General Discussion

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
Web Cam Recommendations? With the move to Texas and the birth of our son, my wife and I want to purchase some Web cams as Xmas gifts for our parents so that we can chat with them and they can see their new grandson from time…	8 Last	swampbug Dec 2006
HD DVD vs Blue ray for games I was thinking about this the other night why would developers need so much storage space? At what point is it too much space? A DVD can hold 5 GB - 15 GB. A HD DVD can hold 15 GB 60 GB. A Blue Ra…	14 Last	Joshua Stubbles Dec 2006
new TNMT Trailer Hey guys, you guys probably saw the teaser that was out a few months ago. Here's the new trailer with dialog and junk. [url="http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1547483&vid=123641#/overdrive/?id=1…	20 Last	Steve Schulze Dec 2006
Happy Birthday ElysiumGX Happy Birthday Will! [img]http://dl3.glitter-graphics.net/pub/45/45375udfmn5lu1f.jpg[/img] Did you get my gift in the mail? its an upgrade from XSI to Max [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]	25 Last	DeathKitten Dec 2006
Happy birthday Bitmap! I saw yer cake! You have been birthday'd! Have a good one!	12 Last	DeathKitten Dec 2006
Happy birthday Malcolm! Enjoy your cake, Malcolm! Or whatever it is you crazies do on birthdays in Canada, probably some sort of bacon involved...	17 Last	DeathKitten Dec 2006
Natural Selection 2 -> first movie First in game footage from the new version of the mod (now in the Source engine of course). Pretty damn nifty effect, I must say. [url="http://www.unknownworlds.com/blog/2006/12/dynamic_infestation_…	23 Last	Cthogua Dec 2006
phone telemarketer not sure if anyone's posted this up yet, but I found it funny as hell. [url="http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/"]Revenge to telemarketing video[/url]	2 Last	notman Dec 2006
Happy birthday Nerd Groupie ! You can always tell who's parents got "bored" during the winter months.... too many late-year bdays! hehe Happy birthday, nerd [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]	14 Last	ElysiumGX Dec 2006
hmm , things aint going to well well what can i say , since my missus let last year my life has been going crap. when i a doing my artwork i feeel good , butI miss my old life. things don't seem to be getting any better thse days. …	35 Last	Ruz Dec 2006
Closed Looks like BUsh, peoples! I think I'd have preferred a democrat in office but Kerry just wasn't the man. Ce'st la vie. [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]	183 Last	bearkub Dec 2006
Arrested for opening x-mas presents? [url="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1205062xmas1.html"]http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1205062xmas1.html[/url] What the heck is going on, it's a kid and that's what they do. What did sh…	10 Last	danr Dec 2006
looking for a specific concept i apologize ahead of time - i can't remember much about the peice: i saw this picture on BoBo's desktop a long time ago - when i asked him about it he didn't know what i was talking about. this was…	3 Last	killingpeople Dec 2006
Face Research.org Awesome website.. I recommend creating an account to take their tests. [url="http://www.faceresearch.org/"]http://www.faceresearch.org/[/url] Check out [url="http://www.facelab.org"]www.facelab.o…	0 Last	swampbug Dec 2006
creature inspiration wow! there is some really cool stuff here.. thought i would share.. [url="http://pishmo.com/macro/"]http://pishmo.com/macro/[/url]	9 Last	Steve Schulze Dec 2006
Interesting read... [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400789_pf.html"]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400789_pf.html[/url] And if y…	31 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2006
Any Englishmen about? Hi guys! Just needed to ask, how did we win that last game in the ashes? I mean really, How did we do it? I watched it, but I don't believe it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Sorry, just a…	11 Last	Emil Mujanovic Dec 2006
Halo 3 trailer Halo 3 trailer is here: [url="http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2606"]http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2606[/url] .....first Halo 3 media that I've enjoyed so far. pity it does…	57 Last	acc Dec 2006
Texturing tutorials Hi All, Anyone know where to find good texturing tutorials? I mean more for characters (i.e. skin, armour, scales, leather, cloth etc) than the usual wood and metal environment stuff. Cheers, Just…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2006
Next Gen Console Burn In Issues Just curious if anyone has heard of any movement in the games industry to standardize game features to assit with reducing screen burn in. I say Next Gen consoles since older gen consoles were geare…	29 Last	Motz Dec 2006
Gamespy GOTY Voting Hey, just thought I'd let anyone who's interested know that it's up. [url="http://www.gamespy.com/articles/748/748905p1.html"]http://www.gamespy.com/articles/748/748905p1.html[/url] Vote away. [img…	7 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2006
Crazy fun video. Ok, I guess by now you guys are aware of the kind of animation I like :P This is so so cool. [url="http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=191243"]http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?Content…	2 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2006
rent Mirrormask I apologize for two movie posts in a row but I rented this on Monday and I felt I should post, being the huge Neil Gaiman fan that I am. It's a bit cliche, it's pretty much Labyrinth meets Cirque de…	14 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2006
Which books Hello there, Just wondered which books you guys recommend for drawing anatomy and also a good Maya beginners book, currently I have 'The Game Artist's Guide to Maya' and a few tutorials that came wi…	1 Last	MoP Dec 2006
