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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
we got our name back! I'm happy to post that Project Origin is now F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin. [url]http://pc.ign.com/articles/908/908390p1.html[/url] to quote shakespeare, "What's in a name?" In this day and age sadly…	14 Last	vik Sep 2008
I want to work for Blizzard I want this job: [url]http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/artist-3dcharacter-weapons.html[/url] I want it so bad it hurts. Here is my website: [url]www.jeffrey-chuang.com[/url] I graduated from Art …	21 Last	Proxzee Sep 2008
consoles you own/owned Hey guys, i was just wondering which consoles everybody had in the old days and present days, here´s my list: Atari 2600 - can´t remember what I really did with it Master System …	53 Last	MoP Sep 2008
LA or Montreal? Hey guys, I have 2 job opps, I need to decide. I can´t say what are the companies so let´s talk about these cities, what is best, cost of living, car, house, food prices. Thanks in advance	49 Last	Irata Sep 2008
Happy Birthday, bearkub stop dancing and start drinking	49 Last	Sith Happens. Sep 2008
Games you MUST have played before you die. Hey guys! New thread idea: post all games that you have to have played sometime in your life. (even oldschool N64 games etc.) here are the ones i could come up with: (not really a gamer myself) -The…	104 Last	Marcan Sep 2008
Ubiquity - Quicksilver style plugin for Firefox [url]http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/[/url] It's very nice. At it's most basic, it's a popup search with auto complete/auto suggestion. It can also issue internet based command…	7 Last	monster Sep 2008
Happy Birthday oobersli! Hope you had a good one, man!	13 Last	tremulant Sep 2008
Google Chrome - Google's Browser LINK: [url]http://www.google.com/chrome[/url] im using right now and it rocks. simple and it imports all stuff from firefox, we have a winner	63 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2008
40 Year Old Virgin Stabbed 20 times CNN Story- The title gives off the wrong idea, but anyway... [URL]http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/06/actor.charged.ap/index.html[/URL]	1 Last	East Sep 2008
Dallas Polycounters coming to the Party? anyone going to the Brothers In Arms Victory Party tomorrow night? I'll be there with wearing the Polycount shirt :) in case you want to introduce yourself -Lee	12 Last	I_luv_Pixels Sep 2008
Job! Hey everyone, just wanted to say I landed a job at Gameloft in Montreal! I'm super-stoked, now I just have to wait for the work permits to go through :D Montreal is such a beautiful city, and it look…	25 Last	Mongrelman Sep 2008
porfolio piece creation i have been browsing the net for like 2 days now, looking for something to do for my portfolio, i have mainly been looking for swords and daggers and armor of all sorts, i really want to show of some…	8 Last	TheWinterLord Sep 2008
free EA petrol!!! [url]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080905/tuk-free-petrol-stunt-dangerous-6323e80.html[/url] weird	12 Last	rooster Sep 2008
Gamesindustry.biz, anyone actually use this with success in finding a job? title says it all	7 Last	Chunkey Sep 2008
Xbox 360 Price Cuts Just to let you guys know and spark some discussion, the 360 is dropping prices as of September 5th. Xbox 360 Arcade $199 Xbox 360 $299 Xbox 360 Elite $399 $199... that's far cheaper than the Wii a…	27 Last	Toomas Sep 2008
photoshop help Can anyone point me to some good tutorials on Photoshop? I need basic to intermediate level, its for my mum, she decided she wanted to learn at the age of 52, to do the flyers/menu and etc for a litt…	7 Last	King Mango Sep 2008
French businesses loath to end 35-hour work week [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_eu/france_farewell35_hour_week[/url]	24 Last	Justin Meisse Sep 2008
Columbus, Ohio Hi all, I am going to present my work at the IEEE Vis conference in October in Columbus, as the paper on the application for virtual endoscopy was accepted and will be published in their journal. Aft…	1 Last	MoP Sep 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr. JDINGES!!! Hey it's Mr. Dinges birthday today folks.... Wish him a happy bday. [IMG]http://z.about.com/d/entertaining/1/0/Z/B/bikinisoccer1-may.JPG[/IMG]	6 Last	JDinges Sep 2008
LittleBigPlanet Impossibly cute and the rendering engine looks amazing: [url="http://kotaku.com/gaming/littlebigplanet/clips-littlebigplanet-242305.php"]http://kotaku.com/gaming/littlebigplanet/clips-littlebigplan…	51 Last	Justin Meisse Sep 2008
Need Help for studies in Canada, Vancouver Hi This is venkie from India, I wud like to study Game art course in Canada, Vancouver. My problem is accommodation, I'm new to this place. I need help from u people, especially who r from INDIA, wh…	2 Last	Armanguy Sep 2008
NZ Conceptart.org/Massive Black workshop - Nov 13-16 Who's going? [url]http://www.conceptart.org/workshop/[/url] [url]http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=73[/url] Can anyone tell me what their experiences were like at past events? I k…	32 Last	achmedthesnake Sep 2008
Hi everyone! Hi there! I just recently discovered this forum and I was seeking to become more active online for a while now, and since all the crunch is done on our project I can finally do that! Some co-worker…	20 Last	X-Convict Sep 2008
