Modcast Episode 47: "what Just Happened"

righthttp://civcomm.civfanatics.com/polycast/images/modcast_logo.jpg[/img] It's back in the building: the forty-seventh episode of ModCast is now netcasting. Entitled "What Just Happened" with a runtime of 56m57s, features new regular co-hosts Kevin "GildedDuke" Bryan and Mark "Hambil" Ford with first-time guest co-hosts "Putmalk" and Tyler "Pluvia".

The summary of topics is as follows:

  • 02m36s | Profile

All panelists, regular and guest co-hosts alike, indulge in some shameless self-promotion about their past and present game modding expertise and experience.

  • 06m49s | News

The state of Civilization V and the impact, and implications, for the game’s modding community.

  • 13m12s | Miscellaneous (Part 1 of 2)

A dissection of CivV’s Artificial Intelligence yields evidence that it is more intelligent and intuitive than most gamers give it credit for.

  • 18m09s | Modding Spotlight

Speaking with “Putmalk” about his “Civilization IV Diplomacy MOD” and other efforts for CivV; then, the influence of Mass Effect for the modding efforts of “Pluvia” (28m38s).

  • 42m14s | Miscellaneous (Part 2 of 2)

The benefits of challenges of working with one or more people on a game modification effort.

  • 46m53s | Cartography Room

On getting a Civilization V map into a hex editor towards greater control over its in-game use.

The first spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast, this is ModCast’s first episode in more than 1 1/2 years and is intended to be the first of a six-episode fifth season. Fellow sibling RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.

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