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New POP Trailer [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38687.html[/url] Looks awesome. The acrobatics remind me of the original and although they obviously didn't focus on the combat, it looks very dramatic.	19 Last	hawken Aug 2008
TGS 2008 - Who's going? [url]http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2008/english/index.html[/url] October 9th - 12th I should be there again this year. Anyone else able to go? Hawken, I'll see you there again.	2 Last	hawken Aug 2008
Notchup Anyone using this? I wonder if anyone's _actually_ getting paid to do interviews.	1 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2008
Do you play the Lottery? Whether local / state / country-wide, scratch-em's or tickets, do you play a lottery, and why / why not? I personally get a few 'quick-pick' state lottery and mega-millions (country-wide lotto) ever…	16 Last	Rens Aug 2008
Insperational read I saw this post about a week ago and it's really made an impression on me. Helping me keep motivated to do art. Thought i would share and see if it helps anyone else as well. [url]http://weirdo.newg…	3 Last	Snowfly Aug 2008
WOTLK cinematic Holy shitballs. [url]http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/intro.xml[/url] No you dont get it H O L Y S H I T B A L L S	24 Last	carlo_c Aug 2008
Happy birthday, jouste! Many of you know him as the concept machine [URL="http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=53005"]owning the Sketchbook forum[/URL], but to us working on Ghostbuster's MP he is purely known as th…	8 Last	Japhir Aug 2008
iPhone's out - who's getting one??? With the release of the 3g, the iphone is finally available in canada through Rogers and Fido. Unfortunately, it comes with a 3 year contract and those already under contract, like myself, have to wa…	34 Last	almighty_gir Aug 2008
Cool Ideas thread Hi guys, I had this cool idea today and i thought it would be cool to see what you guys can come up with. any cool idea goes, as long as it is cool and (according to you) possible within the next 10 …	26 Last	Armanguy Aug 2008
To all the people who mocked the 360 having so many SKUs, behold a new PS3 SKU, [url]http://www.gamespot.com/news/6196293.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;2[/url] [quote]While the European model will come with 70 ($102) in downloadable content localized to the user's territory, …	9 Last	Rwolf Aug 2008
Deteriorating eyesight. So. After sitting in front of the computer all day for the last few years, my eyesight is noticeably deteriorating. I've got a couple of 17inch acers, not great quality. and a 12wx which doesn't seem…	31 Last	Joshua Stubbles Aug 2008
And now for something completely different [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38635.html[/url]	24 Last	Mister Sentient Aug 2008
Usain Bolt - Superfreak Unbelievable. I haven't really seen much of the Olympics. I make sure to catch everything Usain Bolt is in though because the fella is just a freak. He's so far in front of the pack it's not funny…	12 Last	Target_Renegade Aug 2008
My cautionary tale of swords [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_RpbaUU7NI[/ame] So, I was checking out my Kensai Sword and as I was taking down off of the fireplace the sword started to s;lip out of the scabbard. My quick re…	40 Last	seanv Aug 2008
Resident Evil - Degeneration [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBCIN5ld8BQ[/ame] Looks good. Apparently, they've got the original voice actors for Leon and Claire.	9 Last	wim Aug 2008
freelance rates in th US I know it can vary depending on the company/project, but I was wondering if it was worth my while freelancing for a US company as the exchange rate might just catch me out. I am based in the UK I…	0 Last	Ruz Aug 2008
Californininia Moving questions Ok so Basically im spending from here till roughly june to save up money along with some other artists I know to move to cali. We all agreed we want to aim for jobs in the game industry and want to b…	74 Last	Armanguy Aug 2008
detail shmetail edit-- this title was supposed to be "detail shmetail" i'm getting seriously sick of the amount of detail in games these days, is it just me? I'd love to know what everyone thinks about the high ran…	65 Last	Yozora Aug 2008
The end of the Uncanny Valley? I'm not sure about that, but its pretty damn good. Still something off though. I don't know. Check it out Times Online Post [url]http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4…	27 Last	Emil Mujanovic Aug 2008
Rent an artist? So.. there's this site called "rent a coder" that well.. you can figure out what it does. Does anyone know of any equivalent (or better) for graphics jerks/jerkettes? For those who don't know what i…	14 Last	Kovac Aug 2008
Norway is awesome [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7562773.stm]... and so are penguins![/url]	12 Last	MikeF Aug 2008
w00t, I am now a 3d artist. :D Just got hired full time at Playnet. w00h000ooo!	41 Last	DInusty Aug 2008
dawn of war II cinematic trailer pretty brutal trailer flame thrower to the face for the win [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36579.html[/url]	12 Last	bearkub Aug 2008
Are you attending any animation school or self learn? Hello Ladies & Gent Is there any one here currently attending one off those Animation school that teach everything from modeling through animation or are you a self learn? If your in a school which…	23 Last	man_o_mule Aug 2008
Too Human gets a 5.5 from Gamespot, [url]http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/toohuman/video/6196219/too-human-video-review-1?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;watch-review[/url] Owww. :poly122:	0 Last	Jonathan Aug 2008
