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Soul Calibur IV Screens Eat your heart out, Tekken. [url="http://www.destructoid.com/first-images-from-soul-calibur-iv-33798.phtml"]Soul Calibur IV Screens (Magazine Scans)[/url] Edit: Added images to post. [img]http://…	142 Last	SouL Aug 2008
Mudbox 2009 announced Texture painting, can't wait! What’s New Designed by professional artists in the film, games, and design industries, Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2009 software gives 3D modelers and texture arti…	52 Last	katzeimsack Aug 2008
Happy Birthday Spark! Turning 38 today! [img]http://pictures-of-cat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/happy-birthday.jpg[/img]	25 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Aug 2008
Madden 09 Yeah yeah it's Madden. I don't care. I like the damn game. With that said... Who's playing? I have the 360 version for now. So let me know. Also...check out Favre in the Jets uniform. [IMG]http://w…	6 Last	Matabus Aug 2008
Tentacle is no more [url]http://ir.10tacle.de/cgi-bin/show.ssp?id=403&companyName=tacle&newsID=418303&language=German[/url] the text basicly sais, that tentacle is broke does this hit anyone of you guys? remember rena…	29 Last	Holi Aug 2008
Tropic Thunder Boycott: It's no longer PC to make fun of stupid people... [URL="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=IG&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/movies/11thun.html%3Fbl%26ex%3D1218513600%26en%3D21280383fa5b8c72%26ei%3D5087%250A&cid=1235185242&ei=e…	35 Last	snemmy Aug 2008
Braid! Anyone else grab this XBLA gem? Fucking gorgeous game, with some of the best music/sound design I've seen[heard] in a video game. Shit is ridiculously good and entertaining. It's got a great humor…	27 Last	Rick Stirling Aug 2008
WoW - New Expansion Class Images - Death Knight If you've ever wanted to play a MMORPG as a magical-goth midget, you're in for a treat... [url]http://deathknight.info/2008/08/the-transformation-is-complete/[/url] [img]http://i14.photobucket.com/…	11 Last	kendo Aug 2008
Midway Austin FATALITY [URL]http://kotaku.com/5035597/midway-axes-80-to-90-in-austin[/URL] [URL]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19790[/URL] So many people were laid off at the studio, the tipster …	10 Last	Tumerboy Aug 2008
Why can't I start Blender? Hello all Just like the title say "Why can't I start Blender?" I started after finishing the installation and it pop up an error saying "This application fail to stared becasue MSVCR71.dll was not f…	3 Last	LilJD8.1 Aug 2008
First trailer for Max Payne movie [url]http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=53528[/url] yeah.. im posting this thread before watching the trailer. i'll coment in a few.	42 Last	System Aug 2008
Isaac Hayes Dies at Age 65 (singer/actor) [url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401161,00.html[/url]	11 Last	Luxury Aug 2008
Liquid Development still a good place to contract for? I remember a lot of Polycounters doing work for them, but their site seems to be semi-neglected...especially the job opportunity page, which hasn't been updated since 2006. And if not them, anyone el…	39 Last	Pavel Aug 2008
siggraph 2008 considering the other siggraph thread is just crying about companies marketing, i thought i would make a real one just to see if anyone is going. clone wars is playing in the electronic theather, mi…	2 Last	aesir Aug 2008
XSI 7 announced Go [URL="http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=650549&utm_medium=plugblock&utm_source=cgtalk"]here.[/URL]	26 Last	James Edwards Aug 2008
Spammers using Polycount What' up I just noticed this today in my email. [email]gauss@polycount.com[/email] Hello It was in my spam box and it came with an attachment. File ends in .src and nothing in the email itself. I…	7 Last	Jonathan Aug 2008
Diablo 3 Art Director quits I almost had a fucking heart attack fearing a serious delay or something. I'm sure this puts some things behind? who knows? Hopefully this makes my baby better... god I hope so... I literally am hav…	40 Last	Sandbag Aug 2008
polycounters in Shanghai? We're here another day and our vendor trip is done. Anyone from PC in Shanghai? -R	0 Last	PaK Aug 2008
New member looking for 3D Animation software. Hello all I'm a beginner just starting out on modeling and advance in to animation later on so I'm looking for any recommendation on any software that is affordable like Silo perhaps since 3D Max, Ma…	12 Last	Daaark Aug 2008
Bernie Mac passes away :'( Always funny, and a good actor to boot. Loved his parts in the 'Ocean' movies. Sad day. [URL]http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/09/obit.bernie.mac.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories[/URL]	18 Last	TWilson Aug 2008
Unearthly Challenge - 2008!!! [CENTER]Wooooooo! I am so happy to be announcing this with FredH.... [IMG]http://boards.polycount.net/images/features/UC_header.jpg[/IMG] [/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR=Lime][B][IMG]http://boar…	100 Last	Xenobond Aug 2008
Emoticons Hi, I thought it might be a fun idea for people to post emoticons here. Maybe Polycount might adopt some?	20 Last	rooster Aug 2008
Congrats to Flewda Just want everyone to know that Flewda is starting monday his new job at ID. yes folks you read it here first hand! I heard it had something to do to the fact that Spark needed some back rubs and Fle…	18 Last	killingpeople Aug 2008
3 Teens Arrested; Say 'Grand Theft Auto' Taught Them About Molotov Cocktails Be sure to check out the 2nd image in the slideshow of the linked story: [url]http://www.wsbtv.com/news/17123408/detail.html[/url] Is that irony? Or just plain stupidity?	18 Last	Steve Schulze Aug 2008
