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HALLOWEEN!!! So I was thinkin...halloween is coming up shortly...Is there going to be yet again another Polycount Halloween themed modeling challenge? Just thought I'd poke the fire and see if it makes any smoke.	4 Last	Weiser_Cain Oct 2005
RIAA counter-sued! [url="http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2005/10/oregon-riaa-victim-fights-back-sues.html"]http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2005/10/oregon-riaa-victim-fights-back-sues.html[/u…	5 Last	jzero Oct 2005
Topher Grace= Venom [url="http://movies.msn.com/beacon/editorial1.aspx?ptid=ab4c3570-03e3-45a8-b281-309f54f6603a&GT1=6940"]http://movies.msn.com/beacon/editorial1.aspx?ptid=ab4c3570-03e3-45a8-b281-309f54f6603a&G…	22 Last	Asherr Oct 2005
recent thoughts about 9/11 What do you think of these?: [url="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6621056445411384184&q="]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6621056445411384184&q="loose+change+Part+1"[/url] …	135 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2005
manifesto games (new game company) greg costikyan's quit nokia to make an independent game company. [ QUOTE ] The machinery of gaming has run amok. Instead of serving creative vision, it suppresses it. Instead of encouraging innovati…	23 Last	JBoskma Oct 2005
New Version of Polyboost [url="http://www.polyboost.com/"]http://www.polyboost.com/[/url] They have some new videos up showing thier new features as well.	21 Last	Filler Oct 2005
Who's in San Fran? Got a promotion at my 'day' job so I'll be going to San Jose for some training this week (very short notice!) I'll be hanging with my counterpart in San Jose (very cool guy) and he suggested going d…	3 Last	PaK Oct 2005
UC Map Pack 2 - for UT 2K4 "The Ultimate Community Map Pack (UCMP) team has released their second mappack, UCMP2: AbNormal Mapped, for Unreal Tournament 2004." [url="http://www.ucmappack.org/main.html"]booya![/url]	2 Last	BIOS Oct 2005
World War 1? Just wondering why there havent been many attempts at this war? To me it would seem to have even more dynamics for a fps because of the no mans land.	17 Last	thomasp Oct 2005
Flipside Games Blizzard North alumnus is setting up a game dev and outsourcing studio in the Philippines. They're starting operations before the end of the year (this month I believe), let's see where this goes. […	1 Last	_Shimmer Oct 2005
looking for a certain sci-fi tv movie or pilot I remember seeing this odd sci-fi show on tv a while back, it was either a tv-movie or a pilot that never developed into a show. It involved a town that was on a border between light and darkness, t…	4 Last	ScoobyDoofus Oct 2005
X-TREME PLATFORM JUMPING Want the lowdown on jumpery? Ever see those guys CLIMBING LADDERS to get to powerups, higher ground to attack enemies? How about ducking? LEARN 'EM ALL with TANK GRANITE!!! [url="http://www.getgoatz…	6 Last	Joshua Stubbles Oct 2005
Cyan Worlds closes saw [url="http://www.thegreydragon.com/2005/09/time-of-your-life-almost-all-of-cyan.html"]this [/url] on slashdot.	4 Last	killingpeople Oct 2005
Call of Duty 2 Demo out Since I feel slighted by steam and I don't want to pay (again) for DoD, I was pretty happy to see some other WW2 shooter action for free. [url="http://www.pcgameworld.com/downloads/file.php/id/6304…	28 Last	cholden Oct 2005
Anyone considering buying a GP2X? I recently downgraded my PSP from version 2.0 to 1.5 so I could run homebrewed apps and a friend mentioned the [url="http://www.gbax.com/ordergp2x.html"]GP2X[/url], a linux based handheld that sounds…	9 Last	JKMakowka Oct 2005
Manifesto Games "Greg Costikyan (the guy who railed on the games industry at GDC this year) has, in his own words, "put his money where his mouth is" and has left his job at Nokia to start an indie publishing portal…	2 Last	rawkstar Sep 2005
BoBo sighting! [url="http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=28296"][img]http://www.worthplaying.com/press/191/WrestleKingdom_02.jpg[/img][/url] Dude, you're so buffed!	10 Last	nitzmoff Sep 2005
cd ripper I use to know a nice little site that had all these little audio programs, lots of fun but I've forgotten where it is... Anywho I need a nice little program that rips tracks from cd.	4 Last	ewooz Sep 2005
crazy flash cartoons Not sure if this has been posted on polycount before. This guy is nuts, though I love his stuff. "Salad Fingers" is my favorite series. [url="http://www.fat-pie.com/flash.htm"]Fat-pie.com[/url] …	2 Last	CheapAlert Sep 2005
Thankyou Polycount Community! In 2 days, I'll be moving to York, PA, to start art school at Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, to get my associates degree in Animation. I just wanted to thank the community here, because I feel …	13 Last	Bronco Sep 2005
Day of Defeat's out So DoD's out now... impressions? I love the toned down HDR. And the heavy gunner is my favourite class.	31 Last	eXpendabLe Sep 2005
Major drama at Id Software? I'm lazy, so IM just going to rip off the post from [url="http://www.bluesnews.com"]Blues News[/url] [ QUOTE ] Videogame Maker Id Software Rejected Offer From Activision (thanks Bob Woodward) is a s…	46 Last	Paul Jaquays Sep 2005
tech q: what the hell happened to my internet? hey folks, i've got a tech question and i was hoping that someone out there might have some insights. i just bought a bunch of new comp parts, assembled it, and am having a few strange things happen …	6 Last	John Warner Sep 2005
divx free bundle, today only [url="http://www.divx.com/anniversaryoffer/"]divX free offer, one day only[/url]	16 Last	ewooz Sep 2005
Pornography now pretty much illegal! [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901570_pf.html"]The FBI ordered to crack down on pornography[/url]. One of the first casualties of this new 'war' is S…	61 Last	Frank Sep 2005
