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Game dev podcasts Is anyone aware of any good ones? I listen to a few of the movie biz and comedy ones, but the novelty's wearing off and I need something more informative. So far I'm downloading Game-tech (HL2 devel…	3 Last	pogonip Nov 2005
Widescreen Wacom Thought this would be of interest for those with widescreen panels. [url="http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=5266"]Widescreen Wacom[/url] Apparently about £250...	10 Last	gauss Nov 2005
Alien Arena 2006 (press release) COR Entertainment has released Alien Arena 2006, the new standalone freeware online deathmatch game! Included are 25 total levels, 9 detailed characters, 8 weapons, 2 vehicles, 5 g…	28 Last	Irritant Nov 2005
F.E.A.R. - me likey I played F.E.A.R. for a couple of hours last night and I really like it so far. The gun battles are fun.. I really enjoy the feel/sound of the weapons which add to the overall ambience of the game. L…	50 Last	KDR_11k Nov 2005
pictures thread. I thought I'd start up a new one. Here's some pics of me and my roommates: from left to right: me, kiko (djgasta), juan (munkitron), ed (red crane) [img]http://www.t3h-v.com/pics/gpic1.jpg[/img] [i…	210 Last	Scott Ruggels Nov 2005
Rocky Horror Picture Show Curious to see who else went to one of these showings. second time for me, but with some girl behind me screaming half the time and cramped seats I had trouble enjoying it. I prefer to go for the sho…	7 Last	Dukester Nov 2005
Pumpkins!! I got my kids to draw what they wanted, then Dad did all the knifey work. They'll have little torches in for tonight. I wanted to do a quake 4 one, but the kids said that would look lame!! /me slaps …	13 Last	Slum Nov 2005
Chance to meet some EU counters maybe? Hey guys Having met far to many US polycounters and no EU counters (apart from Frankie and peppi) I figure I should come across the channel and say hi to whoever wants to say hi back [img]/images/gr…	0 Last	Bronco Nov 2005
NaNoWriMo It's that time of year again. November 1st, when aspiring authors stock up on snack and canned drinks, close the blinds and say good bye to the world for a month as they attmept to create their maste…	5 Last	cholden Nov 2005
MidPhase web hosting? Anybody heard of them? I was getting fonts at dafont.com and saw a banner ad that advertised this particular company, [url="http://www.midphase.com/"]MidPhase.com[/url] They have a no-limit (!) bandwidth hosting service f…	2 Last	jzero Nov 2005
Saw 2 I'll admit that even with the really hammy performances and cheesy dialogue (sounds like I'm describing an omlete here...) the original Saw is a guilty pleasure of mine. The concept was somewhat ref…	13 Last	Ozymandias Nov 2005
How do I do this? [url="http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm"]http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm[/url] A website with solutions to lots of computery things	1 Last	bearkub Nov 2005
Happy Birthday Poop! This officially being the scariest night of the year, it's no surprise that Hallowe'en is also Poopinmymouth's birthday. Have a good 'un, Ben! Don't eat too much candy!	50 Last	Pseudo Nov 2005
Halloween Co-Op Idea Would a group of us be possibly interested in co-oping ALL the way through Quake 1 in Nightmare on Halloween? WITH, I repeat, WITH the soundtrack? (No, I cant watch your end, but that music is perf…	20 Last	oXYnary Nov 2005
PostLight for XSI nice little feature that is due out next month. basically lets you control your lighting once you have your scene setup without the hassle of rendering a new scene each time. This is more for high en…	1 Last	James Edwards Nov 2005
My trip to Whistler village... (56k'ers :'( ) Hey, this past week my best friend from back home came to visit so we went on a trip up to Whistler village (on the base of Whistler mountain) to see it. Myself and Gail hadn't been before so my room…	7 Last	James Edwards Oct 2005
Happy Birthday Flaagan! The all knowing cake has said it's your birthday! Have a good one! =]	27 Last	killingpeople Oct 2005
