General Discussion

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Gamesconvention Leipzig 05 - Who is going ? Well, on the 17. Aug the Gamesconvention in Leipzig begins, shimmer and I are going and we would like to know if other fellow polycounters will show up there to ?	10 Last	_Shimmer Aug 2005
Metroid Prime Is it just me or are the controls just horrible? got a cube a few months back with metroid prime, but havn't gotten around to playing it cause of zelda, tales of symphonia and such until recently. be…	11 Last	Asherr Aug 2005
Flyers passing through U.S. have few rights [url="http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/11/arar-lawsuit050811.html"]Flyers Passing through U.S. have few rights, Arar judge told[/url] Comforting no? Discuss	54 Last	Asherr Aug 2005
I'm never watching horror movies again.. Ugh, dammit. I watched "The Grudge" and now i'm afraid to walk up my stairs, or open doors, or look out windows...dammit. For me, it's strictly zombie movies, and godzilla for me. BTW, anyone have a …	35 Last	Justin Meisse Aug 2005
buying xsi in the uk? whats the deal here. None of the listed resellers seem to sell the bugger, apart from ERA who seem to be charging 420 pounds as opposed to 299. If you try to buy it on line, there is this bollox abou…	6 Last	Ruz Aug 2005
english won't dominate as world language better start learning Chinese guys... [url="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4387421/"]http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4387421/[/url]	27 Last	Rhinokey Aug 2005
Iron Lore Gets The Ghost Rider! Hey Guys, I just wanted to let you know Im moving to Boston. I got a job at Iron Lore. Im pretty stoked. So I need some Polycount Love. You guys from boston, Where would you recommend? Ive been looki…	28 Last	stoofoo Aug 2005
Could use a little help ... Okay people, I could use a little help. I'm bringing back a site full of eye-candy of skins ... I'm sure some people used to know what this was called ... and I need a few recommendations on new HOT…	20 Last	Kirin Aug 2005
Fantastic Four Movie is released today, but from what i have seen in the trailer i have a bad feeling its going to really suck,i dont know its just a feeling,remember when you saw the trailers for spiderman 2 and B…	37 Last	HonkyPunch Aug 2005
1 week I'm flying out - what to do with my CAT So, my cat is coming on the plane with Gail and I when we fly out to Vancouver in a week. My question/concern is this: Chandler, our cat, is going in a carrier (hard plastic) with his bed in it. The…	11 Last	HonkyPunch Aug 2005
Boot up problem ! i was doing a routine dustout/wire management on my brothers case, let's just say he's not very technology literate. anyway after a cleanup he booted it up and windows wouldnt boot. An error shows …	19 Last	FEMTO Aug 2005
Stupid question of the day A guy at work here works in Max often and he said that all of the sudden something happened and he can't use the scroll wheel+ctrl/alt to pan/rotate/zoom anymore. Is there some setting that controls…	4 Last	adam Aug 2005
My work in PC Gamer! PC Gamer (UK) had a paragraph about our mod (Black Mesa: Source) last issue, but this issue there is a full page article on us. It has my Gargantua render at the top and ingame shot of the marine mod…	4 Last	Foehammer Aug 2005
"Mods you would like to see" article More post-hot-coffee crap from the media. [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8796394/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8796394/[/url] Really not that funny at all. And the suggested ideas suck. I assum…	2 Last	motives Aug 2005
project offset .. WOW! dont know if anyone has posted this yet but its another game trying to sell its engine and it looks pretty sweet... i think unreal 3 has some competition now... really cool stuff.. man i want to work…	1 Last	arshlevon Aug 2005
In orlando tonight... Anyone interested in hanging out and getting some beers or something similar give me a call. 617-281-6947. One night only thing.. flying out tomorrow afternoon. Wuwuwu florida!	4 Last	sinistergfx Aug 2005