Happy Birthday Gwot !! Happy Birthday Old Man! Have a good one!	20 Last	pogonip Sep 2005
XSI 5.0 [url="http://www.softimage.com/Products/Xsi/v5/features/default.asp"]http://www.softimage.com/Products/Xsi/v5/features/default.asp[/url] Yes I'm an XSI fanboy and proud of it. As per usual XSI updat…	24 Last	Keg Sep 2005
Part time job help? :) Well.. I'm turning my back on my IT career I've been in for 12 years and at 33, going back to school to get my AA in graphic design then my bachelors at a state school.. To my dilemma.. My loving wif…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Sep 2005
sharks with frickin' laser beams on their head? Not as good as sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads but lightyears ahead of ill tempered, mutated sea bass. [url="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1577753,00.html…	8 Last	KDR_11k Sep 2005
Fahrenheit just bought this yesterday, after checking 3 shops first that were sold out.. I think someone somewhere underestimated this games appeal and not enough copies got to the shops. It's a great game, the…	8 Last	swampbug Sep 2005
More people should dress like this. Completely off-topic and random, but I thought this image was really cool: [img]http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/entertainment_enl_1127814733/img/1.jpg[/img] Next time I go out, I…	17 Last	MoP Sep 2005
rip nintendo? [url="http://lostgarden.com/2005/09/nintendos-genre-innovation-strategy.html"]a great read on a man's opinion on nintendo's business strategy[/url] [url="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.ph…	35 Last	KDR_11k Sep 2005
Beer Bike!! I was walking around Amsterdam this weekend when i saw a moblie bar. So i looked it up and found their website. [url="http://www.fietscafe.nl/"]http://www.fietscafe.nl/[/url] Its a beer bike,you pa…	16 Last	oXYnary Sep 2005
Absence Argh, it's all been a bit hectic here. Well, I've moved up to the other end of the country (now residing in Preston!) where I've just started my Japanese and English Teaching degree course! I only …	9 Last	thnom Sep 2005
Happy Birthday Skrubbles! The cake has you! Happy birthday!	10 Last	sledgy Sep 2005
RIP 86 Don Adams dies, Aged 82 [url="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=64713"]http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=64713[/url] The man and voice behind two of TV's most memorable and lovable …	10 Last	notman Sep 2005
3d animation MA program Hi, Can anybody recommend a good MA program? Thx ! Gana	7 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Sep 2005
Battalion Wars Awesome game. The little comments of your other soldiers are hilarous. I dig the control scheme, even though it took a little getting used to. After playing this version, I can tell I'd never like …	4 Last	poopinmymouth Sep 2005
Dead 6800 Ultra?! Just my luck! OK so this is awesome. I just ordered my shiny new monitor, but it won't be here for a while yet. But today, when I went to turn on my PC, my display on the current monitor was so dark and faint I co…	17 Last	KDR_11k Sep 2005
Low cost or free AV software for a network? Hiya guys. Life is starting to look up. I don't have a car yet,but I finally have a job. The tech support gig at Nintendo didn't work out because of lack of transportation. Instead I found a permanan…	1 Last	sonic Sep 2005
coke or pepsi.. what you browsing with wow!! i am simply amazed.. my hosting company has all these neat features and one of them is to check what browsers people are using when they come to your site.. and in my first week of having a sit…	56 Last	NuclearTes Sep 2005
..fcuking bojhncers Manl, I've just een out abd fyucking every single bouncer stopped ne abd asked mr for ID.. its not like I loko 12. i'm' 17 18 un 3 wk or so and their askign me for id tossers	35 Last	HonkyPunch Sep 2005
Something stupid I think MMPORPG's should take it a step further and give each race their own language... and as part of the game... force the player to learn their races language ... ... you're right... bad idea	20 Last	KDR_11k Sep 2005
pupeteers may still have jobs in the VFX industry pretty cool tech from the jim henson company.. i wonder how much this would differ from mocap.. and how the subtle art of pupeteering will translate to digital models. [url="http://www.hollywoodrepo…	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2005
NYC is ruining me I just know that when i get back to the bay area everything will feel so small. This city is huge, it's magnificent. It's what every other metropolis I have evern seen tries to be, but can't. I do…	9 Last	Scott Ruggels Sep 2005
Coming Soon: Games you want A lot of games coming out over these next few months with Christmas and all, and plenty of goodies for next year too. What games are you wanting to get? Here's my list in no particular order: FEAR Q…	43 Last	cholden Sep 2005
Pros: Share you success story Hey guys, I'm writing an essay on being an active member of online artist communities (Polycount, CGTalk, conceptart, etc etc) and their usefullness to aspiring game artists. If anyone from here wo…	0 Last	adam Sep 2005
Looking for a game to mod Flying+FPS I'm looking for a mod-friendly game that combines fps and flying game mechanics. crosses fingers	3 Last	cholden Sep 2005
Where to upload a movie? So... for my final year project at university I created a rendered short movie. Now I'd like to show it around. The problem with that is that it'll break the transfer limit of my website if more than…	3 Last	neolith Sep 2005
a weird mario bros. website [url="http://asame2.web.infoseek.co.jp/mariof.html"][img]http://asame2.web.infoseek.co.jp/mariof48.jpg[/img][/url] rock the image with your mouse button to go to the site. the site has a bunch of di…	9 Last	hawken Sep 2005