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water fuled car [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rb_rDkwGnU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rb_rDkwGnU[/url] At first i figured it would be a joke, but its not. Depending on how it works and how good that ma…	18 Last	sledgy Oct 2006
Anyone remember this (crappy) game? Since most of you were into pc gaming in the mid-90s I thought i'll make a post about it here if it helps any. mockup shot follows since it's vital [img]http://www.planetgargoyle.com/crap/oopoop.png[…	7 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2006
So who all is going to the GDC in march? I'm curious to see how many of you guys will make it out to that. This is the first year im in a position to attend, so im pretty excited about the prospect. While were on the subject, for those w…	11 Last	ChaosEidolon Oct 2006
Chuck Norris comments on Chuck Norris facts. [url="http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567"]http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567[/url] I am not entirely sure what I think of this...	15 Last	hobodactyl Oct 2006
Leeds Meet 'n' Greet (October-December) [b]LEEDS MEET 'N' GREET[/b] As you may or may not know, resident whore Crash is visiting Leeds from weeks 43 to 49 (October 23rd to December 10th). The thread is up REALLY early but if we get a li…	14 Last	Crash Oct 2006
GPS on PSP worthwhile? i'm very happy with my (modded) PSP here. all i've really been looking forward to for quite a while is the GPS receiver - to use it as a car navigation system, of course. does anyone have a clue, whe…	5 Last	thomasp Oct 2006
Babies are fucking next-gen. [url="http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4194"]http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4194[/url]	13 Last	Rhinokey Oct 2006
NaNoWriMo (that's Nation Novel Writing Month for those that don't know.) just 2 days left to get prepared. anyone else going to try this year? i haven't "officially" sign up yet, though i might in the next c…	2 Last	blankslatejoe Oct 2006
Tips for getting a QA position? I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to 1 up the competition when applying for a QA position. Since I'm still a student and learning all the cool art stuff, I figure why not try to ge…	16 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2006
what sort of things do you buy on ebay? obviously it's a great way of picking up standard stuff a lot cheaper than in the shops ... but other than those economical purchases, what things do you routinely browse and bid on mostly for fun, k…	29 Last	TechSmith Oct 2006
Does networking helps to step foot in industry. i am student at one of the game schools in vancouver and i am very poorly networked with ppl in the industry. infact I don;t know anyone.How much does demo reel helps and how much does networking he…	9 Last	Ryno Oct 2006
Phantasy Star Universe anyone? Even with the Dead Rising style not-so-next-gen graphics and the very marginal improvements over the last offering, I am really enjoying the beta I downloaded on the 360 marketplace last night. Is a…	14 Last	nitzmoff Oct 2006
video card woes ok, deal is, my roommate got himself a fancy new video card: ATI Radeon X1300 (PCI) 256mb DDR2 Core: 450 MHz ....and it won't work. When we plug his monitor in the video card, the screen is black. N…	7 Last	JKMakowka Oct 2006
Game prototyping useing Crystalspace & Blender I thought this would be of some interest: Video from the Blender conference giving a overview (~1h) on the extremely userfriendly crystalblend interface: [url="http://video.google.com/videoplay?doci…	9 Last	Ruz Oct 2006
Uwe Boll to do "Halo" ...............nah just joking....would be scary thou shivers	9 Last	Ozymandias Oct 2006
Uwe Boll to do "Your Mom" Seriously. Ask her about it.	2 Last	Moz Oct 2006
environmental art just thinking as part of my wider options to get in to environmetal art for games. I have done some in the past, but not for next gen. What sort of things are employers looking to see now. Yeah it ju…	24 Last	danr Oct 2006
Spot the fake smiles Cool little test to do at lunch break. see if you can spot the fake smiles from the real ones. I got 16/20 [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/"]CLICKY CLICKY[/url]	30 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2006
Sketch... in 3D?????? k, this is bloody awesome: [url="http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy/teddy.html"]http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy/teddy.html[/url] For java, I'm floored. The idea …	17 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2006
Wireless Router preferences? Seeing as though polycount's product preferences have never failed me before, I thought I would ask another. I need a reliable wireless router for my 360 as i don't really want to run a really lon…	21 Last	oXYnary Oct 2006
Music player skin for a technophobe? I'm looking for a skin for a media player in WinXP that would be easy for a technophobe to use. I've been converting all our CDs to MP3s, because our young kids scratch them too fast. I'm also wiri…	5 Last	hawken Oct 2006
Now your cooking with wasabi! What cut of beef? My mom got me some Wasabi paste, I have no idea why but I figured I'd try cooking some dishes with it. I found a New Zealand site with a recipe for Corned Silverside with Wasabi Sauce. It calls f…	2 Last	steady Oct 2006
gears of war on the 7th??? Has anyone else heard this? Read that if you preordered you get it 5 days early. Called my local gamestop and of course they had no idea. Anyone have confirmation?	8 Last	Josh_Singh Oct 2006
Guitar Hero 2 Demo... The latest copy of the Official Playstation magazine has a demo of Guitar Hero 2 on it. I picked up a copy today and can't wait to get home and give it a run. =D	11 Last	bearkub Oct 2006
Global Defence Force Just checked Amazon, they say "ships within 1-2 weeks" but some googling revealed it's getting released on the 20th (UK only, AFAIK) for 10 quid. If you have a PS2, get that game! It feels like Crims…	10 Last	KDR_11k Oct 2006