Warhammer Online - Has Gone Gold! So we have now officially "Gone Gold". It'll be interesting to see people joining up and playing in the world that's been made. I know I plan on playing. [url]http://www.warhammeronline.com/pressr…	65 Last	Emil Mujanovic Sep 2008
Closed The Unearthly Challenge thread [img2=left]http://boards.polycount.net/images/features/uc_announcement.jpg[/img2] [COLOR=White]The new annual environment art contest, from the guys who brought you the DOMINANCE WAR is here! Here's …	204 Last	Pedro Amorim Sep 2008
Pimp Your Pets! I currently have 11 critters residing at my Farm. I have plans for a few more quite soon, including some Firebelly Toads and a Mexican Red-Kneed Tarantula :) This is Fatty (the brown Tree Frog on…	43 Last	bearkub Sep 2008
Suggestions for 3d Game Art schools Hey guys, I'm in starting my Junior year in High School and beginning to look at colleges. I know it is not exactly urgent but I'm just wondering where people are going or what they think are some g…	27 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Sep 2008
Uwe Boll Gets Serious [url=http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/330/an_interview_with_uwe_boll]LoadingReadyRun interview with Uwe[/url] Interesting to see the real Uwe Boll	26 Last	danr Sep 2008
Game Developer Asks To Hear From Pirates [url]http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/08/10/1553224.shtml[/url] [quote]by Comatose51 It's ironic that I would trust pirates over some game developers to not screw up my system.[/quote] I kinda get t…	61 Last	Geezus Sep 2008
Whos your fav Environment concept artists? They seem to get less exposure than the character guys, and i realized I cant name very many so id like some more exposure. Feng is the one thats pretty well known, but he does mainly sci-fi archit…	41 Last	Tumerboy Sep 2008
Welcome Talon ... as the newest addition to the Rockstar Leeds art department! Hurray! See you in 3 weeks, we can carry on drinking some more hoegaarden ;)	26 Last	carlo_c Sep 2008
Looking for a game... I can't remember the name of this darn game.. It was a turn-based, hex tile based strategy game (similar to FF Tactics and the like) for Windows. It's not very old, probably from 2003 or so. If I rem…	13 Last	kwakkie Sep 2008
Drugs and creativity. I was having a discussion (read: argument) with a 'pro-drugs' colleague at my college a little while back about the effects of drugs on creativity and talent. I conceded that occasionally drugs can …	63 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2008
Tumblr! hey - i'm preety sure someone's already posted a thread highlighting what Tumblr is - but what i wanted to know is if anyone in the forums has had experience in using the 'embed into a html page' opt…	0 Last	achmedthesnake Sep 2008
Turtleart.com This site was mentioned briefly in the [URL=http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=47670&highlight=turtleart]"Who's Your Favorite Concept Artist?"[/URL] thread, but as I sulk around saving up f…	0 Last	King Mango Sep 2008
choke YESSSSSSS [url]http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/choke/[/url] yes yes yes yes yes.	22 Last	[Deleted User] Sep 2008
Castle Crashers Coming out tommorow anyone getting it i know i will :D [url]http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/[/url] [img]http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/castlepromo_3.jpg[/img]	93 Last	flaagan Sep 2008
King of Voiceovers, Don LaFontaine, is dead.. :\ RIP.. [IMG]http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/don-lafontaine1.jpg[/IMG] "In a world..." [URL]http://screenrant.com/don-lafontaine-died-vic-3580/[/URL] Damn.	7 Last	man_o_mule Sep 2008
Browser Based Photoshop Thought I'd share. [url]http://www.pixlr.com/app/[/url]	8 Last	man_o_mule Sep 2008
Occt cpu too hot!! Well with my new quad core setup and lionsquare heatsink, I was able to mash 3.3Ghz out of my processor with the system being stable and never exceeding 60degrees C. however, that was while i was …	4 Last	Kawe Sep 2008
Redmond/Seattle: Redmond Digital Art Festival [url]http://www.redmondartsfestival.com/index.php[/url] Looks pretty spiffy. Just giving the heads up. We should get Kolby Jukes to come down to show some of his sculptures! From zbrush/mudbox, t…	1 Last	Joshua Stubbles Sep 2008
Mercenaries 2 I'm amazed there hasn't been a thread for this already. I can't be the only one eagerly awaiting the ability to unleash some serious Van Damage! The new commercial (now with the "Oh no you didn't" s…	13 Last	flaagan Sep 2008
New Warhammer Online Cinematic by Blur Amazing as usual. [url]http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/flash/WAR_cinematic_08.html[/url]	13 Last	vargatom Sep 2008
Polycount T-shirts [COLOR=YellowGreen][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=White]polycount[/COLOR] T-shirts![/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] We're preparing to get some new t-shirts out to you guys to [I]raise some funds[/I] for Polycount so that th…	151 Last	bounchfx Sep 2008
omfg harpy birthday shotty ! Have a good one man !! [img]http://boingboing.net/images/l_494b8aa7c0053a8244873c6b6.jpg[/img] ( coudlnt find a funny enough image )	3 Last	killingpeople Sep 2008
Final Fantasy Dissidia Anyone else excited about this game? Oh, I'm sure an FF fighting game is going to be lame. I could actually care less about what they decide to do about the gameplay. But I'm totally excited about t…	8 Last	almighty_gir Sep 2008