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"Bouwkunde" on fire! I thought it was just another day going to university, but guess what, it was on fire! The mail we just got This morning presumably due to a short circuit caused by a faulty waterpipe a fire starte…	4 Last	Mark Dygert May 2008
Speed Racer First 7 minutes: [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/speedracer.html?showVideo=1[/url] This is....interesting. Initially, after seeing the trailers/commercials, I was pretty convinced this would be …	17 Last	Cheez May 2008
Outside Game Art Competitions So this isn't exactly off-topic, if you want to get technical, but it doesn't really fit anywhere else. Notes on Game Dev is putting on two separate game art competitions (you can just click here [[…	16 Last	bethadillon May 2008
13 year old steals dad's credit card, buys hookers . . . to play Halo. . . "Ralph's ambition is to one day become a politician" [url]http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000390-13-year-old-steals-dads-credit-card-to-buy-hookers.htm?article=true[/url]	16 Last	KeyserSoze May 2008
BEST digital camera by popular Opinion Pentax Optio S5i - Thats what i use right now. Easy, effective, decent. But i want better. I want a camera that takes in better light and crystal clear quality. I want to get advise from a forum of…	8 Last	neolith May 2008
Might want to hold off on installing XP SP3 [url]http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows_XP_SP3_update_causing_endless_reboots_in_AMD_machines/1210611833[/url]	6 Last	Sage May 2008
Got my self a job! Yup today I was told they wanted me on the team! I have been a intern for little over 6 months at Massive Entertainment, coming directly from a school called Playgroundsquad in Sweden. (actually I g…	19 Last	Xenobond May 2008
Yoda, Dr. Evil & Kung Fu moved to appropriate thread	0 Last	georgemancer May 2008
Gangstagrass - Free album I grabbed this last night, but only just listened to it. [url]http://www.gangstagrass.com/[/url] it's a bluegrass.rap album mashup. So far, I love it.	4 Last	greenj2 May 2008
This is swing'n! My face was all smiles when I read about this... [url]http://www.platformnation.com/2008/05/12/pitfall-the-big-adventure-for-wii/[/url] It was easily one of my most favorite titles on the original …	0 Last	[MILES] May 2008
George Lucas... WHY? OK, I love Star Wars as much as the next polycounter, but what the hell? #1 - Who wrote the [COLOR=Silver]dialogue? #2 - Is it just me or are these character models really bad? #3 - What is up with…	39 Last	nkoste May 2008
Gears of War 2 gameplay video countdown. [url]http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167745&p=44[/url] Woot	38 Last	Emil Mujanovic May 2008
new NIN - Ghosts I-IV I know there's some other NIN fans on this board, so if you're one of them, then you'll be happy when I say that TR just put up 4 (4!!!!) albums of new music on nin.com. You can download the first a…	40 Last	bounchfx May 2008
Stupid things I do I have always been afraid of screwing up and putting the windshield fluid into where the brake fluid goes. I read the container just to make sure, read it wrong, to boot and poured windshield fluid i…	13 Last	flaagan May 2008
porn game! I got a laugh of how porn is so ubiquitous on the net and thought of a game.. must be played at home (obviously) 1. load up google image search 2. turn off safe search 3. type in something complete…	34 Last	MoP May 2008
BOOM Blox BOOM Blox: It's been getting some great approval in the reviews. Just curious if anyone here has played or purchased it yet. Looks like a real hoot.	6 Last	rooster May 2008
Ever fantasized about Isabella Rosellini dressed up as various bugs having sex!? Today is your day! [url]http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno[/url] (don't worry, safe for work)	24 Last	Campaignjunkie May 2008
Ideas: Polycount Features Mi amigos, We're looking to make the [I]forums [/I]as useful to us as game artists, game players, and a great community of like-minded people as possible. Are their features you've seen from other f…	37 Last	adam May 2008
RSS Feed I'm brand new around these parts, and searching the forum and the FAQ hasn't lead me to a working RSS Feed. The FAQ points at both: [url]http://boards.polycount.net/external.php?type=rss[/url] [url]…	4 Last	McBradd May 2008
Closed New Star Wars movie Just when i thought Star Wars couldnt get any more ghey. [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Star-Wars-Clone-Wars/1809991325/trailers/133/880[/url] Wow. When will they just let it die guys?…	2 Last	adam May 2008
THQ cuts jobs. [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18534[/url] This has included my studio, Sandblast games, a large amount of talent is being let go, and any help you can give us as we look…	7 Last	fogmann May 2008
Watch people get their jester boots on [url]http://www.beautifulagony.com/public/main.php?page=about[/url] You have to pay though to register )_( might not be to work safe although there is no nudity :D	2 Last	danr May 2008
CHDK Canon hack Figured you photography nuts would like this [url=http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_in_Brief]click here for CHDK[/url] ads a bunch of functionality to your camera like bracketing, motion sensing, the …	1 Last	Pedro Amorim May 2008
Orphan Works Legislation form Letter This was a quick and easy method for sending off form letters to help fight Orphan Works Legislation. It only took a few minutes. They are click and send but they are also editable if you'd like to p…	4 Last	Josh_Singh May 2008
QuakeCon 2008 As I paged through the archives here at polycount, I noticed that there were posts for the last two QuakeCon events. [quote]QuakeCon is the current convention being produced by The QuakeCon Organiza…	0 Last	Rik May 2008
