MODCAST #9: `FFH THE MOVIE`
(14 May 2008, 19:44 | Misc | 0 comments) The delayed but not forgotten ninth episode of ModCast is here, an official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS). "FfH The Movie" (47m29s) features core panelists Wouter "Locutus" Snijders, Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl and Oscar "Elhoim" Velzi with first-time guest host Stephan "seZereth" Weiss.

ModCast is a bi-weekly ~45-minute audio production of Apolyton Civilization Site and is an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on Civilization modding; its sibling show PolyCast focuses on Civ strategy. To date, ACS is the only community on the web to produce its own Civilization podcasts. - DanQ

FIRAXIS NEEDS YOU!
(9 May 2008, 09:10 | Misc | 15 comments) Firaxis is hard at work developing new cutting-edge games, and from time to time needs some help making sure they work!

If you have plenty of time to kill, and want to have input into the development process, then stop over and fill out the application.

Testers will be expected to play at least two full games every week and provide insightful - and detailed - reports about what they think works in the game and what could be improved.

If you are interested, fill out this form.

Thanks to Firaxian Dennis Shirk for the notice! - snoopy369

POLYCAST EPISODE 43: `MOUTH TO MOUTH`
(3 May 2008, 20:00 | Misc | 6 comments) Another fortnight brings with it another episode of PolyCast (PC), an official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS), its forty-third. "Mouth to Mouth" now netcasting features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua and Imran Siddiqui with Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney and returning guest co-host Bruce "Grandpa Troll" Cronkite. It runs for 44m59s.

PC is a bi-weekly one-hour audio production of ACS is an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; its sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding. To date, ACS is the only known community on the Web to produce its own Civ podcasts. - DanQ

IN-HOUSE PREVIEW PART 11: `DAN`S FINAL TURNS`
(30 April 2008, 18:43 | CivRev | 0 comments) The eleventh part of an exclusive in-house multi-part preview of Firaxis Games` Civilization: Revolution is also its last. Now available, watch the final turns of Apolyton Civilization Site`s Daniel "DanQ" Quick`s first game with CivRev played and filmed last fall at developer Firaxis Games` offices. The video in Windows Media format runs 08m34s and is 29.6MB in size. This is the seventh gameplay video to be released, and the second with Quick at the helm and without accompanying write-up.

Though the `Rev It Up` feature may have concluded, the revolution awaits still. - DanQ

MODCAST #8: `NICE NIPPLES`
(27 April 2008, 20:44 | Misc | 11 comments) The eighth episode of ModCast is here, an official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS). "Nice Nipples" (46m03s) features the four core panelists Wouter "Locutus" Snijders, Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl, Kenneth "Impaler[WrG]" Ferland and Oscar "Elhoim" Velzi as well as guest host James "NikNaks93" Nicholls.

ModCast is a bi-weekly ~45-minute audio production of Apolyton Civilization Site and is an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on Civilization modding; its sibling show PolyCast focuses on Civ strategy. To date, ACS is the only community on the web to produce its own Civilization podcasts. - Locutus

COLUMN #228; BY `MANIAC`
(27 April 2008, 19:40 | Misc | 2 comments) The two-hundred-and-twenty-eighth edition of "The Column" is now online. Written by Apolyton Civilization Site forum user `Maniac`, he tells Civilization IV modders that when designing a tech tree to have it revolve around key themes in their work.

Comments on this piece are welcome in the related forum thread and/or via email in communicating directly to the author. - DanQ