Rob and Ben spoke with Chris on the huge new update for AI War 2, the upcoming DLCs, the intricacies of developing an AI and multiplayer, and much more. This is a great interview, even if you're not quite sold on AI War 2, yet.

Outro music by Kasey at White Bat Audio

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Ben, Drexy, DasTactic, and LucidTactics all sit down to discuss how the single-player and multiplayer aspects of strategy games affect the design of said games and how balance isn't always a good thing.

Rob and Ben interview the ever-articulate and polite Glen Pawley, the sole developer of Star Dynasties, as he shares his feelings on the feedback he's received so far, what's surprised him most so far in Early Access, and what the stops on the roadmap will actually look like.

A very informative and really interesting look into indie development.

*Outro by Kasey @ White Bat Audio*

Drexy and Ben sat down with Lucid Tactics, a YouTuber that has a penchant for playing games we love to watch, like Dominions 5. Like, a LOT of Dominions 5! You can find his channel here: LucidTactics - YouTube

Song credit: Evan King's "Titan Striker" from the album Enchiridion. All rights purchased by eXplorminate.

Rob, Drexy, and Ben sat down with Erik Rutins, the producer of both Distant Worlds: Universe and now, Distant Worlds 2, and asked him everything that they could think of about the upcoming highly-anticipated Distant Worlds 2. The information they mined out of Erik left them even more excited for this upcoming potential hit! 

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Food for thought.

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Look, we know we're messing with people's emotions here, but these are the Top Ten 4X games for US, so we figured we'd share. Really, we're just interested in starting some discussion and there's more to come!

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