Welcome to this week’s show my friends! This week, Jim, Hunter, Spaz and I talk about capital ships. Those large ships that are inconsistently used in so many space games. We discuss games that do them well, games that do them poorly, why there aren’t more games that focus on them and much more. We… Read More »
Most games that put you in the role of an independent space pilot or captain are pretty immediate in how they model space travel. There’s your ship, you in the cockpit, and the open interstellar road, as it were. There are very few, if any, games that take a different tack to space travel and… Read More »
I recently realized that Spacewar! was first released in 1962, fifty years ago. In looking at the game’s Wikipedia entry, the first operational version of the game was released in February, while the version we’ve come to know and love was released in April. Therefore, I’d say now is good enough a time as any… Read More »