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MS launches Albany, another square peg in a round hole? [url]http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/microsoft_discovers_why_people_like_google_apps[/url]	2 Last	Illusions Apr 2008
I can has job?! I've been waiting for the day where I'd be able to express how grateful I am to Polycount and its members. Whether it's from the great friends I've made in #md or the insane amount of influence and h…	38 Last	killingpeople Apr 2008
Paul "MoP" Greveson interview [url]http://splashdamage.com/?q=node/82[/url] There's even a nod in there for the black & green!	24 Last	pliang Apr 2008
Geuss who took a animation test... And i didnt eat,sleep or drink for 2 1/2 days. (Slightly exagerated..) And I won me a job ;) My new home is [B][U]Travelers Tales Fusion[/U][/B] Not sure if i can show my art test will ask come mon…	16 Last	Joshua Stubbles Apr 2008
Apple. No means no... Dear Apple, Please put your plans for global domination on hold. While you're at it, stop trying to trick me into downloading your web browser. I've told your updater no 3-4 times. No means no. …	26 Last	James Edwards Apr 2008
Universal Remotes - recommendations? Thinking about getting the [URL="http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10099158&catid=25336"]Logitech Harmony One[/URL]. [IMG]http://www.futureshop.ca/multi…	12 Last	notman Apr 2008
Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (Vancouver BC) Thought some of the Vancouver people may be interested in this: [url]http://siggraph.ca/festivals/information.php?SYD[/url] May 14, 2008 We are giddy with excitement. Why? Well, we're turning 5 th…	1 Last	Tulkamir Apr 2008
III_demon action movie anyone have a link to the action movie III_demon and his brother made years ago?	6 Last	III_Demon Apr 2008
Tonight on Spike TV! [url]http://www.spike.com/video/2972546[/url] Stay up late and check out the latest stuff from Bourne :) Oh, and some other games too :P You know you want to!	2 Last	vahl Apr 2008
Leaving on a jet plane A Boeing 737-600, to be precise :p Tomorrow at 7:50am GMT+1, I'm catching a plane to Manchester, UK, to join TT Fusion (part of TT Games) as a Junior Artist in my first industry gig. Up until today …	30 Last	Flynny Apr 2008
New TF2 Map fly-through Just saw this, not sure if anyones been keeping tabs on the upcoming content add on for TF2. The map is called Goldrush. I think it looks hot, I love the dustbowl theme/props and am glad to see it i…	18 Last	rooster Apr 2008
Lost Planet Colonies [url]http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/03/lost-planet-col.html[/url] I'm pretty fucking pumped, lost planet is by far one of my favorite multiplayer shooters. Funny thing is, I was playing it today …	0 Last	HonkyPunch Apr 2008
We made the cut! [url]http://deputy-dog.com/2008/04/16/10-annoyingly-brilliant-office-interiors/[/url] The loooong concrete table is quite nice as well. Crazy!	8 Last	Jeff Parrott Apr 2008
QuakeLive Signup Beta [url]http://www.quakelive.com/[/url] FYI	2 Last	Michael Knubben Apr 2008
Game Length vs Looks So I was just looking at new games and some older ones, and I've noticed in the games lately that greater graphics has led to shorter games. As in, the graphics are great, the world dynamics and phys…	21 Last	Michael Knubben Apr 2008
The Nine Old Men Are no more as of yesterday. Sad day for anyone into animation. Good animation. [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080416/people_nm/disney_johnston_dc[/url]	6 Last	gavku Apr 2008
Choosing a direction After some thought, I've decided to go the movie route as far as my career ambitions. Granted I know one does not just walk into Morder/movie jobs so I was trying to figure out which direction I shou…	7 Last	Valkier Apr 2008
Movie - The Fall A friend just sent me this trailer at work...awesome... I'd highly recommend grabbing the HD1080p version off the apple website if you can, many of the scenes are far more impressive with the extra …	11 Last	ScoobyDoofus Apr 2008
JK Rowling in court to argue about Copywrite Law [URL]http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585635/20080415/id_0.jhtml[/URL] Should someone who borrowed so much from so many really be tossing rocks in a glass house?	3 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2008
My article on CG Society CG Society had me write an article on the monster image I created a few weeks ago. [url="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4467"]http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.p…	23 Last	Psyk0 Apr 2008
women gamers, Japan From a recent news article [quote]More than 70 percent of women aged between 15 and 29 have their own electronic game consoles, and over 60 percent of them have stationary game machines such as Play…	8 Last	Wej Apr 2008
Trying to break into the industry when not fresh out of school? So basically my story is I'm 28 and have been trying to get into the business of making video games professionally for the better part for 4 years. First as a character artist, and now as an environm…	20 Last	JO420 Apr 2008
Getting started... please advise. Hello, first time posting here. I've been reading these forums for a week or two now. [SIZE=2]I'm 22 years old and looking for a career direction. I've been hopping around boring entry-level jobs…	15 Last	Ged Apr 2008
Post pictures of your motorcycle! Just picked up my dream bike today from a local shop here. Been eying this thing for a while now. I gotta say, Money well spent! Please ignore the chicken stripes, its got 35 miles on it. [img]/image…	37 Last	JesterBox Apr 2008
tinman on CGSociety [url]http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4467[/url] Congrats Jordan on your CG Choice Award	2 Last	Joshua Stubbles Apr 2008
