PolyCast Episode 23: "Falling Off the Dragon"

[DanQ]

Guest co-hosts outnumber regular panelists! The twenty-third episode of PolyCast sees Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Wouter "Locutus" Snijders joined by first-timers Derek "Kael" Paxton, Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl and the returning Mark "Metaliturtle" Andersen. Entitled "Falling Off the Dragon", total runtime is 59m:58s (28.7MB).

This installment of the ongoing audio show is book-ended by a feature interview with "Kael" on his Civilization IV Mod "Fall from Heaven" and the first of a three-part chat with Civilization IV: Gold Edition poster artist Greg Hildebrandt.

PolyCast is the official bi-weekly, one-hour podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) in an effort to give the Civ community now an interactive voice. ACS is the first and to date only known Civ fansite to produce its own podcast.

[DanQ]

Summary of Topics

INTERVIEW (#1) (02m15s)
Twenty questions for Derek "Kael" Paxton on his Civilization IV Mod "Fall from Heaven": what the Mod is, its target audience, influence of online Civ community, backstory (collective reference), getting into modding and Civ; current and future phases and timelines, team recruitment (collective reference), doing things differently, impact of and team input on Beyond the Sword (collective reference), creating a modern or non-fantasy Mod, CivIV change wish list, trying other BtS works, turning professional with modding, personal life impact (reference and a special voicemail); pronuncing Luchuirp, previous PolyCast listening experience, taking on "Rhye" (reference)... and "Rhye" taking on "Kael"!

(COUNTER-)INTERVIEW (35m12s)
"Kael" asks "GarrettSidzaka" -- and "Locutus" -- questions on the public version of his CivIV "Fall from Heaven" Mod.

NEWS (37m22s)
CivIV MODs make headlines in the GameFlood contest.

MODCAST (39m58s)
The only girl unit in Civ (CFC) and reworking CivIV's vassal system (CFC).

SENATE (43m29s)
The best National Wonder combinations (CFC) and what to do with Desert, Ice, Mountain and Tundra terrain in CivIV.

INTERVIEW (#2) (50m08s)
In the first of a three-part chat, Dan speaks with Civilization IV: Gold Edition poster artist Greg Hildebrandt.

[GarretSidzaka]

wow that was fun

[Dale]

No one told me Data from Star Trek TNG make FFH2!

[DanQ]

Originally posted by GarretSidzaka
wow that was fun

Originally posted by Dale
No one told me Data from Star Trek TNG make FFH2!

Are you getting to Data playing poker on a regular basis?

[Maniac]

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Maniac

[Imran Siddiqui]

"100% less Imran"



You should have just included clips from past Polycasts of me .

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
"100% less Imran"

You (should) know what that was a reference to.

You should have just included clips from past Polycasts of me .

But that would make you almost surely off-topic most if not all the time and... oh, I see...

[Will9]

It wasn't 100% less Imran. I kept thinking I was haering his voice from either Tony or Mark (I'm not sure who was who).

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Will
It wasn't 100% less Imran. I kept thinking I was haering his voice from either Tony or Mark (I'm not sure who was who).

For example, Mark was the one who made the "that's not typical..." comment in the closing.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DanQ
You (should) know what that was a reference to.

The was in reference to a completely ripped off joke .

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
The was in reference to a completely ripped off joke .

Ah -- that was the intention.

[GarretSidzaka]

Originally posted by Will
It wasn't 100% less Imran. I kept thinking I was haering his voice from either Tony or Mark (I'm not sure who was who).

Hallucinations...not good

[DrSpike]

So has Imran's absence increased or decreased ratings?