Stephen King writes comics [url="http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/King/stephen_king_marvel.htm"]King writes Dark Tower for Marvel[/url] Jae Lee's art looks great on this	15 Last	Rhinokey Oct 2005
RANT: Fahrenheit's gamedesign It's time for another RANT session [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] So after reading rave reviews of the game Fahrenheit, I finally got around trying it on my brother's Xbox on the weekend at …	6 Last	swampbug Oct 2005
Poop's Euro Aftershock! Well as a present for finishing GUN and Tony Hawk American Wasteland, our company has next week off. So what was my first thought? Go back to Europe of course! So now my question is, who would be wi…	14 Last	Prs-Phil Oct 2005
Please help me get Fallout2 running I run WinXP SP1 and have Radeon 9600pro graphics card. It installs fine but when i start it it appears normal for a little while but then the screen starts to kinda blink a bit and the colors get in…	2 Last	Toomas Oct 2005
RUSH fans and non/fans thought you might enjoy. looks very accurate, no idea how old this is it was done with MAX R3 [url="http://www.neilpeart.net/movies/yyz_vid.html"]NEIL PEART ANIMATED on DRUMS[/url]	7 Last	BIOS Oct 2005
klein's friday night hey so friday night was pretty interesting for me and i need some ideas. my gf broke up with me over the phone and the neighbor's house caught on fire and burned out. anybody have any ideas on what…	5 Last	Ruz Oct 2005
Epic VP slams Nintendo Revolution controller Can't see this posted here anywhere... Mark Rein's thought on the funky TV remote controller thingy [url="http://gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=12577"]http://gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=12577[/ur…	75 Last	Badname Oct 2005
[RIP] Fantasy Artist, Keith Parkinson 1958 -2005 AD&D Artist, Kieth parkinson, is Dead [url="http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/"]http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/[/url] Scott	6 Last	Leech Oct 2005
Let me tell you about my day... Man, what a strange/surreal day. So today I went home to Basingstoke for the week, and to do that I needed to get a bus from Preston to Crewe, then get a train to Birmingham, then a bus across town …	9 Last	JBoskma Oct 2005
Lost Coast is out Fair warning, it is quite short. I wouldn't so much call it a level as much as about half a level with some really interesting tech bits, definitely worth downloading for the commentary! That's righ…	26 Last	Major Clod Oct 2005
Diablo 3 = MMO ..... noooooooooo So far it's speculation based on supposed e-mail from a former employee about what the suprise is at Blizcon ...we'll see [url="http://www.wowguru.com/"]http://www.wowguru.com/[/url] scroll about …	12 Last	AstroZombie Oct 2005
Q4 female sound pack A friend of mine and I are going to record a sound pack for use in making female Q4 PPMs. Once I've found out what sounds are required he's going to record and tweak, and I'm going to be the one maki…	14 Last	milla Oct 2005
kong gets longer.. and jackson foots the bill kong goes from 2.5 hours to 3 and the lenth change will require 36 million bucks in VFX shots.. peter jackson is paying this money out of his own pocket.. cant wait.. [url="http://www.variety.com/VR1…	9 Last	milla Oct 2005
EA games bitchslapped by Peter Jackson [url="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136679.html"]Report: Peter Jackson displeased with Lord of the Rings games[/url] It is interesting to see that video games are starting to get the critical atte…	18 Last	Jeff Parrott Oct 2005
now that's alotta balls! [url="http://www.bravia-advert.com/"]250,000 superballs[/url] bouncing down the street in San Francisco, need I say more?	2 Last	motives Oct 2005
Emo Rangers If you love Power Rangers, making fun of Emo kids, or parodies in general, check this out. [url="http://www.emorangers.com/"]http://www.emorangers.com/[/url] I go the theme song stuck in my head. …	4 Last	oXYnary Oct 2005
Ut2k4: The Soulkeeper Mod [url="http://thesoulkeeper.helm-systems.com/soulkeeper/"]http://thesoulkeeper.helm-systems.com/soulkeeper/[/url] Gawd. Im really sick with jealousy. Well, at least they have shown that ut2k4 is not …	3 Last	Scott Ruggels Oct 2005
