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 #458 – Gaming Cinderella Stories
I Couldn’t ACTUALLY Use an Image of Cinderella so…Blossoms…You Know…for Games Blossoming…
Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David, and I talked about games that had a Cinderella story. You know, they had a rough start and have since flourished. We came up with a pretty fun list, which you can see below!
Next week, we’ll do our regular check-in! 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
Game List!
Brian’s Games
* Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander
* Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr
Spaz’s Games
* Aliens: Colonial Marines
* Approaching Infinity
* Cyberpunk 2077
Julie’s Games
* Final Fantasy XIV
* No Man’s Sky
Thorsten’s Games
* Objects in Space
* Emperor of the Fading Suns
Jacob’s Games
* Teyon Interactive
* Helldivers 2 -
SGJ Podcast #457 – Gaming Disasters
Still a Piece of Garbage After All These Years
Hello friends, and welcome! Sorry this episode is late, last week totally got away from me. Again. This time, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about gaming disasters. These can be in-game disasters, or games that ended up being a disaster, and things get a bit spicy, in a good way. We have a really fun list, which you can see below, and we’ll definitely revisit this topic so Spaz and Thorsten can join us.
For the next episode, as a coin-flip to this one, we’ll talk about gaming Cinderella stories. 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.
Show Notes
Game List:
Brian’s Games
* Kinetic Void
* Starflight
Julie’s Games
* Final Fantasy XIV
* Fallout 3
Jacob’s Games
* Defcon
* Elite Dangerous
David’s Games
* Resident Evil 6
* Soma -
SGJ Podcast #456 – One-Hit Wonders
Still Nothing Else Like It
Hey friends, welcome to the show! Sorry it’s a day late, yesterday totally got away from me. Also apologies for the audio, my mixer took a dump in the middle of the stream so we’re using the video output’s audio.
This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about our favorite gaming one-hit wonders. We talked about a lot of great games (mentioned below). It was so fun we’re gonna do it again at some point.
Next week we’ll talk about something fun, just not sure what yet. 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
Brian’s Games
* SimCopter
* Alpha Protocol
Spaz’s Games
* Ring of Red
* Infinite Space
Julie’s Games
* Grim Fandango
* Detroit Become Human
Jacob’s Games
* Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
* Warframe
David’s Games
* Machines: Wired for War
* Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Audience Suggestions
* Die by the Sword
* Dwarf Fortress
* Minecraft
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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
* John’s Mass Effect FanFic -
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!
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.