I'm looking for a new scanner. one that has decent quality and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. My last scanner was one i bought on ebay for $15, including shipping. Didn't have the greatest quality bu…	8 Last	notman Sep 2008
Game studios closing it seems like every other week another studio is shutting its doors... is the industry hurting because of the economy? or are there just so many studios now that you have to be cutting edge to keep y…	10 Last	ebagg Sep 2008
Webcams for LHC operations are up and running Today's the day we all die, might as well watch them flip the switch and kill us all, right? :D [url]http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html[/url]	15 Last	Emil Mujanovic Sep 2008
yIKEs IKE...looks like he may pay us a visit. Hoping he ends up far south of us, someplace free from dense population. Would rather be on the southern most side...but that isn't looking like much of an opt…	8 Last	[MILES] Sep 2008
Awesome Old Movies Okay so I'm digging through some of childhood VHS and found some stuff I can really appreciate now. Any of you guys have some classic stuff that you find inspiring. Here's some cool stuff I've rewat…	39 Last	BoilingOil Sep 2008
Funny thing happened on the way back to work I went out with a few co-workers for a late lunch break, as we where walking back we ([I]a bunch of pasty white guys[/I]) passed a black woman in her late 40's early 50's, who was out doing something…	19 Last	Geezus Sep 2008
Ensemble Studios... defunct ? Here's to hoping everyone lands on their feet. I'd imagine there's a lot of studios in TX that are more than willing to be the cushion they fall on to.	60 Last	Bronco Sep 2008
Going Freelance Hey gents. I've been thinking a little lately about where I want to move to once I'm done with my current job. Ideally I want to move to a studio that allows for character with more than 300 polys an…	6 Last	Ninjas Sep 2008
iTunes 8 - is nice! [url]http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/[/url] [IMG]http://images.apple.com/confirm/itunes/images/thankyou_hero20080909.png[/IMG]	28 Last	snemmy Sep 2008
Death Tank!!! just want to let everyone know about 'Death Tank', a video game coming to Xbox Live Arcade soon. [url]http://www.snowblindstudios.com/games.php?game=death_tank[/url] making this game was a lot of f…	14 Last	Lee3dee Sep 2008
overseas labour - The Big Threat? Hello there, an 'industry' aquaintance of mine and I were talking about the 2d hand drawn animation industry and how at the peak of the genre or media in general, big companies started to ship part…	29 Last	kwakkie Sep 2008
HELP!!! Considering a new PC I also posted this on gameartisans but I'm pretty desperate to get this figured out asap. ==================================================================== Ok so my comp crapped out last night I'm…	21 Last	DimitrisT Sep 2008
GPS for the car Anyone got any recommendations? Getting tired of looking at the paper printout from google maps, especially frustration when its dark. Been looking at the nüvi 360 or nuvi 250W. thought i'd as…	17 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Sep 2008
GDC Austin 2008 3D Painting for Next-Gen Games Session [B][U]3D Painting with Ben Mathis[/U]: Next-Gen Artisan and Pipeline Specialist[/B] Ben Mathis is a veteran in the gaming industry, contributing to over ten popular video game titles including GUN, …	5 Last	Gmanx Sep 2008