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I Miss Color [URL]http://trustygamer.com/tg/home/industry-thoughts/i-miss-color/[/URL] [COLOR=White] amen brother![/COLOR] :poly142:	18 Last	sama.van May 2008
Big Buck Bunny Hi! Blender released the teaser trailer for their newest project. [url="http://peach.blender.org/"]http://peach.blender.org/[/url]	25 Last	Mongrelman May 2008
noob asking for pointers yer im very pretty new to 3d modeling with no training or any thing like that and i was wondering if i could maybe get some pointers on whats wrong with my model cos im making a lil game (for fun) on…	2 Last	cycras May 2008
Cloverfield Anyone else seen this yet? I thought it was good, not awesome, but worth seeing at the cinemas. Something a bit different from a plot-line that's been done a thousand times.	124 Last	ImSlightlyBored May 2008
An odd thing.. (sellin computer->laptop) Hey all, absoultely loving my new job but the time spent travelling is killing me, really, workin out at almost 4 hours travel on a slightly bad day. So because of this obviously by time i get in t…	0 Last	Flynny May 2008
sony dvd 110? anybody own one. what are the pros cons - or if you can recommend similar . tape or 8cm dvd discs? apparently they are quite expensive but with the tapes you need firewire to transfer to your pc. d…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2008
Ministry funny ; a few days ago I've got some big work in my house , cause We are waiting our second baby. Well , I've been working with some old clothes - like my t-shirt "Ministry" ...... [img]http://www.…	0 Last	diZzyWalnut May 2008
Need new virus software... sick of Norton Well Nortons slows down my machine and it takes it sweet time to fully load my OS, cause it 's norton. I like to reformat my drive as needed and I'll buy need drives as needed. Norton acts like it's…	19 Last	hawken May 2008
gonna be in san diego and vancouver over the next few weeks any PCers fancy meeting up for beers would be appreciated, first time that side of the pond, but may make it a habit if your unlucky!	35 Last	SHEPEIRO May 2008
Seattle! Yo. So I've been here a week and a half now and my car finally showed up. Who is up for some beers? Hm?	9 Last	ebagg May 2008
So, so average... Ran across this link and thought it might be useful when creating average and not idealized proportions in character modelling: [url]http://www.pipeline.com/~dada3zen/average.htm[/url] Hope this he…	1 Last	Wells May 2008
Wii FIT Bought a Wii FIT yesterday, after playing last night for 4 hours with my wife doing the ski & aerobic games, Nintendo has made a great piece of hardware! This morning my legs were actually a litt…	6 Last	Rick Stirling May 2008
Make Something Unreal Contest 2008 Hey guys, Hows it going. Quick question, maybe somebody on here might know the answer. Would Gears of War content be able to considered as an entry? I've just started putting together a single play…	1 Last	Vailias May 2008
OMG Capcom vs. Tatsunoko [url]http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1215298_1124.html[/url] Please let Speed and Racer X be playable characters!! Game looks great and 2008 is killin me with it's fighting game goodness.	6 Last	Vailias May 2008
Samba! [url]http://kotaku.com/5010400/the-first-samba-de-amigo-wii-trailer-is-fantastic[/url]	10 Last	Lee3dee May 2008
Melbourne Polycounters? Assuming anyone cares, I'll be visiting my girlfriend in Melbourne for a couple months, from April 22nd. Anyone game for beer and maybe some sketch jams or something? Might be nice to meet up with th…	54 Last	LoTekK May 2008
cure for AIDS that was already discovered in the 90's? just watch: [ame]http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-234247273689402090&q=&hl=nl[/ame] (long video)	19 Last	blankslatejoe May 2008
One thing I must do before I die... Here's mine: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-66AcTo9TU&feature=related[/ame] It's hard to describe what I felt when I saw this. I -must- do this before I die. What about you?	55 Last	Pedro Amorim May 2008
Spore Gameplay Snippet Maxis have just released a tiny gameplay snippet for the first "level" of spore - reminds me of FL0w [url]http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/flowing.htm[/url] and sets the scene for what else is t…	2 Last	MoP May 2008
Polycount Shirts? These long gone? I noticed duckbutterappareal is pretty much dead for a bit now.. was just wondering if there's an alternative or if there was a plan to offer them again somewheres. :D I'd like to …	31 Last	Gmanx May 2008
Hey Blizzard Guys! Who all works at the Blizz here? I'll be in the studio tomorrow (Friday May, 23rd) touring the studio. We should hook up and get lunch! On another Topic, Are there any Polycounters in San Francisc…	5 Last	leilei May 2008
Penny Arcade game released [url]http://www.playgreenhouse.com[/url]	6 Last	Wells May 2008
New Rig - Vista 64? Hey fellas I'm building a new rig for 3d max, zbrush, concept painting etc: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 8gig DDR2 1066RAM 500GB Seagate HDD 512MB ASUS 8800GT Pioneer DVDRW Antec Earth …	9 Last	monkeyboy_garth May 2008
Interview: Manuel 'katzeimsack' Virks of Splash Damage SD has thrown up another employee interview featuring a fellow Polycounter and I thought some of you would be interesting in learning about Mr. Virks. [INDENT][SIZE=2][I]Manuel's favoured franchise …	3 Last	MoP May 2008
Xbox360 -> Apple Cinema Display Has anyone here successfully connected the 360 to a current gen Apple monitor? I've got a 360 VGA cable and I'm trying to find out what sort of adapter/converter I need to get it into the Apple's DV…	7 Last	PfhorRunner May 2008
