Space Game Junkie Podcast

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I welcome back Steve Hawkins from KatHawk Games to talk about Alliance of the Sacred Suns, the Emperor-focused, character-driven grand space strategy game that’s currently running a Kickstarter! We talk about the game a LOT, as it has a lot of wonderful... The post SGJ Podcast #346 – Alliance of the Sacred Suns appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Friends, welcome to this week’s podcast !This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit back and talk about the games that personally affected us in 2020. A lot of unsurprising names made our lists, from Yakuza to Bloody Rally Show to Sea of Thieves, while it seemed to be something of a muted year in... The post SGJ Podcast #345 – A Personal Look Back at 2020 in Gaming appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to the show this week y’all. Sorry for its lateness, yesterday got away from me. This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I get up early in the morning to welcome back Jack Mamais and David Wessman, Director and Producer respectfully at Impeller Studios, to talk about how In the Black is coming along. The... The post SGJ Podcast #344 – In the Black appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s show, folks! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I sit down with Roy van Ophuizen of Funcraft Games, in the Netherlands, to talk about his upcoming space flight exploration game, Earth Analog. I apologize for being very much sleepy and out of it for the show, but we managed to find... The post SGJ Podcast #343 – Earth Analog appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, and welcome to this week’s show! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I get up early in the morning to sit down with Narrative director Jaakko Vesterinen and Composer Adam Al-Sawad of Kalla Gameworks in Kuopio, Finland to talk about their upcoming space 4X game, The Pegasus Expedition, which is currently Kickstarting as... The post SGJ Podcast #342 – The Pegasus Expedition appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week’s podcast y’all! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I talk about what a wacky year in gaming this has been. We talk about what’s come out, what we’re looking for in the remainder of the year and so on. It’s a fun show, and we hope you enjoy it! No show... The post SGJ Podcast #341 – A Look at 2020 in Gaming So Far appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s podcast. This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I intended to talk about whether we need shiny graphics or not, it basically turned into a collective dump on Star Wars: Squadrons. It was a fun show though! Next week I’m not sure yet, as I’ve got several irons on the... The post SGJ Podcast #340 – Do We Want Shiny Graphics? appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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 – Interstellar Rift appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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 first on Space Game Junkie.

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 Space Game Junkie.

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 – Rank: Warmaster appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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 first on Space Game Junkie.

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 – Gaia Beyond appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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 Game Junkie.

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 – MicroProse Then and Now appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.