General Discussion

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Cake for Vahl Happy birthday [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]	18 Last	pior Feb 2007
Polycount helps yet another get into the game biz! I just recieved an offer for an Associate Production Artist position at Turbine, Inc. working on the Dungeons and Dragon Online live team. ...so freeking excited. Ive wanted to make monsters for…	25 Last	artrynk Feb 2007
New Ubisoft studio ? [url="http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81"]http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81[/url],12399,0,022007,1330519.html&ref=cyberp…	1 Last	Psyk0 Feb 2007
Dynamite surfing haha, I thought I'd share this. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I wonder if there are any special effects involved [url="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/9755/217d8b2b/index.html"]http://www.…	7 Last	WickedFingers Feb 2007
How do i post an image? Anyone know any image hosting sites? When i try and just drag the image into the post nothing happens and when i link it with the image button it just fails out.	4 Last	WickedFingers Feb 2007
Screen capture tools? Iv seen a few of the tutorial videos of peole painting and what not and i was wondering what tools are people using to grab screen video? Is their any good free software for doing this.. Jody	2 Last	GoK Feb 2007
Ray Harryhausen should be proud of this guy Stop motion paper fight [url="http://www.break.com/index/awesome_stop_motion_paper_fight.html?playall=1"]http://www.break.com/index/awesome_stop_motion_paper_fight.html?playall=1[/url]	3 Last	Neo_God Feb 2007
New WoW figures. lookin good. [url="http://www.rojo.com/story/NcfR-PHzvZuT99EB"]http://www.rojo.com/story/NcfR-PHzvZuT99EB[/url] these look great. I'm waiting to see a prototype shot of the Belf rogue myself.	6 Last	seantree Feb 2007
Because I like to share the horror... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhO0ElTB5FM"]Girls Aloud and Sugababes cover "Walk This Way"[/url] I'd always expected a cover of it to make it's way back into mainstream music, but I was fooli…	13 Last	AstroZombie Feb 2007
What is the polycount for "next-gen" consoles? Hey, I'm curious about how many polys the next-gen consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, and The Wii) are capable of handling. What's an average poly count for a character in a FPS for example? What about the ma…	24 Last	Joseph Silverman Feb 2007
Tell your mom, UT is good for you [url="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12671"]Research: Unreal Tournament Improves Visual Acuity[/url] "Action video game play changes the way our brains process visual informat…	9 Last	flaagan Feb 2007
A Song of Ice and Fire: HBO series!! I know a lot of you guys are fans of George R.R. Martin's work, so you'll probably be as shocked to hear this as I was. Fuckiiiiinnnng insane. heres the variety article: [url="http://www.variety.co…	17 Last	gavku Feb 2007
VINDICATION! For men, at least... VINDICATION for men everywhere!!! [url="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1a66e4db-8631-467e-af9f-635f6a445f96"]http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1a66e4db-8631-467e-af9…	20 Last	Ryno Feb 2007
first real duke nukem forever shot [img]http://jobs.gamasutra.com/Media/Accounts/95/gama_duke.gif[/img] found here: [url="http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/ViewCompanyProfile.asp?CompanyProfileID=2113&Keywords="]http://jobs.ga…	45 Last	foreverendering Feb 2007
bad memory is this normal? I can be using something, set it down for a second and completely lose it, scissors, screw drivers, my usb thumb drive at work. My concept of time seems to be changing too, when Domi…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2007
It's Official: No More "Next-Gen" My apologies as I realize that I am several months late making this announcement. Henceforth, there is no need to use the term "next-gen" when referring to current games and consoles. In fact, you ca…	35 Last	BRUTICUS(CW) Feb 2007
Astronaut lady goes KERRRAZAY!! [url="http://www.komotv.com/news/national/5572056.html"]http://www.komotv.com/news/national/5572056.html[/url]	9 Last	eld Feb 2007
Game Devolpers Conference '07 Hello, Polycounters! Is anyone, by chance, going to the 2007 Game Developers Conference? It's going to be in San Fransisco, CA this year. The dates are March 6th-9th. It's good. It's damn good. Good …	1 Last	Jarrod1937 Feb 2007
Initiative requires married couples to have kids Some people are so stupid. It will never pass, if it does I'm moving to my own island where common sense will reign supreme, and biased people with agendas will be shot on sight. [url="http://www.k…	15 Last	ebagg Feb 2007
metal slug anthology for the wii well how about that, they advertise it as a 4 player game, but it isn't, only 2 people can play... it sais 4 player in the back with the nunchuck but in neither one of the metal slug games included o…	22 Last	skankerzero Feb 2007
Wharcake! ha! spotted you! happy birthday [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	19 Last	Pedro Amorim Feb 2007
Interview with Victor Santaquiteria Hey folks, 3dcreature.com has done an artist feature with Victor Santaquiteria. I really like his unique style. If you have not seen his stuff, check out more of his works at [url="http://www.santaqu…	2 Last	Pedro Amorim Feb 2007
Nazi-zombies-on-weather-balloons movie? What ever happened to that movie (gauss, looking at you here)? I was just talking about how cool the little clip of it was that I saw a couple years ago. Anyone happen to have the link? Was it eve…	6 Last	nitzmoff Feb 2007
Ghostbusters videogame [url="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31247"]http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31247[/url] What? where the fuck did this come from? Do i care, no but i want it!	22 Last	Joseph Silverman Feb 2007
dom2 am I missing something? when is it starting? where are the rules? I can't be bothered to read two forums, cgchat is not somewhere I often frequent.	6 Last	hawken Feb 2007
