Space Game Junkie Podcast

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back the folks from Split Polygon, namely Jimmy van den Bergh, Joost Meulenkamp and Paul Mertens — all from the Netherlands — to talk about their space combat/mining/trucking/building sim, Interstellar Rift. We have a really fun time talking about the game’s... The post SGJ Podcast #339 &...

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Jeremy Stanton and Rob [Last Name Redacted] about the new 25th anniversary edition of their classic space exploration game, Ironseed! It’s a really fun discussion on 90s difficulty, coming up with a game from nothing, and much more! Next... The post SGJ Podcast #338 – Ironseed appeared fi...

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Fernando Zapata, calling in from Pamplona, Spain, to talk about his amazing space fighter combat game, Hunternet Starfighter. We got a chance to play with Fernando last Saturday, to prep for the show, and my god did we have... The post SGJ Podcast #337 – Hunternet Starfighter appeared first on...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome Arthur D. Moyer (President/Leader Coder) and Paul Blessing (UI Designer) of Laser Beams and Particle Streams to talk about their upcoming space fighter/RTS game, Rank: Warmaster, which also just launched an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign this very day! We talk quite... The post SGJ Podcast #336 – Ra...

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk old games, not only the old games we’re playing, but what we’ve been doing to get them working and the joy we’ve found in getting them to work, especially networked via a virtual LAN we’ve been testing. It’s a fun... The post SGJ Podcast #335 – Old Games, Man appeared firs...

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Tobias Offermanns and Devendra Pohly of Warp Turtle to talk about their recently-out-of-early-access adventure game, Gaia Beyond! We talk about the trials and tribulations of early access, the expectations around release and much more. It’a fun and frank discussion... The post SGJ Podcast #334...

Hey friends, welcome to this latest podcast. Sorry it’s late, my PC down the day after we recorded this and I just got it back. This time, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Dan Woods of Digitum Software to talk about his space action combat game, Absolute Territory, which comes out in a... The post SGJ Podcast #333 – Absolute Territory appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back the creator and lead designer of the Star Fleet series of games, Trevor Sorensen. Since diving into the Amazing Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander, I’ve been itching to welcome Trevor back to take a deep dive into the game. Dive... The post SGJ Podcast #332 – Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander...

Hey friends, welcome to this episode of the podcast, sorry it’s a bit late, lat week got away from me. This episode, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I just sit down and shoot the breeze. Kinda literally. We hang out on Risa in Star Trek Online, which has become our default online hang. It’s a fun... The post SGJ Podcast #331 – Shooting the Shirt appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with our first guest in months! This week we welcome Bob Saunders, the creator of the FANTASTIC space roguelike, Approaching Infinity. The game was trapped in a weird limbo for years due to being stuck on Shrapnel Games, but... The post SGJ Podcast #330 – Approaching Infinity appeared first on Space...

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about the classic gaming company, MicroProse. After dominating PC gaming for nearly two decades, MicroProse became defunct in the early 2000s. Their time with us, however, brought us many games we’re still playing to this day, such as Civilization, XCOM, Master... The post SGJ Podcast #329 – Micro...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about the Steam sale that JUST ended as I write this. So this info will be a little out of date, but it’s still a fun discussion of sales, the proper tools and also what to keep an eye on... The post SGJ Podcast #328 – Steam Sale 2020 appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to discuss all we know about the surprise Star Wars starfighter sim that was announced last week, Star Wars: Squadrons! Thanks to a few detailed articles, which I’ll cite below, we do know a lot, but there’s still so much... The post SGJ Podcast #327 – Star Wars: Squadrons Speculation ap...

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I hang around Quark’s on the Promenade in Deep Space Nine to shoot the breeze, as it were. No topic, just fun chat. Next week, I’ve no idea. Probably Star Wars: Squadrons talk, if anything else. As always, if you have any questions... The post SGJ Podcast #326 – Rambling appeared first on Space Gam...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I take on the discussion of co-op games. What makes them good, what we wish they did better, our favorites and so on. We do this while playing one of the best co-op games ever: Deep Rock Galactic. Sadly we had some... The post SGJ Podcast #325 – Crazy for Co-op appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to the podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about space games that have a focus on building something, whether it’s a building or a probe or a ship or a whole space station. We talk about what a lot of games do right, what a lot do wrong, what... The post SGJ Podcast #324 – Building in Space Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about racing in space games, and why it isn’t more of a thing. There are many games that have racing as an element, but they’re still a minority in the genre, and fewer still space games that focus on racing.... The post SGJ Podcast #323 – Racing in Space Games appeared first on Space Game...

Welcome to the podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk space survival games, such as Space Engineers, Empyrion and so forth. We get into a fun discussion about how far they’ve come and how far they still have to go, in many cases. Next week on the show, we’ll... The post SGJ Podcast #322 – Space Survival Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to the podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I invite in our developer friends from our busy Discord server to share their stories about how they’re doing, how their games are coming along, etc etc. It’s a very fun discussion about working from home, coping with change and a lot more. As... The post SGJ Podcast #321 – Developer Check-In appeared first on S...

Welcome back to the podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about how we’re all doing, and what games y’all should have on hand during a quarantine. We also talk movies and stuff. It’s fun to be back! Next weel we’ll do a developer round-table check-in. As always, if you have any... The post SGJ Podcast #320 – Playing Games During a Pandemic appea...

Friends, just a quick note to say that the podcast will be on hold until 4/21, since we’re all super stressed and what not. You can still hang out with us on all our communities, and we invite you to let us know how you’re doing. Stay safe, be well, and be there for each... The post Podcast Announcement: A Tiny Hiatus appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to the show folks! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Jasper Pol, who joined us all the way from Ireland, to talk about his fascinating game of space taxi driving, Taxinaut. We talk a lot about the game, the movie Taxi Driver and much more. It’s a GREAT show, and... The post SGJ Podcast #319 – Taxinaut appeared first on Space Game Junkie .

Welcome to the podcast my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I have an early morning (for us) sit down with Konstantin Kronfeldner, the lead developer and designer of the about-to-leave-early-access spaceship adventure and builder game, Avorion! We talk about the game’s amazing journey through early access, how it manages both single and multiplayer... The post SGJ Podcast #318 &#8211...

Welcome back to the podcast you guys! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with five-time guest — now a record — Paul Zakrzewski to talk about his recently, and finally, released open space epic, Void Destroyer 2! We have a great talk about the game, some side chatter about other games, and... The post SGJ Podcast #317 – Void Destroyer 2 appeared first on Space Game Junkie...

Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Fernando Rey, developer of Astra Exodus, who kindly took time out of his lovely holiday in Uruguay to talk to us about his game, games of the nineties and much more. It was a really fun and free-flowing... The post SGJ Podcast #316 – Astra Exodus appeared first on Space Game Junkie .