Space Game Junkie Podcast

So. Much. Killing. (welcome text here) This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back Chris Park of Arcen Games to talk about their latest masterpiece, the amazing AI War 2. We talk about how brilliant the game is — it really is y’all — its journey through early access, listening to its testers and fans in order to make a better game and much more. Next week on the show we’re gonna talk about introvertedness and how it relates to multiplayer gaming. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

So Pretty… Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk about a game that has taken over our Discord server: Star Trek Online. After Aron Eisenberg’s death, and the touching memorial they had for him in the game, we all found ourselves back in this huge, deep and fairly old game in a big way. We talk about the game’s successes, its problems, how it brought Spaz back into MMORPGs after years away and more. We also play the game as we talk, so maybe watching the video might be better for y’all. :) Next week, we’ll talk about multiplayer gaming as an introvert. I’m a massive, massive introvert, and I realized one reason I’m avoiding certain games is because actual PEOPLE are playing them. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

So Pretty… Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk about a game that has taken over our Discord server: Star Trek Online. After Aron Eisenberg’s death, and the touching memorial they had for him in the game, we all found ourselves back in this huge, deep and fairly old game in a big way. We talk about the game’s successes, its problems, how it brought Spaz back into MMORPGs after years away and more. We also play the game as we talk, so maybe watching the video might be better for y’all. :) Next week, we’ll talk about multiplayer gaming as an introvert. I’m a massive, massive introvert, and I realized one reason I’m avoiding certain games is because actual PEOPLE are playing them. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Jesse Dannenbring, designer for Void Eclipse, to talk about his mix of 4X, story and card-battling across an expansive universe. We talk a lot about the game, but because I’m not feeling too great, it’s not as tight a show as it could’ve been, sorry to say. We had fun though, and I hope you do too. Next week we’re gonna talk about the game that’s taken over much of our Discord of late, Star Trek Online, and why our love for it has been rekindled. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Jesse Dannenbring, designer for Void Eclipse, to talk about his mix of 4X, story and card-battling across an expansive universe. We talk a lot about the game, but because I’m not feeling too great, it’s not as tight a show as it could’ve been, sorry to say. We had fun though, and I hope you do too. Next week we’re gonna talk about the game that’s taken over much of our Discord of late, Star Trek Online, and why our love for it has been rekindled. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

We Don’t Have Real Awards, So… Hello my friends, and welcome to this week’s podcast. This week, Jim (who was sadly still ill with boat plague), Spaz, Hunter and I go down several categories in which we look at the best and worst games of this last decade. We have ten categories in all, and there were some that surprised even us. You can see the full list below. Next week on the show, we’ll be talking to the developer of the Kickstarting 4X card game, Void Eclipse! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Games Were Saddest About (For A Variety Of Reasons) * Winner – Orbital Racer, for lacking multiplayer and being abandoned so soon into its life. We’re still mad and sad about this one. Best Co-Op Experience * Winner – Deep Rock Galactic. Even though it’s not finished, it’s probably the best overall co-op experience we’ve had as a group. Space Game With The Longest Legs * Winner – Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion. So many people are still playing it and modding it five years later. It’s kind of amazing. Best Writing in a Space Game * Winner – Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, because not only is the story great, the dialogue and even the repetitive enemy dialogue are all fantastic. Best Soundtrack in a Space Game * Winner – 3030 Deathwar Redux, because you can’t beat the amazing 80s synthpop of the Kyoto Connection.* Runner Up – Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. All of the radio stations in the game are just astounding. Most Disappointing Space Game * Winner – Into the Stars. Such a game with great potential that turned into a boring nothing of a game.* Runner Up – Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter. We’re still not clear as to how this happened, but the first game was one of the best 4X games ever…and then this. Most Surprising Space Game * Winner – Tie between Drox Operative and Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock. We weren’t expecting a lot of either game, but both in the end blew us away. Worst Space Game * Winner – Kinetic Void. Poorly designed, buggy, unfinished and abandoned, this is the worst money you could ever spend on a space game in the last ten years. * Runner Up – StarSmashers. What a piece of absolute garbage. Best Space Game * Winner – 3030 Deathwar Redux. This game just gets everything from, from making transit fun to having a wide variety of ways to make money to having plenty of toys to having a great story, this really is the best you can get in the last ten years.

Classic Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Jeff Graw of Starchart Interactive to talk about their currently-Kickstarting Master of Orion 1-inspired 4X, Dominus Galaxia! We talk a lot about the game itself, 4X games, mobile Stellaris and much more. It’s a really fun discussion that really has us scratching our heads as to why more space 4X games don’t try to copy MoO1. ;) Next week on the show, we’ll be having a faux awards show to talk about the best and worst space games of the decade! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the show!

So. Pretty. Welcome to this this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome Erik Schrader of Rockfish Games to discuss their currently-Kickstarting sequel to Everspace, the amazing and open-world Everspace 2! We were blessed with an early build of the game, so thankfully we were able to ask Erik a lot of great questions, and get some great questions from the audience as well. It ended up being a SUPER fun discussion. On next week’s show, we’ll welcome the developer of another Kickstarting project, the ambitious 4X, Dominus Galaxia, to talk about their awesome looking game. :) As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Miscellaneous Items * Space.games.film

I’ll Always Consider This My First Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about our first space games, and yours. It’s a really fun trip down memory lane, with classics such as Lunar Lander, Asteroids, Starflight and Starfox all in attendance. Next week on the show, we’ll look back at the decade and do something of an award show, talking about the best and worst space games of the last ten years. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. PS. Something is up with the audio, but I’m not sure what it is yet. It sounded fine when we recorded in my ears, but clearly there’s some echo effect going on somewhere. We’ll try to figure it out, apologies for this.

