PolyCast Episode 276: “Bells and Whistles”

By | March 11, 2017

All the fixings. The two-hundred-and-seventy-sixth episode of [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url], “[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season11.php#episode276]Bells and Whistles[/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], [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=136315]Philip “TheMeInTeam” Bellew[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/SBFMadDjinn]”MadDjinn”[/url] with returning guest co-host [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=243820]Jett “TPangolin”[/url]. It carries a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

– [i]01m46s[/i] | [b]News[/b]
Making waves is Australia, the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11HVt8f0X-I]newest civilization[/url] in [i]Civilization VI[/i] and the related [url=http://civilization.com/news/entries#civilization-vi-australian-summer-2017-update-multiplayer-teams-mod-tools]”Australian 2017 Summer Update”[/url] that patches the game (06m09s); then, being officially told that [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/5vlan7/double_civ_pack_incoming_official]two more civs[/url] are coming for it and unofficially finding out what they are (21m31s).
– [i]23m54s[/i] | [b]Community Focus[/b]
The ins and outs of the [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/civbattleroyale]Civ Battle Royale[/url] where Artificial Intelligence (AI) competition meets human ingenuity and cooperation in [i]CivV[/i].
– [i]39m57s[/i] | [b]Open Mic[/b]
Whether or not [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/input-requested-for-polycast-christmas-special-2016.606772/#post-14590881]it is worth[/url] the combat penalty to raze and resettle a conquered [i]Civilization VI[/i] city (recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season11.php#episode273]Episode 273[/url]).
– [i]43m58s[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
Adapting human history to [i]CivVI[/i] gameplay [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F299ISOa5vg]is contested[/url] (recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season11.php#episode274]Episode 274[/url]).

– [i]Intro/Outro[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
A culture clash and nice try.

[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.