Just thought I'd mention that VGL with be at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday Oct 29. This is a really cool show featuring a full orchestra and choir playing video game music. COPY&PASTE: The first major U.S. video game music concert tour is finally here! Think music concert, theatrical stage show, and interactive video…
Concerned, sure but keeping it in perspective is important too. Here is an interesting take on Nuclear power vs Coal, I have to say the guy makes sense. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134960843/Environmentalist-Monbiot-Supports-Nuclear-Power But of course everyone in the US is freaking out about Nuclear. Of course Coal…
You know, everybody can judge the actions of the officers from the outside as much as they want.... ...but it doesn't change the fact that nobody here witnessed what really happened. Split-second decisions where life and death are at stake... what would you do? Fact of the matter is, you have no idea what you would do. You…
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryEnvironmentModeling?highlight=%28\bCategoryEnvironment\b%29 http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryTexturing Those might help get you started in the right direction. My first step in workflow is planning, as I'm sure it is with many others. I'll make sure every possible problem I find is…
I started therapy this year. I didn't have any crippling issues of addiction or deep depressions. It was about getting to know more about me and digging into my feelings about myself as well as my relationship. The short version is that while I'm with an awesome girl and was getting by as a freelancer, I felt that I didn't…
Damn dude Quake 2 was like what.. 97 / 98 ?! I didnt really start making game stuff until end of 2004 or get my first 'inhouse' game job until 2006 ! youve got like 6/7 years on me!!!! Im a late bloomer at 29 :P I get where your coming from now, its refreshing to find good decent argumentative conversation, as opposed to…
You have to take into consideration that one US state is about the size of an entire European country with less population. Towns are not packed next to each other. As Asherr said, there is no public transportation to speak of outside of major cities. It takes me a half tank of gas to visit my parents and Asherr and come…
LS: Yeah if I were in a serious debate about something, simply throwing up years of experience would be a poor substitute for clear explanations. But I'm talking to oxy which has always been like talking to a child in the past and I've found its never worth explaining colour to the colour blind. Trying to explain that a…
Metal is actually pretty easy to do with PBR. Since metals generally reflect almost 100% of light that hits them, you simply need to make your specular color the final color of reflections you'd like to see. For example, you'd want a light pinkish color for clean copper, or a bright desaturated yellow for most types of…
Level Designer Responsibilities: - Preparing sketches and maps for new locations (2d & 3d). - Building locations in the editor with existing meshes, tools and the help of environment artists. - Preparing parts of location for particular events. - Working very closely with the cinematics and quest implementation teams. -…