Tales of Citizens - The Star Citizen Podcast Asking the Deep Questions

Tales of Citizens - The Star Citizen Podcast Asking the Deep Questions


Latest Episodes

Tales of Citizens #17: 90% of the way to 1.0
September 19, 2014

The Tales of Citizens crew returns to discuss the massive v0.9 patch which just hit the servers.  We're still technically on hiatus, but we got together to put together a show for this momentus occasion!

Tales of Citizens Status Update
September 01, 2014

TL;DL: Show is still coming back, hopefully in the next month.  At the very least expect one show the Sunday after AC v0.9 is released (even if it's lower quality than we're used to!)

Tales of Citizens #16: The Calm Before the Multiplayer
June 29, 2014

Audio Podcast Feed: http://tocshow.libsyn.com/rss Show Notes: http://goo.gl/fg842c Website: www.talesofcitiziens.com This week we introduce a new segment in the show: Spectrum Watch.  In this segment, we dissect various pieces of news that have been floa

Tales of Citizens #15: Travis Day
June 09, 2014

Show Notes: http://goo.gl/ttO0jT Website: www.talesofcitiziens.com This week, the crew has been fortunate enough to have Travis Day (Producer, Cloud Imperium Games) on as our guest.  We'll spend the show talking about our reactions to Arena Commander

Tales of Citizens #14: Automation
May 26, 2014

Show Notes: http://goo.gl/8DqfRo This week we discuss automation in games and how it applies to Star Citizen.  What constitutes "acceptable" automation?  Where do you draw the line between removing boring micromanagement and removing skill depth

Tales of Citizens #13: The Competitive Edge
May 14, 2014

Audio Podcast Feed: http://tocshow.libsyn.com/rss Show Notes: http://goo.gl/8DqfRo   This week we discuss competitive play in the context of instanced match games (like Counterstrike or League of Legends) as well as MMORPGs (WoW, Eve).

Tales of Citizens 12: The Peripheral Show
April 29, 2014

Audio Podcast Feed: http://tocshow.libsyn.com/rss Show Notes: http://goo.gl/4Klvxb This week we finally dig into peripherals and discuss them from top to bottom.  In this extra-long episode, we ponder if the Oculus Rift will be a requirement to fly a

Tales of Citizens #11: Arena Commander
April 14, 2014

Audio Podcast Feed: http://tocshow.libsyn.com/rss Show Notes: http://goo.gl/4b38Pm We're just getting back from PAX and man do we have a lot to talk about!  Most of you have seen the youtube videos from the event as well as people playing the DFM at

Tales of Citizens #10: A Pirate's Life for Me
April 06, 2014

Show Notes: http://goo.gl/Z4lCsS This week on Tales of Citizens we discuss the problem of Piracy.  How do you create a system where one group of players preys on the other group?  How can you make it fun for both sides?  How do you ride the

Tales of Citizens #9: Exploration and Detection
March 24, 2014

Audio Podcast Feed: http://tocshow.libsyn.com/rss Show Notes: http://goo.gl/MnFHkB   This week on Tales of Citizens we discuss the questions and unknowns revolving around the Exploration and Detection systems.  CIG has a lot of new ideas in this