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The Motherload (highly addictive) Quite a fun little flash game. [url="http://www.miniclip.com/games/motherload/en/"]http://www.miniclip.com/games/motherload/en/[/url]	11 Last	Needles Jul 2006
Ex-employees try to take over Massive Black Hmmmm ... my post title isn't exactly accurate but I couldn't come up with a better one. Anyhow: [url="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3152235"]http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3152235[/url] …	10 Last	SouL Jul 2006
Harl got his driver's license! Harl has finally been approved by the government of Illinois to drive on the roads of the United States! Hah! Take that United Kingdom! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]	18 Last	The3DGuy Jul 2006
episodic content blasted by epic [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5168320.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5168320.stm[/url] money money money ~ my thoughts: spend more time on making good games, not moaning a…	36 Last	Zergxes Jul 2006
new gig As some of you know Ive wanted to get into film for some time. I interviewed at several places, some in person, some on the phone. I got one rejection, three false promises, several offers, but none…	45 Last	gauss Jul 2006
San Diego Comic Con!! So this is my first comic con. Me and my little bro will be there on saturday if anybody wants to hook up and get some food. Anybody been before? anything in particular I should watch out for? any ti…	1 Last	Striff Jul 2006
Nephew [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXzaLjB4fQU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXzaLjB4fQU[/url] This is my nephew, 4, working in Photoshop and 3ds max [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I was…	18 Last	hawken Jul 2006
Site down Yea anybody know when the site will be back up?	3 Last	CMB Jul 2006
I spy a cake! Happy birthday milla! Happy birthday to lil miss ChiQ! Have some cake and cook up some hotdogs! [img]http://studioflaagan.com/temp/weinerholder.jpg[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] oh yah, we miss yah on #…	20 Last	Psyk0 Jul 2006
BoBo interviewed by the moon-people Ok, not the moon, but China! However it might as well be moon people because I can't understand it, without babel fish that is. Although grazes a horse! Original article [url="http://www.chinagad.c…	17 Last	milla Jul 2006
Hack your car for 100 mpg! no shit, but you need a prius, this is nuts, i was in the market for a car too. i think with the kit this would be more than worth it. fuck you gas prices!! [url="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/busi…	18 Last	arshlevon Jul 2006
Titan Quest Anyone pick it up today? I've been pestering the guys at EB but it looks like none of the stores in my area received it today [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]	33 Last	cw Jul 2006
Vader Unleashed This cracked me up, vader going a bit crazy, but still voiced by James Earl Jones [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0rwG39Jzk&search=James%20Earl%20Jo…	11 Last	Gmanx Jul 2006
Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere? As some of you know I quit work to finish my degree and push me into doing more artwork, luckily I have a generous wife that makes some decent scratch. Anyhow, my instructor informed me they've dra…	33 Last	malcolm Jul 2006
get up to speed with CONSOLEVANIA (2.7 is out) wee lass: "Kenny, Kenny! I'm still playing WoW, have you got any tips for me?" Kenny: "AYE, here's a tip for ye! Don't plan anything good for your life 'cause you'll be pregnant by 14, homeless by …	11 Last	gauss Jul 2006
Kevin Smith on Superman [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbamkapow%2Ecom%2Fkevin%2Dsmith%2Don%2Dhis%2Dsuperman%2Dscript%2D192%2Dp%2Ehtml"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThT...D192%…	8 Last	ebagg Jul 2006
Angry Nintendo Nerd [url="http://www.screwattack.com/AngryNerdMain.html"]http://www.screwattack.com/AngryNerdMain.html[/url] "What... you can walk over it? You are scum" Anyone remember the countless shitty NES games?…	25 Last	kendo Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest great movie, easily more fun than superman returns. the ending was a bit of a let down, it was too much "hah, now we can make you wait for the last movie, and tease you with dangling plot lines". da…	38 Last	Ruz Jul 2006
"Running forward, backwards" 3-ML-135343-ML- moved to proper forum	0 Last	Obbin Jul 2006
romero opens new start up "Romero Reveals Upstart Nearly a year after parting ways with Midway's San Diego studio and its ill-fated Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows project, John Romero has revealed via a blog post the first details …	33 Last	hawken Jul 2006
The paperclip guy made it The guy finally traded up his red paperclip for a house. I thought it would take much longer than a year though(if ever). [url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_on_hi_te/paper_clip_to_house"]h…	5 Last	notman Jul 2006
Amazing Chalk Art Here Check out this guys art he did with just Chalk,it is very Amazing,Such a 3d look,to all his art,make sure to scroll down and look at all them, [url="http://cn.bbs.yahoo.com/message/read_wanglulieqi_2…	6 Last	ebagg Jul 2006
New artist highlighted every day [url="http://www.linesandcolors.com/"]http://www.linesandcolors.com/[/url] He picks a different artist and does a bit of commentary every day. Great way to expand your knowledge of different artists…	4 Last	danr Jul 2006
Pimp my Ayumi Hamasaki Ride check out these people who took this japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki,and pimped out there ride with her as the theme, [url="http://masamania.com/archives/2004/08/hotrod_of_ayumi.html"]http://masam…	14 Last	ebagg Jul 2006
