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Iran war? [url="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=260984"]http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=260984[/url] Well, let's summarize and draw parallels. First the US. cries, "They've …	59 Last	Scott Ruggels Nov 2004
Devilman! [img]http://www.devilmanthemovie.jp/wall_1024_02.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.devilmanthemovie.jp/"]http://www.devilmanthemovie.jp/[/url] Looks neat.	8 Last	gauss Nov 2004
Cameron to direct Gunm (battle angel Alita) movie James Cameron's next film is confirmed by NPR over the weekend to be a movie based on Battle Angel Alita. Exciting stuff! Finally a big budget film based on anime. [url="http://www.darkhorizons.com…	4 Last	lkraan Nov 2004
there was a fly in my room... and it commited suicide by burning itself to death on my light. little guy just kepy landing on it, and we could hear it cooking, and it dropped down and now its dead. serves it right for having wing…	14 Last	Steve Schulze Nov 2004
At work on a Sunday...... am I the only one? blah.... it's self imposed, but it's still a case of working on a weekend :P It seems spooky being in the office on my own..... especially the fact it's a converted church :S Anyone else at work …	13 Last	pestibug Nov 2004
Conker Live And Reloaded, Simpily KICK ASS i got the demo a few days ago, and played it. Being a fan of the original, i already new what happens, but the grapics and animation are at least 100 times better than the first, and the voices are s…	0 Last	HonkyPunch Nov 2004
Sid Meier's Pirates! Gonna be in stores in 2 days!!! I am really looking forward to this game. It hasnt really gotten much press, what with all the other BIG NAME games like HL2 popping out, but Sid never lets me down,…	3 Last	thomasp Nov 2004
Maya to Unreal 2K4 tutorial on Alias.com Honestly not an attention whore, but... I got contacted a while back by Alias to use the Maya to Unreal tutorial I wrote. Just want to again say thanks to Whargoul for the help and the awesome scrip…	0 Last	Jeff Parrott Nov 2004
AAArgh! US based Ebay sellers! The rest of the world DOES exist you know! On ebay.co.uk most items for sale will be sent anywhere. Sometimes the seller doesn't put worldwide delivery, but when you ask they say "oops! Sorry, yeah -…	21 Last	frosty Nov 2004
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Another employed polycounter Well there seems to be a lot of this going around lately... add me to the list, in a couple of weeks I'll be working on the Matrix Online over at Monolith, in level design. After two years of the st…	24 Last	PaK Nov 2004
Romulan VS Earth WARS = Romulan Wars Finally this series is getting back on track to the historical cannon plot line. As we all know, this series, besides effects, sucked balls. Now, since Bermen and company were fired, they got a new g…	12 Last	Asherr Nov 2004
Polycounters HALO 2 LIVE! Tonite Sunday NOV 21st Trying to organize a HALO 2 LIVE game tonite with fellow Polycounters, November 21st 2004. The time, sometime around 8-9 pm eastern time for the start of the game. So far it is I, R13, The3DGuy and…	5 Last	Mishra Nov 2004
Xmas came early: Got a gig!! Just got an offer today to work as an artist at Cryptic Studios!! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] I'm super stoked. Everyone I met was extremely cool and nice. I love the game and the studio i…	10 Last	HellMark Nov 2004
Cottages So, since I'm producing a website for my portfolio now, and I know that Polycount hosts work...I was just wondering how one goes about getting a Cottage here, and what the included perks are of havin…	5 Last	blankslatejoe Nov 2004
N.Y. lawsuit questions safety of dodgeball...duh! [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6535954/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6535954/[/url] I always thought there was something sadistic about dodgeball.	13 Last	Voodoo Nov 2004
HL1 With Normal Mapping! Check it out... [url="http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?doc=1091469531-97736200"]http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?doc=1091469531-97736200[/url]	8 Last	Mojo2k Nov 2004
HG Wells "The Island of Dr. Moreau" not impossible [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6534243/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6534243/[/url] [ QUOTE ] Now Weissman says he is thinking about making chimeric mice whose brains are 100 percent human. He pr…	8 Last	Voodoo Nov 2004
2.5 gigapixel photo You've probably all seen it, but this is pretty impressive : [url="http://www.tpd.tno.nl/Pics/DII/gigazoom/Delft2.htm"]http://www.tpd.tno.nl/Pics/DII/gigazoom/Delft2.htm[/url] definitely benefits f…	17 Last	AfroLeft Nov 2004
Congrats BoBo the seal! Starting February, BoBo the seal will be the new Sr. Artist at Ironlore Entertainment. I had a chance to work with them, and their game is gonna be rockin. Heres hoping for the best buddy! The rea…	35 Last	HarlequiN Nov 2004
Ju-on I watched the american version of this movie (The Grudge) and thought it was pretty good, so i decided to rent the original japanese version of it (directed by the same director that did the japane…	15 Last	Irritant Nov 2004
Anyone actually buy HL2 not through Steam? I keep getting this error: "Error 1334: The file 'hl2.ico1' cannot be installed because the file cannot be found in cabinet file 'hl24.cab'. Yhis could indicate a network error, an error reading fro…	22 Last	Dukester Nov 2004
Whats next? Doom 3, half life 2, halo2, eq2, hmm all the big highly anticipated games are out.. what is next? seems like a deadzone now	32 Last	MoP Nov 2004
Election Recounts and voter apathy Ok, new thread since this isnt a conspiracy anymore. Something is off. The exit polls or the votes. Nader is trying to get New Hampshire to recount. Cobb, and even from what I have heard Bardanik …	16 Last	AstroZombie Nov 2004