ZUNE, now with Copyright Cop-ware As if I needed another reason to not buy one... [url]http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology[/url] or is it... [url]http://zunein…	6 Last	sonic May 2008
Closed Survey: (Max and Mays) user opinions on Maya's outliner	0 Last	PaK May 2008
chips n salsa Been digging this salsa lately. Not enough heat, but the chipotle smoke is tasty, some decent chunkiness too. You guys got any favs? [IMG]http://www2.mailordercentral.com/elpasochileco/images/dptoma…	24 Last	JO420 May 2008
Moving to Dallas! Finally! Still haven't heard anything regarding Terminal Reality art test since last Wednesday but was offered an entry level position in Dallas at a vfx company doing some render wrangling so I'll be packing…	14 Last	struve May 2008
Portefolio(demo reel) question!!! none	1 Last	Rwolf May 2008
anyone work at high moon studios? I have a phone interview tommorrow and there going to ask me some questions anyone who got in there / has been there think you can shed some light on this? please let me know! Thanks :D	6 Last	seforin May 2008
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV Multiplayer - Friday / Saturday Evenings Just thought I'd post this up here after having a lot of fun last night with several of you playing some multiplayer GTA IV...I really have to learn to avoid flying my helicopter into the water, that…	32 Last	Armanguy May 2008
Bit of an odd thing to ask, I know... Greetings, all. Some of you will remember me as AxeL from days gone past, but theres a lot of new faces that I don't recognise, so, basically, 'Hi, I'm a born-again-noob' :). Basically, I used to b…	11 Last	Michael Knubben May 2008
40 new portal maps by the team behind portal the flash version [url]http://portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/[/url] [img]http://www.nofrag.com/images/003853.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.nofrag.com/images/003855.jpg[/img]	6 Last	SideEffect May 2008
New NIN album - The Slip [url]http://theslip.nin.com/[/url] - free download again which is really cool. Haven't had a chance to listen to it all the way through yet but first impressions aren't as good as they were for Ghos…	9 Last	vonWolfehaus May 2008
Trackmania Nations Forever - FREE That magical four letter word... no.. not [I]that[/I] one... has come around to trackmania... [URL]http://kotaku.com/380734/trackmania-nations-forever-free-get[/URL]	32 Last	Japhir May 2008
Take2 Vs Chicago Transit Authority All the more power to Take2, go get em! [URL]http://kotaku.com/387571/take+two-cta-wont-talk-gta[/URL] I'm surprised people still watch FoxNews...	3 Last	Tumerboy May 2008
Metal Gear Online Premiere Since this is probably the last week the beta will be up, is there anyone out there that wants to hop in on the evenings for super awesome sneaking madness? Post yer PSN tags & MGO names. At the ver…	0 Last	Xenobond May 2008
Seattle, I am up in you. I accepted an offer from Arena Net as a character artist today. I will be packing up and peacing out to start the job on May 12th. Peace out right coast. What's up left coast?	36 Last	stoofoo May 2008
Job Hunting question Hey guys! I'm currently job hunting right now, and I hear that it's useful to update the companies you apply to when you add new material to your portfolio. I'm just wondering how you guys do it. Do…	5 Last	pangarang May 2008
I'm drunk in Hawaii.. Aloha fellow Polycounters... Hope ur all having a great time playing GTA4 wish u were beer! [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff53/expendy/hawaiiscott6.jpg[/IMG]	11 Last	Rens May 2008
Iron Man So I just got back from watching the new Iron Man movie and I gotta say: not bad at all. Had the action moments, plus lots of good Downey Jr. moments. Overall, I'd say its worth checking out. Not tha…	63 Last	Sage May 2008
CA Bay Area PC get-together? I'm noticing more and more people with San Fran and the general bay area in their profile, so any California Bay Area PC'ers up for a get-together (bbq, pizza, drinks, whatever) sometime? I'm thinkin…	4 Last	flaagan May 2008
good web based internet radio stations i'm trying to set my tf2 server up with a radio station.. i want one like soma fms secret agent station [url]http://somafm.com/wma128/secretagent.asx[/url] but that does not play in an ie browser, …	9 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2008
Wii Mario Kart [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2408632081_48062d1c9c.jpg[/img] it's actually quite tricky. Anyone up for a friend code bash?	22 Last	Pedro Amorim May 2008
C:\ Questions! [I](Didn't know if this should go in tech talk or here - it IS technical, but nothing to do with the tech side of game content creation and therefore I thought it best treated as general.) [/I] I've …	4 Last	ImSlightlyBored May 2008
TheChaosEngine Hey, is anyone here a member over there? Looks like it might be good for industry scuttlebutt. The company I'm at right now might not be around in 6 months, so I'm having a look around. The forum is …	15 Last	Jeff Parrott May 2008
post a direct retail link to the one thing everybody should own it's one of those threads again : fritter your disposable income on stuff that random people point you at ... it's fascinating to see what people can coerce you into spending money on with no resist…	12 Last	Pedro Amorim May 2008
Portable power source. I just picked myself up a super sexy 6*8 Wacom Cintiq. Now, I'd like hook it up to my laptop so that I can play with it out in the sunshine or, given that this is Melbourne, huddled up away from the …	9 Last	ebagg May 2008
Landing your first gig Hey guys, I'm fresh out of school and looking for my first gig. I had some questions for all of you who are more experienced.. I've heard from some people that you should take what you can get out …	3 Last	Archanex May 2008