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I'm not Rorshach anymore No real drama, just wanted to drop the nickname. I held onto the name for a decade, a couple years ago I planned to drop it when we shipped UT3 as that had a nice sense of closure for me. Mostly be…	47 Last	HonkyPunch Feb 2008
If you haven't played this game... ...do so! [url="http://armorgames.com/play/751/shift"]http://armorgames.com/play/751/shift[/url] Very creative.	7 Last	Tumerboy Feb 2008
What makes a creature look freaky? In your opinion, what makes a creature look freaky, disturbing, scary, creepy, or any combination of these?	29 Last	killingpeople Feb 2008
Impressive! [url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080201/sc_livescience/navytestsincrediblescifiweapon;_ylt=Ahim9rYyDovgr4dD5Hg.OvYDW7oF"]http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/2008...4dD5Hg.OvYDW7oF[/url] vi…	58 Last	Ghostscape Feb 2008
uploading images with vista just wondering if anyone with vista has had problems uploading images to sites such as wordpress, image shack etc. This is driving me nuts. I have never had problems before. I got a new router recent…	3 Last	ImSlightlyBored Feb 2008
Recoiless Automatic Shotgun Damn this is why Future Weapons is one of the coolest shows on tv. Look at this damn thin. I want one for hunting and I don't even hunt. [url="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/guns/recoilless-auto-shotgu…	21 Last	hawken Feb 2008
939 vrs am2 So i've got an Asus k8n deluxe board, i was wondering what the fastest x2 cpu i can put in it is, 4200+? Is everything faster than that am2? And is there any way i can flash bios to support am2 procs?	11 Last	aesir Feb 2008
cleaning windows without format i want to take and give my old laptop to my girl since i got my new super machine. is there anyway to completely strip everything from it but leave the OS? i want to give it to her clean. but do n…	9 Last	Mr.T Feb 2008
Game Problem Not sure if this is the right place to post this Ok when I play any next-gen game on my computer It plays fine for about 5-10 minutes then I get some terrible 5-10 minute lag (Not playing online) an…	3 Last	notman Feb 2008
Animex / Polycount Meet up Anyone in here going to animex this year? I've managed to squeeze 3 days off work to attend woo. Heres a list of workshops if anyones interested, there going very cheap! http://animex.tees.ac.u…	4 Last	FAT_CAP Feb 2008
worst game ever, EVER [url="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review"]http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigri...=summary;review[/url] [url="htt…	18 Last	danr Feb 2008
DS paintings! Sorry if this is old news, I did a search and didn't see anything, but I heard about this cool DS homebrew: [url="http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/"]http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/[/ur…	8 Last	hobodactyl Feb 2008
games / art / feelings.. just wanted to know what others who make game art think of games being fine art... i know its an old debate, but there has been some more news recently that i think adds some food for thought.. one i…	33 Last	ImSlightlyBored Feb 2008
Duke Nukem gets a release date.......well kinda [url="http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/02/04/daily17.html"]http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/02/04/daily17.html[/url]	4 Last	TheMadArtist Feb 2008
Nvidia buys Ageia PhysX build into my graphics card? Yes please! [url="http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=4411&referer=rss"]http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=4411&referer=rss[/url]	4 Last	JKMakowka Feb 2008
Satan time! 666th post!	10 Last	rebb Feb 2008
Cortex Command, cool indie game [url="http://www.datarealms.com/"]http://www.datarealms.com/[/url] Don't know if anyon here has seen this already, but these builds are getting pretty complete. These are free to play, but you can re…	22 Last	gauss Feb 2008
Mini comp thread locks - discuss / flame here To keep other places (like P&P) properly focused, please discuss the locking of mini-comp threads here. My take on the whole thing: - locking the thread was overstepping the bounds - in futur…	27 Last	rooster Feb 2008
Movies coming in 2008 I was just talking with my girlfriend about the new Indy Jones film, and she wanted to know when exactly it was coming out. So, I go to Dark Horizons and check out the reelases coming up this year. …	11 Last	rooster Feb 2008
SUPARBAWLS!!!! PACK VRS PATS Yesterdays game showed that neither the chargers nor the colts are healthy or good enough to off the pats. Also the giants have to come to Green Bay, if the pack plays half as good as they did agai…	68 Last	ebagg Feb 2008
Rambo IV Holy Shit this looks bad ass. It's how Rambo should be. That's right John "MOTHER FUCKING" Rambo is back. Check out this trailer. 3 1/2 minutes of action the way it should be. [url="http://www.firs…	72 Last	shotgun Feb 2008
SupRore's Birthday Wow, we actually had a break from Birthdays for a bit there... Then SupRore had to up be born, screwing up the peace [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Happy Birthday: [img]http://s140.photobu…	11 Last	ironbearxl Feb 2008
No More Heroes Anyone play this yet? Came out a month earlier than I thought it was, which was a very good thing. Which is to say, this game is fucking amazing in my opinion. I love it. Doing menial tasks to get en…	11 Last	Justin Meisse Feb 2008
Free Software for Demo Reel Hey folks, no luck finding what I was looking for using the search feature of the forum. Just wondering if anyone knew of some free software I could use to throw together some avi renders together. I…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2008
3D from 2D I don't know if you guys have seen this before, but Digg had it posted about a week ago. The Digg Effect has finally seemed to worn off, so you can actually try it out now: [url="http://make3d.stanfo…	5 Last	Vailias Feb 2008
