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here's one that will make you cry Yes I know there is a thread concerning sonic whic tlkas briefly about loonatics (aka warners brothers butchering classic characters. But this deserved it's own thread in my opinion. [url="http://ww…	26 Last	ElysiumGX Mar 2005
Unreal 3 engine videos ( New content ) So,there is some stuff from the old Unreal 3.0 tech demo but there is also some new footage , especially in video 4 when the car drives through the city . Oh my f-ing christ when the camera pulls up…	93 Last	Thegodzero Mar 2005
[RIP] Andre Norton 1912 - 2005 [RIP] Andre Norton 1912-2005 I used to read her stuff voraciouslywhen I was in Junior High and hoghschool. it was allways, to me a little off, but fascinating, just the same. Like watching a subtitle…	2 Last	Asherr Mar 2005
Anti-Game-Piracy Campaign I can relate to! [url="http://movies13.archive.org/2/movies/dontcopythatfloppy/dontcopythatfloppy.wmv"]http://movies13.archive.org/2/movies/dontcopythatfloppy/dontcopythatfloppy.wmv[/url] DONT COPY THAT FLOPPY!	1 Last	JKim3 Mar 2005
Burning down the house GDC Lecture [ QUOTE ] In the days following the Game Developers Conference, one particular lecture has been causing significant interest and controversy in the game development community - ' Burning Down the Hou…	2 Last	oXYnary Mar 2005
Hotmail and Firefox not buddies or something? Just recently "upgraded" to Firefox on my new rig. Problem is, Hotmail is often buggy and I can't create new messages. When i open IE, it's just fine. Anyone else have this problem?	10 Last	KDR_11k Mar 2005
skiing ostriches [url="http://www.jreast.co.jp/tabidoki/tvcm/movie/jsp30_300k.asx"]http://www.jreast.co.jp/tabidoki/tvcm/movie/jsp30_300k.asx[/url]	5 Last	AstroZombie Mar 2005
Doom3 Stereo pics Using der_ton's md5 viewer, you'll notice a stereo render option. ([url="http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1281"]http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1281[/url]) it's fun …	10 Last	KDR_11k Mar 2005
your role? what is you role at work. I seem to have turned in to a purely 'head' artist. I model and texture about 4 heads a day 5 days a week . Sometimes I find it a bit repetitive, but mostly I enjoy it. Oddl…	57 Last	ElysiumGX Mar 2005
A little help I have managed to lose an old model I once made. It's a map model for Quake 3 called "Judge". I submitted it to the QuakeCon2000 contest. If somebody still has it on their HD or even better can lead …	3 Last	tpe Mar 2005
Grrr....does this ever happen to you? i mean, today, i was working on a mole bartender model, i LOVED the way it looked. then, something went comepletely wrong, and the model was completely screwed up, and i couldn't do jack shit to fix …	31 Last	Rick Stirling Mar 2005
advise on graphics tablet!? Hey guys got a question for you I need a new graphics tablet (mine is a5 and not working properly anymore) I dont know anything about them so i figured someone could help me out!? I can get a Tevion.…	12 Last	GoK Mar 2005
Who are you friends with at your job? I was thinking, and got a bit curious. I'm friends with all the other people on the design team, but also have a bunch of programmer friends (I do have to interact with them alot). I'm also friends…	24 Last	Daz Mar 2005
loomis books online [url="http://www.saveloomis.org/"]http://www.saveloomis.org/[/url] i dont know if anyone has ever been to this site, but it has many of Andrew Loomis' books online, page by page. there are no button…	8 Last	pior Mar 2005
Congrats Johnny! Johnny has landed his fulltime gig now. Congrats boss, I'm impressed! OI think a victory Vancouver PC meet up is in order. -R	21 Last	John Warner Mar 2005
Darker atmosphere doesn't equal better. (rant) This whole idea that darker "badass" themes is the way to go is getting out of hand and worse by the month. Is it just me or is the current trend these days more prevalent than ever? When icons from …	14 Last	Foehammer Mar 2005
So, how was GDC? I didn't make it this year, so could someone give me the highlight reel?	0 Last	Ryno Mar 2005
