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ok I'm in Frankfurt Germany....

... what is a must do and what restaurants should I try to hit? I'm here on Business evaluating the Crytek engine but it looks like I have a little time to take in a site or two. - BoBo
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neolith

Gears of War --Fancy Dress!!!

Hi All As a longtime lurker of the Polycount boards I just gotta share this with you all! (Seeing as it took about 3 weeks of my spare time to create!!) It was for our annual works conference. Fanc…
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Option

Hey-ja!

Hi all I have good news. I took a job in Kiev. On 3d artist vacancy. In a [url="http://www.pershastudia.com/en/index.php"]Persha Studia[/url]. It's a big outsource company Thanks all for your work…
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Wells

Chinese gamer dies of exhaustion

Not sure if this has been posted before, but this guy apparently gamed himself to death: [url="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_China_Internet_Death.html"]http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/…
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Hollowmind

Colin Mcrae killed in helecopter crash?

Colin Mcrae may have been in a helicopter crash in Scotland that happened yesterday,formal Identification is exspected to take place today. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_wes…
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okkun

The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass...

Today is a very sad day, certainly for fans of The Wheel of Time series, for James "Robert Jordan" Rigney passed away yesterday. He succumbed to primary amyloidosis, which he had been fighting for ne…
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Asthane

SKATE

Demo's out on 360 now. I suspect with Bioshock being out not a lot of you are trying this out. But those who have, how is it? I'll have to wait until tomorrow to give it a go. Our boy malcolm worked…
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moose

morning or evening?

Is it better to workout in the morning or evening? when attempting to shed some pounds?
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Lee3dee

IT'S MATABUS CAKE TIMES PLZ!!!

Happy Birthday Matabus! [img]http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/lookie-i-can-maeks-a-taco.jpg[/img]
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Xenobond

Yet another fine demo...Ratchet & Clank Future PS3

I just went by my local EB Games where I had a preorder for Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for PS3 and the manager came over and handed me the demo disc for the game. [img]/images/…
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arshlevon

It's September, it can only be desktop time.

Click for bigger [url="http://www.rsart.co.uk/imagedump/desktops/september07.jpg"][img]http://www.rsart.co.uk/imagedump/desktops/september07sm.jpg[/img][/url]
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Psyk0

Erotic FPS

Best weapon in an FPS ever! This might be a little distasteful to some ...so you have been warned. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-Dorj4CsE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-Dorj4CsE[/url]
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CheapAlert

Using 3D modeler to make Game levels?

I have been looking everywhere, and even asked Justin Williams of Montage Studio ([url]www.montagestudio.org[/url]) and he recommended this site for me to ask this question. As I don't know where to …
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Dark Specter

oficial dark knight trailer !

wahoo ! [url="http://www.movieweb.com/news/74/21474.php"]http://www.movieweb.com/news/74/21474.php[/url]
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Marine

ET QuakeWars Demo

I am wondering, the demo is out and nobody writes a comment about it? I am downloading it now. I am curious if it runs smoother on my pc than the beta.
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Rhinokey

Dallas Game Art Workshop

Hey guys I just wanted to announce that I organized another workshop for the Dallas, TX area. If you guys are close I recommend coming! Its going to be awesome!!!! If you need to get a ticket here is…
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I_luv_Pixels

Give Me More

Ok I was going to post in the thread of awesomeness but I didn't want to stain the halls of good videos, images and other links with what will soon taint your eyes. This is oh god...you really gotta…
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Piotr Słomowicz

Who remembers AxeL?

Cuz that's me! Hello, been lurking here again for a while, thought I'd stick my oar back into things again [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Lots of names I recognise are still here, which is…
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doc rob

Last Fm Player and Wacom drivers conflict?

I'm still messing round with this, but I think possibly I'm having some type of conflict with the Last FM player and the wacom drivers. I updated the LastFM player today and when I rebooted I got th…
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oXYnary

OTR anyone?

I'm a big old time radio fan, I like to listen to it while I work. Horror and ghost stories always seem to be hard to come by though so when I found a great collection I thought I'd share. [url="ht…
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nitzmoff

photoshop pixilator program?

hey guys this may sound odd, its nothing really relating to anything, but im trying to take a speaker and make a GIF animation of it , and I did this a while ago, nothing special, but I was wondering…
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swampbug

Salt-Water Car

Well not quite yet but this is a pretty amazing discovery. [url="http://green.yahoo.com/index.php?q=node/1570"]http://green.yahoo.com/index.php?q=node/1570[/url]
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KeyserSoze

Iron Man Trailer

[url="http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/"]http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/[/url] I think it actually might not suck.
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TomDunne

help needed

hello guys, i have a question for you what music playing on background of that gears of war movie? i mean... here is screenshot, if you remember it and can help i'll be happy thanks for your time [i…
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Marine

Shoot'em UP

Saw this yesterday.....Fun action Movie. Did not suffer from taking it self seriously. Some of the action scenes are so absurd you cant help but laugh. Paul Giamatti was a great villan.Clive Owen was…
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Matabus

Cake for Ruz !!

happy birthday dude !!
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D4V1DC

Avatar

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Avatar-TLAlogo.jpg/250px-Avatar-TLAlogo.jpg[/img] Who looks and loves Avatar:Last Airbender ? that is awesome cartoon!!! I can't wait new t…
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Asthane

