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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in theatres tommorow! don't know when i will be seeing it though. i could wait for snemmy and kahlan to visit and see it then or i could just go see it saturday and then again when they visit [img]…	43 Last	sal_manilla Dec 2005
nFusion hiring email? Anyone else get an email about possible positions at [url="http://www.n-fusion.com/nFusion/latestnews.html"]nFusion[/url]? Anyone work at nFusion and know for certain if they are hiring? With recent…	0 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2005
16 year old arrested for harassing Jack Thompson [url="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13540"]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13540[/url] Lol. and hes from Texas,surprise surprise.	12 Last	Xenobond Dec 2005
History of Computergraphics found it at maxunderground, very well done, lots of nice images and infos [url="http://accad.osu.edu/%7Ewaynec/history/lessons.html"]http://accad.osu.edu/%7Ewaynec/history/lessons.html[/url] intere…	2 Last	CrazyButcher Dec 2005
Newcastle, UK Are there any Polycounters in Newcastle, UK? Is it a fun place? I've heard some bad stuff, but i wanted to get a broader perspective. -R	29 Last	FAT_CAP Dec 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia It was released in theatres today and I went to go and see it. It's a typical 'my kind of movie' I guess. English accents + fantasy genre for the win! The visual effects and cg creatures were amazing…	39 Last	snemmy Dec 2005
Get involved. In the past, artists aspiring to work in the game industry were generally hobbyists seeking to do what they loved on a full-time basis. These people relied on support from friends and the online comm…	23 Last	adam Dec 2005
do you know much about 3d on hand held formats? looking to make a definitive guide for the polycount community. Unfortunately the internet is a pack of lies. Lots of conflicting information abounds. Can those of you working on titles help us out…	9 Last	TelekineticFrog Dec 2005
Massive explosions hit fuel depot Not sure if any counters are from the Hemel area but it looks pretty darn nasty. They arn't treating it as a terrorist attack,but an accident,ITV are saying its largly avaiation fuel involved and t…	13 Last	swampbug Dec 2005
Happy Birthday TechSmith! I hope it actually is your birthday today [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]	6 Last	bearkub Dec 2005
Samorost 2! [url="http://www.samorost2.com/"]Samorost 2[/url] Sequal to a really cool flashgame, this time aliens steal your dog!	7 Last	notman Dec 2005
Personality Test Pasted by chunk on IRC: [url="http://www.drawahouse.com/TakeTheTest/"]http://www.drawahouse.com/TakeTheTest/[/url] my house: [url="http://drawahouse.com/houses/show.asp?houseID=15244&houseHash=…	16 Last	PfhorRunner Dec 2005
R.I.P Richard Pryor One of the greats gone [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4517714.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4517714.stm[/url]	18 Last	sonic Dec 2005
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness Anyone played this game? I think it's the right move in the 3d Castlevania series. A step forward in the right direction (overall) from Lament of Innocence, but the game is still lacking. The map la…	4 Last	malcolm Dec 2005
Games industry virii Is anyone else here getting many more virii from addresses in the games industry than usual? it seems like mobygames/gameasutra or something similar has had their data base raided. Now most of my vir…	5 Last	Rick Stirling Dec 2005
Cinematic Effects in Source More groovy stuff for the Source engine: [url="http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2005/12/09/source_film_effects/1.html"]linkatude[/url] The parts I like the most are depth of field and motion blur, nii…	11 Last	Moz Dec 2005
Psychonauts [url="http://www.psychonauts.com/"]http://www.psychonauts.com/[/url] It's possible I missed a previous thread about this game but I don't want to take the risk. This game is incredible, some of you …	58 Last	tpe Dec 2005
Digital thief :S (in this thread you can see a soldier with alot copy paste zones from a hawkprey concepts (gears of war ) , maybe you can see parts of your art on it :P . >>Naughtyboy (soldier concept) [url=…	56 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2005
Happy birthday peppi! OMGH4x t3h caek f0r j00! [img]http://www.wacathedral.org/Photos/Birthday%20Cake.JPG[/img]	22 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2005
ZOMBIE GRINDER 60000! RAAAAUUUGHHHH!!! [url="http://viceland.com/issues/v12n10/htdocs/game.php"]KILL! KILL! KIIIILLLLLL!!!![/url] Game of the year. Hands fuckin' down.	24 Last	KDR_11k Dec 2005
Happy birthday neolith another person who doesnt exist! Happy birthday mate.	6 Last	Toomas Dec 2005
James Cameron casting for Battle Angel So who would you cast for Gally/Alita ? I think I would cast Emily Browning the older sister in Leminey Snickets [img]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/11/26/emilybrowning2_narrowweb__200x288.jpg…	19 Last	Asthane Dec 2005
Nintendo shows the ladies how its done... Well its probably more or less the first concept that everyone thought of when the DS with its touch screen was announced in some form or another. I never thought they'd actually do it. Behold Lapis…	29 Last	KDR_11k Dec 2005