Stupid commentaries about what you do. i saw a thread similr in cgtalk , about people who dont have a clue what cg is still want to imply that pressing buttons does everything , share your stories, etc , we might have a laugh or two bla…	47 Last	Motz Feb 2007
How To Do It Right what up gang! As an animator, a love of modeling helps me understand more about my characters abilities and limitations. I have seen many different approaches to the human or humanoid form, everyon…	2 Last	Thurban Feb 2007
Genres you can't stand. Everyone has that genre, whether it be games, music, film, tv, or other forms of entertainment.. that they dislike and refuse to spend time experiencing, whats yours?	47 Last	danr Feb 2007
organization my files are rather messy and would like to change that. i'm going to attempt to change how i work; from trying to create simple and helpful habits to higher level organizational stuff. i'll be tryi…	19 Last	Penzer Feb 2007
SupRore, you can't hide behind the birthday cake!! Happy birthday meng!	7 Last	Emil Mujanovic Feb 2007
Recommend your favorite movies! I got one of those mail-in online movie rental memberships, and I was wondering what movies you guys would recommend, top movies, cream of the crop, particularly those lesser known ones.	46 Last	Penzer Feb 2007
CSS backup help Aaargh! I was fixing a line of my CSS using the online editor, and managed like an utter tool to delete the last part of my CSS. I'm hoping someone has it in their cache - [url="http://www.rsart.co.…	4 Last	Rick Stirling Feb 2007
stoked, just landed my first job! I just landed my first industry job, Ill be working at Naughty Dog. im so stoked [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img], if any poly counters work their let me know so I can say hi when I come in to …	27 Last	Jesse Moody Feb 2007
January desktops A 1/3 of the way through the month and nobody made this topic? Surprising [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [url="http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5605/janyy5.jpg"][img]http://img182.imagesha…	33 Last	Pedro Amorim Feb 2007
Staring at the phone...going insane Man, what do you guys do to keep yourself from going mental waiting to hear the final word back about a job? As things are looking I will have to wait till monday, making this the first weekend I …	10 Last	ChaosEidolon Feb 2007
Windows without the junk Check it out dudes - nLite [url="http://www.nliteos.com"]www.nliteos.com[/url] It's an app that takes your Windows installation CD and lets you strip out components you don't want, etc. and burns t…	5 Last	Motz Feb 2007
Scott Ian vs Guitar Hero II For those who don't know, Scott Ian is the rhythm guitarist for Anthrax (the band my handle comes from). Someone recorded him trying to play his own song on Guitar Hero II. Funny shit [url="http://ww…	26 Last	Whargoul Feb 2007
20% off all videogames @ DVDempire.com They are stopping sales of videogames there in the next few weeks and are trying to sell off their inventory. [url="http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v2_category.asp?userid=99365304269719&cat_id=175…	7 Last	EarthQuake Feb 2007
gauss' pompous best of 2006 movie list [img]http://gausswerks.com/misc/x3beast.jpg[/img] The Onion AV Club is having its second annual Film Poll, where you rate your top 5 films and just generally give your opinions about the films of the…	33 Last	Kevin Johnstone Feb 2007
postal [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvR0Wkbs6k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvR0Wkbs6k[/url] astrozombie linked me this earlier,, i lookd thru treads did not see it. this is a lot difrent tha…	4 Last	almighty_gir Feb 2007
mmmm sixaxix sauce [url="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/sony-sauce-spices-up-your-real-ps3-grill-bbq/"]http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/sony-sauce-spices-up-your-real-ps3-grill-bbq/[/url] Now thats what i'm talk…	1 Last	ebagg Feb 2007
Firefox = SATAN! This is hilarious. [url="http://www.shelleytherepublican.com/2007/01/31/mozilla-exposed.aspx"]http://www.shelleytherepublican.com/2007/01/31/mozilla-exposed.aspx[/url]	6 Last	Shady-D Feb 2007
The Thomas Crown Affair ok, can anyone tell me how he steals the second painting? after watching the movie 3 times, trying to see what i've missed (and cos its a fucking amazing film). i'm lost... i cannot figure it out! …	4 Last	Mongrelman Feb 2007
Cold [img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/371819482_751a495f1a.jpg[/img] 2.5 miles high, couple of weeks ago. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickstirling"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickstirli…	12 Last	IronHawk Jan 2007
Closed Polycount? More like Pokey-count! I am getting sick and tired of that Rendering in Progress message! When is this site going to really be Polycount? It has been more than a few days. More like a few months! Get on with it!!!!! [img]…	271 Last	r13 Jan 2007
Help me place this image I was directed to this guys site, subtlesquid.com to chat with him, however it looks like he doesn't update his site often, so maybe he doesn't read his site mail often. then i came accross this imag…	4 Last	Jarrod1937 Jan 2007
Polycounter baby roundup... Witness the cuteness! With all of the Polycounters reproducing like rabbits, this all adds up to lots of babies. And where there are babies, there are proud parents with cameras. Please post your cutest baby/rugrat pict…	13 Last	ebagg Jan 2007
Warby's famous! [url="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/30/shadow-of-the-counter-strike/"]http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/30/shadow-of-the-counter-strike/[/url]	1 Last	Joseph Silverman Jan 2007
windows vista WELCOME TO THE WOW! [img]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~ypnos/vista1.jpg[/img]	30 Last	rawkstar Jan 2007
sweet quite funny really if you like the mighty boosh [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A18573753"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A18573753[/url]	0 Last	Ruz Jan 2007