Grinding games? I would like to have some tips about games with "grinding-gameplay". Games like when there are hordes of enemies coming at you at the same time and you have powerfull weapons and just kill them all! …	5 Last	ebagg Feb 2008
Project Valkyrie source mod A nifty Metroid-esque source mod [url="http://www.blackened-interactive.com/threemonthmod/index.php"]Project Valkyrie[/url] apparently these guys made the mod in 3 months, that's pretty nifty.	0 Last	Justin Meisse Feb 2008
Savage 2 released They just released Savage 2 im gonna buy it for sure when i get my new computer looks fun and different and its really cheap. check it out guys: [url="http://savage2.s2games.com/main.php"]http://sav…	8 Last	Martin Henriksson Feb 2008
Holy Awesome Halo Costume Saw this over on therpf and had to share it here. Ok for some reason the pics wont show up so here is a link to that thread. [url="http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=38495"]http://www.therpf.co…	28 Last	TomDunne Feb 2008
blue screen of death 0x0000007B boot error help? so I recently built a new computer, but it likes to give me the blue screen of death when i boot it up; okay so i reinstalled windows (xp 32 bit home) on my new comp using the old system restore disc…	14 Last	BlackulaDZ Feb 2008
Traditional art schooling? Every once in a while we get a thread about game art colleges, and the usual consensus is that a game artist is best off practicing on their own, and training in traditional skills. However, for a c…	9 Last	bounchfx Feb 2008
Tech issue: Can't find ethernet port? Hey guys, Obviously I can locate the port myself, but the installer for my new internet-provider immediately tells me it can't find any network-card or ethernet-port, which is annoying. I can tell i…	7 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed After having a lot of reserves about this game, this new video has me feeling a little impressed and hopeful for it. [url="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29964.html"]Video[/url]	63 Last	Uly Feb 2008
Best game ever [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXRgppi04M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXRgppi04M[/url]	17 Last	Lord McMutton Feb 2008
Off-Road Velociraptor Safari yes yes yes yes! [img]http://boards.polycount.net/images/icons/thumbup.gif[/img] [url="http://www.raptorsafari.com/"]http://www.raptorsafari.com/[/url] this will be my new lunch time activity. a…	27 Last	ElysiumGX Jan 2008
Zeitgeist (the movie) Watch all the links with "the movie" in the title and the corresponding parts to each film. [url="http://youtube.com/results?search_query=zeitgeist"]http://youtube.com/results?search_query=zeitgeist…	52 Last	Sage Jan 2008
RIP mayang textures? I noticed the site is down.. why didn't I just buy the damn dvd [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]	15 Last	pliang Jan 2008
Closed DOMINANCE WAR III Hello everybody. Im considering entering the dominance war contest this year but am unsure how to go about it. At the site it says that contestants have to be apart of other websites to enter, howe…	15 Last	pliang Jan 2008
Moving to the Netherlands Just thought I'd share. After finishing 5 and half months internship at LEGO I'm moving to the Netherlands to study one semester at the Utrecht school of arts. I'll be studying game design in the ne…	13 Last	nkoste Jan 2008
Burnout Paradise I'm surprised no one has posted anything about this one yet. It's basically an open world, sandbox Burnout which makes for times that when good are completely amazing (zooming about and causing dest…	13 Last	ImSlightlyBored Jan 2008
Visual stimulance of the taste buds (or not :P) Okay, not sure if that is the correct title for it, but I just hade to share this bizarre thing. Was watching the latest episode of Chuck, where Casey pours a glass of soda for Morgan in a sort of v…	14 Last	rooster Jan 2008
Educate youself... cause you never know... Its 2 hours long, but do yourself the favor... Cause you never really know [url="http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/"]http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/[/url] Z-Day March 15th, 2008 What do you all think i…	12 Last	dur23 Jan 2008
Happy Australia Day mmmm a barbie, beer and tripj hottest100...good days. [url="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bKvu3ua7EMA"]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bKvu3ua7EMA[/url]	4 Last	greenj2 Jan 2008
Meet the Spartans ! This could be good [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [url="http://www.foxfilm.at/trailer/spartaner-Trailera.wmv"]http://www.foxfilm.at/trailer/spartaner-Trailera.wmv[/url]	46 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2008
Knee-Deep in the Uncanny Valley [url="http://kotaku.com/348511/heavy-rain-tech-demo-short-but-rocks-my-world"]New Heavy Rain tech demo.[/url] Nose.	84 Last	motives Jan 2008
NLE video software advice? I'm mostly editing with DV and Fraps source, adding titles and simple transitions, and putting out to DVD, WMV, and MOV. Been using Premiere for awhile, comfortable with the UI and hotkeys, but it's…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
The Orphanage I'm not sure if it's playing in many theaters any more, but I highly recommend seeing 'The Orphanage' if you can. It's a wonderfully scary story that manages to be a proper film at the same time. A…	10 Last	nitzmoff Jan 2008
Turning Point: Fall of liberty. I just played the demo for this. The game is absolute shit, but I like the idea a lot. A shame they couldn't make a good game around it.	21 Last	Ephesians 2:8-9 Jan 2008
35$ tablet (not Wacom) new [url="http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WP8060-TAB08&AID=10440852&CJPID=552179"]http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WP8060-TAB08&AID=10440852&CJPID=552179[/url] Apparently,…	21 Last	pliang Jan 2008
Anyone have a Vaio laptop? I'm looking to purchase a small, light-as-it-can-be pc laptop that has enough umph to still play some current games (not Crysis and the like, but not just Nethack either). This would be for working …	28 Last	Neo_God Jan 2008