Space Game Junkie Podcast

Hey friends, welcome to the show. First off, I have to apologize for the audio around the end of the show. VoiceMeeter kept, to use the vernacular, shitting the bed, and every time I reset it, it happened seconds later. No idea why, sorry. Hopefully it doesn't happen again as VoiceMeeter usually behaves itself. As... The post SGJ Podcast #489 – Games Respecting Your Time, or Not appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I further our discussion of replayability by talking about the games we've replayed the most over our gaming careers. This takes us further into why these and other games like them are so replayable to us, and what makes games... The post SGJ Podcast #488 – Replayability, Part Two – Our Most Replayed Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hello friends, and welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have one of our semi-regular check-ins, wherein we talk about what we're playing, and how we're doing. It's a pretty fun show, though it does get a teensy but morose at times. Sorry about that, can't rally be helped... The post SGJ Podcast #487 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to the show, my friends! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I try to start to tackle the concept of replayability. It's a topic suggested by RockinRowl on our Discord, but it's such a big topic we've split it up into a couple of episodes. In THIS episode, we'll talk about the... The post SGJ Podcast #486 – Replayability, Part One 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 finding positive online communities. We all need a place to fit in, especially in tough/dark/interesting times such as these. Some of us do better in online spaces than those in the real world, so we talk about... The post SGJ Podcast #485 – Finding Positive Online Communities appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome back to the show! After a short break, we're back with what we hope you'll think is a fun topic! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about those game that were most satisfying to “get gud” at. You know, the games in which we invested many hours and... The post SGJ Podcast #484 – Your Most Satisfying “Got Gud” Games 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 our top gaming moments. You know, the moments that floored us, that made us exhausted, that we remember for years or decades afterward. We all had a lot of great entries, and we enjoyed the topic so... The post SGJ Podcast #483 – Top Gaming Moments appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hello my friends, and welcome to this week's show. Sorry it's a day late, yesterday totally got away from me. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I take another turn of the random wheel of questions, since we had so much fun with it last time. We have more fun with it this... The post SGJ Podcast #482 – Spin the Wheel appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I do a check-in, and do we get angry. Like, it's a rough time, and we usually avoid politics, but we get very political in this episode, so you can skip this one if you'd like, I'll totally understand. Next... The post SGJ Podcast #481 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's episode This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about the games we're most looking forward to hopefully coming out this year, whether into early access or from early access to 1.0. We cover a LOT of games, and surprisingly few toes were stepped upon! Check out... The post SGJ Podcast #480 – Looking Forward to 2025 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the first show of 2025! I'm sorry if the audio isn't up to our usual standards, as I could have SWORN I hit record on my mixer, but I can't find the file, so I had to use the audio ripped from the video as a backup. Anyways, this week, Spaz,... The post SGJ Podcast #479 – beyond.frontiers appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hello friends, and welcome to this, the final show of 2024! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I look back on what a year it's been, both personally and in our gaming lives, to find out what surprised us, what disappointed us, and so on, all of which you can see below. If... The post SGJ Podcast #478 – A Look Back at 2024 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome back to the show! Again, apologies for the longer-than-anticipated break, but cataract surgery waits for no man. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I do a check-in and talk about what we're playing and how we're doing. The games we're playing are all over the map, as are our mental... The post SGJ Podcast #477 – 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 (OMG full crew again) talk about space legs. You know, when you can walk around your ship, stations and the like. We found out that it seems to work more often than not, but when it doesn't work, it's... The post SGJ Podcast #476 – Space Legs appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome back to the show, folks! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about exploration, both in space and other types of games. We go through which games we feel nail it — of which there aren't a ton — which games we feel could do better, and more. It's a fun... The post SGJ Podcast #475 – Exploration appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, sorry this is a day late, yesterday totally got away from me. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about user interfaces and the user experience, how they relate to gaming, and which games do them well and which could do better. It's a fun and spirited discussion, and we... The post SGJ Podcast #474 – UI/UX 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 jobs we'd like to have if we lived in a space video game. The conversation got pretty lively, and we all came up with some really fun answers! Next week, we'll be talking user interfaces and... The post SGJ Podcast #473 – Professions in the Future appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

(welcome text here) This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about what we're playing and how we're doing. It's a varied show, as we talk about a lot of games, but also how the current world situation is affecting us. We're still working on our topic for next week, but it'll surely... The post SGJ Podcast #472 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! So sorry this is late. First, last week got away from me, THEN the site was down for several days! UGH. Anyway, this time, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I try something a little different. In lieu of one topic, we spin a wheel and tackle several. We've... The post SGJ Podcast #471 – Spin the Wheel appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's episode! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Kevin Lin of Wx3 Labs to talk about his sophomore entry into the Starcom series, Starcom: Unknown SpaceE! We talk a lot about the changes to the new game, Kevin's history and game development philosophy, and more.... The post SGJ Podcast #470 – Starcom: Unknown Space appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's episode!! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David, and I take the barest thread of a topic, loans in gaming, and turn it into almost an hour of banter! Hooray! It's a pretty fun show, so we hope you enjoy it! We are off next week, but we'll be... The post SGJ Podcast #469 – Loans and Debt in Gaming appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show. Sorry for the delay in getting it out, I've been swamped at work and the week got away from me. So, this time, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have one of our regular check-ins, where we talk about what we're playing (which you can see below)... The post SGJ Podcast #468 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hello, my friends, and welcome to this week's show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I sit down with Daniel Fedor of Blue Bottle Games to talk about his upcoming “Firefly episode generator,” OstranautsE! Now, we do talk about the game, but we also go on a LOT of fun tangents in this... The post SGJ Podcast #467 – Ostranauts appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome back to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Jasper Pol, to talk about his amazing game, Taxinaut. The game just hit a major milestone, so we talk about its journey so far, why I personally find it so compelling, and ideas for the future. It's... The post SGJ Podcast #466 – Taxinaut appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about video game locations at which we'd like to take a vacation or holiday. Independently, three of us came up with The Citadel from Mass Effect, but there were a lot of other great entries too, as you can... The post SGJ Podcast #465 – Favorite Gaming Vacation Spots appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I discuss our favorite video game soundtracks, the list of which you can see below! It's a pretty wide-ranging list, and we had a lot of fun talking about all this wonderful music. Next week on the show, we'll talk... The post SGJ Podcast #464 – Favorite Gaming Soundtracks appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week's show. First, let me apologize for the audio. I forgot to hit record on my mixer, so the audio is taken straight from the video file I record as a backup. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I welcome back Steve Hunt of Cold Beam Games to talk about... The post SGJ Podcast #463 – Beat Hazard 3 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's episode of the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I build on our traversal topic from a couple of weeks ago and this time, we talk about fast travel. I wasn't honestly sure we could make it into a full-blown topic, but lo and behold we... The post SGJ Podcast #462 – Fast Travel appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I revisit the topic of one-hit wonders in gaming, and we have even more fun games to talk about, the list of which you can see below. I'd not heard about many of these, some I'd forgotten about (like SimEarth),... The post SGJ Podcast #461 – One-Hit Wonders, Part Two appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome back to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about games with the best traversal, or movement. This idea came to me while I was traveling, recently. Sometimes game does a great job allowing you to move through the world, and we talk about a lot of... The post SGJ Podcast #460 – Traversal in Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show, This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I do one of our regular check-ins to talk about what we're playing and how we're doing. It's a fun, laid back show that should be a fun listen for y'all. :) So, we're off for two weeks, as I'm... The post SGJ Podcast #459 – 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 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!... The post SGJ Podcast #458 – Gaming Cinderella Stories appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #457 – Gaming Disasters appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #456 – One-Hit Wonders appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #455 – Underspace appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #454 – Architect of Worlds appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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,... The post SGJ Podcast #453 – 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 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.... The post SGJ Podcast #452 – Tie-in Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #451 – Breaks and Moderation appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #450 – Welcome Onboarding appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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... The post SGJ Podcast #449 – The Expectations of In-Game Information appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David, and I talk about space games with an economic focus, along with our firsts and so on. It's a fun topic, thought up by Julie, and we covered a lot of ground and had a ton of fun on the way. Next... The post SGJ Podcast #448 – Economic Space Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this episode! Sorry for the lateness, last week totally got away from me! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I have a regular check-in, wherein we talk about what we're playing and how we're doing. It does wonders for our mental health and it's fun to talk about what... The post SGJ Podcast #447 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show! Sorry, it's a day late, sadly yesterday totally got away from me. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I sit down to talk about the new rise in accessible, approachable flight sims/games. This includes games like Tiny Combat Arena, Nuclear Option, and Helicopter Gunship DEX, amongst... The post SGJ Podcast #446 – The New Rise of the Accessible Flight Sim appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show. First off, let me apologize for the sound, rather than using the recorder in my mixer…I forgot to turn it on, so the audio is a direct rip from the video file. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about many the games we're hopeful... The post SGJ Podcast #445 – Looking Ahead to 2024 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Welcome to this week's show, the last of 2023! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I pick our top space and non-space games of 2023, and while there are some usual suspects on the list, there are a lot of surprises as well. We're off next week, see you back in here in... The post SGJ Podcast #444 – 2023 in Review appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show. Sorry this is a day late, but yesterday got away from me. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about deals. Winter sale season is upon us, so we list the tools you should be using to find the best deals, and the games we feel... The post SGJ Podcast #443 – Winter Sales appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! So friends, this is an interesting one This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I were originally, I thought, going to talk about offline gaming, in terms of which games you should have on hand if you lose your Internet connection. Thorsten, shortly before we went live, suggested... The post SGJ Podcast #442 – Offline Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week's show. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I can't settle on a topic, so we decide to do a simple check-in, to see how we're doing and what we're playing. Let me tell y'all, the burnout is reeeealllll. We had a fun talk about games and such... The post SGJ Podcast #441 – 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 Trevor Sorensen to talk about the newly-released Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander 2.0 (Steam, GOG)! We talk about the long, long journey it took to bring this new version of the game to sale, Trevor's extensive experience... The post SGJ Podcast #440 – Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander 2.0 appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this episode of the podcast. Sorry this one is a little late, last week totally got away from me. This time, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about the sticky subject of games preservation. While there are some bright spots, most of the time we express our frustration as... The post SGJ Podcast #439 – Games Preservation appeared first on Space Game Junkie.