The turn left and turn right keys I'm playing some games lately that i'm finding don't have the turn left/right key options. Does anyone else find this as being a bad move for games? In my quake based games I use the turn left/rig…	7 Last	MoP Oct 2005
The real reason Duke Nukem Forever isn't out yet Chuck Norris promised a Gypsy that he would eat San Francisco when Duke Nukem Forever is released. That's why it has been pushed back so many times. [url="http://www.4q.cc/chuck/"]http://www.4q.cc/c…	1 Last	KeyserSoze Oct 2005
Prague Workshop!!! I leave today for Prague, Czech Republic for the Concept art workshop! I'm super excited. I'll try to update my website frontpage as I can while on the trip, and when I get back I'll make a proper …	20 Last	_Shimmer Oct 2005
Trackmania Original the upgrade for the original trackmania has been released. [url="http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=7870"]http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=7870[/url] basically it upgrades it to trackmania sunr…	1 Last	MoP Oct 2005
Won't someone think of the children? [url="http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=92126"]http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=92126[/url] Yeah, he FOUND it. I love my Porn Station Portab…	39 Last	Rick Stirling Oct 2005
My next favorite Table Top game [url="http://privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/miniature_pages/previews/karchev_preview.html"][img]http://www.vigville.com/forum_images/warmachine.jpg[/img][/url] A friend of mine pointed me to …	7 Last	Malekyth Oct 2005
How can my friend get into the biz? A friend of mine is a really good Dungeon Master, he crafts really exciting stories and situations and also creates some cool custom rules for his campaigns. Is there any way for him to get into the…	8 Last	Rick Stirling Oct 2005
DOOM wow.. this movie was not nearly as terrible as i thought it would be, i actualy enjoyed watching it, it was far from a "good" movie, but completely aceptable. and there was no bullet time! aN…	29 Last	JBoskma Oct 2005
Looking for a clip... Does anyone happen to have a link to a short clip starring the cast of Resident Evil dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller? Yes, I've Googled, but I can't seem to find it. Anyone? TIA!!	4 Last	ShadoKat Oct 2005
Well... they aced it. [img]http://www.spearmint.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/dt-pf.jpg[/img] Hopefully that pretty much says it all. This Monday and Tuesday night I was down in London with some friends, seeing Dream Theater pla…	2 Last	sal_manilla Oct 2005
What's up with forum email notifications? Hi All Im getting fed up of getting mails from these forums with the incorrect link in th post. For example my latest mail from the forums = [url="http://boards.polycount.net/showthreaded.php?Cat…	4 Last	Fordy Oct 2005
Sugar how i will miss thee Dont know how many of you guys work out or diet to be and look healthy. I just recently began working out and eating well but now comes the biggest test for me,quitting sugar, ive done many things i…	44 Last	TomDunne Oct 2005
GTA:LCS da da da da-da, i'm lovin it~ it frustrating as all hell, just like any GTA game should be! I'm already liking the psp controls, only possible gripe would initially figuring out doing drive-bys in …	5 Last	KDR_11k Oct 2005
Offset [url="http://projectoffset.com/downloads.html"]http://projectoffset.com/downloads.html[/url] expletive!	4 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2005
Need Some College Advice Hey guys - I'm 17 and going to be graduating High School come June. I currently live in San Diego (there are about 6 studios within a 15 mile distance of me). I'm looking to get into the industry as …	9 Last	JBoskma Oct 2005
new narnia trailer [url="http://movies.aol.com/movie_exclusive_the_chronicles_of_narnia"]http://movies.aol.com/movie_exclusive_the_chronicles_of_narnia[/url] i suggest getting the quicktime one.. it much bigger and you…	27 Last	JBoskma Oct 2005