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SGJ Podcast #09: Chasing Dots and Games

By Brian Rubin | Published 04/17/2013 at 8:12 PM

You Magnificent Son of A Bitch…

Welcome to episode #09 of the Space Game junkie Podcast! In this episode, Jim and I bring on Gamers With Jobs CEO Shawn “Certis” Andrich to discuss if space games are just “chasing a dot”, as he called them previous. In a surprise — to me at least, and pleasantly so — the discussion evolves and turns into an intervention where we discuss how space action games have become kinda samey in terms of lack of space, lack of place and so on to help Shawn find some new games. It was a fun, spirited discussion. :)

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We talked about a looooooot of games, and you can find links to all of them below in the show notes. We hope you enjoy the show, and invite you to comment here or on the forum, as well as use our RSS or iTunes feeds to subscribe to us. Thanks for listening, and have a great day! :)

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Spacey Gamey Newsies & Dealsies 4/11-17/13: The Freaking Finally Edition

By Brian Rubin | Published 04/17/2013 at 1:21 PM

SO MUCH NEWSINESS!

Helllllloooooo my wonderful awesome friends! I’m back! I think! *checks* Yes, I’m back! Sorry for the lack of news posts, got surprisingly busy all over the place and just didn’t have the time. I do now though, yay! There’s a lot to go over, so let’s dive in, it’s all warm and stuff! ;)

EVE Online – On the official site, they have a video of true stories from the first decade of the game (which will be embdedded below). The Mittani has articles on cruise missile fixes, mission fixes and news about an alliance slapfight.
Drox Operative – The big news is MOD TOOLS! Yay! There’s also a new patch that fixes trade requests and other things.
StarMade – Several updates include news on server crashes, a custom docking area, wedge shapes, faction options and other bugfixes.
Star Conflict – There are updates on new gold standards as well as a new combat specialization.
Star Citizen – There’s new art of the 300i fighter, which is alovely. There’s also a naming system poll, a spotlight on fan RADD and a new update to their writer’s guide.
Voidnex – Thanks to reader Goomich for pointing out this new game to me. Looks nifty!
StarDrive – The good folks at RTS Guru have written a preview of the game.
FTL – You can now buy FTL-themed merchandise, such as a Kestrel hoodie or a pirate t-shirt. I so want the hoodie. There’s also an interview with the devs over on PixelJudge.
Solar War – There’s a new version of the game available, which adds support for more factions, event chains and even more.
Freespace Port – Version 3.4 of the port of Descent: Freespace to the Freespace 2 engine has been released! Go git it!
Rogue System – Their new website has a chart that shows the progress of the game, which is awesome to see. I want it now though. ;)
Infinite Space 3 – On their Kickstarter, they’ve announced a soundtrack as well as stretch goals! Go check it out and kick ‘em something!
Mok Force – Thanks to Rock, Paper Shotgun for writing about this neat-looking shmup.
Homeworld 2 Complex – The latest version of this extensive mod has been released on ModDB. You can see a trailer of it in action below.
Neptune’s Pride II – Thanks again to Rock, Paper Shotgun for letting us know about a new version of this popular browser-based space conquest game.
Endless Space – The Amplitude folks need help to save the Sowers.
Beyond Beyaan – There’s a new build which adds event handling and a new UI, among other things. The game also has its own cursor now, as well as velociraptors. ;)
Stars of Call – According to a post on our very own forum, there’s a new version of this nifty Naev total conversion.
Infinity – There’s a HUGE update on planetary engine improvements, which looks FANTASTIC. Can they FINALLY release this thing please? ;)
Kerbal Space Program – As reported by Eurogamer, there was some confusion and outcry over the notion of paid expansions for the game. This was thankfully dealt with by a post from the devs on their blog.
Void of Darkness – The dev has begun writing the dialog for all the alien races, apparently.
Star Trek Online – There’s a new Legacy of Romulus dev blog entry to read.
And Here the Wheel – There’s a new podcast episode for y’all to listen to. :)
Elite: Dangerous – There’s a new Fiction Diary for the game on YouTube, as well as embedded below.
Galactic Patrol 2013 – There’s a new Kickstarter for this game that has the blessings of the original Galactic Patrol folks. Go check it out.
Joystick Required – This was a space game news site run by a Jumpgate colleague of mine back in the day, and it’s back, so go check it out and say hello!
Strike Vector – This is spacey enough to warrant inclusion. Just go watch this trailer. Seriously, watch it.
AI War – There’s a new patch called “Nebulous Diligence” which works to improve the AI.

