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SGJ Podcast #07: Getting Sold on Swords and Stars

By Brian Rubin | Published 04/04/2013 at 8:51 PM

Pew to the Power of Pew!

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Space Game Junkie Podcast! This time Jim and I talk to Paul Tobia, or Rorschach on several forums, who is something of an expert on the Sword of the Stars series. I was fairly “meh” on Sword of the Stars II a little while back, so we asked Paul on to help convince us (and hopefully, you folks), that the game is worth our time.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s episode, and as always, invite your comments either below or on the forum. Thanks for listening!

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Posted in Featured, Interviews, Podcasts | Tagged endless space, Galactose, Homeworld, homeworld 2, homeworld cataclysm, Kerbal Space Program, northstar, rogue system, sins of a solar empire, star citizen, sword of the stars, Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter, Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon, wing commander | 12 Comments

Galactose: Sweet, Sweet Potential

By Brian Rubin | Published 03/12/2013 at 7:00 AM

An Auspicious Beginning…

One of the best things about this gig is learning about games that seem to come out of nowhere. One of those games is Galactose, a space combat game in which you fly laser and jet-equipped food. No, I’m not kidding. Cupcake and burger fighters, waffle and broccoli bombers and turkey motherships are just some of the ships that make up the cadre of craft in this game. It sounds like a wackadoo concept, but stick with me, it gets better. ;) Continue reading “Galactose: Sweet, Sweet Potential” »

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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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Posted in Deals, News | Tagged Armada 2526 Gold Edition, Deep Space Settlement, dominion, endless space, eve online, freespace 2, Galactose, Kerbal Space Program, limit theory, oresome, rogue system, star citizen, Star Conflict, star trek online, starlife, sword of the stars ii: enhanced edition, void of darkness, x3 albion prelude, X3: Terran Conflic | 4 Comments

Space Game News 1/24/12: Old Games Coming Out of The Woodwork…

By Brian Rubin | Published 01/24/2013 at 4:30 PM

Lots of Stuff Today!

Hey party people, how’s your Thursday holding up? Mine is great so far. Have a review in the pipeline now, just started on a preview, and will try to get two more reviews in the pipe before the staycation ends. YEAH! Space games for the MF’ing win! :) With that said, let’s look at some news about said space games!

Freespace – Here’s a small update to yesterday’s story/dream thing on Volition. Thanks to Scratched on Gamers With Jobs for catching this comment on Reddit leading to this trademark search result that tells us the holder of the Freespace trademark is Stompy Bot Productions. I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard of these folks, but since they have a new Heavy Gear game coming out too (OMGOMG), I contacted ‘em to see what’s the what on the trademark and what they plan to do with it, if anything. I’ll let y’all know what I find out. In other Freespace news, GOG’s version of the game will now run on a Mac! Awesome!
Homeworld – According to PCGamesN, the folks at media company teamPixel, have launched a new IndieGoGo campaign to acquire the rights to Homeworld. This “Save Homeworld” campaign would involve selling the original game on GOG and Steam, make a new version for tablets, and then start work on Homeworld 3. I’ll keep an eye out on this one. Also, here’s a pitch video (I think that’s what it is) better explaining the project. It’ll be embedded below, of course.
SkyJacker – With a bit more than a day left, their Kickstarter campaign FINALLY reached its funding goal! YES! Congrats to them!
Galactose – The dev has announced a new alpha build to try out on our very own forum, as well as a short video of the new build, which I’ll embed below.
Quintet – This is a new game that I wanna let y’all know about (because the dev was nice enough to email me). ;) This new game is called Quintet, and it’s a multiplayer bridge simulator. Where it differs from Artemis, the other game that currently encompasses this very small space, is that it can be played in a browser, rather than a Windows executionable. This opens up the game to way more people, I think. I’m going to be trying it out soon, but why not give it a try yourselves for free by clicking the link? :)
Strike Suit Zero – A plethora of reviews has come in recently from places such as Rock, Paper Shotgun, IGN, Digital Spy and Eurogamer. I won’t spoil ‘em for you but…you should read ‘em. Also, the game is now available on GOG.
Star Citizen – OMG their site FINALLY has an RSS feed! YAY! This will help me find more new for you, such as a small video interviewing Chief Visual Officer Chris Oliva (also embedding below), as well as an ad for an in-game salvage yard called Dumper’s Depot.
Conquest: Frontier Wars – Even though right now he’s working on Star Sitizen, Erik Petersen gives us his thoughts about Conquest: Frontier Wars, his other baby. ;) You can also read an interview I did with him on the proposed sequel.
StarDrive/Deep Space Settlement- I missed this yesterday (their stories need better titles ;), but 4xgamer has a beta video of StarDrive for your viewing pleasure, as well as a link to a tiny bonus video of Deep Space Settlement. These will be embedded after the cut.

