The summary of topics is as follows:
- 01m01s | Difficulty Level
Preferred difficulty level of play in Civilization IV and Civilization V.
- 03m08s | Girl Gamers
Perception, experience and analysis of the presence of women in gaming.
- 09m49s | Favourite Civilization
The panelists’ favourite CivIV and CivV civilization to play.
- 14m06s | Female Leaders
Comparing the choice and selection of female leaders in the Civ series to date.
- 17m52s | Empire Size
A leaning towards either a tall or wide empire in CivIV and CivV.
- 19m44s | Victory Preference
Nostalgia runs deep when choosing a preferred victory condition to strive for in Civ.
- 21m59s | Victory Theatre
A focus on a Deity-level Cultural Victory account within the CivV expansion Gods & Kings.
- 24m55s | Religion Mechanics
Comparing and contrasting the religion mechanics in CivIV and as introduced to CivV in its G&K expansion.
- 28m00s | Espionage Mechanics
Similarly, comparing and contrasting the espionage mechanics in CivIV and CivV expansions Beyond the Sword and G&K respectively.
- 31m58s | Unit Dislikes
Units to dislike, discard and disrespect.
- 36m37s | Strategic Resources
Reflecting upon strategic resources as implemented in CivV.
- 38m32s | Favourite Map
Favourite map type, and size, in both CivIV and CivV, including a comparison of two types for the latter.
- 42m20s | Favourite Speed
Similarly, favourite game speed in both most recent Civ iterations.
- 47m17s | Title Preference
Forcing a choice to play either Civilization IV or Civilization V today.
- 50m47s | Community Status
The state of the online Civilization community according to the panelists.
- 57m22s | Game Tweaks
Tweaking requests for CivV post-G&K and its subsequent patches.
- 61m10s | Artificial Intelligence
The good, the bad and the ugly of CivIV and CivV’s Artificial Intelligence past and present.
- 64m07s | Flashback Topics
Recorded for the first such special, four conversations not previously released: trying advanced starts (64m47s), executing capital moves (66m27s), substituting game music (67m26s), and playing random civilizations (68m54s).
- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Attractive box cover art, multitasking headaches, casual greetings and specials of Christmas past, present and future.
PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; its final episode of this, its sixth season, is number 163 set to be released in one week’s time. Sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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