so... i had an idea: why not challange cgchat, out of courtesy and a blatant lack of respect, of course, to a tribute match one where they might correct the horrible shame of their disgracful performance l…	47 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2006
happy birthday SuperOstrich! Man, i hope that year will be nice to you. Care your health, make big money! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]	14 Last	Gmanx Oct 2006
sony kills lik-sang [url="http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901"]http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901[/url] "Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has to…	6 Last	hawken Oct 2006
this is probably already well known but ... [url="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=20878&in_page_id=2"]http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=20878&in_page_id=2[/url] what an absolute clit	9 Last	notman Oct 2006
First, there was the little Indian dancer.... ...then the Internet gave birth to the (prancing pony) referee... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p39a63JdrAw&mode=related&search="]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p39a63JdrAw&mode=r…	7 Last	Tulkamir Oct 2006
Rainbox Six - Vegas Xbox 360 demo out For those of you in the US, use your European login. I just hope its better than Tony Hawks. Yuck.	7 Last	Gmanx Oct 2006
venom? [url="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30493"]http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30493[/url] 6 more months and this is as good as it gets for venom pictures? how sad...	5 Last	danr Oct 2006
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Awesomeness My current project at work is front page on Youtube. I'm living the dream, kids... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG8usg_dmos"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG8usg_dmos[/url]	10 Last	Xaltar Oct 2006
Standing on the brink...of WoW! It's been a hot topic for awhile now, WoW, it's notoriety and addictive-as-crack qualities. I recently saw that the price had gone down to $20, so I purchased it, after avoiding it since initial rele…	40 Last	[MILES] Oct 2006
Bully gettin HOT! [url="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/22/boy-on-boy-kissing-in-bully/"]http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/22/boy-on-boy-kissing-in-bully/[/url] bring it on Jack Thompson!! woooo-wee! As much as I love t…	13 Last	Asherr Oct 2006
Need some recomendation to find a good MOD team i, i hope i am not post i wrong section. So far i already join with 3 MOD project and 1 non MOD game project but unfortunatelly all of them is closed (one project is closed because personal recruitme…	14 Last	Xaltar Oct 2006
The Official "Flaagan's Taking A Road Trip" Thread The Official "Flaagan's Taking A Road Trip" Thread! - or - Corvette's North! Attention all West Coast polycounters! Starting October 1st your dreams of meeting the one and only Flaagan will c…	60 Last	flaagan Oct 2006
Take-two taking it to Jack Thompson [url="http://gamepolitics.com/2006/10/23/could-jack-thompson-go-to-jail-over-bully-case/"]http://gamepolitics.com/2006/10/23/could-jack-thompson-go-to-jail-over-bully-case/[/url] Hahaha, funny shit.…	1 Last	Paul Jaquays Oct 2006
Hunt for botched paramilitary raids in your town! [url="http://www.cato.org/raidmap/"]http://www.cato.org/raidmap/[/url] This infuriates me. No-Knock raids are out of control. There is no reason for 44,000 uses of Swat teams in the past 20 years. …	44 Last	Ryno Oct 2006
Silo public beta 3b [url="http://www.silo3d.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65281"]http://www.silo3d.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65281[/url] This is superb. I did some unwrapping yesterday and it's easily the nicest unwrappi…	8 Last	rooster Oct 2006
The Departed - Film of the year? 9 out of 10. The Departed is very possibly the best film of 2006.	48 Last	Kevin Johnstone Oct 2006
Closed I don't care about your ideas ==== "I've got a great idea for a game. I think I'd be a good ideas person." I've heard that countless times when people find out what I do for a living. The conversation is usually along the lines…	98 Last	MoP Oct 2006
Roflcopter Read [url="http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7724"]this[/url] thread and tell me you weren't laughing. Then add [url="http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7736"]this[/url…	7 Last	Tulkamir Oct 2006
publishers I just started college (first year) and that also means its time for boring assignments! My latest of which being that I have to write a persuasive letter to a person of my choice. Well, we are allo…	11 Last	Jarrod1937 Oct 2006
World of WARCRaft now WITH spyware wel actualy its had spyware for a long time, but no one cares. [url="http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?newsid=358"]http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?newsid=358[/url]	13 Last	Justin Meisse Oct 2006
illustration wonder how much you can make as a commercial illustator these days?.I was thinking about going back in to commercial art.	6 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2006
BF2142 Now with Spyware? Taken from the post on Digg [ QUOTE ] So. In the latest CGW podcast, they received retail boxed copies of BF 2142. When you open the box, a big slip of paper falls out first, preceeding any discs o…	118 Last	Asherr Oct 2006
Who's lovin your momma? great music video. [url="http://www.kisforkennedy.com/"]http://www.kisforkennedy.com/[/url] hahaha click on the mama video between kennedys legs. Guy looks like jon heder "Napoleon"	1 Last	ebagg Oct 2006
Nightmares Anyone have any thoughts on nightmares? In my expirence, a dream about someone being disembowled doesnt bother me. But.. dreams that dont seam to leave my head bother me. Repetitive dreams like …	53 Last	Pedro Amorim Oct 2006