"Life is a videogame... ...Everybody's got to die sometime." Not only does it sound like a quote from [url="http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=58387&an=0&page=5#58387"]Gamebox[/url] It's als…	17 Last	Rhinokey Aug 2005
My review of M70.. first impressions I have to say... Its pretty damn good. A touch on the heavy side, but considering its packing an NVIDEA card (I have finally given up on ATI for producing good cards) its lighter than I expected. I…	4 Last	hawken Aug 2005
I have something to confess =/ Okay guys, Me and my family are going bankrupt here. We have 2 houses we live in 1 of them which is a 4 bed 2 bath 2 living rooms and a kitchen with a garage. The other house that we have is being re…	30 Last	hawken Aug 2005
games you would like to see what kind of games would you like to see made? ------------------ [i]Thrash, Thrash, Revolution[/i]: a rythm based game for the PC that uses a USB or other adapator to connect a real guitar to the …	70 Last	hawken Aug 2005
If you were to start a studio.... If you were part of a group starting up a studio, and you were in charge of setting up the art portion of the studio, what would be your top priority for the working environment? More time per asset…	31 Last	flaagan Aug 2005
If your doing a search on interwad use Yahoo! [url="http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-5824161.html?part=rss&tag=5824161&subj=news"]http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-5824161.html?part=rss&tag=5824161&subj=news[/url] //***** snip …	8 Last	hawken Aug 2005
Psychonauts Postmortem Makes for some good reading. Game still hasn't hit the shelves here yet. [url="http://gamedeveloper.texterity.com/gamedeveloper/200508/?sub_id=EA8nZpiirzrke&cookies=1"]http://gamedeveloper.texte…	15 Last	palm Aug 2005
Trapped in the Closet! Heh, just saw this posted over on ConceptArt.org, so for any of you who don't visit there, here's a fun link: [url="http://www.r-kelly.com/index_main.html"]http://www.r-kelly.com/index_main.html[/ur…	20 Last	gauss Aug 2005
Good Digital Cameras? I currently have a 2 megapixel Fuji Film, and have had this for the last 3 years. So, I'm in the market for a new Digital camera. Probably something with 4 Megapixels, as they're not too exspensive …	13 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2005
What about that privacy thing I noticed that practically every software that i install, be it a text editor or a (single player) game or what not, the application almost always attempts to connect to a remote system. if it werent…	12 Last	JKMakowka Aug 2005
If game companies gave money to politicians.. Would we see all this scapegoating on videogames? seems like gun,alcohol,hollywood,pharmcutical companies seem to get away from intense scrutiny whenever their products are involved in violence but…	3 Last	Prs-Phil Aug 2005
stealth great movie. nice aerial sequences. pretty neat storyline and, always a bonus, jessica biel in a teeny bikini.	39 Last	Frank Aug 2005
Used Car reviews? Does anyone know of a good review site with a large database of cars? i'm looking to buy a used 1986 toyota mr2, and i want to read up as much as i can on things that can go wrong or how hard it is t…	10 Last	MikeF Aug 2005
Dungeon Siege 2 Demo! Hats off to the guys at GPG for this one. I just played the demo and I can say I am absolutely picking this one up. I loved the first one and I've been excited about the second one. Go pickup the dem…	14 Last	rooster Aug 2005
Project Offset This is just... wow... Impressive for three people working on it. [url="http://www.projectoffset.com/technology.html"]http://www.projectoffset.com/technology.html[/url] and the videos to download: …	24 Last	Josh_Singh Aug 2005
"The Economist" Magazine, may "get it" . The Economist looks at the flap over GTA:SA, and a longer view, and thinks that Games are much like Rock & Roll [url="http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4246109"]http://econ…	8 Last	gauss Aug 2005
Mac Messenger 5 released [url="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/misc/messenger50_download.xml"]http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.a...50_download.xml[/url] Just out. T…	0 Last	Rick Stirling Aug 2005
