Space Game Junkie Podcast

Welcome to this week’s show my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I talk about capital ships. Those large ships that are inconsistently used in so many space games. We discuss games that do them well, games that do them poorly, why there aren’t more games that focus on them and much more. We... The post SGJ Podcast #240 – The Much Maligned Capital Ship appeared first on Sp...

Welcome to this week’s Podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with David Baity, the creator of the latest iteration in the long-running MegaWars series, Dawn of the Third Age, to discuss this massively multiplayer online exploration, colonization and conquest game. We do play the game live, so you might have... The post SGJ Podcast #239 – MegaWars appeared firs...

Welcome to this week’s podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I are joined by our friend Dennis (Denacity in our Discord group) to discuss the game we love to whinge about, Elite Dangerous. Now don’t get me wrong, we actually love Elite, it’s just that we see all these other games doing some... The post SGJ Podcast #238 – Venting about Elite: Dangerous appeare...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends. This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Tyler Millershaski to discuss their currently-Kickstarting space station sim, Starmancer! We talk about the game in depth, as well as the Kickstarter campaign itself, which is a fascinating insight into the mind of the Kickstarter backer. ;) We also,... The post SGJ Podcast #237 – Starmancer ap...

Welcome to this week’s podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I welcome back Steve Hawkins — for the third time — to talk about his character-driven grand space strategy game, Alliance of the Sacred Suns. We discuss the game’s history, it’s major ideals, all the moving parts under its hood and much... The post SGJ Podcast #236 – Alliance of the Sac...

Welcome to this latest podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with two of the folks at Strangely Interactive — – Josh “Strangelet” Grafton and Mikolaj “Farseer” Jarzin — to discuss their fantastic combined-arms first and third person ground and space shooter, Angels Fall First. My friends, we played the game live,... The post SGJ...

Hello my friends, and welcome to this week’s episode of the Podcast! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down to discuss 4X games. We’ve been in something of a deluge of them, but so many of them follow the formula established by Master of Orion 2 over twenty years ago. We discuss which... The post SGJ Podcast #234 – A Deep Dive into 4X Games appeared first on Space Game Junki...

Welcome to this episode of the podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I talked nostalgia, thanks to a topic idea from Hunter. Basically, we all went back to the year when we were twenty, which is as follows: Jim = 1990 Brian = 1993 Spaz = 1999 Hunter = 2007 And talked... The post SGJ Podcast #233 – Can You Go Home Again? appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this episode of the Podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with David Hernly, Founder and CEO of Mythric Studios, to talk about (and play) his starship bridge simulator game, Starship Horizons! Due to the multiplayer nature of this game, we thought it might be fun to actually play it,... The post SGJ Podcast #232 – Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator appea...

Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I talk to the developer (another Paul, the first in a long time!) of one of my favorite games of 2017, and one of the biggest surprises of late, Orbital Racer! We talk to Paul about the impetus for... The post SGJ Podcast #231 – Orbital Racer appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Andrew and Cory Trese of the Trese Brothers to discuss the latest (and third game) in their long-running Star Traders series, Star Traders: Frontiers. For this episode, we talk a lot about mobile gaming (which... The post SGJ Podcast #230 – Star Traders: Frontiers appeared first...

Welcome to this late episode of the SGJ Podcast! Sorry it took so long to get this up, but this past week was CRAZY. Anyway, in this episode, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I look back at the crazy year that was 2017, and talk about the games that surprised us, disappointed us, and quite a... The post SGJ Podcast #229 – A Look Back at 2017 appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week's podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down to discuss a rather serious problem for both gamers and developers: discoverability. The post SGJ Podcast #228 – Discoverability appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this latest episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast y’all! This week, we sit down with the Masulas to talk their upcoming sequel to Astrox, Astrox Imperium! The post SGJ Podcast #227 – Astrox Imperium (with a Contest!!!) appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Friends, I’m so sorry this is late, but life has been crazy. In this episode, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I have to deal with a missing guest, so we talk roguelikes at Spaz’s suggestion. It’s a very random, yet fun show that I hope you enjoy, even though it’s all over the place. ;) Next... The post SGJ Podcast #226 – Roguelikes appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this latest podcast, my friends! Sorry it’s a tad late, but man has this been an insane week. This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Jeff Quindlen of Black Lodge Games to talk about his currently-in-early-access spacey RPG, Daath Origins. As the game has something of a learning curve, I didn’t get... The post SGJ Podcast #225 – Daath Origins appeared first on...

Welcome to this week’s Podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Gwennaël Arbona to talk about his amazing space trading, combat and economics game, Helium Rain! We’re pretty gaga over the game, so we talk a LOT about it, and are delighted to learn about the detailed background simulation that... The post SGJ Podcast #224 – Helium Rain appeared first on...

Hey folks, welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Bruno de Araujo of Solidmesh games to discuss his games, Nightstar and Nightstar: Rogue Wings, both action space shooter games that are a lot of fun. Since the first game in the series in... The post SGJ Podcast #223 – Nightstar/Nightstar: Rogue Wings appeared first on Space...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter (who wasn’t feeling great), Spaz (who possibly had to evacuate due to a massive fire) and I sit down with developer Walt Destler to talk about his insanely popular and free space building and combat game, Cosmoteer. In this episode, we talk about the game, its community,... The post SGJ Podcast #222 – Cosmoteer ap...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I sit down with Mike Stankiewicz, Founder and Lead Developer at MT Worlds, to discuss his spacey trading and economic survival game, Interstellar Transport Company. We spend a lot of time comparing his game favorably to Space Bucks (yay!) and of course, some... The post SGJ Podcast #221 – Interstellar Transpor...