We’re not done yet folks! We have DEALS too!! Let’s do this!

Space Pirates and Zombies is on sale at GMG for $5.08
Beat Hazard EVERYTHING is part of the latest Indie Gala weekly bundle, and you can get all of it f or $1.87, which is a FREAKING steal people.
Gamestop is having a spring sale on everything Stardock, which includes:
- Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate for $4.99
- Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate for $9.99
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity for $9.99
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion for $19.99 or an upgrade from Trinity for $14.99.
AI War is also part of a Steam weeklong sale, in which everything is 75% off.
There’s also an IndieFort Spring Bundle which has both AI War and Zigfrak for $7.99.

FINALLY, the folks at Arcen games (who made the aforementioned AI War) have announced a new game called Skyward Collapse, which looks awesome.

That’s it! Have a great day folks!

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SGJ Podcast #03: Rogue System Q&A with Michael Juliano

By Brian Rubin | Published 03/07/2013 at 8:55 PM

Learn More about this Awesome Looking Game!

Welcome to episode 03 of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! While we will usually try to do one of these a week, this week you get two for the price of one! In this episode, we talk to Michael Juliano, the programmer behind Rogue System. He’s running a Kickstarter and we want to give him as much help as possible in its final two weeks, so we sat down and asked him all sorts of his questions about his background, his game, his Kickstarter and so on. Jim did most of the talking this time because I still have a cough and didn’t wanna cough all over the interview, sadly :/

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Notes for the show are below the cut as always. If you have any quesitions or comments, please leave ‘em in the comments below or on the forum. Don’t forget to follow us through RSS or iTunes, and thanks for listening. :)

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SGJ Podcast #02: Give Me a Ship and a Song to Steer Her By…

By Brian Rubin | Published 03/06/2013 at 1:30 AM

We Need a Better Logo…

Hey everyone, welcome to episode #02 of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! This week, Jim and I try to become more streamlined and efficient (me especially), yet still discuss some news, some games, and our main topic, the best music from spacey games!

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Spacey Game News and Deals 2/28-3/1/13: WEEEEEKEND YEAHHHHHHHH guitar riff

By Brian Rubin | Published 03/01/2013 at 1:23 PM

Insert Serious Newsy Music Here

Hey y’all, happy Friday! Sorry about the lack of news yesterday, but this week has been CRAAAAAAAAAZY. I’ve barely even had time to PLAY anything, let alone anything else. Ah well, it happens, but the weekend is here, which won’t leave much time for gaming for ME (goin’ out of down for a day or two), but I hope it does for you folks. ;) There’s a buncha newsy stuff since I missed yesterday, so let’s dive into it!