Italy could lose its World Cup... "FIFA has launched an investigation into the events leading up to Zidane's head-butt on Materazzi in extra time during Sunday's World Cup final. A [url="http://www.fifa.com/documents/media/Revision%2…	19 Last	CMB Jul 2006
Anyone here do silkscreening? just looking for some info on silkscreens etc.. I'd like to be able to do 1 color shirts at first then move on from there. could anyone fill me in what i might need? i'm doing some research on my own…	6 Last	Jeff Parrott Jul 2006
Probably the best art display I've seen... [url="http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html"]http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html[/url] Going through the stuff for a third time.	5 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2006
French anime "Renaissance" Love the film noir style. I'm hoping the character animators are up to the task. [url="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=342736"][img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie…	2 Last	Toomas Jul 2006
Your aliases After perusing the posts in the "What brought you to polycount / #md" I have come to the realization that I don't know who anyone is anymore. Now I don't post here as much as I used to, but I do sti…	35 Last	Gmanx Jul 2006
Comic Con-bound Polycounters? Yeeaaarrrgh! So, anyone going to Comic Con next week? I'm not totally sure what days I'll be there yet but will be wandering through at some point and should like to say "hi"!	3 Last	gavku Jul 2006
Im in Dallas this week! Hey guys, as the topic says im in Dallas for a week, actually mesquite (is that still in dallas?) Im not totally sure when im going to be free but whos around and up for drinks?	17 Last	Frankie Jul 2006
homworld 2 any polycounters work on it? I just played it a bit this evening and still cant get over what a beautiful style that game has. breathtaking.	18 Last	ebagg Jul 2006
Siggraph 2006 Who's going? I dont feel I can NOT go as it is in Boston and someone gave me a free exhibit hookup as well as max user group event hookup... anyone in the area who was undecided? I'll give you same s…	3 Last	stoofoo Jul 2006
P.S.A. - Data Backups Public Service Announcement: Backing up your Data Due to a recent hardware failure and error in judgement on my part, for the 2nd time in my life, I've probably lost nearly 100% of my artwork.(obvio…	34 Last	sledgy Jul 2006
Congratulations MrRockstar! congrats to the new employee of id software. You deserve it, fool. Lets collect stones and throw them at his head LOL	57 Last	milla Jul 2006
Syd Barrett RIP ...to the Great Gig in the Sky [url="http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/11/britain.floyd/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/11/britain.floyd/index.html[/url]	2 Last	Cthogua Jul 2006
Dragon's Lair HD This may be of interest to fans of the original. I used to sink small fortunes earned from mowing lawns and collecting pop bottles into this game. [url="http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/07/07…	4 Last	Lee3dee Jul 2006
New job thread I am now an Environment Artist at High Impact Games. We're working on Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters for the PSP. I'm really into the series so it's a big deal for me to be a part of it.	12 Last	adam Jul 2006
Foreign Interns I have a question for you guys... I have been thinking about applying for an internship in a company outside of Europe(the US more specifically), because I'd really like to see more of the world and…	7 Last	ebagg Jul 2006
Hellgate source leaked? [url="http://www.passthepress.com/?p=557"]http://www.passthepress.com/?p=557[/url] Its all "I cannot confirm or deny" at this stage, but that generally translates to "yes, this is true, but I'm not …	5 Last	Marine Jul 2006
New Atari 2600 game available [url="http://www.quernhorst.de/atari/ac.html"]A-VCS-tec Challenge[/url] Warm up those Atari's, boys and gals, time to make a run for safety!	2 Last	killingpeople Jul 2006
non competes... again i know it has been discussed before but i wasn't able to find the older thread: are non compete clauses in your employment contract enforceable, specifically in the UK? yes, that means the situation …	7 Last	CheeseOnToast Jul 2006
Starting pay for entry level jobs in the industry? Out of curiousity I know this varies quite a bit depending on the studio and region, so this is a bit of a broad question. Rough ballpark, how much do entry-level artists in the game biz make annuall…	23 Last	gavku Jul 2006
Political Compass Hey I saw this link on digg and I tried it, apparently I am a left wing libertarian and fall on the graph right where Ghandhi is. I am a big star trek fan, so I think that many of my values and belie…	11 Last	flaagan Jul 2006
Recent Game Art Grad LFW Hi, my name is David Nickerson I have just recently recieved my diploma in Game Art and Design. I am currently looking for work as an Environment and/or Texture artist. if interested in my Demo Re…	10 Last	sonic Jul 2006
Trek vs. Wars [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxhrPaaCA4"]saw this[/url] i think the video cuts are amusing	4 Last	Keg Jul 2006
Rockstar low down Anyone dare say what is really going on atm? Me i am looking forward to the time when we actually have a union to sort the little disputes out and make sure we get paid at the end of the month even …	4 Last	adam Jul 2006
Happy birthday Ramucho and Slaught! 2 for the price of one post! Can't beat it! Happy birthday fellas!	7 Last	Gmanx Jul 2006
greetings... Hello polycounters, I haven't really been on many forums for a good long while, but I have recently found myself more and more coming here to read interesting stuff and whatnot between chunks of wor…	1 Last	Kevin Albers Jul 2006
Got a new job and a massive promotion! Hey, I know I don't post much but I wanted you guys to know that I just got a new job as Art Production Manager at NCsoft Austin. I'm working on Dungeon Runners, a kick-ass casual MMORPG, and I've ba…	38 Last	cholden Jul 2006