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Austin/Dallas Sketchgroup Get Together! Just wanted to let everyone here know that Paul Richards and I have set up a Austin/Dallas sketchgroup get together this upcoming 12th of January. In case anyone from the local area would like to dr…	19 Last	onelung Jan 2008
Philadelphia anyone? I have been looking to find some job opportunities in Philly, but can't seem to locate any. I may just be missing something, or I could be just an idiot. At any rate, if anyone knows of any studios…	10 Last	Lee3dee Jan 2008
Sonic RPG I said wow. [img]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c357/Klobstrosity/misc/sonicscan3.jpg[/img] [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t301/momossitepics/sonicscan7.jpg[/img] [img]http://i163.photob…	11 Last	Wells Jan 2008
Thank-you I'm not sure that I ever properly thanked Polycount for being a driving force behind my getting a job in the industry. So R13, Kub and the rest of you thanks for what you do. I know there are quite a…	9 Last	Lee3dee Jan 2008
Work in the uk (england) Hi, I know nobody speaks about how much he earns, but what do you think is the normal wage for an artist with 3 years experience ? What about living costs? How much do you spend per month? What's …	9 Last	Ruz Jan 2008
bought new Tv :) But.... as you know , im the most incompetent person with electronics etc , so i bought a samsung LE83LR23 ( or something ) , its a 23 inch tv from samsung and i am VERY happy with it , there is just one sma…	8 Last	notman Jan 2008
Upgrade Recommendations Hey, I'm a bit out of date on the current hardware situation and have to get a new motherboard and processor. I was wondering what is currently good to get. Looking at the AMD site they have a few …	10 Last	Tulkamir Jan 2008
Marvel erases Spidey-MJ marriage [url="http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-01-09-spider-man-marriage_N.htm?se=yahoorefer"]http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-01-09-spider-man-marriage_N.htm?se=yahoorefer[/url] So …	28 Last	Entity Jan 2008
Closed PICKING UP 2 FOR SMALL STUDIO!! Hey guys, My partner and my self are looking to pick up a couple people for an up and coming studio "MAKE CG"the domain is brandnew so we are still getting it up. Below is some information about the …	21 Last	MoP Jan 2008
Holy Curved Monitor Goodness [url="http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet"]http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet[/url] This looks pr…	14 Last	Keg Jan 2008
Kotaku : Games industry office photos [url="http://kotaku.com/343590/work-and-play-a-peek-inside-the-lives-of-gamings-greatest"]http://kotaku.com/343590/work-and-play-a-peek-inside-the-lives-of-gamings-greatest[/url] I found this Kotaku…	4 Last	pliang Jan 2008
Coraline (Neil gaiman) sneak preview (very early) [url="http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Video_Clips/Coraline_Sneak_Preview"]http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Video_Clips/Coraline_Sneak_Preview[/url] I'm liking the skewed look of things,…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
How the hell is this so damn addictive? I have spent the last 45 minutes just trying to guess 5 numbers. It's pretty ridiculous. Here, you guys have a try.. [url="http://www.tez.id.au/"]http://www.tez.id.au/[/url] I got the first one a d…	39 Last	mrworthless Jan 2008
ohh is nice keyboard! from the dudes that made the optimus keyboard. here they come. now with no keys! [url="http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/"]http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/[/url]	22 Last	t4paN Jan 2008
Soul Calibur 4: May the force be with you [img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y268/keanerie/media-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y268/keanerie/media.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165334"]http://ww…	51 Last	AstroZombie Jan 2008
Remember java 'draw a 3d model'-thing? new version [url="http://www.den.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/%7Eyuki/plushie/index-e.html"]http://www.den.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/%7Eyuki/plushie/index-e.html[/url] They kept working on it, apparantly, and now it's geared …	9 Last	Michael Knubben Jan 2008
polycounts @ ca.org seattle post up if u'r there ... i'm there, and ill be staying at the warwick hotel	54 Last	adamlewis Jan 2008
Real-time softbody mesh deformation (Real Matter) [url="http://www.realmatter.com"]www.realmatter.com[/url] PRetty awesome really, especially with the possibilitys it opens up for video game animation and violence. I'm thinking a zombie game with u…	21 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2008
Pandora closed entirely outside USA Well, I dunno about the rest of you, but I've been using [url="http://www.pandora.com"]www.pandora.com[/url] a fair bit to find out new bands and music that I like, it's been really cool and I've end…	11 Last	Pedro Amorim Jan 2008
blizzard banner conspiracy question [img]http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/images/jobs_headertitle.jpg[/img] i noticed this add on the dominance war site. who is the dude second from the left? i noticed they used a character from each ga…	19 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2008
Don't be Skeptical, it's Nate's B-day! Happy birthday, Skeptical Nate! Have a good'un!	14 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2008
Poor Arshlevon Iv lost count of how many people use his basemesh and fail to mention that it based on arsh basemesh , i dont mind people using stuff for learning, but now making their personal work around other …	45 Last	Japhir Jan 2008
No Globe? Due to the ongoing Writer's Guild strikes...no Golden Globe ceremony (65th) I think.	2 Last	Tulkamir Jan 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (late, as though it may be..) SLUM! This is making up for a promise I made and didn't hold out on the first time around. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SLUMMERZ!!! You are one helluva a cat and fantastico guy! Hope you had a happy birthday, duder!	12 Last	IronHawk Jan 2008