EVE Online – From the official site, they report that the game has been featured in Applied Design at the Modern Museum of Art, and a dev blog about shaping the game’s future. Eurogamer reports that the game now has over 500,000 subscribers. Wow. Finally, The Mittani has excellent articles on nerfling HiSec trying to make it too safe, Caldari’s recent vulnerabilities and a falling out in [LOST], one of the game’s largest corps. Whew!
Rogue System – There’s a new video showing off more of a fighter’s startup sequence. There’s also a video of their segment on Alive and Kicking about their Kickstarter. Great stuff, and as always, embedded after the cut. Speaking of, their Kickstarter could totally use more love, so if you haven’t yet, please go check it out.
Freespace 2 – The latest version of Freespace Open has been released! This apparently fixes a damage scaling bug in the previous version. Get it now!
Star Citizen – First off, there’s a lovely new screenshot of a Drake Cutlass over on Facebook, Then, on the official site, there’s a new episode of “The Lost Generation” for y’all to read, as well as a new fan spotlight on some great fan sites.
Limit Theory – There’s a new dev update video for February that shows off sounds and weapons and missiles, oh my! Can I have this game yet? Please?
Endless Space – There’s a new dev blog entry showing off screnshots of a new Endless hero, who looks a lot like they’re from TRON, honestly. ;) There’s also a video showing off the early stages from the game from OfficialStuffPlus. Finally, my buddy RobC04 has a review of the game on his blog, in which he calls me “Darth Rubin” for saying the game has no soul. What a saucy bastard. Or something. ;) I command you all to head over there and harass him promptly! ;)
Void of Darkness – There’s a new blog entry on the progress of their combat prototyping. There’s also an update trying to answer gamers’ questions about the game.
Deep Space Settlement – So I saved this screenshot of a shipyard from a Twitter feed, and I’m PRETTY SURE it’s for this game, but not 100%. There needs to be a better way to do this…
StarLife – There are new screenshots of the game’s race selection screen. Looks like it’s all coming together nicely. :)
Star Trek Online – There’s a new dev article covering the B’rel retrofit. Totally love that Bird of Prey. Then there’s another blog looking at some new mission entries in the foundry.
Kerbal Space Program – You can now use a Paysafecard to buy the full version of the game, which you totally should, by George…
Galactose – There’s a new video showing off some updated graphics, which just look lovely. I also have a preview in the pipe for this one, so stay tuned. And yes, the game really is that crazy. ;)
X3 – There’s a new update to Albion Prelude and Terran Conflict on Steam which fixes Japanese translation and localization.
Star Conflict – There’s a new update that adds a new PVP mode called Detonation which sounds fun.
Dominion – There’s a new post on rendering stars in the game.
OreSome – There’s a new update on IndieDB which includes a video plus some recent patch notes.

Moving onto deals, we have one today. Armada 2526 Gold Edition has made its way on Steam, and is on sale at 15% off for $16.99. Wait wait, there’s one more deal, it’s Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition for $4.99 on Gamestop.

Next, in kinda related news, there are some lovely new models over on SolCommand, and gorgeous art of a docked ship by Jamie Jones on the Concept Ships blog.

Finally, this isn’t related at all, but the developer of the scary looking FPS Ghostship asked for help in promoting his game, and considering this cool looking game was made by one guy, how could I say no, so there ya go. :)

That’s it folks! I hope you have an excellent day and a wonderful weekend!

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Space Game News 2/4/13: Not That Manic a Monday

By Brian Rubin | Published 02/04/2013 at 1:21 PM

CoffeeCoffeeCoffeeCoffee…

Hello, and happy Monday! I hope y’all had a great weekend! Mine was alright, I’m not feeling awesome, and the girlfriend had a fever, so it wasn’t as awesome as it could’ve been, but we did get a lot of West Wing (girlfriend’s first runthrough) and The Wire (my first time through) in. ;) Aaaanyway, you’re not here to read me ramble (and if you are, [insert whichever diety/dieties you believe in here] help you), you’re here for NEWS, so here it is! (Remember, videos will be after the cut.)

