Space Game Junkie Podcast

Hello my friends, and welcome to our first show of 2023! Happy new year!! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I look back on the games that made our 2022, and boy do we have a lot of games we played last year. You can see the list below, but suffice it to... The post SGJ Podcast #407 – 2022 in Review appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have a laid-back episode wherein we talk about what we’re playing. Turns out, we’ve been playing a lot of varied stuff! It’s a really fun time and we talked about a lot of games. No show next week, so we’ll... The post SGJ Podcast #406 – What We’re Playing appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about the tools and sites to use to find the best deals on games. I’m a big, big deal hunter, and have as much fun finding deals as I do playing games. I’ve linked the tools below for... The post SGJ Podcast #405 – Deals and Sales appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to the show my friends! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about the things we’re thankful for. It’s been a weird year or three, so expressing thankfulness can really help center someone, and boy do we have a lot to be thankful for collectively. Next week, as the final sales... The post SGJ Podcast #404 – Thankfulness appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to the show my friends! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome on Steve Hunt of Cold Beam Games to talk about the latest in his series of music-based, twin-stick shooters, Beat Hazard 3! We talk a LOT about the design of the game, how the series has evolved, and Steve’s... The post SGJ Podcast #403 – Beat Hazard 3 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Kevin Lin of Wx3 Labs to talk about the next game in his Starcom series, Starcom: Unknown Space! We around here loved the first game, so we were VERY excited to talk to Kevin about the new... The post SGJ Podcast #402 – Starcom: Unknown Space appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s show y’all! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Alex of Hellride Games to talk about his upcoming cap ship battle extravaganza, Capital Command! We had a TERRIFIC time with the game so we gush to Alex about it, as well as come up with suggestions, and... The post SGJ Podcast #401 – Capital Command appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to our 400th episode! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I are doing something a little bit different for our big 400th episode. We were thinking, what could we all do together that would be fun, and Spaz came up with some Rifftrax! So I therefore recommend y’all watch the... The post SGJ Podcast #400 – Rifftrax! appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s show y’all! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about our favorite ship designs! This might be one where you wanna watch the YouTube video below as we show images of all the ships we talk about as we discuss them. Taking the idea from this Spaceshipper Tweet,... The post SGJ Podcast #399 – Favorite Ship Designs appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s show y’all. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I take a break from guests and check in with ourselves and our audience to see how everyone is doing. It gets a bit raw at times, but overall it was a positive and fun exercise. Next week we’ll talk about... The post SGJ Podcast #398 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Arthur Moyer and Paul Blessing Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc. to talk about their upcoming space combat city builder thing, Rank: Warmaster! We talk a LOT about the origins of the game (it was originally... The post SGJ Podcast #397 – Rank: Warmaster appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Jasper Pol, the developer behind my most anticipated game, the space taxi driver game known as Taxinaut (which just hit Steam by the way so you should all buy it, or buy it on Itch and get... The post SGJ Podcast #396 – Taxinaut appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I do show antithetical to the one we did last week, wherein this time we talk about things in gaming that we love. Not just specific games either, but things in multiple games that just speak to us. It’s a fun... The post SGJ Podcast #395 – Things About Gaming That We Love appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s show y’all! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have some things we need to get off our chests. Typically during a show, one of our tangents involves our continued disappointment with two of the biggest names in space gaming: Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. Well in this episode,... The post SGJ Podcast #394 – Airing of Grievances appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about the joy of a good co-op game. We discuss our favorites, what we think goes into a really good co-op game, what we wish some games did better, and a lot more. Next week, we’ll be airing... The post SGJ Podcast #393 – The Co-Op Show appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Friends, I am so sorry this is late. Somehow last week got away from me. Anyway. this week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about a topic near and dear to my heart: pilot sims versus plane sims. I love flight sims, particularly pilot-focused sims like Tornado, EF2000, 1942: Pacific Air War, whereas... The post SGJ Podcast #392 – Pilot Sim vs. Plane Sim appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, sorry this was so late, I had it all ready to go last week before I went out of town, but the site was down so I couldn’t make a post! So sorry! Anyway, this week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about our concern over gaming and whether CEOs are... The post SGJ Podcast #391 – Is Gaming Heading for a Crisis? appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s show y’all! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David (new co-host) and I fully intend to sit down and talk about the legendary developer/publisher house that was and is MicroProse. We START talking about it, and then find out that Why485, the developer of Tiny Combat Arena — an amazing MicroProse-inspired... The post SGJ Podcast #390 – MicroProse appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob and I sit down to (mostly, with some tangents) talk about gatekeeping, especially in gaming. This happens all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob and I talk about genres that we feel have gotten stale, or stagnated, the more we’ve played them. We start with space... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]