Space Game Junkie Podcast Brian Rubin

This Thing Scares Me





Hello my friends. Sorry this is a day late, yesterday totally got away from me. This week on the show, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David, and I welcome John Zeigler to talk about his upcoming worldbuilding sourcebook, Architect of Worlds. We talk a lot about actual science — much of which goes over my dumb head — and a lot about games. It’s a fun chat, so we hope you all enjoy it!











Next week, we’re excited to welcome back the developer of the recently-released game, UnderspaceE! 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









* John’s Mass Effect FanFic

Bulwark is Such a Pretty Game







Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! Sorry the MP3 is a day late, but yesterday just totally got away from me! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have one of our regular check-ins, wherein we talk about what we’re playing and how we’re doing. A lot of awesome games came up, such as Bulwark, which I’m kind of obsessed with, plus several others, so it ended up being a really fun conversation.











Next week, we’re returning to the tabletop as we welcome on the designer of the tabletop role playing RPG worldbuilding supplement, Architect of Worlds. 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!

This Game is So Good…







Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about tie-in games, and we come up with a really fun list. We actually had so much fun with this episode we’ll likely do more of them, as we all had multiple games we wanted to talk about.











No show next week as I need a break, so we’ll see you back here in two weeks! 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. Thank you for listening, and enjoy the show!

I Guess Everyone Needs a Break Now and Then…







Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! Sorry again for the unannounced/unscheduled break, but we’re back! Also apologies for the weird audio in the middle of the show. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I, even though we’re all damned tired, spend time talking about the importance of breaks and moderation for one’s mental health. Many of us have taken lengthy breaks from video games for a variety of reasons, and we talk about those here. It’s a short — sorry I was so tired — but fun discussion.











Next week is up in the air. I’ve offered the slot to a guest but they’ve yet to confirm, so we might do another topic. It’ll be fun regardless! 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. Thank you for listening!!

Best “Onboarding” Pic I Could Find, Okay? ;)





You guys, I am so sorry about the lateness on this one. Last week got away from me and somewhere in my brain I had SWORN I’d uploaded this. So, so sorry. So, this time, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I bounce off our last topic to talk about onboarding, what it is, which games do it well, etc. It’s a very lively discussion, and a funny one, at my expense primarily. I hope you all enjoy it.











We offered tomorrow’s show to a guest and they wanted another date, so we’re coming up with a topic as I type this for our next episode. ;) 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.

Remember These Things?





Hey friends, welcome to the show this week! Sorry it’s a day late, yesterday got away from me for a variety of reasons. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have a lively debate about how much information should be given to the player in a given game. The fun thing is, we never come to a consensus! It might be the most nuanced topic we’ve ever covered, so strap in!











Next week, to bounce off this topic, we’ll talk about good onboarding and mention some games we feel do a great job of it. 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.