Guitar Hero 3 coming to PC and Mac

Title says it all! About time everyone will be able to experience the majesty of Guitar Hero! (as long as Neversoft doesn't botch it...) Thing I'm waiting to see is the modding action people do - u…
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Jesse Moody

beowulf

so this what it comes down to? I had to watch the trailer a few times... all the actors are most certainly digitised (I think you can tell from the neck movements, they are close but not perfect) w…
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ChaosEidolon

I want to cry right now

I'm so frigg'n stoked right now For the passed seven years it's been my dream to go into the gaming industry, and go to college for it as my major. I've had no funds set aside for college from my pa…
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DarthRevanII

Adapt Montreal

Hey, just wondering if anyone's going to be at adapt montreal this year from the 24th-28th. [url="http://www.adaptmontreal.com/"]http://www.adaptmontreal.com/[/url] I'l be there for the week, so if a…
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MikeF

Indi game: The World of Goo!

[url="http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/goo+world/video/x2y52j_world-of-goo-gameplay-trailer_tech"]http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/sea...ay-trailer_tech[/url] Does that look awesome o…
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Eric Chadwick

Stranglehold

Beat this last nite, playing thru it again. some parts were a bit repetitive, but over all great fun game. realy fun destructable enviroments, one of the best shooters i've played on console as far …
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Davision3D

Run Fatboy Run

Just got back from the cinema, really enjoyed the film. It's not like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, it's more a Romantic Comedy...with Simon Pegg and Dylan Moran (and other folk). Thought everyone…
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Davision3D

Gratz to Kypo another one into the industry!!

Congrats to Kypo for landing a gig at Infusion games under the command of our very own Dom-War chick maker and polycounter JonMurphy. Guess ive got even more insentive to visit brizzle sometime and …
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Illusions

New Indiana Jones Flick has a Name

[url="http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html"]http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html[/url] [b]"Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"[/b] Pretty weird title for me because I just finished working …
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Joshua Stubbles

I need some help ,please help me,thank you!

Thanks for all dude,i have one questions,please help me.( if this thread is irrelevantly,please delete it,thanks) i am yuteng zhang,works in game industry for many times.for those years,i get m…
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darth.perry

Does "MoH, Airborne" include UE3 editor (full)?

Hey guys, I was playing around with RoboBlitz UE3 editor a couple weeks for now, and wondering if I can hold for UE3 editor full version. Over the Unreal Engine Wiki site, I saw MoH Airborne (PCDVD…
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neolith

The end is near....live action Dragonball Z

[url="http://kotaku.com/gaming/make-it-stop/live+action-dragon-ball-z-295873.php"]http://kotaku.com/gaming/make-it-stop/live+action-dragon-ball-z-295873.php[/url] Too bad I stopped watching the show…
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Joshua Stubbles

Bioshock Demo for download

now up on the 360 marketplace.. time to see what this bitch can do =)
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HarlequiN

Call of Duty 4 - 360 Beta

From what I hear, it'll be hitting the marketplace on Thursday. [url="http://www.360-hq.com/article-1834-thread-1-0.html"]http://www.360-hq.com/article-1834-thread-1-0.html[/url] Game looks amazing…
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Jesse Moody

teh Musac. polycounters and their music

hey guys, just wanted to get to know the people better with another one of my random general discussion posts. what type of music do you guys listen to as you work? i dunno why i wanna know... like…
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sonic

Need a new monitor

Hello dear polycounters So i would like to buy a new monitor. But have no idea what to buy. I would totally like to have a 24 incher, to have a 1920*1200 screen res, but dont know any cool one. An…
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Asmuel

Happy birthday YOU FRIGGING HIPPY!!

BEARKUB'S BIRTHDAY!!! [img]http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/80/71/6h/www.ftd.com/pics/products/BB32_c.jpg[/img]
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Mongrelman

Help Name Our Game

IGN just put up the page so now i can pimp it! [url="http://pc.ign.com/articles/793/793986p1.html"]http://pc.ign.com/articles/793/793986p1.html[/url] Post your name ideas.
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gauss

PSU and video card problems. need help

I just bought a geforce 8800GTS and the requirements say that it needs a 400 watt power supply with a minimum of 26 amps on the +12 volt rail. Now, since they dont really even make PSU's (as far as …
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Motz

cholden goes to the wrestles

Sunday I received the privilege of working my first wrestling match. I enter the battle royal at 1:07, and eliminated at 1:49 [url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=rjvkv7aEyxA"]http://youtube.com/watch?…
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jgarland

Sketch Travel

This got passed around at work today... seemed like some of the similar efforts we've had here. Thought some of you might enjoy it, cheers, [url="http://www.sketchtravel.com/"]Sketch Travel[/url]
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Em.

Average industry income?

I was curios what the Average income is in the games industry, can anyone attest? Im especially curios about artist positions and level design. What would be the ideal starting salary? And im guess…
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Ruz

Non-hardcore 2p co op games?

My girlfriend has recently taken an interest in playing games (cue angelic chorus) and has been playing mostly puzzlers on the DS and Katamari on ps2. Since the holy grail of gaming in my humble opi…
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hawken

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