Space Game Junkie Podcast

Hey friends, welcome to the show! Sorry this is a day late, yesterday was a real fustercluck! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I discuss long-haul games, including our first game that we sank dozens, if not hundreds, of hours into. We also explore what it takes for a game to truly capture our... The post SGJ Podcast #502 – Long Games that Draw You In for the Long Haul appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this episode of the show! First off, an apology. Restream had technical issues yesterday. For some reason only five seconds of our stream went out, and then stopped. Therefore there’s no YouTube copy of this episode, only the MP3. To their credit, Restream fixed the issue relatively quickly, and hopefully this... The post SGJ Podcast #501 – Games in Which Direct Combat Isn’t a Factor appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this milestone episode! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, and I look back at the seminal games of the last twelve years — since we began the podcast — and talk about how special they, and their developers, are to us. We covered a lot of games, and had a lot of... The post SGJ Podcast #500 – A Celebration of Space Game Development appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, two apologies. First, sorry for it being a day late, yesterday got away from me, and secondly, I forgot to hit record on my mixer, so the audio is taken directly from the OBS video. I hope that’s okay. So, some big news this week. This week, the primary topic is that we’re... The post SGJ Podcast #499 – Change and Burnout (i.e. Change is Coming to the Podcast) appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! I am sorry the MP3 was uploaded a bit late, real life conspired against me the last couple of days! Anywhoooo, this week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I talk about spiritual successors! These are games that aren’t part of a series, but are a love letter/homage to a... The post SGJ Podcast #498 – Spiritual Successors appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I talk about mods. Why we love them, and which are some of our favorites, the list of which you can see below! Mods are a wonderful way to extend the life of a game, and there are a lot that we... The post SGJ Podcast #497 – Mods appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I talk about free-to-play games…eventually. I, sadly, misunderstood the assignment and thought we were talking about totally free games, not games that are initially free but have a range of buy-in mechanics to help monetize the game. Once we get on... The post SGJ Podcast #496 – Free-to-Play Games, Mostly appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome back to the show. As I said at the top of the episode, apologies for missing a couple of weeks, but it couldn’t be helped, as some — relatively minor — stuff was out of our control. We’re back though, and this week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I do one of... The post SGJ Podcast #495 – Check-In appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show. Sorry it’s a day late, yesterday totally got away from me. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I conclude our series on mobile gaming by talking about actual games you can play on various mobile devices, the list of which you can see below. These are games we’ve... The post SGJ Podcast #494 – Recommended Mobile Space Games appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show!!! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I talk about emulation. Well, *I* mostly talk about emulation, namely the emulators that you can use to (LEGALLY) play your old games. I mostly talk Android, because we’re focusing on handheld devices and that’s where most of the best one’s... The post SGJ Podcast #493 – Let’s Talk Emulation (for Mobile Gaming) appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Jacob, David and I talk about the best hardware to play portable Windows, Steam, Android and iOS games. There are a lot of devices to go through, but thankfully, I’ve included the list below. Depending on what you’re looking for and what you want to... The post SGJ Podcast #492 – The Best Windows, Android and iOS Devices for Portable Gaming appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s episode of the show. I have to apologize for the audio because VoiceMeeter took a dump later in the episode, so I had to resort to the backup recording. This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I sit down and work with the chat and each other to... The post SGJ Podcast #491 – Topic Creation Roundtable appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

Hey friends, welcome to this week’s episode! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I do another episode of Spin the Wheel, wherein we have a bevy of topics and choose them at random thanks to the wheel at Wheel of Names! We get some fun questions, and it’s a fun, breezy way to... The post SGJ Podcast #490 – Spin the Wheel appeared first on Space Game Junkie.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.