MADNESS Hello, my friends, and welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I have a party on the Orville — thanks to The Orville – Interactive Fan Experience — because it’s our 300th episode y’all! YAY! We have a lot of silly fun ragdolling all over the Orville — which is super impressive even in its alpha state — but we also talk about a lot of topics, which made it a super fun show. Next week, y’all have homework, as I wanna talk about your first space games. I don’t wanna just know which was your first, I wanna hear what you remember about your first time playing and how it felt. You can direct your stories to hail@spacegamejunkie.com if you’d like, or hit me up on social media and I’ll copy them down. We’ll likely give some keys away for the stories we like best. ;) As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. PS. Friends, I’m no longer gonna list out the games we’ve mentioned because it’s too much work, I’d rather spend the time on other forms of content that might be more useful. If you have a question about a game mentioned, just ask!

We Wish… Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I have a lot of tangents, but the main topic is games to which we wish we could get sequels. This isn’t the obvious stuff either like TIE Fighter 2 or Freespace 3, but games that were one-hit wonders that deserved better. It made for a fun discussion overall. The next show is our 300th, and we’re gonna have a party on the virtual Orville as we talk about a myriad of topics. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Games Mentioned Sequels Brian Would Like to See * Millennia: Altered Destinies* Star Crusader* N.O.M.A.D.* EF2000* SimCopter* Alpha Protocol Sequels Jim Would Like to See * TIE Fighter* Strike Commander Sequels Spaz Would Like to See * Enemy Infestation* Star Trek: Birth of the Federation* Command and Conquer: Renegade Sequels Hunter Would Like to See * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron* Sins of a Solar Empire* Half Life 2 Other Games Mentioned * Breathedge* Star Wars: Rebel Assault* Greedfall* Knights of the Old Republic* The Old Republic* Star Trek: Legacy* Star Trek: Starfleet Command* Star Trek: Jedi Academy* Skyrim* Sypro

The INTERNET… Welcome to this week’s latest podcast. This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk about games as a service! This includes streaming services like Playstation Now, subscription download services such as Microsoft Gamepass or Uplay+, or even individual games like The Division. It’s a pretty lively discussion that I’m sadly not a part of due to a family issue cropping up during the show. ;) Next week, we’re gonna talk about sequels we’ve been wanting for years. Not just easy stuff like Freespace 3 or Conquest: Frontier Wars 2, but you know, really serious stuff. ;) As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Games Mentioned * CSC* Entropa Universe* Crimson Skies* Crackdown 3* Astroneer* Warframe

Neat Round Table Welcome to this episode of the podcast, my friends! I apologize for the lateness, but due to some sudden freelance work, the entire week got away from me. I’ll do better. Now, in this episode, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk about some topic ideas for upcoming shows, as well as what we’re excited to play in the coming months. It’s a light, breezy, fun show, which is just what I needed, truth be told. This week on the show, we’ll be looking at Games as a Service, or GAAS. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Games Mentioned * Beyond Good and Evil 2* Far Cry 5* Vendetta Online* Star Trek Fleet Command* Galaxy on Fire 2* Arvoch Command* Star Traders: Frontieers* Asteroids* Space Invaders* Pac Man* Star Trek* Robocop* Rebel Galaxy Outlaw* Star Citizen* Star Trek: Elite Force* Dual Universe* Halo* Dying Light 2* MechWarrior Online* MechWarrior 5* Hawken* Phantom Brigade* Brigador* Battletech* ArchAngel

Remember when it was this simple? Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about not only how one deals with having a massive library of games — a great problem to be sure — but the choice paralysis that can go with it. It’s a fun show with a lot of fun tangents. Next week, we’ll be doing a topic roundtable to come up with some topics for future shows. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Games Mentioned * Everspace 2* Kerbal Space Program 2* Rebel Galaxy Outlaw* Starpoint Gemini 3* Spacebase Startopia* Death Stranding* Yakuza Remastered* World of Warcraft* Ashes of Oahu* Everquest* Final Fantasy XIV* Lord of the Rings Online* EVE Online* Fallout 3* TIE Fighter* Stellaris* Distant Worlds* Daggerfall* Starborne* Starsector* Dark Age of Camelot* Rage 2* Klingon Academy* Starfleet Command 2* Jane’s Longbow 2* EF2000

It’s Such a Weird Thing Welcome to this episode of the podcast y’all. Sorry it’s so late, but my god this switch to daily streaming has thrown off everything else. ;) This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down to talk about expectations. The idea came from the VERY weird expectations people seem to have had for Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, expecting things that it never promised and so on. It’s a fun discussion with no answers, just more questions. ;) Next week on the show, we’re gonna do a topic roundtable, and you can help! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums. Show Notes Games Mentioned * Rebel Galaxy* Rebel Galaxy Outlaw* No Man’s Sky* TIE Fighter* X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter* Grand Theft Auto 5* Star Citizen* Elite Dangerous* EVE Online* Evochron* Jumpgate* Battlestar Galactica Deadlock* Starsector* X-COM