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GDC canceled or no? Hey the whole city of cali if burning in a blaze of shit (ironic considering I hear its suppose to fall into the ocean as oppose to burn) But will GDC be canceled due to the fires? I was actually lo…	13 Last	Ghostscape Oct 2007
searching for a good book! Hi! i wanna buy a next-gen low-poly characters, modelling book. I never find one really good.. do u know any? Thanks! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]	5 Last	Slash Oct 2007
Closed Warcraft 2: A New Era As a proud Admin of [url="http://server.war2.ru"]http://server.war2.ru[/url] I would like to welcome you all to come and try us out. We just got done celebrating our 1 year anniversary as a server wi…	1 Last	bearkub Oct 2007
SOCOM Tactical Strike hey, not sure if anyone here is a psp fan. I got to work on this one early this year. Cool game, new direction for the franchise, and so far it looks like people like it. Coming soon:P [url="http://w…	0 Last	Jay Evans Oct 2007
Video game artist survey - please take a look... Hi, I'm currently conducting research on video game artists for my dissertation. I'd appreciate your help in completing an online survey. It will only take around 5 minutes to complete, there are ap…	4 Last	Steve Schulze Oct 2007
Proffesional opinion required Hi all, I need 5 (or more) statements from any professional game artist out there, be it texture artist or whatever, saying that all i need in order to apply to a similar position is a website with m…	26 Last	JKMakowka Oct 2007
New Monitor Im about to buy a new monitor. Im thinking of going for a LG 24", the LG FLATRON L245WP-BN. Does anyone know anyone that has this monitor? What do they say about it? Here's the product page. [url="…	14 Last	sonic Oct 2007
Closed Politics and religion in a business response There were no politics, but I lumped it into the title anyway. I'm not religious, but many people are. Many people have got religious quotes as their signatures in messageboards and emails. Yeah, wh…	74 Last	gauss Oct 2007
EA Purchasing Bioware/Pandemic... I'm really suprised MS didn't buy them up! [url="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071011006083&newsLang=en"]EA Purchasing Bioware/Pand…	57 Last	Keg Oct 2007
Zack and Wiki... ...comes out tomorrow. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	6 Last	[MILES] Oct 2007
Sorry, I'm late ...Oblivion. I bought shivering isles lately and somehow discovered all the mods and extra stuff there is for oblivion which... kinda left me wanting to do something too, like replacing some world textures with p…	5 Last	almighty_gir Oct 2007
Brom's "The Plucker" optioned for movie. Now this could be interesting if it goes ahead (and if no one screws it up). A dark, Gothic version of Toy Story penned by everyones favourite, equally dark and Gothic artist. [url="http://www.variet…	12 Last	Slum Oct 2007
anyone recognize this keyboard? Almost half-way through this Uncharted [url="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26677.html"]vid[/url] , there's a guy using some kind of funky loose-key keyboard. Anybody know what these are called o…	3 Last	SubPablo Oct 2007
California Fires! So the fires are massive here. Yesterday we took a walk to where the view was nice and we could see fires from all different areas. Only till this morning did the smoke set in, luckily most our win…	16 Last	Nate Broach Oct 2007
Getting rid of your debts... Hey I was wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and/or has advice on it. I have student loans, car payments and credit card debt that makes for some pretty formidable amount per month, …	39 Last	pliang Oct 2007
Design a Hero and Win a Boxx Computer @ EscapeStud Hey for budding games artists,You get one 30 minute shot at designing the ultimate games hero check it out @ [url="http://www.escapestudios.com"]www.escapestudios.com[/url] and win a Boxx Computer!!!	3 Last	Xenobond Oct 2007
Bedside shotgun holder I'm gettin' wun. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw[/url]	36 Last	Wells Oct 2007
THE DEAD WALK!!! So, my girlfriend calls me up about two hours ago and tells me that there are about 100 zombies walking down the street. Just you know...'hanging out.' So, I ran downstairs with my camera and manag…	11 Last	kiril0t Oct 2007
Book:3D Game Textures:Luke Ahearn<-worth it? Hey, i figure some of you might have this. So Im asking if its worth it, jsut a general consencus so its not just sitting on the shelf if i get it.	3 Last	kiril0t Oct 2007
Tim Schafer, anyone? [url="http://forum.vgcats.com/showthread.php?t=20536"]http://forum.vgcats.com/showthread.php?t=20536[/url] All I have is a vgcats forum thread about it, but just you wait. Just you wait.	23 Last	notman Oct 2007
Question for the Veterans Hi everyone, I have a noobish question for all you vets out there. I currently work at a small to medium sized game company on the east coast Im an object modeler, and I just got into the industry mo…	6 Last	insert Oct 2007
Half Life 2 Ep. 2 Spoiler!! So did anyone else finish playing this game yet? Quite possibly the best gaming experience of my life. Never felt so scared, sad, and excited as I have playing through this. I've never seen such em…	20 Last	Hollowmind Oct 2007
The illegality of hypertext linking. (Tv-Links) [ QUOTE ] The first closure of a major UK-based pirate site was also accompanied by raids and an arrest, the anti-piracy group Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) said today. A 26-year-old man…	12 Last	Hollowmind Oct 2007
F1 world gran pix 2007 Congrats for kimi !!! i am sick of the overly devoted patriotism to that Alonso Snake and the bashing of jackass hamilton , but in the end the true champion came and he is from ferrari ! wahooo ! …	9 Last	Ruz Oct 2007
Yahtzee is at it again! [url="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2541-Zero-Punctuation-The-Orange-Box"]Zero Punctuation: Orange Box Review[/url] I know a lot of people here keep up w…	0 Last	nacire Oct 2007
