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On the road again well after leaving portland last year to come here to Va. to work for mythic entertainment i have came to the cnclusion that i really miss portland, and have set into motion plans to be back in the b…	12 Last	cochtl Jun 2005
Tokyo: Ghetto of Geeks [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601767.html"]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601767.html[/url] Or so this arti…	13 Last	KDR_11k Jun 2005
WOW: BG So how you guys liking the World of Warcraft: Battle Grounds ? Personally it brought my intrest back into it, And now I'm suddenly addicted. >.< Warsong BG is good for 30 min : 1 hour captur…	3 Last	seantree Jun 2005
email sharing is email caring I tend to get wacky emails from time to time. Emails that just seem to resemble a pile of words more than a sentance or two. Usually they hit the trash, but tonight I thought I'd share the latest. h…	5 Last	Justin Meisse Jun 2005
freelance advice I've found some freelance jobs on the Internet of people willing to pay (not much) for models that I build for them. However, they want all rights for the characters signed over to them. Is this some…	6 Last	palm Jun 2005
MMORPG Pie Charts i remember seeing a pie chart with all the market shares of all the mmorpg's in the world. can someone please help me with this? thanks....a cookie will be waiting.	11 Last	eld Jun 2005
rendering in max (resolution) I was wondering if anyone knows how to save renders out of 3dmax at 300dpi. Is this possible?	2 Last	danr Jun 2005
Max7 Baking procedural bumps into a normals map? Maybe I'm missing something but does anyone know of a way to bake procedural bumps into a normals map using the projection technique? I thought it might be a nice way to add some additional flavor.	2 Last	MoP Jun 2005
Shine's reference archive?? Whoa what happened to shine's reference archive? Havent had a comp or internet in like a year now and dont know what happened in the mean time.	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2005
Newbie to game development I'm looking for some good tutorials to get my feet wet in game design mainly in character creation, modeling, and texturing. general rules of thumb when creating models and levels. Input is welc…	9 Last	sonic Jun 2005
Hypnocomedy [url="http://www.zingproductions.com/hypno.html"]http://www.zingproductions.com/hypno.html[/url] Anyone ever had a chance to see this guy? I saw him last night and I almost ruptured something.	18 Last	John Warner Jun 2005
video game voice actor strike... [url="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050525/ap_on_bi_ge/video_games_labor"]http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050525/ap_on_bi_ge/video_games_labor[/url] I didn't re…	39 Last	KDR_11k Jun 2005
Can pirated software destroy a company? Anyone had experience with this? and if so how much pirated software would it take? and what exactly happens to the workers and such when this company is discovered to be doing so?	16 Last	Steve Schulze Jun 2005
Chris Christmas Rodriguez [url="http://www.wiggerl.com/ccr/"]http://www.wiggerl.com/ccr/[/url] HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA	8 Last	_wunderkid_ Jun 2005
the joys of a new apartment moved to a new apartment with my gf this past saturday. never realized how much stuff we had at the old place. moving the couch was an experience in mathematics, how to fit an 8ft long 4ft wide couch…	6 Last	Mojo2k Jun 2005
10 year Highschool reunion All the cool kids who used to make fun of me and beat me up are selling couches or insurance. Revenge is sweet [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] -R	30 Last	RageUnleashed Jun 2005
Desks. Its been a while since we had one of these, and since I just tidied.... My home desk. The Mac Mini is the main machine, under the desk is my seldom on PC. [img]http://www.rsart.co.uk/w0rk/desk.jpg…	23 Last	RageUnleashed Jun 2005
car back from the bodyshop! random post [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] just got her back from the bodyshop, rieger front bumper fitted on the basis it was £100 cheaper than the oem version. think she's lookin good, had …	1 Last	RageUnleashed Jun 2005
Job posting resources? Hi can anyone here post job posting resources , my current job situation isnt too well due to possible cuts and i need to start looking. also ive been seeing alot of job want ads with "Senior" tag…	7 Last	JO420 Jun 2005
Man's leg lands in yard. [url="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/08/plane.body.ap/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/08/plane.body.ap/index.html[/url] Wow. Hip and spine were attached. Makes you wonder what they're tel…	1 Last	hawken Jun 2005
Sega finally caves on Animanium price [url="http://animanium.com/product.htm"]http://animanium.com/product.htm[/url] They just released a $ 99 version of their character animation tool. For anyone interested in 3d character animation b…	7 Last	James Edwards Jun 2005
June Wallpaper thread someone's slackin, it's 06/06 and i'm havin to start this thread [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]http://studioflaagan.com/temp/junewallpaper.jpg[/img]	13 Last	Jes Jun 2005
Voyager 1 enters interstellar space! [url="http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/voyager_enters_heliosheath.html?2452005"]Voyager 1 leaves the influence of our Sun and enters the Heliosheath![/url] It's almost out of our Solar system…	11 Last	Negadeth Jun 2005
Looking for an Arcade Game I keep recalling an old arcade game I used to play when I was younger, but I just can't remember the name! Although this is gonna sound generic, I'll describe it best as I can: It's a 2D horizontal …	6 Last	AstroZombie Jun 2005
Deep Paint for freeeeeee Free is good. [url="http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-2191_4-10398243.html?tag=lst-0-1"]http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-2191_4-10398243.html?tag=lst-0-1[/url]	8 Last	oXYnary Jun 2005
Digital Camera? I'm looking to get a digital camera for around a grand. A coworker has suggested I get the nikon d70s. I was wondering if you guys had any other suggestions or have used the nikon d20 or d20s?	4 Last	PaK Jun 2005