Finally, on the Concept Ships blog, there’s a lovely little motion graphic of the progress of painting a ship by Tom McDowell that is really neat to look at.

That’s it folks! Have a lovely day and I’ll talk to y’all tomorrow! :)

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Posted in News | Tagged conquest frontier wars, Deep Space Settlement, freespace, Galactose, Homeworld, quintet, skyjacker, star citizen, stardrive, strike suit zero | 6 Comments

Spacey Gamey NewsiDealsNess – 12/19/12

By Brian Rubin | Published 12/19/2012 at 1:20 PM

Not Much News on the Wire Today…

Hey y’all, happy Wednesday! I’m still on the mend, but feeling better, in case y’all were wondering, which is great because it’s less than a week now before Christmas, yay! I hope y’all thought long and hard about what y’all are gonna get me, I have HUGE expectations! ;) Seriously, folks, every visit and comment is a gift to me, so again, thank you. :) Now, not a lot of news today, unsurprisingly, so let’s get to it! Remember, any video that I can embed will be so after the cut below. :)

According to a press release I was sent, the third expansion for Endless Space, entitled “Lights of Polaris“, has now been released. This adds a “no pirates” option (WOOHOO!), Steam achievements and so on. You can see some shots of the new expansion on Iceberg Interactive’s Facebook.
There’s a new update on the Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter that features a call to arms as well as a new teaser video. I’m sure the fourteen folks laid off last week from Frontier Developments are thrilled to watch it. Maybe. (Sorry, something about that bugs me, enough to say so publicly.)
There’s also a new trailer for Galactose: Pastries in Space which looks like a ton of fun. I seriously need to sit down and play my copy. Speaking of which, they’re still looking for playtesters. ;)
Finally in news (seriously, that’s it, I’m not even kidding), the folks over at Rock, Paper Shotgun have an interview with Squad, the developers of Kerbal Space Program, which is a fun read.

We’re not done yet though. GOG is having an End of the World sale and it’s a BIGGIE. Seriously, tons of awesome games are even more discounted than they were just a day ago during their regular holiday sale. For spacey gamers, this includes the following:

FTL is half-off at $4.99
The Santa in Space Promo, which gives you all of the following games for $15.41 (75% off) or at the following individual prices:
- Moonbase Commander for $2.99
- Fragile Allegiance for $2.99
- Nexus: The Jupiter Incident for $4.99
- Star Control 1+2 for $2.99
- Star Control 3 for $2.99
- Master of Orion 1+2 for $2.99
- Haegemonia Gold Edition for $4.99
- Independence War Deluxe for $2.99
- Independence War 2: The Edge of Chaos for $2.99
The prices also vary depending on which games in the bundle you already own, if any. This bundle is a fantastic deal, so I suggest y’all jump on it if you can.

That’s it for today folks. Have a lovely day ahead, and thanks for visiting!