new zealand trip So, I'm wondering if anyone lives there or has gone on vacation there could maybe shoot me a few ideas of where to go maybe? I'm thinking of hitting it up before the end of the year or early next ye…	5 Last	tacit math Oct 2007
Crysis Beta...Anyone else playing it? [url="http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/crysis/beta/"]http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/crysis/beta/[/url] So I happen across this today...So I sign-up, I get a CD-key and I download the file…	23 Last	Striff Oct 2007
Assasin's Creed art preview Hmmm....AC [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Dunno if anyone hasn't seen this, but even if it was just for the wireframe of the city, it would be worth it: [url="http://features.cgsociety.org/s…	14 Last	TomDunne Oct 2007
Minerva - HL2 mod Latest tidbit of news on Steam is that the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINERVA_%28mod%29"]Minerva[/url] mod for HL2 has been finished and released. Just played through the second half of it a…	5 Last	ebagg Oct 2007
rag-doll wrestling anyone? Howdy all. A co-worker stumbled on this gem. Its a game powered purily by rag-doll physics and code. I can't get the idea of hidiously drunk people brawling out of my head.:) [url="http://web.t-o…	7 Last	Joseph Silverman Oct 2007
30 Days of Night. Anyone see this movie? I caught it last night, and enjoyed it quite a bit. The movie is well paced, and throws in some very nice stylized shots. It is certainly a unique take on the vampire subject…	13 Last	ebagg Oct 2007
Max 2008 Demo Ok so Autodesk has released the 30 day demo. Time to check this out and see if there are any improvements. [url="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=10083915"]http://usa…	45 Last	dur23 Oct 2007
Stylization I wrote a post about stylization in games: [url="http://lucas.hardi.org/?p=15"]http://lucas.hardi.org/?p=15[/url] and I thought it would be worthwhile to post it here and see what people though abo…	33 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2007
Use the Portal gun in Half Life 2 [url="http://www.primotechnology.com/2007/10/17/half-life-2-portal/"]http://www.primotechnology.com/2007/10/17/half-life-2-portal/[/url] gonna try this tonight [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	2 Last	Whargoul Oct 2007
Bionic Commando Screenshots are up on the site! [url="http://www.bioniccommando.com"]www.bioniccommando.com[/url] [img]http://www.bioniccommando.com/img/site/screenshots/12_l.jpg[/img] Not enough old school love i…	31 Last	Justin Meisse Oct 2007
Dealing With Stubborn teachers/bosses Hey guys, I've been meaning to post this here for a while now, but I finally had enough incentive after todays classes. What do you guys do when either a boss or teacher is becoming so arrogant, and…	16 Last	Ruz Oct 2007
workshop - london games festival So yeah I am giving a workshop at the london games festival next week. Any suggestions about content. its only an hour long, so i have to get something fairly basic set up. Perhaps a zbrush pipeline …	2 Last	Ruz Oct 2007
Flash Games I'm trying to put together some games pages for the site I work for, like [url="http://www.iomtoday.co.im/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?sectionid=9121"]this[/url] test page. I'm having a hard time fin…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2007
3d work/Gaming/Affordable Laptop? Hey everyone, I may be in the market for a new laptop in the near future and was wondering if anyone had any insight on the subject. I'm a desktop man myself and love building them, but this will be…	5 Last	nacire Oct 2007
New Computer, Any Ideas? As my computer is slowly dieing, I have started looking around for a suitable replacement. I need a complete overhaul as everything on this machine is a piece of shit (take my 9600Pro for example). I…	7 Last	Ryno Oct 2007
Creative Frustration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I had a long post on here, but I think I got carried away and totally missed the focus of what I was posting about. So here's a revised version. Let's say you have an idea in your head, but your…	12 Last	Sage Oct 2007
Project Offset Trailer Edited to remove link out of respect to the Project Offset guys. [url="http://www.projectoffset.com/news.html"]http://www.projectoffset.com/news.html[/url]	28 Last	MoP Oct 2007
The Art of WASD... I'm finally trying to move away from the ancient version of L Mouse: Fire Middle Mouse: Forward R Mouse: Back A and D still strafe S as crouch Caps Lock as alt fire (for newer 2 weapon mode games) I…	45 Last	nacire Oct 2007
Show me some myspace love.. even if u dont want to [url="http://www.myspace.com/greatscottaz"]http://www.myspace.com/greatscottaz[/url] Girls keep asking me for a myspace link so I drank the kool-aide too. I sent some of u guys a request so plz add…	5 Last	Pedro Amorim Oct 2007
November 1st One shall be buying the (royal) Wii any idea why geeks?	14 Last	hawken Oct 2007
Quake 3 Graphics Question Not really a game art question but I know more people here know Quake 3 graphics issues than anywhere else... I just installed Q3, the 1.3 patch and the 1.3-.1.42 patch. When I play the game all not…	6 Last	Emil Mujanovic Oct 2007
Who plays guitar? I'm looking to pick one up... but not sure what to look for? I know I could go to the store and ask. But I don't want to able to go in there with recommendations from people who have experience. So I…	25 Last	Mishra Oct 2007
public speaking have any of you guys ben a speaker at a game conference . I have been kind of invited to speak at one and TBH I think that would be rather scary to say the least. I have been asked to chat about the …	15 Last	danr Oct 2007
Robot sex? Why not. [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21271545/wid/11915829?GT1=10450"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21271545/wid/11915829?GT1=10450[/url] Apparently in five years you can purchase artificial women to stic…	24 Last	aesir Oct 2007
CS3/CS2 Compatibility The machine i have here at work has CS3 installed on it, and others here at the office use CS2. As far as i can tell, they are working and talking with one another. Are CS3's PSDs compatible with CS…	4 Last	pliang Oct 2007