Bigfoots Body Found says CNN- pics included a whole clan of them found [URL]http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html[/URL] [IMG]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/art.thawedcreature.cnn.jpg[/IMG]	30 Last	MoP Aug 2008
Virus/Trojan help? Hey folks, I'm in a bind here, somehow something nasty got into my home pc and it won't go past the desktop anymore. It freezes after displaying the clock in the right hand corner, doesn't get as fa…	23 Last	Ged Aug 2008
Beer Goggles are Real Saw this on MSN when I logged in this morning, ha... [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26205250?GT1=43001[/url]	8 Last	danr Aug 2008
thoughts on using normal mapping with hand painted textures? Do companies use normal maps when they do hand painted textures? Me and a friend are trying to recreate the castle from gargoyles. [IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/spawn85027/CastleWyvShore…	13 Last	demoncage Aug 2008
Digital Cameras Hey, was wondering if you guys could help me out picking a new digital camera. I'm not looking to be a professional photographer or anything, my primary use would be to take photos for textures and …	7 Last	Joshua Stubbles Aug 2008
Portfolio stuff: my concept or yours? I want to add another character to my portfolio (in addition to doing another pass on the ones I've already done). I'm weighing the pros and cons of using my own concept or working from someone else'…	4 Last	ImSlightlyBored Aug 2008
Pineapple Express Saw it tonight with my lady and we both loved it. She's not in to pot by any means and enjoyed it just as much as I did. So, if you like laughing, weed, or movie violence, I recommend it you check it…	18 Last	PaK Aug 2008
11,000 Free Legal albums to download [url]http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums[/url] Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses.	8 Last	CheeseOnToast Aug 2008
Batman: Arkham Asylum [url]http://kotaku.com/5037545/batman-arkham-asylum-in-pictures[/url] Shots are supposidly leaked. It looks really fantastic but I'm worried they've taken the "inspired by Bioshock" a bit too far. I…	9 Last	Steve Schulze Aug 2008
hardware subdiv/displacement stumbled upon these slides [url]http://developer.download.nvidia.com/presentations/2008/Gamefest/Gamefest2008-DisplacedSubdivisionSurfaceTessellation-Slides.PDF[/url] by ignacio castano (who is a res…	9 Last	Zephir62 Aug 2008
Tropic Thunder Just saw the midnight release. I loved it. It was really gory in some parts, so I wouldn't recommend taking anyone who has a weak stomach :P. Robert Downey did an amazing job. Actually, everyone did …	3 Last	bluekangaroo Aug 2008
Vista and open source questions Vista: I wish to bring up two topics and see what you all have to say about it. Though first is more of a question really. I am currently an XP user. It's what I'm comfortable with. It's what is ea…	7 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2008
Those who I setup with Dropbox.. Do you still use it? If [U]not[/U], please tell me.	10 Last	Nilium Aug 2008
IGDA SF Spore Presentation A few developers from Maxis working on Spore gave a presentation at the IGDA meeting in San Francisco recently. They now have videos of that up on their website @ [url]http://www.igda.org/sf/[/url] …	0 Last	HellMark Aug 2008
Activision Blizzard Lets 100 go [url]http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/activision-blizzard-lets-100-go-at-radical-says-report/?biz=1[/url]	21 Last	Slum Aug 2008
Is there any others community like Polycount, CGTalk? Do you guys know what others modeling & animation forum or community. I only know two CGTalk, and Polycount, or GameArtistan, but that is all I know if you guys know any other one could you share it …	26 Last	killingpeople Aug 2008
I knew Blizzard was popular... ... but wow! I can't believe how hard it is to get tickets to Blizzcon. My wife, mom, and I play WoW together and thought it would be fun to go to Blizzcon this year (mostly, to get the exclusive gra…	23 Last	Toomas Aug 2008
Video Mosiac I hope this hasn't been posted before: [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLx9pclMKU[/ame] Pretty cool. (now someone will link me to the thread)	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2008
Movie music Fun time waster: [url]http://www2.uol.com.br/flashpops/english/games/flashpops.shtml[/url] I got about 70% naturally (gotten a few more since then) There are lots of them that are kind of on the t…	19 Last	Joshua Stubbles Aug 2008
It's coming!!! Diablo3!!! [url]http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/[/url] 'nuff said ;)	250 Last	killingpeople Aug 2008
This is what you call painful (Olympics injury), Not for the squeamish. :poly122: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HyZBGdD66I[/ame] Owwww. (or, [url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189[/url] ) :poly122: [B]Edit:[/B] updated link,	35 Last	Ruz Aug 2008
Crytek vs Unreal Hiya, I'm looking to build an online portfolio and want to include some game engine assets but my only experience is with Radiant and TS2. What I would like to know is the learning curve from the eng…	22 Last	[HP] Aug 2008
Building a computer Does anyone know a website that can teach me how to build a computer. I was thinking about building my next computer instead of buying one. It seems like the best thing to do right now because of how…	9 Last	joe gracey Aug 2008
New setup acceptable? well, a friend of mine helped me put together this system, please let me know after reading below if you think i should move to an SLI ready mobo Mobo-Asus P5K-E/wifi (p35 chipset) CPU-intel core 2 …	26 Last	tiki240 Aug 2008
Question about 3D Art Presentation? I am curios about 3D art presentation, lets say that I have an environment made in Max, and I have all my textures+Lighting and what not all set up withing max, My ? is Does it matter in terms of a S…	1 Last	Oneil Aug 2008