Vendetta Online – There’s a new video talking about large-scale AI in the game to make it more dynamic.
EVE Online – The CCP folks are doing a mass test on Singularity this Wednesday, and whoever is involved in helping squash the bug they’re looking for will get 2 million skill points.
StarDrive – There’s a new developer’s update over on Facebook which fixes a lot of small bugs for the latest version of the game, 0.95.
CLR – The devs of this game wrote me and let me know, among other things, that there’s a Steam Greenlight page for the game with videos and stuff that look pretty cool! There are two videos on this one, which will be below.
Ring Runner – There’s a new update on Kickstarter about some of their community involvement as well as a sneak peak on the upcoming game update. Yo dawg, we heard you like updates…
Stars! Nova – Was just informed of this update or remake of Stars!, which looks pretty nifty. Hasn’t been updated in ages, though. :/
Dominion – There’s a new blog entry about a camera attachment that lets you take pictures anywhere you want in the game.
Miner Wars 2081 – Wanna see what this game looked like back in 2001 when it was first conceived? Check out the early video. Wow.
Rogue System - There’s a new update about their upcoming Kickstarter campaign, which should start in a bit more than a week! Yay!
Lunar Flight – The game’s author posted a new update about the game’s future, including the addition of multiplayer. THAT’LL be fun to watch, at least. ;)
Edge of Space – There’s a new weekly update over on the game’s forum about how the game is coming along.
Deep Space Settlement – There’s a new screenshot of a standalone turret, which is SO PRETTY.
StarStrategy – Remember this one? Well he’s not updated his blog in ages, but you can now download .11 of the game over on SpaceSimCentral’s forums, as well as see some new screenshots and read the changelog on the actual blog.
Predestination – There’s a new video of planetary colonization and such that looks really awesome. Thanks 4xgamer!
Freespace 2 – Last but certainly not least, there’s a new version of Freespace Open over on Hard Light Productions for all you awesome folks still playing FS2. ;)

Now, in kinda related news, Chris Roberts interviewed Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games about his Wildman Kickstarter campaign in a new segment on the Star Citizen type entitled “Game Changers”. Finally, the devs of the space 4x board game Hegemonic asked me to promote the final hours of their Kickstarter campaign, so here we are. ;)

That’s it for today folks! Thanks for reading, and have a lovely day!

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Spacey Game News and Deals 1/31/13: Some Old Friends Return…

By Brian Rubin | Published 01/31/2013 at 1:01 PM

YEAH! NEWS!

Heeeeeey party people, how are y’all?! It’s close to the weekend! YAY! I am so looking forward to the weekend it’s silly, and I hope y’all are too. With that said, let’s dive into some news! (Remember, videos are embedded below the cut.)

Limit Theory – There’s a new video update to show off some lovely progress of the game, and the game’s Kickstarter has some more fun tidbits besides. I want this game now kplzthnxbye. ;)
Star Citizen – There’s a new issue of The Lost Generation for your reading pleasure.
EVE Online – There’s a new FanFest 2013 trailer available, and The Mittani has a look at the battle of M0O-JG.
Drox Operative – There’s a new quick look video over on Tekk’s Tavern.
Freespace 2 – On the Hard Light Facebook page, they’ve posted about some updated campaigns that take advantage of the latest FS_Open executionable and mediavps.
Ring Runner – There’s a new screenshot of a ship which, I think, is called the Atamal class. I lose track of the Tweet this came from so I’m not 100%. They need a blog or something…
StarStrategy – Wow, been AGES since I’ve seen word on this one, but suddenly there are some new screenshots over on SpaceSimCentral!
Homeworld – The folks at VentureBeat have an interview with teamPixel about their efforts to revive the game’s license.
Star Conflict – Another update with a new PvE mission involving sabotage!
Retrobooster – The folks at the Indie Games Channel have written some words about the game. ;)
Gratuitous Space Battles – Jay is Games (Is he? Is he really?) has a review of the latest DLC for the game, Outcasts. I’ma gonna be working on one too my own self.
Star Trek Online – Another day, another dev blog, this time discussing the featured embassy project.
CLR – I just found about about this game yesterday, and you can read more about it on their IndieDB page. I’ll bring you more soon.
Via Galactica – After what felt like a long hiatus, the game has been updated to version 1.7.3., which adds numerous bug fixes and improvements.

In the deals area, Steam is having a weekend deal on the entire AI War series for 75% off. Finally, there’s a LOVELY fighter concept painting by Numioh over at the Concept Ships blog.

That’s it folks! Remember to tune in tonight at 6 PM Pacific time, 9 PM Eastern time for a LIVE Q&A (my first ever!) with Tyler Yohe of Broken Crown Games. I should be able to embed it here, but you’ll also be able to see it on my brand-new Google+ profile page and my YouTube channel. Hope to see y’all there!

