DanQ
Owner, Civilized Communication
Leading to complex events. The one-hundred-and-seventy-third episode of PolyCast, "Always Starts With a Simple Action", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick and "Makahlua" with returning guest co-host "Kaia" and first-time guest co-hosts Jason "loonyboi" Bergman" and Travis "WildWeazel" Christian with a runtime of 59m59s. The summary of topics is as follows:- 00m59s | News
Dissecting not one, but two, interviews with Sid Meier -- his "Cultural Victory", remembering the "core gamer" (12m41s) -- and even more Civilization V: Brave New World details are revealed (25m16s).
- 40m21s | Forum Talk
Considering a research penalty for out-of-era technology acquisition in CivV.
- 46m27s | Senate
Advising a Civilization V player whether or not to puppet, annex, eventually annex, raze, or raze and resettle a city they are about to capture.
- 54m30s | Miscellaneous
An awaited "Question & Answer" session with the developers of CivV: BNW receives a lukewarm reception.
- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
More varied voices than normal, and an unexpected characterization.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, 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 check out the YouTube channel for caption capability. Sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