A rant, about using photos in textures. what's wrong with it exactly? there's always a few people on the boards who go off about "what ever gets the job done is fine" but i still see a whole bunch of artists never trying to use any photos,…	40 Last	Ruz Jun 2005
Concept art wanted For a while now I've been putting together ideas for a tutorial, but I think it would be much easier if I pulled it all together and released it as a biggy - perhaps in sections. The tutorial will b…	20 Last	pogonip Jun 2005
Home-cooked dinner -open invite: Bay area If you like Indian/persian fod c'mon over friday nights. Menlo Park. I'll be doing this every weekend, friday nights. i'll try and cook something different every week. Veggie-only food availiable e…	7 Last	Scott Ruggels Jun 2005
anyone play Plan of Attack? Its a really great mod for HL2. Each round one team gets to choose which of 4 objectives to capture and the other team must prevent them. And you level up which enhances your accuracy and stamina. […	4 Last	gauss Jun 2005
Closed Hybrid Studio DELETED Post deleted by Detritus	48 Last	CheapAlert Jun 2005
Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight That's f'ed up, right there: [url="http://www.newturfers.com/mwf/attach/38/355838/BBCNEWSWorldLionMutilates42MidgetsinCambodianRing-Fight.htm"]http://www.newturfers.com/mwf/attach/38/...nRing-Fight.…	6 Last	Mojo2k Jun 2005
EU vs. USA? Just a random idea: If someone were to make a not too realistic (but well balanced, of course) MP FPS or RTS title depicting a fictional war between the US and the EU, let's call it Battlefield Euro…	54 Last	diZzyWalnut Jun 2005
Bet YOU'd love to compete in this. [url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/01/san_francisco_trouser_snake_event/"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/01/san_francisco_trouser_snake_event/[/url] One big wankfest. Thousands of peop…	20 Last	adam Jun 2005
WTF Car! Ever notice some weird lookin vehicle on the road that boggles the mind? I saw one on the bridge heading into Seattle the other day, looked it up, check it out. The Corbin Sparrow! [url="http://www…	13 Last	Rwolf Jun 2005
How did Prey get overlooked by everyone? This game hasnt got any attention from gaming sites or G4(with their e3 coverage) It looks seriously awesome imo. [url="http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=6393&type=mov"]http://www.gamet…	20 Last	Weiser_Cain Jun 2005
Where are the doom 3 models? I am curious why we haven't seen any Doom 3 work from the polycount community. It has been almost half a year... I would have expected some folks to have made a few weapons and maybe a character or …	41 Last	StrangeFate Jun 2005
Jean Baudin - awesome bassist [url="http://www.jeanbaudin.com/"]I take back every bad thing I've ever said about bassists[/url]. This guy absolutely smokes, and he has awesome taste in his guitars: [img]http://www.jeanbaudin.co…	7 Last	KeyserSoze Jun 2005
Lunch I'm having a 7", 4 slice, personal pizza with peperoni, sausage, and mushroms. And a can of Sunkist orange soda. I've eaten 2 slices (except the crust) and I'm already very full. Must. Nap. Somewhere…	56 Last	PaK Jun 2005
Price of next-gen games influence your choice? I saw this over at Gamespot. It's the rumor at the bottom, about $60 US for Box 360 games. [url="http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/03/news_6126948.html"]http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/03/n…	21 Last	KDR_11k Jun 2005
So a smaller Project... Ok guys, you won: I have decided to put forth the idea of creating a smaller game as the first project, that is - after the DVD production. So I guess i'm asking for any, if not ALL expirience der…	12 Last	Mojo2k Jun 2005
Project Offset [url="http://www.projectoffset.com/"]http://www.projectoffset.com/[/url] Have you guys seen this? Looks quite nice. Especially for a three man team. Same guys who did Savage. The teaser video got me…	1 Last	rooster Jun 2005
Man released after 35 years for TV theft [url="http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/28/television.jail.ap/index.html"]He was actually sentenced to life in prison for stealing a black-and-white TV and his past history[/url] [img]http://media…	30 Last	hawken Jun 2005
Seattle: Learn To Float Game Workforce Education WWSDAF, (Majors latest brain child) with LWTC present: [ QUOTE ] Learn To Float Game Workforce Education Conference at LWTC 6/9/05 Swimming successfully in the active and ever-rising waters of th…	4 Last	Slayerjerman Jun 2005
teachers are asshats and kids are stupid So my economics teacher is an asshat that feels hes above everyone in the class; he constantly goes off topic talking down to students about their ethics and whatnot, its tough to put into words. He …	9 Last	DeathTrip Jun 2005
The Ultimate Gaming Chair, For Ultimate Leetness!! [url="http://www.ultimategamechair.com/"]http://www.ultimategamechair.com/[/url] Man... Im speechless.. you know how coumfy and effective that chair looks [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]..Pra…	4 Last	Rwolf Jun 2005
Evil Toast? (the comments are great) [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=201&item=4733535018&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=201&item=4733535018&rd=1[/url] …	2 Last	adam Jun 2005
Just bought this board for 50 bucks, New MSI 865GM2-LS Intel Pentium 4 Motherboard MS-6743 [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/Ak47-Warhead/c4_1_b.jpg[/img] I hope i didn't get jipped [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]!! M…	5 Last	KDR_11k Jun 2005
When will we learn? [url="http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html"]http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html[/url] 20 things gamers want from the seventh generation of game consoles. [ …	45 Last	KDR_11k Jun 2005
The 4400 I just rented the first season last night. I have to say I was impressed. This is some good stuff right here. Sure, it plays like the X-Files but thats what attracts me to it. The writing seems decen…	2 Last	Jeff Parrott Jun 2005