Yeah, Blender rocks... It was originally a commercial 3D product, but a few years ago their company NaN (Not A Number) went under, and the developement stopped. Through donations they raised like $100,000 and were able to make it open source for everyone. Which is nice... since not everyone has $2,000 to spend on 3D products like Maya.
I'm looking foward to trying out the new gaming engine... I think we need a webmaster street fighting game..lol.