Happy Birthday to DemonPrincess Happy Bithday! Have a great birthday you demonic princess you!	15 Last	rawkstar Nov 2004
Autobot Check it out: [url="http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/eurcncs185030.mpg"]http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/eurcncs185030.mpg[/url]	16 Last	iMag Nov 2004
Best Studios..... With all the talk from the EA_Spouse blog and the lawsuit it got me to thinking of what some good studios might be to work for. I'm not looking to start a bash fest. I'm just looking for good consoli…	8 Last	FunkaDelicDass Nov 2004
Steam accounts: Post your name's here! Now that some of us are getting HL2 I'm sure a lot of us will want to play CS (I know, I know) together. Thought it'd be nice to get a steam name thread going. My name is "Methyd_X".	26 Last	CheapAlert Nov 2004
Print Screen Print screen won't work and I'm ready to pick up my chair and throw it at my machine.	10 Last	ndcv Nov 2004
Lasik So, it's 'open enrollment' time for medical/dental beneifts at Volition, and harl's been thinking about getting Lasik done for the past couple years. We just haven't found any digital artists yet wh…	19 Last	That Darn Satan! Nov 2004
Quick, easy question for the international boys... what is the country of origin of this website please? [url="http://www.sheltiepage.de/working-county/"]http://www.sheltiepage.de/working-county/[/url] is it Denmark? is that what de is?	9 Last	Dukester Nov 2004
It's me I am back... and I need your help. Yeah so I have been away for some time. Getting on with life but I am fed up with all that shit. I want to start posting again, and to update my cottage. Only I haven't been able to get into my ftp f…	12 Last	sundance Nov 2004
Tribes Vengence (III). Why the silence? So its out. I haven't heard a peep out of anybody here. Whats the scoop? Is it good/bad? Does it include the mod tools? How is the latency? What? What? What???	11 Last	notman Nov 2004
Finally getting a GBA SP Reccommend some games both current and future releases in these Genres.... Adventure Fighting RPG I'm already thinking about... Gundam Seed Battle Assault Metroid Fusion & Zero Mission Super M…	13 Last	frosty Nov 2004
Congratulations J Bradford Congrats to polycounts newest employed member. He has asked me to keep his new employer anonymous, but they are big, and I am definately jealous of the project he is on. So speculate how you will, …	14 Last	CCPhil Nov 2004
Landed first gig, huzzah! My absence on the forums as of late has not been without reason. Recently I got a job as an an Environment Artist at Castaway Entertainment. Just got back from CA and spending a weekend with them. …	18 Last	Thegodzero Nov 2004
Seattle questions again Since I can't check my seattle post on the old boards, I'm going to ask again. What's a good area to live in Seattle? I'm looking at the King county area right now. Bothell seems nice. Give your sugg…	32 Last	Mark Dygert Nov 2004
BUSH ORDERS DRAFT! [img]http://www.theequineschool.org/rob/draftx.jpg[/img]	24 Last	Mishra Nov 2004
Utah Polycounters? Any Polycounters from Utah in the industry? Just curious.	0 Last	Josh_Singh Nov 2004
Yay for easter eggs! So Fat Assasin posted this tutorial in the 2D/3D section. [url="http://www.coronaleonis.com/hyptut.htm"]http://www.coronaleonis.com/hyptut.htm[/url] Scroll to the very bottom. There are 2 lines o…	10 Last	Jes Nov 2004
Toy Story 3 [url="http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/16/film.toy.story/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/16/film.toy.story/index.html[/url] Very weird.	6 Last	Nerd Groupie Nov 2004
How does porting to a different platform work? With all these games that are released for different platforms I was wondering how this works from a art point of view and what is involved. For instance GTA SA is released for PS2 but will also be …	3 Last	avalean Nov 2004
Old post archive? Thought about this looking at the tut below. [url="http://www.coronaleonis.com/hyptut.htm"]http://www.coronaleonis.com/hyptut.htm[/url] Alot of external links to the old forums and old posts. Will y…	0 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Nov 2004
finished halo 2 SPOILERS!! well the game was real fun, and i found it a bit short. but what bothered me the most is the end, just seemed un fufilling. the end was pretty weak, you kill a verry simple boss monster, and then…	22 Last	Mojo2k Nov 2004
Short Dev Cycles I am not talking about forced short dev cycles that wreak havoc on the peoples lives involved. Why is it the only (seemingly) game made today, is the 10+ million, 2+ years, 20+ man team, AAA title…	24 Last	Toomas Nov 2004
EA attempt to buy DICE (Battlefield Developer) Apparently EA is attempting to buy Swedish developer Digital Interactive (DICE), developer of the Battlefield and Rallisport games series. Many DICE stockholders are attempting to block the takeover…	16 Last	eepberries Nov 2004
BloodRayne 2 Demo... Awesomahj. My respect to the Terminal Reality crew. I wasn't much of a fan of the original game but this has just the right level of graphics, gore, senselss destruction and storyline to keep me entertained... …	10 Last	Mishra Nov 2004
happy half life 2 day! its midnight on the west coast and half life 2 should be unlocking for those of you who preloaded it. good? bad? was it worth the wait?	19 Last	adam Nov 2004
Painter IX Tutorial Videos Available Hi All (Hope this is the correct forum for this) Just a quick head up for painter fans. Some free Painter IX video tutorials made by Swoop have become freely available. They have audio and currentl…	1 Last	dur23 Nov 2004
activisionsav@loisir.net : anybody getting e-mail? [email="activisionsav@loisir.net"]activisionsav@loisir.net[/email] The bastard is spamming the shit out of me.....however, I got e-mails from people saying I'm e-mailing viruses too, whom I've never…	1 Last	KDR_11k Nov 2004