Space Game Junkie Podcast

Hey folks, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Kevin Lin of Wx3 Labs to talk about his currently-in-development space exploration and combat game, Starcom: Nexus! We had such a fun time talking about this game — which we’re all giddy about — and it’s rather unique history (it’s... The post SGJ Podcast #265 – Starcom: Ne...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! Sorry it’s a little late, yesterday got away from me. Anyway, this week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Andrew Greenberg — Director, Holistic Design Inc. — to talk Noble Armada: Lost Worlds. Since this is a game set in the amazing Fading Suns universe, we also... The post SGJ Podcast #264 – Noble Armada: Lost Worlds appeared...

This week we talk to the one, the only Derek Smart about Universal Combat and a whole lot more. The post SGJ Podcast #263 – Universal Combat appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! Sorry I uploaded this a little late, it’s been an INSANE week. This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Robert Hesketh, Owner of Hesketh Studios, to talk about his upcoming mix of RTS, FPS and space combat, Executive Assault 2. We talk a lot about the game,... The post SGJ Podcast #262 – Executive Assault 2 appeared first on Space Game...

Welcome to this week’s podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with the Founder and Head of HumaNature Studios, Greg Johnson, and Project Lead for Starflight 3, Anthony Vaughn, to talk Starflight (and other things I guess)!!!! Greg Johnson was the lead on both original Starflight games, so for someone like me... The post SGJ Podcast #261 – Starflight 3 appeared first on...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! Apologies that this is a little late, but this week was CRAAAAZY. This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Alexander Poysky, Executive Producer at Isolated Games, to talk about their upcoming space combat adventure roguelike game which is currently in Kickstarter called Between the Stars (and you... The post SGJ Podcast #260 – Between the Sta...

Welcome to this week’s show, folks! This week, Jim, Spaz and I sit down with Andrew and Corey Trese of Trese Brothers Games to talk about their latest, and probably largest, game to date: Star Traders: Frontiers! We talk a LOT about their amazing early access period, the game’s mechanics, the lore than propagates over... The post SGJ Podcast #259 – Star Traders: Frontiers appeare...

[welcome text here] This week, Jim, Spaz and I get up super early in the morning to sit down with Sander de Visser (Co-owner/Designer/Jack of all trades) and Ryanne Keulen (Community manager) from Convoy Games to talk about their upcoming space adventure game, Landinar: Into the Void. It’s a really fun discussion on not just the game... The post SGJ Podcast #258 – Landinar: Into the Vo...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz and I — sadly Hunter stepped down from the show — talk about a billion different things. The issue was Hunter originally came up with the topic we were to use for this week, but when he left, and I didn’t fully understand his... The post SGJ Podcast #257 – Random Podcast is Random appeared first on Space...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Scott Brown, formerly of Netdevil and Cloud Imperium, now at Wyrmbite, to talk primarily about one of my favorite games, good ol’ Jumpgate. We get a LOT of great design talk, a ton of behind-the-scenes stuff... The post SGJ Podcast #256 – Scott Brown: The Man Behind Jumpgat...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Richard Kain of Woovit, which is a digital distribution platform aimed solely at creators. As gaming coverage changes, and can be done by almost anyone, the ways to get games into the hands of the right creators must... The post SGJ Podcast #254 – Woovit (and a General PR Discussion) appeared f...

Welcome, my friends, to another Podcast episode! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down to revisit the topic of DLC, but from a different tack as from our last show on the subject. We start by looking at whether games can be approachable with a lot of DLC, as recommended by community member... The post SGJ Podcast #253 – DLC (Damn Lacking Content) appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Hey friends, just a quick note to let y’all know I was on the Upper Memory Block Podcast a couple of weeks ago to talk Wing Commander with friend-of-our-podcast, Joe Mastroianni. While we were gonna initially talk Wing Commander II, we spoke for nearly two hours on the series as a whole. Head over to UMBcast.com... The post Site Note – Upper Memory Block Wing Commander Podcast! appeare...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I get up really in the morning, our time, sit down with Ben Olding, creator and developer of the current-in-alpha MMORPG, Starfighter: Infinity. I’ve been playing the alpha for a couple of months now, so I was super silly... The post SGJ Podcast #252 – Starfighter: Infinity appeared first...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Scott McCallum, the lead developer on the fascinating and currently-Kickstarting 4X, Remnant. I say fascinating because this game eschews so many of the tropes we’ve come to expect from a 4X, and strives to me something truly unique, such... The post SGJ Podcast #251 – Remnant appeared f...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I talk about the good and bad that is the current early access model. While early access via closed alphas and betas has been a thing for quite some time, the early access model pioneered by Steam has proven to be both... The post SGJ Podcast #250 – The Double-Edged Sword of Early Access appeared first on Spac...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I talk about the current space game resurgence we’re in the midst of, what ignited it, how it’s going, and what we think will bring it down. As these things happen in cycles, the current amazing pace of space game development can’t... The post SGJ Podcast #249 – The Beginning, Middle and Even...

Welcome to this latest podcast, folks! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Anders Lindås and Øyvind Lundenes to talk about their upcoming space resource gathering and combat game, Age of Space. We talk about the game’s future, its inspirations, how it’s being partially funded by the Norweigan government (links below on that) and... The post SGJ Podcast #248 – Age of...

Hello my friends, and welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down to discuss a topic that was Spaz’s idea: the journey in video games. Whether the destination/ending is worth it or not, which games help make the journey memorable. We talk about a LOT of games that gave... The post SGJ Podcast #247 – It’s All About the Journey. Man. appeared f...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! First off, let me apologize for the audio here, for some reason my recording stopped three minutes in (I think it happened when I turned off Dropbox), so I had to rip the audio from the YouTube video. I hope it’s okay for y’all. ;) This week, Jim,... The post SGJ Podcast #246 – Solar Warden appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast episode, my friends! I have to apologize for this episode for a couple of reasons, first off. First, it was late, which made it shorter, because I was having some stupid technical issues in regards to voice chat (which we did get resolved). Secondly, I’m a terrible DJ, so the... The post SGJ Podcast #245 – Space Games with Excellent Music appeared f...

Welcome to the podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I try to take a higher-level look at the industry and how it’s doing. This includes stuff like loot boxes, DLC, problems with Steam and other digital distributors and much more. It’s a fairly lively discussion that covers a broad range of topics... The post Episode 244 – How’s The Industry Doing? appeared...

Welcome to this week’s show my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down to talk spacey MMOs while playing some EVE Online live! We talk about the first MMOs we played, which are our favorites, why some of our beloved games endure even when officially shot down, why some MMOs just don’t... The post SGJ Podcast #243 – Spacey MMOs appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with David Strachan, developer of the currently-Kickstarted co-op space combat game, Undercrewed! We talk to David about the history of the game, the struggles of running a Kickstarter campaign and much more. We also spend time playing the game live,... The post SGJ Podcast #242 – Undercrewed appear...

On this week's podcast, we talk about our dream space games! The post SGJ Podcast #241 – Our Dream Space Games (And Yours)! appeared first on Space Game Junkie .