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PolyCast 416: Let Us Trade Maps!

By | June 1, 2023

The four-hundred-and-sixteenth episode of PolyCast, โ€œLet Us Trade Maps!โ€œ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie โ€œMakahluaโ€, and Phil “TheMeInTeam”.. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m58s | Leader Pack 4: Rulers of the Sahara First Looks Forum Talk– 00h09m21s | Sequels in Strategy Gaming: Civilization II by Digital Antiquarian– 00h15m41sโ€ฆ Read More »

Layoffs at Firaxis

By | May 31, 2023

The current struggle in the techology sector also does not spare the gaming industry. Today it got public that Firaxis is laying off 30 of their developers. It is in general suspected that the poor sales of Midnight Suns are to blame, despite the game being a success among critics. We do not know right now which ofโ€ฆ Read More »

PolyCast 415: We Lost the Game

By | May 23, 2023

The four-hundred-and-fifteenth episode of PolyCast, โ€œWe Lost the Gameโ€œ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie โ€œMakahluaโ€, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h04m06s | Leader Pack 3: Rulers of China Release and Patch Notes– 00h22m25s | Aspyr Announces Mac and iOS Delays.– 00h25m26s | Smallโ€ฆ Read More »

PolyCast 414: Nerve Staplers are NOT Still In Vogue

By | May 18, 2023

The four-hundred-and-fourteenth episode of PolyCast, โ€œNerve Staplers are NOT Still in Vogueโ€œ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie โ€œMakahluaโ€, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and  Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: Intro–ย 00h01m47sย |ย What Tech or Wonder Quotes Would You Like to See? News–ย 00h04m45sย | ย Leader Pack 3: Rulers of China Announced for Jan 19.–ย 00h10m45sย | ย Turn-Based Lovers Postsย A New Review forโ€ฆ Read More »

Raffle: Win a copy of PocketCiv!

By | May 2, 2023

As you know, we like a game called “Civilization”. Sometimes we also like some other games, but even better if they also have a “civ” in it! Recently we stumbled upon the game “PocketCiv“, thanks to their Twitter account. As you can guess from the title, it’s a neat and small civ-like game, staying more in the ancientโ€ฆ Read More »

PolyCast 413: Christmas Special?

By | April 29, 2023

The four-hundred-and-thirteenth episode of PolyCast, โ€œChristmas Special?โ€œ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie โ€œMakahluaโ€, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m57s | The Release of Leader Pack 1– 00h17m18s | The Civ Give 2022– 00h22m13s | Ed Beach Interview with wccftech– 00h31m51s | Ara-History Untoldโ€ฆ Read More »

Soren Johnson’s GDC talk: Games and Meaning, or You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run a Sweatshop

By | April 16, 2023

Soren Johnson, the lead designer of Old World, as well as Civ4, has given a talk at the GDC, which is now freely available here.In this 1 hour presentation he talks about various game design issues, including that many decisions are mostly trial and error. He e.g. touches on that you need to know your community, otherwise youโ€ฆ Read More »

Happy birthday Sid!

By | February 25, 2023

Firaxis sent out yesterday (Feb 24) birthday congratulations to Sid.Let’s please congratulate him here too.