PolyCast Episode 137: "Not Just a Lame Clip Show VIII"

Looking to where we've been to get where we're going. The one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh episode, "Not Just a Lame Clip Show VIII", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Lisa "qnl" Bang with 13 first-time and returning guest co-hosts in another compilation of segments archived from previous episode recordings and not released previously. With a runtime of 59m59s, it leads off the show's sixth season. The summary of topics is as follows:

- 00m48s | Miscellaneous
Whether or not to give Open Borders to an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-controlled civilization for gold in Civilization V (recorded for Episode 122), and balancing the intelligence equation for Civ AI in general (04m13s; recorded for Episode 124).
- 07m36s | Senate
To, or not to, trust unit automation in CivV (recorded for Episode 127), going for a CivIV Cultural Victory through the Cultural Slider (10m01s; recorded for Episode 129), which Great People to target post-Liberalism technology (15m35s; recorded for Episode 132), areas of play under which beginning CivV players are lacking (26m42s; recorded for Episode 134) and are mounted units weak in CivV (35m52s; recorded for Episode 136).
- 49m39s | Forum Talk
Why some of Civilization V's luxury resources are not as strong as others (recorded for Episode 135).

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Business as usual, and expressing remorse.

The first recording of PolyCast in 2012 is to be broadcast live on Saturday, January 14th at 12PM ET North America (timezone converter). Listeners are encouraged to rate the show on iTunes. A bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy, sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.