50 episodes
Space Game Junkie Podcast Brian Rubin
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4.3 • 19 Ratings
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The Space Game Junkie Podcast is dedicated to space gaming of the past, present and future. We talk to developers of the latest space games, and discuss interesting topics from the world of space gaming. Join us!
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SGJ Podcast #455 – Underspace
Not Enough Games have Space Monsters, I Feel…
Hey friends, welcome to the show!! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Kevin Brock, Lead Developer at Pastaspace Interactive, to talk about his now-on-Steam-in-early-access space adventure, Underspace (SteamE, GOG)! I am disgustingly excited about this game, so I was just as excited to talk to Kevin about it, and we had a grand time learning more about the game, its varied inspirations and much more.
Next week we’re gonna talk about our favorite gaming one-hit wonders! 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! -
SGJ Podcast #454 – Architect of Worlds
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
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SGJ Podcast #453 – Check-In
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! -
SGJ Podcast #452 – Tie-in Games
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! -
SGJ Podcast #451 – Breaks and Moderation
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!! -
SGJ Podcast #450 – Welcome Onboarding
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.
Customer Reviews
I used to be a Space Game Junkie...
...then I discovered WoW. Then, I found Steam but also had kids. SGJ has reintroduced me to Space games and reminded me of my fondness for them. Veloxxi is quick with recommendations if you ask. The hosts have a deep knowledge of the genre, consistently get interesting guests who have created lots of classic (and current) titles.
As I can't rate a 3.5, I'm going with rounding up. - The podcast gets an A for content, but a D for audio quality. I'm not sure I haven't heard an episode that isn't plagued with tech difficulties. Discord drop-outs have resulted in gaps of silence and confusion when speaking to guests. Some speakers are too quiet, others too loud, some just sound like they're talking through a rotary telephone.
That said, the unique guests and Space Game expertise allow this podcast to fill a space that none others do as well as SGJ!
Clown show
This podcast has it all:
- Regular technical difficulties like it is 2004. These guys have been doing this for years and still seemingly every other episode is plagued with repeated drop outs, missing audio, bad Skype connections, etc.
- Podcast hosts who don’t only not know how to competently podcast, but have little knowledge of the subject and make routine errors of fact.
- Hosts who regularly play games or look stuff up while recording the feed. Hey, it’s just talking. Why don’t you guys go all out and make dinner or something else really distracting while on air too?
- Cringe. It’s always fun and not at all awkward to listen to these bozos apologize to their industry guest for the sixth time because of technical difficulties or their mistakes and misstatements.
Nearly unlistenable, even when they’re talking about one of my favorite genres or interviewing fascinating devs.
Needs a LOT of work
I wish I could give this a higher rating. I really do. But the hosts:
1) are not knowledgeable and constantly make the same major factual errors over and over
2) think they are the most hilarious people in the universe (a failing common to most mediocre podcasts)
3) usually record the podcast while playing a video game simultaneously, both rendering the discussion itself distracted and less interesting, and also somewhat unintelligible if you're not watching the simulcast video.
No one else out there really covers this genre in this much depth and it pains me to give such a low rating, but it's simply not worth listening to in its present state.