1841

Listened to the most recent SGJ podcast today.

Brian, you really need to watch The Warriors.

1842

IT’S IN MY QUEUE OKAY

GOD

;)

1843

Oh, and thank you for listening! ;)

1844

Brian hasn’t seen The Warriors??? What is possibly keeping you so busy on your long journeys through spaaaaaaace?

1845

His ship is one of the old ones with an 8-track tape player. Just old music and books for him

1846

What’s up with the Early Access game Fractured Space? I didn’t purchase it, but it’s in my library. Free? Virus-laden honeypot? The second coming of Admiral Ackbar?

1847

If you own Strike Suit Zero, they’ve given you 24 hours of free access to try it out.

1848

Fractured Space looks to have a lot of potential. It all depends on how many players it can maintain. It’s essentially a starship MOBA but without creeps.

1849

Hey, I’m having a bit of a space 4x itch, can you people recommend anything beyond what I already know?

I’ve got GalCiv2, Sword of the Stars (1st one), Endless Space, Sins of a Solar Empire (some say it has 4x elements) and Space Empires 4/5. I’d love to play Distant Worlds but balk at the price tag.

So, am I missing anything cool?

1850

Apollo4X, although Brian and I seem to be the only people playing it. It’s somewhere between an Alpha and a Beta right now, $20, and only available from GamersGate (although it is on Greenlight), but it brings a fresh take to the genre.

1851

Imperia is also worth looking at, and is free at the moment.

1852

Also, these might be helpful, I wrote some guides that will hopefully help during the holiday sales:

Finished Games - http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/featured/2014-space-game-buying-guide-complete-experience-edition/

Early Access Games - http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/featured/2014-holiday-space-game-buying-guide-early-access-edition/

1853

@Brian

Wow, I actually supported Beyond Beyaan and forgot about it; thanks for reminding me about that 4X game; i will have to go back and take a look at it. It was one of those kickstarters where i felt the Dev really loved the 4x Space genre and was not asking for a lot of help. Good to hear it is coming along. :)

1854

Yeah, I’m a big fan of that project and its dev. He truly does love the 4X genre.

1855

Brian, what’s your take on the latest Early Access build of Maia on Steam?

1856

Honestly haven’t touched it. Not in space. ;)

1857

Okay, I see your point.

1858

I’m mostly messing, I okay tons of games that aren’t in space, but I’ve not gotten to that one. :)

1859

I see that you have it on your Steam wishlist as do I. If I get it before you I’ll let you know what I think.

edit: I have no willpower. So I just picked this up. Installing now. Sometimes I kill me.

1860

I listened to the podcast and this sounds awesome. But holy smokes, I hope Steve Hawkins spends some time with that interface before release.