Sega continues its slow descent into the shadows I noticed this yesterday and posted in the chat room about my complete disgust with the idea, and apparently the guys at Penny Arcade share the same feeling. Sega decides to take its best and legend…	22 Last	johnwoo Mar 2005
spore this was really big news at this year's gdc. [url="http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3138792&did=1"]will wright's [i](simcity, sims)[/i] next game: spore[/url]	18 Last	KDR_11k Mar 2005
EA May move Jobs to Orlando from California [url="http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=306856"]http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=306856[/url] Scott	19 Last	StrangeFate Mar 2005
Unreal Addon for XSI mod tool [url="http://www.softimage.com/products/Mod/v4/default.asp?pg=http://www.softimage.com/products/Mod/v42/downloads/addons_unreal.asp"]http://www.softimage.com/products/Mod/v4...dons_unreal.asp[/url] …	4 Last	flaagan Mar 2005
Passion: What is yours? (Vets and all) It seems like alot of vetrans say they accept the status of their position, yet universally reflectively have a undertone of "if only I were in charge". So it seems to me that would create alot of s…	26 Last	flaagan Mar 2005
Polycount and Quake 3 tshirts Gday guys... How would I go about getting my hands on a polycount t-shirt these days? It was one of those things I was always gunnado but never got around to it. And also a Quake 3 shirt, are they s…	2 Last	Redlemons Mar 2005
RIP Billy "Wicked" Wilson [url="http://www.gaminggroove.com/blah.php?id=228"]http://www.gaminggroove.com/blah.php?id=228[/url] For those that don't remember, Billy "Wicked" Wilson was the guy who founded the original VoodooE…	2 Last	JKMakowka Mar 2005
Lots of robots - CG Movie I came across this on GameDev.net: [url="http://www.lotsofrobots.com/"]Lots of Robots[/url]	2 Last	ThE_BirD Mar 2005
Batman- new times Howdy folks- I just came across this pretty impressive animated Batman short, featuring CG lego stylee shenanigans and featuring the voices of Adam West, Dick Van Dyke an Mark Hamill. have a look-se…	6 Last	oXYnary Mar 2005
Creating landscape with 3d program tools? I'm investigating alternative ways of creating terrain (other than a heightmap) and I was wondering if any tools exist in current 3d programs that would let an artist create a varied terrain. Not jus…	2 Last	RickA Mar 2005
You meet the nicest people online [url="http://www.myg0t.com/index.php?rage=forumraging"]Here [/url] they are. It seems one of them screwed up the Mod forum that I'm involved with.	3 Last	hawken Mar 2005
O/T any airgunners out there? I know its very childish, a grown man getting a bb gun but the missus just let me get this... and i am very excited, blabber drewel etc. [url="http://www.fxairguns.com/products/fx_tarantula/tarantul…	5 Last	sal_manilla Mar 2005
high speed internet pricing? i was curious what the average cost for speed for broadband connections is since we [i]might[/i] be getting broadband soon. we currently have a 56kb connection for 20$ a month (i think). we could g…	11 Last	Slayerjerman Mar 2005
Why isn't my signature pic appearing? The title says it all, really. My pic appears in my post previews, but not in the posts themselves. I tried searching, but the search function seems to be down...	2 Last	Noisybast Mar 2005
SF Bay Area Polycounters - GDC get-together I thought I'd post a new topic just because I tend to ignore stickies after they've been around a bit. The current plan is to meet at the 4th street entrance to the Moscone Center West at 6:30pm on T…	37 Last	Jeff Parrott Mar 2005
The Goon Show (Monty Python influencer) Discovered this the other day. Great stuff. You can tell where Monty Python got alot of their influence from. Ok im a big band/swing fan, so the musical portions don't bother me. [url="http://203…	1 Last	rooster Mar 2005
New Star Wars ROTS trailer ( badass ) Building a time machine so I can travel to May 19th as I type this !! Just right click and " save as " and let it idle until it starts to download ..it took me a good minute of letting it sit before…	11 Last	Scott Ruggels Mar 2005
