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TurnCast Episode 77: “Agree to Disagree”
Common ground. Regular players Daniel “DanQ” Quick, ”Makahlua” and ”UberMarklar” are accompanied by fellow co-operative Civilization Vmultiplayer players in the seventy-seventh episode of TurnCast (TC). Entitled “Agree to Disagree“, its runtime is 09m59s. Snippets include but are not limited to feel bad, crazy talk, forgot it, stopped unexpectedly and funny now.TurnCast is the third spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast on which Quick and Makahlua serve as regular co-hosts; fellow sibling ModCast focusing on Civ modding was the first.
PolyCast Episode 269 Topics List
This Saturday, November 12th, 2016 is to see the twenty-third recording of Civilization strategy podcast PolyCast‘s tenth season. Beginning at 12PM ET North America (timezone converter), Episode 269’s topics list is set as follows:
News
- Civilization VI Tops “1 Million “Players” [Facebook | VG247]
- CivVI Released on Mac, Linux Possibility [Twitter | CivFanatics | InfoWorld]
- CivVI Enters eSports [Team Liquid Pro | CivFanatics]
- Civilization Online Going Offline in December [Kotaku | XL Games]
Miscellaneous
- CivVI Developer Plays Multiplayer [YouTube]
- CivVI Developer Shows Off “AI Battle Royale” [YouTube | Facebook]
- ”25 Years of Civilization”: Sid Meier Interviewed [YouTube | Facebook]
Intro/Outro
- Complete CivVI Soundtrack Publicly Available… Legally [YouTube]
PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; listeners are encouraged to follow the show on Twitter and subscribe to its YouTube channel. Episode topics list is subject to change. Sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding, TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
“Anno Domini: Rise of Cities” Mod Released for Civ5
Anno Domini is an ancient era full conversion mod for Civ5. Play as one of over 100 civilizations from the “Old World” from the dawn of time to the early Middle Ages.
The mod includes a unique tech tree, with many new buildings, units and wonders linked to the ancient world. The civilizations come in themed packs, so you can customize who is in the random mix of opponents, and the themes range from “Enemies of Rome” to “Roman Britain”.
Anno Domini incorporates it’s own version of various modcomps, including Piety, Rise to Power, Events and Decisions, Mercenaries and Tomatekh’s historical religions.
If you wish to immerse yourself into a Civ5 ancient world battle, this is the mod to download and play!
One More Turn Episode 506: “Over Rated”
Assertion leads to manipulation. The sixth episode of dramedy podcast [u]One More Turn[/u]’s ([u]OMT[/u]) fifth season [url=http://onemoreturn.net/episodes5.php#episode506]is now available[/url]. Entitled “Over Rated”, it has a runtime of 08m45s. A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on Twitter and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/onemoreturnshow]check out[/url] its YouTube channel for caption capability.
[u]OMT[/u] features the voice talents of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net]PolyCast[/url] regular co-hosts [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url] and [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=22677]Stephanie “Makahlua”[/url] among others; Quick is also the show’s writer and creator. Selections of American music and soundtrack composer [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2228215]Kevin MacLeod[/url]’s work is included throughout the series. Episode 507 is scheduled for release on [i]November 16th, 2016[/i].
PolyCast Episode 268: “Just Jump In”
Get started. The two-hundred-and-sixty-eighth episode of [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url], “[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#episode268]Just Jump In[/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]Stephanie “Makahlua”[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/SBFMadDjinn]”MadDjinn”[/url] with twelve rotating guests who have previously appeared on the show at least once. Celebrating the release of [i]Civilization VI[/i], it carries an extended runtime of 85m05s.
The rotation of guests is as follows:
– [i]07m39s[/i] | [b]Guest Panel (1 of 6)[/b]
First in the guest seats are [url=http://forums.2kgames.com/member.php?84564-MegaBearsFan]Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade[/url] and [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=145352]Scott “AlphaShard” Dirk[/url].
– [i]23m05s[/i] | [b]Guest Panel (2 of 6)[/b]
Next in, [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/zosh127]Josh “zosh127″[/url] and [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=223815]”ekat2468″[/url].
– [i]37m49s[/i] | [b]Guest Panel (3 of 6)[/b]
The trio of [url=http://www.civplayers.com/?section=profile&smf_user=8015]Jon “CanuckSoldier” Ryder[/url], [url=http://forums.2kgames.com/member.php?129775-the-man-of-doom]”the man of doom”[/url] and [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=260519]Ernie “DarkestOnion”[/url] come in.
– [i]51m33s[/i] | [b]Guest Panel (4 of 6)[/b]
Now arriving, [url=http://www.gamestooge.com/about]Jonah Falcon[/url] and [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?u=62824]Sal “Thorburne” Serio[/url].
– [i]62m37s[/i] | [b]Guest Panel (5 of 6)[/b]
In next, [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=263216]”NewEarthRelic”[/url] and [url=http://www.ustream.tv/user/CanusAlbinus]”CanusAlbinus”[/url].
– [i]71m06s[/i] | [b]Guest Panel (6 of 6)[/b]
Last but not least, [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/drubell06]Brian “Drusain”[/url].
– [i]Intro/Outro[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
Counting up, feline interruption and [url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/sid-meiers-civilization-vi]everyone’s a critic[/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]Civilization[/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.