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POLYCAST `CUT!: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2007`
(5 January 2009, 21:16 | Misc) 
In lead-up to the start of the third season of PolyCast (PC) later this month, several productions not-before-released from its first season are entering the public digisphere. In the now canceled side series "Cut!", its edition for the show`s 2007 Christmas Special is now available. It runs 06m24s.
PC is an official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS); to date, ACS is the only known community on the Web to produce its own Civ podcasts. The show`s third season is to arrive on January 18th, 2009 with the release of its sixtieth episode. - DanQ
SAMPLE POLYCAST WITH `PROMO 10`
(31 December 2008, 21:25 | Misc | 0 comments) 
The third and final episode sampler from the second season of PolyCast, an official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site`s (ACS), is now available for listening. Targeting both would-be and current listeners to get a sense of the content and atmosphere of the show, it runs for 04m59s.
Co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua, Imran Siddiqui and Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney discuss Civilization strategy on a bi-weekly basis. Special features have been and continue to be released on occasion. ACS is the only known community on the Web to produce its own Civ podcasts.
PolyCast`s third season is to arrive on January 18th, 2009 with the release of its sixtieth episode. - DanQ
POLYCAST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2008: `HAVE A MERRY LITTLE HUMBUG`
(24 December 2008, 01:12 | Misc | 28 comments) `Tis the season for Civving! The second annual PolyCast (PC) Christmas Special, "Have A Merry Little Humbug", is now available for listening. Regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua, Imran Siddiqui and Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney are joined by four show co-hosts from sibling show ModCast. They are Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl, Kenneth "Impaler[WrG]" Ferland and John "bt_oz" Archer with Tim "ruff_hi" Pratt.
An official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site and a nominee in the "Best Produced" and "Gaming" categories of the 2008 Podcast Awards, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice on game strategy; its third season is to begin on January 18th, 2009 with the release of its sixtieth episode. Focusing on Civ modding, ModCast`s second season is to begin on January 25th, 2009 with the release of its milestone twenty-fifth episode.
To date, ACS is the only known community on the Web to produce its own Civ podcasts. - DanQ
MODCAST EPISODE 24: `CRICKEY-OFF`
(22 December 2008, 10:49 | Misc | 1 comments) 
Whether you believe they`re ending on a high note or a low one, a stereotypical expression from down under leads ModCast Episode 24, "Crickey-Off" (43m08s), the bi-weekly Civilization podcast`s final first season outing. It features core panelists Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl, Kenneth "Impaler[WrG]" Ferland and John "bt_oz" Archer with Tim "ruff_hi" Pratt and guest co-host Steven "Wolfshanze" Strayer.
An official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site, ModCast 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
ACDG6: GENESIS PROJECT LANDS ON CHIRON
(21 December 2008, 09:04 | SMAC | 67 comments) The sixth Alpha Centauri Democracy Game has launched. While ACDG6 will challenge veterans, players new to democracy and multiplayer games are welcome.
The demo players control the Genesis Project, a pop-booming SMAniaC faction with anti-ICS characteristics. The super AI`s control three other SMAniaC factions (Atlanteans, Ghosts and Templar) and three SMAX factions (Angels, Cult and Cyborgs).
Thanks to vyeh for the newstip.
- Illuminatus
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION FOR `CIVCON `09`
(14 December 2008, 14:07 | About | 59 comments) 
Make your reservation for CivCon `09 to be held August 7th-9th, 2009 in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, home of Civilization series developer Firaxis Games.
A joint effort of leading Civilization fansites Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) and Civilization Fanatics Center (CFC), it is a unique event where Civilization lovers and Sid Meier fans can gather to learn new strategies and techniques from the professionals, and mingle with the celebrities of the [Civ developer] Firaxis world as described by event Lead Organizer Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney.
Pricing and reserving is now available for the three-day get-together at the Embassy Suites Baltimore North/Hunt Valley hotel. More details can be found in the related discussion there here on ACS, with even more information to follow in the coming weeks and months. - DanQ
