Welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! In this episode, Jim and I sit down with designer Joseph Young about his upcoming economic-based space 4X game, Apollo4X, which will be coming soon to GamersGate and is soliciting votes on Steam Greenlight. ;) Apollo4X is different than your typical 4X in that it’s...

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Welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie podcast! This time, Jim and I sit down with producer Josef Vorbeck of Chasing Carrots games to talk about their upcoming spaceship crew simulator, Cosmonautica. We play the game on the stream, and find it to be wondrously frustrating and engaging, as I personally learn that this...

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Hello friends, and welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! The date we recorded this podcast was 9/30/14, which is 15 years to the day on which the finest space combat game ever, Freespace 2, was released. Therefore, Jim and I talk to a couple of folks who are not only fans,...

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Welcome to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! In this episode, Jim and I talk to Paradox Producer Joe Fricano about their recently (and by that I mean TODAY!) published game by Creative Forge Games, Ancient Space! This was a very fun podcast in which we not only talk about the game, but...

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Hello my friends, and welcome to this latest episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! In this latest episode, Jim and I sit down with Arthur Danskin to talk about his upcoming open-world spacey combatey buildey game, Reassembly, which is also going through a Kickstarter campaign. We talk about how the campaign is going, the...

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Hello my friends, and welcome back to the Space Game Junkie Podcast! After a couple of weeks off so that I could prepare for and recover from my recent move, we’re back! Yay! This week, Jim, guest cohost Todd “Nack” and I discuss Zombo.com, some new space games such as Transverse, and then jump into our...

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Hey folks, welcome to this random-ass episode of the Space Game Junkie podcast! This week, Jim and I were supposed to talk about Orbiter, the realistic space/orbital flight simulator. However, since I’m mired in moving, and Jim’s internal calendar got thrown off by our Saturday podcast, we were both woooooefully unprepared for just how detailed...

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Say you wanna play in the open playground that is Elite: Dangerous, but don’t want to shell out $75 for the beta version. You’re in luck, my friend, because this week Jim and I take a look at some of the open-source Elite alternatives that cost significantly less (or nothing at all) yet still scratch the...

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Welcome, my friends, to this episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! In this episode, Jim and I fawn and gush over the recently-released Elite: Dangerous beta. Now before you worry that this site will become an Elite: Dangerous fansite, that won’t happen. That said, we are a bit…enamored, to say the least. Jim has...

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Hello friends, and welcome to this week’s episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! I’ve been waiting for this one for a while, as we always seemed to be playing tag getting things arranged (crazy time zone differences were the main culprit), but Jim and I were FINALLY able to sit down with Mario Mihokovic, CEO...

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