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Spacey Game News and Deals – 1/7-8/13

By Brian Rubin | Published 01/08/2013 at 3:00 PM

Packed to the Gills with News!

Haaaaaaaaaay youuuuu guuuuyyysss! How are ya? I hope y’all are doing awesomely! Me, I’m still under the weather a bit, but feeling better today, so I’ve got a frakton of news to get off my chest, finally. Let’s dive in!

First off, there have been a TON of Drox Operative reviews, and you can read ‘em over on GAMINGtruth, Giant Bomb (video, which I’ll embed below), Bytten, RPG Codex and Gametactics. Gamercast author Charlotte Wooley also named it one of her top games of 2012! Huzzah!
Indie Game Magazine has their own nice things to say about Zigfrak. :) They also have a small article on Elite: Dangerous.
Over on GamaSutra, they have a lovely article about the making of Spacewar! and how it relates to video game history.
Dominion has a whole new website for you to feast upon!
The Indie Games Weblog has listed their top 10 indie strategy games of 2012, and FTL made the list (but I won’t say where). ;)
Over on the Starship Corporation website, they have new screenshots, a new version of the ship designer for you to try, and on YouTube they have a new tutorial to go with it (embedded below).
Rock, Paper Shotgun has an article about the recently released Ur-Quan Masters HD update.
There were two small patches released for OreSome, according to their IndieDB page.
4xgamer has word that a Halo mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is in the works, for all you Halo fans out there. ;)
The Predestination website has a Kickstarter wrap-up article that goes into excellent detail about where they money is going and so forth. They even have graphs!
Vendetta Online has a new patch that lets you easily add waypoints to the navmap, plus a buncha bug fixes.
Starfarer has been renamed to Starsector “for business reasons” and has a new version out with a new character screen and other improvements.
There’s a new dev build of Star Made entitled “Factions”. I assume that’s what it adds but I’ve yet to try it.
OMG, there’s an update on the Space Rangers HD: A World Apart page! They say the game will be released Q1 of this year in both English and Russian at the same time! Yay!
According to Massively,the long-thought-dead Firefly-based MMO, Firefly Universe Online, is now moving forward after receiving “well wishes” from Fox and announcing it on their Facebook page. However, after being accused of fraud due to an association with the Yes Men — who apparently are known for making fake media announcements — the devs of the game, DarkCryo, responded to the allegations on GameInformer. Wheeee!
Over on their Kickstarter, the Slipspace folks have announced support for the Ouya console.
According to their offical site, you can now find RetroBooster on PenguinSpy, a Linux gaming network thingy.
Space Sector is running a contest for some StarDrive beta keys. Go! Enter!
We have two Elite: Dangerous related videos. The first is an official video teasing some Cobra combat, while the second is a fan-made short film called The Return of the Cobra. These will both be embedded below.
Finally in the space-game related news portion of our show, the SolCommand website is soliciting suggestions for more game models for their artists to create.

Next up, in related gaming news, THQ’s assets are going up for auction on 1/22/13, according to VG247. This includes Volition, creator of the Freespace games. Best of luck to all of them. Then, Kickstarter sent out a little The Best of 2012 slideshow, and what’s interesting here is that while no space games are mentioned specifically, there was $83,144,565 backed for games projects from 1,378,143 backers, which is more than any other category by a wide margin, so yay for games!

In non-gaming news, we have great ship designs from Michael Tassie and Darren Bartley over on the Concept Ships blog.

Finally, there’s unsurprisingly — after all the holiday sales — only one deal today, that being Star Wolves 3: Civil War for $14.99 on Green Man Gaming Today.

WHEW! I need a nap now. ;) Have an awesome day folks!

