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Spacing Out: Procedural Generation Gets Me Hot

Brian Rubin — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:51:53 +0000

Over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that there are two words — as well as variations of these words — that get me more excited than almost any other. Those are “procedurally generated”, as well as its cousin, “randomly generated”. I mean, I’ve always loved randomness in games because replayability is a big factor in my enjoyment of a game, but lately this one factor has been even more important […]

Kerbal Space Program: One Small Step for Rubin…

Brian Rubin — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:20:08 +0000

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Kerbal Space Program PreviewHey kids, how are ya? I’m chiming in because I just had a Google+ Hangout session with some friends over on Broken Forum in which they graciously took the time and helped me learn Kerbal Space Program a little better, and it was hilarious. With their help, I made my first orbit and also landed on the Mun! Yay! […]

Spacey News and Deals 5/15-17/13: The Bring On the Weekend Edition

Brian Rubin — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:04 +0000

Hellllllloooo my friends, and happy Friday! The weekend is FINALLY upon us! YES! Sorry about the lack of news for the past couple of days, there was some other stuff I needed to get done first before this, so I hope y’all don’t mind. :) Even though my time has been consumed with Distant Worlds: Shadows, I’ve still managed to fit in some X3: Albion Prelude, so I’ll have something on that […]

Distant Worlds: Shadows – Here There Be Pirates (and Love)

Brian Rubin — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:14:21 +0000

Back in January, I got a PM on Matrix Games’ forum asking if I wanted into the beta for Distant Worlds: Shadows, the third expansion for what’s become my favorite space 4X games (and one of my favorite games period). I would’ve been excited at the time…had I thought to visit the forums themselves. ;) I totally missed the boat in getting in on the beta MONTHS ago, so yeah, sadface. Thankfully, […]

Distant Worlds: Shadows In Yo’ Face! (via Google+ Hangout)

Brian Rubin — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:41:23 +0000

Hey guys and gals. I’m chiming in because I just finished a massive Google+ Hangout on Air with some folks from Gamers with Jobs in which they asked me to show them Distant Worlds with the new expansion, Shadows. It kinda goes all over the place, but it shows a good bit of gameplay from the empire’s side of things. You can expect my formal review of Distant Worlds: Shadows likely tomorrow. […]

Spacing Out: The Trouble with 4X Games

Brian Rubin — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:27:26 +0000

Hey guys, welcome to my weekly op-ed column that I’m calling “Spacing Out” (the name was a joint effort between my girlfriend and I ;). I realized I’d not been really writing enough op-ed pieces, and came up with the idea of doing them weekly, both as a writing exercise and a way to put thoughts and ideas out there to share and discuss with y’all. :) I’ll be doing these every […]

SGJ Podcast #13: Dominium Q&A with Malcolm Sparrow

Brian Rubin — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:40:25 +0000

Hey kids, welcome to episode #13 of the Space Game Junkie! This time, Jim and I get up early in the morning to talk to Malcolm Sparrow, the lead developer of space combat and trading game Dominium (formerly known as Dominion) and it’s current Kickstarter campaign. This podcast is a bit shorter than usual because we did it at 6 AM my time, and I had to rush to work afterwards, just […]

Spacey Game News and Deals 5/10-14/13: The Very, Very Late Edition

Brian Rubin — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:34:21 +0000

Helllooooooooo my good friends. How are y’all doin’? Sorry about missing posting the news yesterday, just been a bit crazy around here, but good! Spent time with both X3: Albion Prelude and Distant Worlds: Shadows, so expect stuff on that soon (once I have time to actually write it up), and recorded a podcast to talk about Dominium, which you’ll hear soon. Now, onto the news! Distant Worlds: Shadows – OMG, apparently […]

SGJ Podcast #12: A Potpourri of Pew Pew

Brian Rubin — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:19:07 +0000

Haaaaaaaaayyyy guuuuuuuuys, how are ya? Sorry for the delay in this week’s podcast episode, but Jim and I were both busier than usual this week with the real life nonsense. That said, we had no guest this past week, so we just caught up on what we’ve been playing, the news and all sorts of other stuff. It was a fun time, so we hope you enjoy it. As always, please feel […]

Spacey Game News and Deals 5/9/13: No Clever Headline Edition

Brian Rubin — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:47:51 +0000

Hey folks, happy Thursday! I hope y’all are having a great week and looking forward to the weekend! I spent some time flailing about in X3: Albion Prelude, but honestly I wanna see if I can get past the flailing and find the game sometime this weekend, so hopefully I’ll have an article on that soon. ;) What are you kids playing? :) On the news front, some good stuff today, so […]

Spacey Game News 5/8/13: A Spritzing of News

Brian Rubin — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:13:08 +0000

Haaaaaaaaaaay friends, happy hump day! We’re this much closer to the weekend, which means more games (for me, anyway)! ;) I’ve come to that point where X3: Albion Prelude is on my review list. I’ve not been a huge fan of the X games for a spell, but I’ll be giving this one a fair shake, and who knows, maybe being forced to stick with it for a spell might help endear […]

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