Monthly Archives: August 2022

ABCClassic: The sound of strategy, volume 2: sci-fi and fantasy

By | August 31, 2022

ABCClassic, normally a broadcaster for classical music, has published their second episode about computer game soundtracks. This episode is about sci-fi and fantasy soundtracks, and might interest some people here, because it contains 2 songs composed by Christopher Tin (who won the Grammy for the Civ4 main theme) for OffWorld Trading Company (a game by the Civ3 lead… Read More »

ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs – The winners of the competition

By | August 29, 2022

10 days ago we started a little competition to give away three keys for ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs. This game is a turn-based monster manager, where you up try to bring your two Slorfs through a crazy world while building up your deck and managing your base. The creator turned out to be a lurker here at… Read More »

PolyCast 404: Podcast Not Found

By | August 29, 2022

The four-hundred-and-fourth episode of PolyCast, “Podcast Not Found“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Phil “TheMeInTeam”. Topics for this episode include: Community00h02m00s | DanQ is Now a Father News00h05m17s | FreeCiv Reaches Version 3.000h08m09s | Sid Meier Warns About Monetization In Gaming Forum Talk00h24m38s | Five Second Turn… Read More »

PolyCast 403: 100 Turns to the Next District

By | August 26, 2022

The four-hundred-and-third episode of PolyCast, “100 Turns to the Next District“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News00h01m32s | Take-Two Merges with Zynga00h05m24s | Microsoft Announces Ara: Histories Untold Forum Talk00h11m03s | Issues with Production in Civilization VI00h35m52s |… Read More »

PolyCast 402: Straight Into The Salt

By | August 22, 2022

The four-hundred-and-second episode of PolyCast, “Straight Into the Salt“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News00h01m06s | Soren Johnson’s Old World Released on PC One Year Late00h02m43s | Remembering Those Who Have Left Us Forum Talk00h06m20s | The Evolution… Read More »

PCGamer: Revisiting Colonization, Sid Meier’s overlooked resource juggler

By | August 22, 2022

PCGamer has published an article about another game which is dear to us: The original Colonization. In this article the author writes about it was in the shadow of civ, about the struggles of resouce management, dealing with the natives, the lackluster combat and obviously the one-more-turn feeling. An excerpt:“For an indecisive player like me, it’s torture. I… Read More »

PolyCast 401: No Independent Texas, Please

By | August 19, 2022

The four-hundred-and-first episode of PolyCast, “No Independent Texas, Please“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News00h01m08s | The Strong Museum of Play Adds Civilization to Its Hall of Fame Forum Talk00h16m01s | Six Great Scientists At Once?00h18m33s | Over… Read More »

Win a copy of ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs

By | August 19, 2022

Win a copy of ZOR: Pilgrimage of the SlorfsThere are a lot of Civ fans, as you know. As it turns out, some of these fans are also game developers, and long time lurkers at CFC!One of them is @Righteous Hammer Games , who will release his game ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs on August 30 on Steam. He’s excited about the… Read More »