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Spacey Gamey Post-Christmas 2012 News and Deals

By Brian Rubin | Published 12/26/2012 at 1:20 PM

I Will Throw This Brick of News Through All of Your Windows! ;)

Hey y’all, happy Wednesday, and welcome back from Christmas break (if you had one, that is)! How was everyone’s holiday, and what did y’all get? ;) Mine was awesome, and I hope yours was too! Now with that said, let’s see what’s happened over the break…

Over on Space Sector, Adam has an interview with Brain and Nerd CEO Brendan Drain regarding Predestination as well as a rather scathing review of Sword of the Stars II.
Speaking of Predestination, their Kickstarter has been updated with a galaxy map prototype video (embedded after the cut) and more details on colonization, which looks cooler and cooler the more I read about it.
In FTL news, there’s a new update that adds colorblind mode, specific action hotkeys and a lot more. Forbes also put the game at the top of their Most Challenging Games of 2012 list! Congrats, I think? ;)
Over on the CRPG Addict (which you might recall inspired this site), he takes a look at the two Space games. I’ve not played Space II yet, but Space was surely a pickle.
Over on the Kickstarter for Skyjacker, they have a new update covering alternative payment methods, content generation and more. The vids will be embedded below.
There’s a new update for Vendetta Online which mostly consists of bugfixes.
PC Gamer has an article about their recent experience with Freespace 2 after a new install with the Freespace Open additions. It’s a good read, but I think I’ve read it before…
The Star Conflict folks are having a holiday-based contest where you can send your holiday greeting to the community. Pretty cool!
There’s a new BorderSpace dev update video (embedded below also) which shows off a new H.U.D., new targeting modes and more! It’s SEXY!
There’s a new mod for X3: Terran Conflict/Albion Prelude called X-Tended – Terran Conflict 2.0 which looks really damned cool. That one is coming up on my review list, so I’ll have to give it a whirl.
According to 4xgamer, the Star Lords folks have relesed their second alpha (registration required). Wow, I thought that project was dead in the water, so good on them! :)
Peter over at Matchsticks for My Eyes has his initial impressions of Drox Operative.
The Galaxial blog has a new post looking at user interface customization, which is nifty.
Finally, the Sol Command website has some new models of asteroids for your modeling needs.

In non-spacey game news, the folks behind AI War, Arcen Games, have released the beta for their 2.0 version of A Valley Without Wind. All existing owners of AVWW get 2.0 for free, and you can get ‘em both right now on Steam for just $5.99, which is an amazing deal. I put a decent amount of time into AVWW and found it a ton of fun, so I can’t wait for the sequel.

Finally, in deals, Get Games is having their Cheap as Chips sale and you can get Star Wolves, Star Wolves 2 and Star Wolves 3: Civil War for $2.70 each, the chepest I’ve ever seen ‘em, and totally worth it. :)

That’s it for today folks! I hope y’all have a lovely day, and I thank you for visiting and reading, as always! :)

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GOG 2012 DRM-Free Holiday Sale is ON!

By Brian Rubin | Published 12/12/2012 at 9:24 AM

OMG! A SALE!

Hey y’all, GOG’s 2012 DRM-Free Holiday Sale has begun, and they have 50% off nearly every dang thing, plus they’ll be having daily deals with 75% off a particular game each day as well! For spacey gamers, this means the following:

Darkstar One for $4.99
Descent 1+2 for $4.99
Descent 3 for $4.99
Fragile Allegiance for $2.99
Freespace + Expansion for $2.99
Freespace 2 for $4.99
FTL for $7.49
Haegemonia Gold Edition for $4.99
Independence War Deluxe for $2.99
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos for $2.99
Master of Orion 1+2 for $2.99
Master of Orion 3 for $4.99
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident for $4.99
Star Control 1+2 for $2.99
Star Control 3 for $2.99
Star Wolves for $4.99
Starflight 1+2 for $2.99
Wing Commander 1+2 for $2.99
Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger for $2.99
Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom for $2.99
Wing Commander: Privateer for $2.99

There are a ton of classics on there, so if you don’t already own ‘em, snag ‘em now! Happy shopping! :)

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