PolyCast Episode 142: "Intestinal Fortitude"

[DanQ]

Courage and stamina swirled together. The one-hundred-and-forty-second episode of PolyCast, "Intestinal Fortitude", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Lisa "qnl" Bang with first-time guest co-host Joey "jdog5000"; it has a runtime of 59m59s; listeners are encouraged to rate the show on iTunes and follow on Twitter.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 01m22s | Miscellaneous
On which Wonders of the World have been seen in 'real life'.
- 06m24s | News
Pouring over continuing developments on the upcoming Civilization V expansion pack, Gods & Kings.
- 13m40s | Forum Talk
Evaluating the viability of adding corporations and debating the value of advisors (22m02s), both in Civilization V; next, adding to advice for playing a One City Challenge (OCC) in Civilization IV (31m16s) and then back to CivV to assess the need for being able to see rival civilization's technology tree progress (37m34s).
- 43m06s | Senate
Demystifying the link between gifting cities and stealing technologies easier through espionage in CivIV.
- 46m40s | Research Lab
What of a place for Chemical and/or Biological warfare in the Civilization series.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Preemptive attacking, and observing the passing of milestones for the show's regular co-hosts.

Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is 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.