Train tunnel ear aches I now take the train to work everyday. It's a nice, fairly peaceful ride with one exception. When traveling through tunnels I'll develop an immdeiate and quite often, intense ear ache. Usually the…	14 Last	Scott Ruggels Dec 2005
Asking for impossible in job offers I have have noticed a trend where most job offers ask for WAY over qualified staff. For example you must have awesome 2d and 3d skills to model rocks for a game that ends up looking like a turd. My q…	15 Last	hawken Dec 2005
Buy my Xbox 360 [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8236154787&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E%3AIT&rd=1[/url] I put in a…	11 Last	steady Dec 2005
sony's rootkit patch is worse? disheartening: [url="http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/12/09/1349217.shtml?tid=141&tid=172"]http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/12/09/1349217.shtml?tid=141&tid=172[/url] fortunately: [url="http://www.it…	1 Last	ElysiumGX Dec 2005
mustang 4-ML-88204-ML- moving a request to where it belongs	0 Last	m0nk3y Dec 2005
Autodesk subscriptions I was looking into the subscription options for Max 8, and on Autodesk's site they estimate it at $440/year. Is anyone here doing that, and if so can you tell me how it's worked out so far?	3 Last	TomDunne Dec 2005
What the Internets are Good For [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=lr_HR-iIlYg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=lr_HR-iIlYg[/url]	10 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2005
PSP Graffiti [url="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0"]http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0[/url],1284,69741,00.html Pretty ballsy way to get your product sold, I must say.	10 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2005
Multiverse: roll your own MMO Picked [url="http://www.multiverse.net/"]this[/url] up from [url="http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/12/06/186217.shtml?tid=209&tid=8"]slashdot[/url] Basically its an MMO framework with no licen…	17 Last	KDR_11k Dec 2005
Alias fake or photo 10 of 10 [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] . [url="http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/fake_or_foto/quiz.html"]http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/fake_or_foto/quiz.html[/url]	4 Last	hawken Dec 2005
tablet pc? has anyone tried one of the new tablet pc's that look like a laptop, but you can flip the screen over and draw on it? i'm a bit skeptical, but it seems like it could be cool for working in photoshop…	5 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Dec 2005
megaman x series any good? I was browing ebaygames.com and came agross this [url="http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/257882.asp"]http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/257882.asp[/url] apparently it is all the megaman x games on o…	13 Last	Downsizer Dec 2005
Polycounters in London... oi! Anyone in London fancy a pint?	9 Last	hawken Dec 2005
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Playing with the metropolitan's cover. [url="http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/ad/"]http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/ad/[/url]	21 Last	palm Dec 2005
Happy Birthday ElysiumGX [img]http://www.chazhound.com/pictures/data/506/medium/521Pics_193.jpg[/img]	20 Last	steady Dec 2005
USB Guitar anyone? [url="http://aving.net/newproduct/default.asp?mode=read&c_num=9647"]http://aving.net/newproduct/default.asp?mode=read&c_num=9647[/url] Neat.	3 Last	Downsizer Dec 2005
Happy birthday Fuhnpott! Congrats. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]	14 Last	MoP Dec 2005
Happy Birthday Emar Happy Birthday Emar !!!!	7 Last	Lee3dee Dec 2005
Happy birthday Grimm! OMG OMG Birthday day ... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] happy birthday mr Jackson [img]http://www.agriculture.technomuses.ca/francais/images/Birthday-Cake-1_whbkg.jpg[/img]	9 Last	Lee3dee Dec 2005
UK folk - Kerry at Iceland King Prawn Ring. Jesus. Kill her. Fooooooood! Crispy chikin pahcils! king prawn ring. kev, you made the right decision to leave. I'm on the next rocket to the moon, where we will establish a new c…	28 Last	killingpeople Dec 2005
1st ave machine [url="http://www.1stavemachine.com/"]http://www.1stavemachine.com/[/url] check out this cgi visual effects/animation studio's projects page. really fun stuff.	0 Last	killingpeople Dec 2005
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ProjectXmas - Game and Luxinia Sample Hello, last week we released the first public version with a few samples and now a bigger game is part of the bundle. Kinda fits the current low-poly challenge [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] …	0 Last	CrazyButcher Dec 2005
The American Astronaut... movie. In my local mom/pop video store lay a rack with employee picks of the month. One of the movies was The American Astronaut. Absolutely bizarre, and creative it was. One of my most favorite movies t…	8 Last	Malekyth Dec 2005
xmen 3 trailer today YUS First pic of Beast and angel for thoses interested!: [url="http://www.movieweb.com/news/news.php?id=10099"]http://www.movieweb.com/news/news.php?id=10099[/url] trailer should be up on apple lat…	62 Last	Jeff Parrott Dec 2005