Eat 3D Announces Unreal VFX - Material Transitions May I introduce to you an exciting new training video brought to you by [URL="http://eat3d.com"]Eat 3D.com[/URL]. Discover the process of using Unreal Materials to create effects on different element…	7 Last	East May 2008
does anyone have any ffffound.com invites? well, yea, the title pretty much explains what i'm after. ffffound.com is an image bookmarking service and very inspirational. i'd love to use it but since its a closed beta or something you need an…	1 Last	Michael Knubben May 2008
[NSFW] Busty babe "reference" ortho shots Sup doodz Was doing my daily "reference" surfing and came upon this gem: [url]http://www.bigboobsalert.com/xx-cel-mugshots.php[/url] So now all you character modelers can now make females with tho…	23 Last	Mark Dygert May 2008
Closed Im DarkOwnage i got one question and one question only dose anyone know where to get sonic skins for jk2???	18 Last	adam May 2008
quakecon Ok, so Quakecon isn't due for another 79 days or so, BUT the registration is now open and just like every year in the past its absolutely free. So go ahead and register to reserve your badge even if …	7 Last	Creamy_Goodness May 2008
My Hero, (Tribute to all who are single) [url]http://dallas.craigslist.org/m4w/682928642.html[/url] SO awesome! I love craigslist!	10 Last	ebagg May 2008
New member for the rhinokio family!! [url]http://www.tmhunt.com/pics/spencer/[/url] Just went and got him yesterday A Pembroke Welsh Corgi from a championship line. [img]http://www.tmhunt.com/pics/spencer/spencer04.jpg[/img] 14 week…	23 Last	IronHawk May 2008
Computer Chip Fan Issues So I started up my computer early today and when it entered the BIOS it displayed this message like "Warning* your computer chip may fail/running slow" I went to check the temperature on the fan an…	10 Last	pliang May 2008
The Conduit... Considering their inhouse engine is built for the Wii (from the ground up)...and the small 3rd party developer doesn't yet have a publisher backing them...I'd say it looks pretty good. I'm not really…	0 Last	[MILES] May 2008
UT3 question okay, I've got some schweet UT3 custom models (Master Chief, 40K Space Marine and 40K Sister of Battle), which are all installed fine and working with the bots, but i dunno how i'm supposed to select…	3 Last	sundance May 2008
Cake for Flaagan Happy birthday man [URL="http://hushpuppy2k.googlepages.com/fat_lady_eating_cake-3755.jpg"][IMG]http://hushpuppy2k.googlepages.com/Corvette_Cake_1-20-06_sml.JPG[/IMG][/URL] Click the pic for more c…	22 Last	KeyserSoze May 2008
A little favour... Hi all, I was wondering if people could help me out and fill in a questionnaire for my University work to do with aesthetics of game characters. I'm studying Multimedia at the moment, nearly finishe…	3 Last	oldephase May 2008
need a new monitor Hello! I'm looking to replace my burnt out second monitor right now and was wondering if you guys could help me out. I'm looking to spend about $300. I'm a bit confused with the Samsungs I've been l…	7 Last	Jaco May 2008
happy ThatDon day happy birthday crybaby !!! [img]http://rrredthumbs.com/junk/crybaby.jpg[/img]	13 Last	low odor May 2008
MUTO, wall painted animation [url]http://www.vimeo.com/993998[/url] This guy in Buenos Aires used public buildings as a canvas to do this animation.	6 Last	Joseph Silverman May 2008
Secret Agent Clank PSP demo [url]http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/05/15/grab-your-bolts%e2%80%a6secret-agent-clank-has-gone-gold/[/url] Should be up now. I actually worked quite a bit on this level. Game should be out in mi…	4 Last	Jeff Parrott May 2008
Enlighten real-time radiosity This is a bit of old news, but their tech is so awesome it's worth another look. [IMG]http://slidelondon.com/_07/imgshot2.jpg[/IMG] Videos here, especially check out the workflow one. :poly128: [ur…	37 Last	dejawolf May 2008
FontStruct Anyone messed around with [url=http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/]this[/url]? It's a quick and dirty web-based font creation tool. It's limited to 'bricks' and such however so don't expect to make smoo…	1 Last	peppi May 2008
Im having Virus issues, any advice? Okay Im just about at my wits end, Ive been having recurring issues with Trojan e-mail links going out to everyone on my MSN contact list and its starting to become a serious problem! At first I b…	12 Last	Mark Dygert May 2008
Bloody Amazon Bloody Territories bloody exchange rates Sorry, rant, ignore me. The new Tim Fite album "Fair Ain't Fair" is 13ishUS dollars on Amazon.com and 13ish UK pounds on Amazon.co.uk (that's 25 dollars at the exchange rate). But amazon do digital…	12 Last	Rick Stirling May 2008
iTunes issues Hi all I recently started using iTunes in order to easily transfer my CDs to HDD. So far so good, I like the the fast easy ripping and love browsing my library with Coverflow. However there is stil…	13 Last	j_bradford May 2008
need help with tf2 achievements? rhinokio.net server 8.2.121.152 is running now to this weekend with special addons.. such as a medi gun that can do the million healing in seconds.. and a new custom map to make it imposible for p…	2 Last	rooster May 2008
Woot! Yay! After two years I have made it through school again and gained my MA in Studio Art! The graduate assistantship nearly killed me but I made it through and have some many different options open be…	11 Last	low odor May 2008
dino run, awesome pixel game [url=http://pixeljam.com/dinorun/]click this[/url] super awesome running from explosion action	9 Last	Justin Meisse May 2008
DropBox (you should read this) [IMG]https://www.getdropbox.com/static/images/small_logo.gif[/IMG] I recently got in to the DropBox beta and have 9 remaining invites for anyone who'd like to use it. [URL]http://www.getdropbox.co…	24 Last	adam May 2008