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PolyCast 413: Christmas Special?

By | April 29, 2023
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The four-hundred-and-thirteenth episode of PolyCast, “Christmas Special?“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m57s | The Release of Leader Pack 1– 00h17m18s | The Civ Give 2022– 00h22m13s | Ed Beach Interview with wccftech– 00h31m51s | Ara-History Untold… Read More »

Soren Johnson’s GDC talk: Games and Meaning, or You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run a Sweatshop

By | April 16, 2023
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Soren Johnson, the lead designer of Old World, as well as Civ4, has given a talk at the GDC, which is now freely available here.In this 1 hour presentation he talks about various game design issues, including that many decisions are mostly trial and error. He e.g. touches on that you need to know your community, otherwise you… Read More »

Happy birthday Sid!

By | February 25, 2023
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Firaxis sent out yesterday (Feb 24) birthday congratulations to Sid.Let’s please congratulate him here too.

PolyCast 412: When We Thought It Was Over

By | February 6, 2023
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The four-hundred-and-twelfth episode of PolyCast, “When We Thought It Was Over“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h03m39s | Civilization VI Leader Pass Announced.– 00h17m14s | November 17th Developer Livestream with Focus on Julius Caesar– 00h34m15s | Amplitude… Read More »

Merry Christmas from CivFanatics

By | December 25, 2022
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We wish everyone a devotional and nuke-free Christmas :). (Credits to Gedemon and Stable Diffusion for the picture)

PolyCast 408: Why Do Anything When You Can Pillage?

By | October 22, 2022
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The four-hundred-and-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Why Do Anything When You Can Pillage?“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” with first-time guest co-host CivMD. Topics for this episode include: Intro00h01m00s | Game Spinoff Ideas News00h05m58s | Humankind Announces “Together We Rule” Expansion Senate00h10m09s | CivMD’s Domination Strategy… Read More »

A Conversation with Christopher Tin: Multiculturalism, language, and soundtracking humanity (free webinar)

By | September 25, 2022
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Christoper Tin, our most beloved composer, will be giving a free webinar about how he is making his music.This webinar is organized by Hal Leonard and the American Choral Directors association, and will be available on Zoom on October 4, 7 PM Eastern Time.If you want to know more about his soundtracks, culture and music, then have a… Read More »

New Civilization merchandise available

By | September 15, 2022
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To celebrate another Civ birthday, 2K has now released more merchandise for the Civilization franchise! You can now buy a 30 years anniversary hoodie for €59.99, a new Civilization T-shirt for 29.99€ and a notebook for 24.99€. You can find these items for sale in the 2K shop. Currently there is also a sweepstake for this new merchandise… Read More »