Case cleaning ? Well I make it a habit of annually cleaning out my case, with this summer heat my cpu and case temps got pretty high and the inside of the case got pretty dusty. So i took a little break from work t…	5 Last	Fuse Aug 2005
A fair article on the evolution of the industry [b]As video gaming spreads, the debate about its social impact is intensifying[/b] [url="http://economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=4246109"]Chasing the dream[/url]	2 Last	Asherr Aug 2005
Got a Job After many long years of work and effort i finally got my first real game job,ill be doing environments for next gen games at Streamline studios and i will be moving from Houston Texas to the Netherl…	44 Last	killingpeople Aug 2005
Who's going to Quakecon 2005? So who's going to be there? We should setup somewhere to get together and have a drink. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Me, X-Convict, and Mangled Poly will be coming together. At least thats…	17 Last	Sean McBride Aug 2005
BF2 Clan? this was mentioned briefly when the game first came out, and i was not that interested then, but i've become hooked on it pretty hardcore lately and have never been part of any gaming clans, but wou…	10 Last	gauss Aug 2005
Umm, I finally got a cow, but, the ragdoll is..odd I got the cow i was looking for, but, every time i die, the cow caves on itself. Badly. It begins pulsating...eeeks. Umm, so, is there a way the fix this in KAT? Please tell me how. cow i was lookin…	5 Last	HonkyPunch Aug 2005
Drug Use: A Series [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/spantheworld/downward-spiral.jpg[/img] Think thats bad? Look here: [url="http://www.noiceinparadise.com/photos.html"]http://www.noiceinparadise.com/photos…	21 Last	Weiser_Cain Aug 2005
Peter Jennings R.I.P [url="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/jennings.obit/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/jennings.obit/index.html[/url] what a shame,despite my hate of what mainstream media…	3 Last	JDinges Aug 2005
Does anyone have a link to this? I've seen ONE completed one... [url="http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=8890daa59349d76a482794dea7739bed&threadid=450905&perpage=30&highlight=Nali+Cow&pagenumber=1"…	5 Last	HonkyPunch Aug 2005
OpenGL + Vista = no [url="http://www.opengl.org/"]http://www.opengl.org/[/url] instead you get a limited shitty M$ direct3d wrappered-up version. :\	7 Last	Keg Aug 2005
Closed i just spent 50 dollars and 7 hours doing nothing 7:00 - went to union square - 2 dollars 7:30 - bought second copy of communist manifesto - 6 dollars bought soda - 1.25 bought soda - 1.45 bought soda - 1.65 bought pepsi - 2 dollars bought orbitz bu…	17 Last	gauss Aug 2005
Are you a hoarder of useless crap? Ya know, it struck me recently when a neighbour died and I saw the dumpster being filled up with useless junk from his house by his family for the following couple of weeks, that as a species we are …	25 Last	danr Aug 2005
ever had that feling you are about to get sacked The title speaks for itself [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]	28 Last	Ruz Aug 2005
PC Case modding? Who's done it? What'd you do? What do you plan on doin? Post photos if you've got 'em, post references and tutorials if you got 'em. I'm startin on a case.. actually an old one.. it was the file / …	11 Last	Rwolf Aug 2005
LA Dang, finally made the move. I am sooo tired. LA seems cool enough, but I'll have to find out more over time. My first day at Neversoft is tomorrow and I'm looking forward to that. I'm gonna miss…	21 Last	Pseudo Aug 2005
should bf2 be running so poorly? ok.. so i've upgraded my pc recently.. from a amd 2200 with a gig of ram and a BFGtech 128mb 6800 OC.. to a amd 3200 with 2 gigs of ram and the same vid card... and i can still barely get the game to…	16 Last	sal_manilla Aug 2005
Penis Size Not A Factor In Recent Hummer Purchase [url="http://www.bigfib.com/issue47/world5-en.html"]http://www.bigfib.com/issue47/world5-en.html[/url]	23 Last	Jes Aug 2005