happy redring 2 gauss It was jack's burthday last nite, an his xbox gave him very special present, Averyone plz wish him happy redring.	29 Last	Emil Mujanovic Apr 2008
Happy Bromeday !! Happy birthday Adam!! A quarter of a century is behind !!! [img]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/lauraannesti/sexy-birthday-pic.jpg[/img]	31 Last	adam Apr 2008
pair of ears looking for headphones i am looking to get new headphones for cancelling out background noises in the office environment. have been using my PSP's in-ear plugs so far which is not satisfactory sometimes - time to show up w…	9 Last	Joshua Stubbles Apr 2008
Birthda74n! Today is the birthday of everyone's favourite Teutonic photographer / texture artist / hair cultivator! Happy birthday, Henning :poly140:	24 Last	IronHawk Apr 2008
Four art tests later..... I finally landed a job in the game industry!!! A 9month contract position at Bungie. I still can't believe I got the job. HUGE thanks to all of you guys for helping me with my art. I mean I ca…	27 Last	Asmuel Apr 2008
Ten Years of Counting Polys Once again we have come back around to the First of April, the anniversary of the site. This time we find ourselves at quite the milestone; ten years. Ten years of the green and black. I can't begin …	102 Last	danpants Apr 2008
Introducing myself... I think I picked the right forum... :) Hi, my name's Chris, but most call me Shady. I came across this site looking for information on HL2 modding... after lurking around on the forum awhile, I de…	3 Last	bounchfx Apr 2008
RIP Matabus ...his moustache I mean keep his chilly upper lip in your hearts	7 Last	Matabus Apr 2008
Good Maya Book I downloaded Maya PLE and am looking for a good book to start learning from. Does anyone have any suggestions?	5 Last	Vailias Apr 2008
Gears of War figures [url]http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/photos/gears-of-war-action-figures-1/746831/[/url] I thought I had set aside the action figures covering my desk phase of my career, but these are too rad ! The Loc…	2 Last	Kevin Johnstone Apr 2008
Can't view smilies For some reason on everyone's posts instead of seeing the emoticons all i see is [ image ] blah blah [ / image ]. Is everyone else having that problem? I checked my user CP and I have show images, …	3 Last	jeramy79 Apr 2008
Closed new Orphan Works legislation [url]http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3605&page=1[/url] For any artist this should be a concern. Follow the link for the full article at AWN. Here's a portion of the start o…	3 Last	Asmuel Apr 2008
Introduction I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself real quick. My name is Brandon and I have been doing product and archi modeling for about 5 years now,using 3Ds Max and Cinema 4D. I have recently made…	12 Last	Billabong Apr 2008
Upcoming gamer tourneys hello my fellow players! i am looking for any info you guys have on upcoming gamer tournaments. i will die if i don't go to one soon...	0 Last	pr0gam3r1970 Apr 2008
Rock Band european release Played the imported version, loved it. Won't be buyuing it though. "Perhaps more disappointing is the price: unlike the US, which received a Special Edition that includes the game, a Fender Strat gu…	15 Last	Justin Meisse Apr 2008
Am I wasting my time learning Blender? I'm a broke ass fool trying to push my way into the 3D gaming industry. Blender is free and seems pretty powerful. Should I continue to use blender, or should I work on learning 3D studio max and M…	10 Last	kat Apr 2008
Autodesk Seminars [URL]http://offers.autodesk.com/8/87424/[/URL] Looks like Autodesk might be coming to a city near you (well if you're in the US) and putting on an afternoon seminar followed by drinks and elbow rubb…	10 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2008
So i did this for lunch.. [IMG]http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4476/lunchej2.png[/IMG] Potato cubes with a little olive oil and tomato sauce in a pan to give it a little jazz. Then some grilled chicken breast. and to top …	42 Last	Joshua Stubbles Apr 2008
Crayon physics game I don't think this has been posted, although I'm sure a video of it was. Link fixed: [URL]http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/[/URL] Cheers tinman	18 Last	SideEffect Apr 2008
Speculating about Zbrush Oh gawd I want this application so much, haven't made too many normal maps before and only in max, mostly rely on substituting with good diffuse and bump maps from Photoshop. Would you guys say that …	17 Last	System Apr 2008
cool music visualizations Check out these visualizations [url=http://www.vimeo.com/flight404]link[/url] They where done with [url=http://processing.org/]Processing[/url], I've been interested in messing with it a bit but I'm…	5 Last	Slum Apr 2008
gambling on your games :) I dont gamble, however, I do bet money when it comes to games of skill, and games on the net are certainly games of skill. If I could bet money on TF2... so happy. worldgaming.com will offer this t…	2 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2008
Sick of staring at computers? Im not sure what it is with me, as other people dont seem to mind it, if i sit infront of a computer staring at it for even a second, my eyes go dry, i lose focus, my head hurts, and i just plain fee…	16 Last	killingpeople Apr 2008
Level Design Brainstorming Hey guys, I'm taking a level design class this term, and was curious about what kind of things you guys look for in certain types of gameplay. We're using the UT3 engine, so I was leaning towards a …	5 Last	Unrealprojects Apr 2008
This is Phun! [url]http://phun.cs.umu.se/wiki[/url] Rick Stirling's post of the Crayon game reminded me of this. This is awsome, and you can really screw with physics. Kindof like the Crayon game, yet a lot mor…	1 Last	Tumerboy Apr 2008