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Posted in Deals, News | Tagged elite: dangerous, endless space, fragile allegiance, Galactose, haegemonia, Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos, Independence War Deluxe Edition, Kerbal Space Program, master of orion, master of orion ii battle at antares, moonbase commander, nexus the jupiter incident, star control, star control 2, star control 3 | Leave a comment

Spacey Game News – 12/12/12

By Brian Rubin | Published 12/12/2012 at 3:09 PM

I Love News, Don’t You?

Hello everyone, and happy hump day! The week is just flying by, so let’s keep it movin’ and groovin’ with some spacey gamey newsiness! :)

According to a press release on their website, Behaviour Interactive has teamed with Cloud Imperium to work on the ship-boarding portion of Star Citizen! Nifty!
Gamers with Jobs has a bittersweet article about one man’s struggles with Star Trek Online.
On the Facebook group for Conquest: Frontier Wars, Eric Peterson gave 1/22/13 as the release date for the game on GOG. YAAAY!
We’ve not heard news from the StarDrive folks in a while, but within the last day there’s an update on their Kickstarter page saying the game is almost done, as well as some new wallpapers from the Iceberg Interactve folks.
Yesterday’s video of SlipSpace was apparently the wrong one, so here’s the correct developer video. Enjoy!
The folks at IncGamers have a nice hands-on preview of Strike Suit Zero for y’all to enjoy.
A few pieces of EVE Online news today. First, the latest patch for Retribution will be released today and they have news of the next FanFest. VG247 is also reporting that they’ve surpassed 450,000 subscriptions thanks to sales in China. Nice!
Over on the IndieDB page for Star Made, they have a news update with screenshots of an ice planet, informaiton on server features and so on.
According to MCV, the folks at Square Enix have announced Star Galaxy, a browser-based space combat MMO that, for now, will be only available in Japan. We’ll see if it comes elsewhere. :)
With seven days to go and just a small fraction of their goal met, the Dominion folks talked about next steps to re-pitch their game.
In news from our own forums, the folks behind Galactose are looking for playtesters! Go check it out!
The folks over at Rock, Paper Shotgun have an interview with Paul Ruskay, who happened to compose the amazing music for Homeworld.
Finally, while I don’t cover mobile stuff, there’s now an iPad version of Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator, making my desire for an iPad that much greater. ;)

In non-gamey news, the Concept Ships blog has a great piece of art from Jason Felix.

That’s it! Have a great day y’all!

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Posted in News | Tagged Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator, conquest frontier wars, dominion, eve online, Galactose, Homeworld, slipspace, star citizen, star galaxy, star made, star trek online, stardrive, strike suit zero | Leave a comment

Steam Greenlight Launches with Plenty of Space Games to Vote On!

By Brian Rubin | Published 08/30/2012 at 5:04 PM

Go! Vote! :)

Edit 2: Hey guys, sorry about the edit, but in an effort to keep this as simple as possible (thanks Bryan for the idea), I’ve created collections for all the space games I find on Steam Greenlight. There’s an all-inclusive list which has every space game I can find, and a recommended list covering games I actually have experience with. Hope this helps make Greenlight a bit easier to deal with!

Edit 1: To keep this post from getting too long, I’ve moved new entries to this forum thread, so I encourage folks to head over to the forum and add any to the list not already there. Thanks!

Steam has finally launched Greenlight, their way to let new games onto Steam by having folks vote on them. I’ve gone through the list, and I’ve found a lot of spacey games, including:

These were all the ones I’ve been able to find, at least. If you see more, let me know and I’ll add them to the list. Now go and vote, dangit! ;)

Posted in News | Tagged Aeon Command, armada online, dangerous, edge of space, FleetCOMM : Operation Vigrior, Galactose, gimbal, kinetic void, Lander : Mission Control, miner wars 2081, oresome, Salvation Prophecy, Soar 3D: Space Reloaded, star sonata 2, starcaptain, syder arcade | 14 Comments

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