Who's getting psyched about dom war 3? starting to think about this now! didn't the email that got sent recently about sponsorship say there would be an announcement 2nd week of jan? any speculation about themes.. does the space theme ne…	65 Last	katzeimsack Jan 2008
Health Issues : Anxiety? Just recently my mother has developed a few symptoms that I, as her son, am really getting concerned with... A few days ago she woke up and has experienced loss of voice and her throat hurts like he…	13 Last	Conor Jan 2008
Building Beer Brewing Bender [url="http://asciimation.co.nz/bender/index.html"]http://asciimation.co.nz/bender/index.html[/url]	2 Last	pliang Jan 2008
bought a nikon d200 ... i just bought a nikon d200 [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] i have some money left to buy some nice lenses. the first one i badly want is a macro, though i dont know wich one it will be. do yo…	10 Last	Rens Jan 2008
happy birthday shimmer have a good one, mate. 22 years old and already a senior artist [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] good luck for the next year	27 Last	_Shimmer Jan 2008
Houdini Apprentice $99 Pretty nice it seems (though I've never used the program). Can render up to HD resolution and no watermarks. [url="http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1002"]http:…	8 Last	pliang Jan 2008
Announcing... MONKEYZOMBIEROBOT Announcing... [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1990368046_a3b1aa0302_o.png[/img] [b][i]WHAT IS MONKEYZOMBIEROBOT?[/b][/i] MonkeyZombieRobot is a group of game character artists work…	10 Last	bounchfx Jan 2008
Xbox Live How long must this shit go on for? I have been having so many issues with live this past month it isn't funny. Profile corrupted Can't recover gamertag Locking up Not loading Anyone else having iss…	12 Last	Mongrelman Jan 2008
UT3 - PS3 modding begins Epic has released the editor patch for the pc version of UT3 that'll let you export mods into a PS3 compatible format. The patch is still in beta, and you'll need both the pc version (for the ditor) …	3 Last	oobersli Jan 2008
Sweeney Todd Saw Sweeney Todd over the weekend and I rather enjoyed it, lotsa blood and gore, good revenge tale. I'm familiar with the source material so I went into the movie expecting alot of singing and gore …	10 Last	PolyHertz Jan 2008
Question for some of the Blizzard guys on PC. I was looking through the art section on the SC2 site and came across this [url="http://www.starcraft2.com/images/artwork/ss67-hires.jpg"]concept[/url]. Do you think it would be a problem to model t…	2 Last	IronHawk Jan 2008
jaguar emulator I like to mess around with emulators. anyone ever got the save game working on alien vs predator. great game, but you can't seem to save games	3 Last	Ruz Jan 2008
Gamecube "must haves"? I recently acquired a Wavebird controller for my Wii and was wondering about some game recommendations since I never owned a GC. So far I plan on checking out: Super Mario Sunshine Viewtiful Joe Et…	28 Last	AstroZombie Jan 2008
talk about music with ian happy new year you beautiful bastards. post here and be BFF with me top three bands. go! Pink Floyd TOOL The Tiny	65 Last	Slash Jan 2008
Batten down the hatches! Anyone else getting slammed with this big west coast storm? We had 70mph winds and 1" of rain last night and they're expecting up to or over 1ft of snow in the valley floor today. Up on MtRose they'r…	22 Last	flaagan Jan 2008
Need a little advice... So, I had applied to a few studios, and did not get offered the positions. I realize that, though I know I have the skills to do the job well, my current 'folio is comprised of various work at variou…	6 Last	dfacto Jan 2008
Sleep apnea... Anyone here have it? Last few months I noticed myself waking up quickly right before following a sleep as it felt like I hadn't taken a breath for a few second, quickly getting my breath baking and …	24 Last	Joshua Stubbles Jan 2008
moar laptop problems hehehe ok , so i ran into the following snag once again ( yes i bet i have the record of beeing useless with computers, they just hate me...FACT ) : i had the drivers that came with the manufacturer , an…	2 Last	Joao Sapiro Jan 2008
looking for an old car design game from the 80's I'm looking for an old game from the mid 80's, it was a car design sim. You design the car and then the game runs various tests on it and prints out a report on your car... you don't even get to dri…	4 Last	oobersli Jan 2008
Good Google tips via Lifehacker: [url="http://lifehacker.com/339474/top-10-obscure-google-search-tricks"]http://lifehacker.com/339474/top-10-obscure-google-search-tricks[/url] A bunch of good tips and tricks to get …	2 Last	AstroZombie Jan 2008
I am legend so... i liked it, it was great, will smith did a good job as well, the ending sucked and it was nothing like the book, but i've never read the book so... i still enjoyed it.	85 Last	Jesse Moody Jan 2008
StJoris scores some cake. Happy birthday, StJoris! Enjoy it! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	10 Last	snemmy Jan 2008
new (maybe?) Bionic Command screens and concepts [url="http://www.vg-forum.it/showthread.php?t=21070"]http://www.vg-forum.it/showthread.php?t=21070[/url] has a couple environmental concepts as well as screenshots this link has a bunch of concept s…	12 Last	ChaosEidolon Jan 2008
UFC 79? So, is anyone watching? Wanderlei Silva faces off against Chuck Liddell at one of the most anticipated matches ever. Guaranteed fireworks! Any MMA fans out there?	21 Last	Martin Henriksson Jan 2008
Wii owners? For the impatient, skip to 3 minutes in. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw[/url]	23 Last	Asmuel Jan 2008
Guitar for beginners Hey, looking for some assistance here. I know several of you are guitar players, and I'm looking for some good beginners advice. We got our 10yr old daughter a guitar for Christmas and she's eager to…	17 Last	Mishra Jan 2008