Posts by Gary King

Quote: Dragon's Lair can do this because it is cel-shaded, Matrix isn't. Unless the cell shaded game throws away additional texture layers or down-reses all base textures (most don't -- low-res textures and ugly...

All it would take would be Metroid, but I'm definitely of the opinion that cheaper is better. Let Xbox2/PS3 battle for technological supremacy; offer me a $100-150 console with a Metroid game and I'll deal with memory cards/lack of...

"I'm out!" The Contest

Toy Story 2

Not just pointers. In Debug mode, *all* memory is striped initially. In release mode, the memory is zeroed. Microsoft uses a macro to handle deallocation: [code] #define SAFE_DELETE(p) \ if (p != NULL) { \ delete p;...

You'll have some more choices.

Or you could wait until Thursday and then make your decision.

Homer: When is anyone going to give me an award? Marge: They already did, you have a Grammy! Homer: I meant an award that's worth winning. Mr. Simpson's opinions do not reflect those of this show's creators, who don't consider...

Maya has better support for NURBS modeling, Max has better support for polygon (and subd) modeling. Regardless of which you pick, laying out UVs will be a complete pain in the ass. Max 5's renderer is noticeably better than Maya's,...

Or, if you want a desktop, you might want to consider one of the Shuttle XPCs (like the SN41G2) -- they're small, quiet, and very transportable (all nice things for a dorm room). An XPC runs $300-360 retail. Add in a hard drive...