Space Game Junkie https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/ Playing Through Space Gaming's Past, Present and Future Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:06:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-SGJ-LOGO-512-150x150.jpg Space Game Junkie https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/ 32 32 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/feed/podcast/ Brian Rubin false episodic podcast Patreon Campaign Patreon Campaign SGJ Podcast #517 – Games That Don’t Respect Your Time (And That’s Okay) https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/news/sgj-podcast-517-games-that-dont-respect-your-time-and-thats-okay/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/news/sgj-podcast-517-games-that-dont-respect-your-time-and-thats-okay/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:06:20 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330230 Hello my friends, and welcome to this episode of the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I have a fascinating discussion about games that don’t really respect your time, but that’s okay because they’re still fun. This could be grinding for better gear or for a better ending, for example! We came up...

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/news/sgj-podcast-517-games-that-dont-respect-your-time-and-thats-okay/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 1:06:02 SGJ Podcast #516 – Our Favorite Sound Design in Gaming https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-516-our-favorite-sound-design-in-gaming/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-516-our-favorite-sound-design-in-gaming/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:44:50 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330209 Today on the show, we'll talk about games with our favorite sound design, like voice acting, music and more!

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-516-our-favorite-sound-design-in-gaming/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 47:27 SGJ Podcast #515 – Check-In https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-515-check-in/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-515-check-in/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 19:02:02 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330186 Today on the show, we'll do one of our regular check-ins!

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-515-check-in/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 48:37 SGJ Podcast #514 – Resurrected MMOs https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-514-resurrected-mmos/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-514-resurrected-mmos/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:08:40 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330163 Today we'll discuss MMO games that were officially killed, but resurrected by dedicated fans.

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-514-resurrected-mmos/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 49:08 SGJ Podcast #513 – Campaigns vs. Sandboxes and Which We Prefer https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-513-campaigns-vs-sandboxes-and-which-we-prefer/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-513-campaigns-vs-sandboxes-and-which-we-prefer/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:57:29 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330129 Today on the show, we'll talk about whether we prefer sandboxes to more driven campaigns.

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-513-campaigns-vs-sandboxes-and-which-we-prefer/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 54:52 SGJ Podcast #512 – Long Games that Draw You In for the Long Haul, Part Deux https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-512-long-games-that-draw-you-in-for-the-long-haul-part-deux/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-512-long-games-that-draw-you-in-for-the-long-haul-part-deux/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:16:00 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330107 Today we'll return to the topic of games that draw you in for the long haul!!

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-512-long-games-that-draw-you-in-for-the-long-haul-part-deux/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 53:22 SGJ Podcast #511 – Rediscovering Gems You Initially Skipped https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-511-rediscovering-gems-you-initially-skipped/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-511-rediscovering-gems-you-initially-skipped/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:25:14 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330093 Hey friends, and welcome to this week’s show! First off, two apologies. First, that this is a day late, sorry, yesterday got away from me and two, I forgot two hit record on the mixer so this is using the backup recording from OBS, so the audio might be a bit funky. Also, I was...

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-511-rediscovering-gems-you-initially-skipped/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 50:22 SGJ Podcast #510 – Video Gaming’s Lost Arts https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-510-video-gamings-lost-arts/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-510-video-gamings-lost-arts/#respond Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:22:51 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330081 Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I discuss things in video games that have been lost to the sands of time. For example, I talk about physical strategy guides. I mean sure, we now have wikis and Steam guides these days, but there’s something about a physical strategy...

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-510-video-gamings-lost-arts/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 55:37 SGJ Podcast #509 – Taxinaut https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/news/sgj-podcast-509-taxinaut/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/news/sgj-podcast-509-taxinaut/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:02:10 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330055 Hello friends, and welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I welcome back Mosgrom to talk about the long, long, loooooong road to the 1.0 release of one of my all-time favorite games, Taxinaut. As this is Mosgrom’s fourth appearance on the show, if you recall his previous appearances, you might...

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/news/sgj-podcast-509-taxinaut/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 58:21 SGJ Podcast #508 – Check-In https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-508-check-in/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-508-check-in/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:20:40 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330026 Hey friends, welcome to the show! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I have one of our regular check-ins, wherein we talk amongst ourselves (and the chat) about how we’re doing and what we’re playing, and let me tell you, things aren’t collectively going great for us all right now. That said, we are...

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]]> https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-508-check-in/feed/ 0 Brian Rubin full 52:38 SGJ Podcast #507 – The Games We’re Looking Forward To in 2026 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-507-the-games-were-looking-forward-to-in-2026/ https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/podcasts/sgj-podcast-507-the-games-were-looking-forward-to-in-2026/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:26:14 +0000 https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/?p=330007 Hey friends, welcome to a new year and a new podcast! Yay! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I talk about the games we’re really looking forward to coming out and playing this year, and my goodness, there are a lot of them, the list of which you can see below! There are many...

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