Taking to task. The two-hundred-and-seventy-first episode of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy podcast PolyCast, “[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#episode271]Not Just a Lame Clip Show XX[/url]”, features regular co-hosts [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/2-DanQ]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url], [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/22677-Makahlua]”Makahlua”[/url], [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=136315]Philip “TheMeInTeam” Bellew[/url] and [url=http://blog.maddjinn.ca]”MadDjinn”[/url] with five guest co-hosts in the twentieth compilation of segments archived from previous episode recordings and not released previously. With a 59m59s runtime, the summary of topics is as follows:

– [i]00m38s[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
Original [i]Civilization[/i] Co-Designer Bruce Shelley on [url=http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/25/how-bruce-shelley-brought-a-board-gamers-view-to-designing-civilization]board game influences[/url] for the title, followed by fellow Co-Designer Sid Meier on being the [url=http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/3/4/11158134/the-man-who-made-a-million-empires]”man who made a million empires”[/url] (05m15s) and [url=http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/20/our-interview-with-sid-meier-on-the-next-25-years-of-civilization-games]offering “insights”[/url] on the series to date (14m16s; recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#episode250]Episode 250[/url]); then, [url=https://killscreen.com/articles/civilization-coming-classrooms-thats-bad-idea]critiquing the critic[/url] who claims [i]CivilizationEdu[/i] is a “bad idea” (21m21s; recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#episode264]Episode 264[/url]) and lessons learned from [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBXksKoiAo]the story of[/url] one game developer [url=http://steamcommunity.com/app/461620/discussions/0/215439774862269688]using the[/url] [i]Civilization[/i] trademark (34m16s; recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#episode270]Episode 270[/url]).

[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] is a bi-weekly audio production recording [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast/live]live every other Saturday[/url] throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the [i]Civ[/i] community an interactive voice; sibling show [url=http://thepolycast.net/modcast][u]ModCast[/u][/url] focuses on [i]Civ[/i] modding, [url=http://thepolycast.net/turncast][u]TurnCast[/u][/url] on [i]Civ[/i] multiplay. The 2016 PolyCast Christmas Special is to be released on [u]December 24th[/u].

The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 28 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to [b]Manpanzee[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Prince, Science, Standard, Standard, Great Plains, Spain (Isabella) [BNW] game for 7228 points.

[b]feelsgood[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 5 games.

Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update
[b]blatc[/b] – 1450 AD, Turn 205, 3729 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Great Plains, Poland (Casimir III) [BNW]
[b]stiefelm[/b] – 1802 AD, Turn 271, 4362 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Tiny, Great Plains, Spain (Isabella) [BNW]
[b]stiefelm[/b] – 1840 AD, Turn 290, 2665 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Great Plains, Arabia (Harun al-Rashid) [BNW]

[COLOR=”Blue”][B]Gauntlet Results:[/B][/COLOR]
[b][url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/gauntlet.php?show=major&gauntlet=209]G-Major LXXVIII[/url] – Culture, Immortal, Standard, Highlands, Standard, Assyria (Ashurbanipal)[/b]
No Entries.

[b][url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/gauntlet.php?show=minor&gauntlet=211]G-Minor CXXXIV[/url] – Culture, Prince, Standard, Tiny Islands, Quick, Venice (Enrico Dandolo)[/b]
1st [B]Mighty Dwaarf[/B] – 1675 AD T-160
2nd [B]zlither[/B] – 1715 AD T-168
3rd aistlin1967 – 1864 AD T-202

[SIZE=”3″][B][COLOR=”Blue”]** New Gauntlets Starting **[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][COLOR=”Green”]
[b][url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/gauntlet.php?show=major&gauntlet=212]G-Major LXXIX[/url] – Diplomacy, Deity, Small, Inland Sea, Standard, Any Leader [/b]
[b][url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/gauntlet.php?show=minor&gauntlet=213]G-Minor CXXXV[/url] – Domination, Prince, Standard, Fractal, Epic, Huns (Attila)[/b][/COLOR]

>> [url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/index.php]Civ V HOF[/url]
>> [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/hof-civ5-update-discussion.607421]Discussion Thread[/url]

Forthwith. Regular players [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/2-DanQ” title=”Click for Profile]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url], [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/22677-Makahlua” title=”Click for Profile]”Makahlua”[/url] and [url=https://twitter.com/UberMarklar]”UberMarklar”[/url] are accompanied by fellow co-operative [i]Civilization V[/i] multiplayer players in the seventy-eighth episode of [u]TurnCast[/u] ([u]TC[/u]). Entitled “[url=http://thepolycast.net/turncast/season6.php#tcepisode78]Check Your Notifications[/url]”, its runtime is 09m59s. Snippets include but are not limited to complicated question, taking debts, main exit, nasty things and outside friends.

[u]TurnCast[/u] is the third spin-off of the [i]Civ[/i] strategy-centric [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] on which Quick and Makahlua serve as regular co-hosts; fellow sibling [url=http://thepolycast.net/modcast][u]ModCast[/u][/url] focusing on [i]Civ[/i] modding was the first.