Physical conglomeration of da industry (California I have heard it before that Southern Cali is the future for game companies in the US. As supposedly its begining to conglomerate down there "just like Hollywood" as they say. Whether these people a…	4 Last	Rick Stirling Mar 2005
ugh republic commando cd key probs Just bought Republic commando this eve and got to play one online match. I went to eat and came back and attempted to play again and am now getting an invalid cdkey or it is in use by someone else er…	0 Last	seantree Mar 2005
Joust3D no more? just checked the site.. no explanation there. :/ what happened? [url="http://www.joust3d.com"]www.joust3d.com[/url] ah well, there's always Eon [url="http://www.coronaleonis.com/eon/main.html"]htt…	9 Last	gauss Mar 2005
teaser poster for fantastic 4 [img]http://www.polycount.com/cottages/monsterhouse/teaserposter.jpg[/img] editted to guarentee pic will appear	8 Last	CheapAlert Mar 2005
Planet STACKED? All of us here at work were taken by suprise with this one: [url="http://www.planetstacked.com/"]Planet Stacked[/url] Didn't think anyone would make a Planet site for our game. [img]/images/graemlin…	7 Last	BoBo_the_seal Mar 2005
So about Ghost Rider :comics and upcoming movie... He always sounded like a cool character. I just never got into him. Is anyone looking forward to the movie being made? Can I get some cliff's notes on what the story of the character is? [img]/image…	6 Last	Redlemons Mar 2005
Don't do drugs... ..actually go ahead if you want, but this pretty much put me off the idea permanently: [url="http://www.fat-pie.com/chavs.htm"]http://www.fat-pie.com/chavs.htm[/url] watch 'thursday with devvo' on a…	10 Last	Prs-Phil Mar 2005
New Legend of Zelda trailer !!! This is why we all love making and playing games , this is what it's all about .. [url="http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=5128&type=mov"]http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=5128&am…	16 Last	KDR_11k Mar 2005
Funny job descriptions [ QUOTE ] Fast Simulation for a 3D Biomechanical Deformation Model of the Female Breast in High Resolution [/ QUOTE ] Now what does that sound like? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Actually…	1 Last	KDR_11k Mar 2005
Darwinia just play a lil today. its a very interesting game. graphics are so bizarre ( considering todays output). but the game is actually very fun for an RTS. Euro release only i hear, just came out i beli…	2 Last	ElysiumGX Mar 2005
Modelling habits I'm starting to reimplement 3d models in my game engine and I was wondering in what orientation models are usually made. I myself prefer the z-axis as up, but generally computer graphics have the y-a…	9 Last	ElysiumGX Mar 2005
Electronic Arts Pays Overtime [ QUOTE ] Officials from Electronic Arts are have internally announced a change in the companys overtime policy, which will see some workers begin to be paid for work done outside their normally con…	15 Last	Daz Mar 2005
So a friend is getting a Cintiq... [url="http://www.wacom.com/"]http://www.wacom.com/[/url] Friend of mine is buying a Wacom Cintiq. He's an illustrator who works from home. I'm curious to use it as I'd like to try modelling with it.…	9 Last	gauss Mar 2005
Corel Draw RGB/CMYK questions... I have a question for anyone with good Corel Draw knowledge. A friend of mine has been creating illustrations within the program and was working in RGB. His illustration consists of millions of node…	1 Last	adam Mar 2005
Fable: Dissappointments Im helping someone get some feedback on what Fable failed at. I remember a few discussions here talking about things that were pimped as being some of it core play, but failed to develop or mature i…	21 Last	johnwoo Mar 2005
I'm scared of consolidation Recently there have been a number of news bits about various publishers & developers going out of business. Companies getting purchased & bought up by larger companies, and just a general sta…	2 Last	oXYnary Mar 2005