LOST parody + Weird Al polka + flash = W1N!!! Ahaha, I felt this was worth posting. [url="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/352762"]http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/352762[/url] Figured some of you would get a kick out of it, too.	2 Last	steady Dec 2006
Plane Video Stuff I filmed while backseating it. Good fun. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umnNKLBSGhY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umnNKLBSGhY[/url]	9 Last	Smirnoffka Dec 2006
Car GPS units? I'm thinkin' about buying a GPS unit for my car. I am tired of getting lost in the city, and ending up wasting time and gas driving in circles, and getting scared when lost in the ghetto. [img]/image…	3 Last	Jay Evans Dec 2006
free broadband ha I am back on line in my hotel room as there are loads of free wi fi networks around here in notingham . pretty good to get free stuff:)	0 Last	Ruz Dec 2006
most realistic game ever!!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIP7djqpeK0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIP7djqpeK0[/url]	19 Last	SHEPEIRO Dec 2006
Junior Vs Senior Just wondered what the difference in roles would be between a Junior and Senior 3D artist at a game studio in terms of work on each project and what would be expected skill wise for a junior. Cheers…	22 Last	gavku Dec 2006
Happy Feet!!! I was just wondering why there isn't a thread about it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] i loved it, it was totally awesome, and i loved the fact that the trailer gave away NOTHING about the mov…	16 Last	retleks Dec 2006
graphic novels? It's that time of year again and I'd like to get some cool graphic novels for some friends, but I don't really know that many. Can anyone recommend some particularly good ones?	24 Last	gavku Dec 2006
Happy Holidays! Happy Holidays! Just wanted to drop in and wish you all a wonderful holiday season and hope you Yankee's stuffed yursef' with lots a turkey. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	3 Last	Rick Stirling Dec 2006
gifs make me go lol [img]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/Marquis_of_Ravenscar/steveflee.gif[/img] [img]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e135/sockmonkey_c/qntlaa.gif[/img] post a couple as well. lol	32 Last	Emil Mujanovic Dec 2006
Polycounts I saw a post around here on the polycounts for Handheld, Current-gen and next-gen consoles, and Pc i think. well, anyway can anyone help me?	5 Last	Emil Mujanovic Dec 2006
A model im doing for a normal map....(WIP) DELETED Post deleted by Naked Templar	1 Last	killingpeople Dec 2006
nobody saw The Fountain? From box office earnings it looks like nobody has seen The Fountain! $35 million to make but only made $5 million over the weekend. I saw it on Sunday and 3 people left partway into the film. I hi…	14 Last	Jeff Parrott Dec 2006
It's baby time! Well, we've got another little polycounter here to add to the growing legions. His name is Loki Zin Greene, and he weighed in at 8 lbs 1 oz, and 20 ¾ inches. He was delivered via C-Section after a …	17 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2006
3december! congrats to all! eh, coolnez. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] be better, make more fun and do more works! With 3d artist's day all! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]…	8 Last	D4V1DC Dec 2006
Motor E3 2005 vs Now ? ..wtf ? I was playing the Motor Storm demo at walmart and thinking to myself wtf ? Is this the game I seen that was shown at E3 2005 which blew me away ? Then seen gametrailers posted and then and now compar…	47 Last	arshlevon Dec 2006
OMG... the new 'game design' commercial I saw it yesterday on G4. I think it was for Collin County Community College. Anyways, the commercial has these two guys sitting on those AK Rocker chairs playing some console on a projector talking …	37 Last	Naked Templar Dec 2006
generic grid/cluster software? a while ago i built myself a cluster computing system just to have some fun, however once i got it all together i was only able to play around with the sample apps... like calculating pi. this was be…	0 Last	Jarrod1937 Dec 2006
Casino Royale! HUGE departure from the rest of the series. I like it, A LOT, to the point of agreeing with all those critics who are saying it's the best Bond film yet. What say you guys?	32 Last	gauss Dec 2006
XSI 6 promotion [url="http://softimage.com/purchase/get_current/Default.aspx"]http://softimage.com/purchase/get_current/Default.aspx[/url] [ QUOTE ] From now until December 20th, 2006, upgrade to SOFTIMAGE\|XSI 6 …	7 Last	kendo Dec 2006
resin models of environment pieces A friend of mine told me about this site last night. And it is fantastic. They sell environemt models for table top games. [url="http://www.pardulon.com/catalog/hobby.php?param=k002&language=en…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2006
Any Irvine, CA Polycounters? In town for an interview and will be here until Sunday. Anyone want to meet up for a drink?	0 Last	parasyte7 Dec 2006
I shall call him ... "mini-me" On Monday, November 27th at 1:14pm Draven Aaron Forsyth arrived 17 days early weighing 6lbs 4oz and measuring 19" in length. [img]http://mforsyth.com/tmp/Draven.jpg[/img] Regardless of everyone say…	29 Last	Jeff Parrott Dec 2006
And a happy birthday to Mr. Nitzmoff I saw you had a cake so I decided to kick off your birthday thread! Happy birthday! Now go make something painterly!	10 Last	swampbug Dec 2006
Wii Zelda Anyone played/tried this? I've yet to get the sytem and game myself... but I was able to try it out for an hour or so at work today. I can't comment on the graphics... I was playing it on a flat bi…	4 Last	HonkyPunch Dec 2006
wii specs this should go into the 2d 3d area of the forum, and I guess it will later, but does anyone have specs for developing wii games? the reason I ask; the next challenge will be using wii specs, but no-…	8 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2006