Red Faction: Guerilla Has anyone gotten to play this? It looks like you have to be a fileplanet subscriber to play :/ I liked the previous games, but I wanted to bludgeon someone when I figured out that for some reason Re…	6 Last	HarlequiN Aug 2008
The Mummy 3 pile of poo on video i hated it from the time i saw the trailers.... 'mummy' in china? DONT CALL IT 'THE MUMMY' damit! they ruined the name of the franchise also, alex was terrible. nothing at all l…	24 Last	flaagan Aug 2008
Tencent Anyone working there that could give me some idea what the place is like? I see they're looking for an AD, might work for me if we're a good fit. I'm curious what kind of projects they're working on…	1 Last	Wells Aug 2008
Morgan Freeman injured in car crash [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_en_mo/morgan_freeman[/url] Hope he comes out of this ok.	22 Last	ironbearxl Aug 2008
Closed I have no luck I swear EDIT: Sorry Was just wondering if people had the same issue happen, close this thread please dont want anymore people angry at me at this point. ==================================================…	29 Last	adam Aug 2008
Joke: What's brown and rhymes with snoop? Dr. Dre. [spoiler]You probably thought POOP.. sicko.[/spoiler] Now your turn: Non-offensive/rude jokes only!	70 Last	swampbug Aug 2008
artist catchphrases submit your catchphrase! i begin: each new painstroke is an improvement over the last.	50 Last	Ruz Aug 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4 ! Did anyone grab this game yet? Hoping to grab the limited edition bundle at lunch today.	98 Last	almighty_gir Aug 2008
Dominance War Posters: IMPORTANT Hey gents. If you're members of Game Artisans you will likely have recieved this info in the newsletter today, but just in case I thought I'd reiterate. Essentially, printing posters is an expensiv…	4 Last	Steve Schulze Aug 2008
smells like siggraph being it's siggraph time and all the marketeers are turning out their copy i just wanted to vent a big ol' fuck you to their ilk and kind for spreading the good bullshit top of my list. those mother…	1 Last	Slum Aug 2008
shittty external hard drive problem 2 : during vacation. Ok , so im supposed to be in vacation and i brought my external hard drive ( with naruto and some other stuff ) and everytime i connected it it was amazing no problems wjat so ever. Te most that the …	11 Last	Psyk0 Aug 2008
Seattle: Looking for a NICE Place? Not sure at this time, as I have to wait on my housemates partner to make a decision. I'm throwing this out there though in case that fails. or the owners wont allow a month to month. I have not go…	22 Last	oXYnary Aug 2008
Announcing Vivaty Create Wanted to share the announcement for a project I've been in involved with at Vivaty called Vivaty Create. I'll let the press release give the specifics but if anyone has questions or feedback please…	2 Last	root Aug 2008
Highmoon layoffs? I know a couple guys here are at Highmoon. Is this true? Anyone need help being placed for jobs?	2 Last	Ruz Aug 2008
ruby tuesday blows up the competition (literaly) [url]http://www.rubytuesday.com/[/url] and in related news [url]http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/rubytuesday.asp[/url]	1 Last	Jesse Moody Aug 2008
Ps3 bc I'm confused, do any of the current PS3 models have BC? I thought I read that they did, but then I read somewhere else that the new sku's don't. Anyone care to educate me?	19 Last	Richard Kain Aug 2008
Flapjack I luv this show! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQ2gqN8hMY[/ame]	17 Last	Robert Headley Aug 2008
Congrats Spark! Brett is now: [IMG]http://peterboehme.com/webpics/polycount/bblinkedin.jpg[/IMG] I'm completely unsurprised :) Congrats man, I'm sure you'll have an awesome time there!	46 Last	Geezus Aug 2008
bit of a boring question for industry guys I'm currently trying my hardest to speed up my work so I'll have a chance of landing a job. I'm just wondering, outside of crunchtime, how many hours of your typical working day are spent in meetin…	26 Last	Armanguy Aug 2008
Terminator: Salvation [url]http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/terminatorsalvation/[/url] Not much to say, other than it's being directed by McG.	16 Last	Stubbs Aug 2008
Congrats Spitty! Just wanted to mention that today is Spitty's first day at Vigil! Woot! Spitty's latest work: [url]http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=51202[/url] I look forward to working with him :) - …	21 Last	Asmuel Aug 2008
Who's going to Quakecon? And are we going to have a Polycount meetup? Who's going to Quakecon? And are we going to try and have a Polycount meetup? The dates: [B]July 31 - August 3, 2008 [/B]I'm like #250 on the waiting list for BYOC, but I may have to cut the time …	30 Last	Lee3dee Aug 2008
Vacation locations So my project is finally wrapping up and I'm planning on taking a month or 2 off - preferably someplace (or someplaces) cool. The one caveat is that it can't be a really trendy place like Paris or B…	18 Last	joe gracey Aug 2008
Silly question about applying for job positions Well maybe silly, but is it ok to shoot off an email with a link to a demoreel/portfolio and attached resume if the company doesnt have a listing for the position you want to apply for? I get that th…	3 Last	pliang Aug 2008
Has anyone gotten/given a job when the company wasn't looking for that role? So lets say a company does not list they need Artists in their vacancies, has anyone been in a position where they hired someone who applied anyway, or have been that person who got accepted by just …	13 Last	Mark Dygert Aug 2008
Free trueSpace 7.6 [url]www.Caligari.com[/url] Just a heads up.	11 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2008