Not that you had to be told. The eighty-eighth episode of PolyCast, "Absolutely Have to Listen", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Stephanie "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Lisa "qnl" Bang with first-time guest co-hosts Carl "God-Emperor" Perkins and Timothy "Steiner-Davion" Seifert.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 03m06s | General
Civilization V been publicly announced, scheduled for release this fall.
- 08m39s | Hexes
For the first time in the Civ series, one of its titles will be hex-based instead of square-based.
- 15m15s | Combat
What CivV's combat system is set to bring.
- 20m11s | Graphics
How much shiner can the graphics get?
- 24m45s | Engine
What's to be under CivV's hood.
- 30m38s | Civilizations
Confirmation and speculation on the civilizations and their leaders.
- 32m45s | Diplomacy
Stepping up the diplomacy system.
- 37m07s | Resources
Getting ready for resource limits.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Have you heard the good word, responding to certain naysayers and a guest may have landed himself a rovering reporter position.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding and RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution.

As always, enjoy.