Spaceships, Gorrammit!

The only thing that I didn't like in the previews he mailed out was the marriage stuff. Not that it was full on Record of Agarest War 2 creepy but just a little off, like it swerves into Mary Sue wish fulfillment rather than sticking with good old fashioned space adventure. I dunno, it's probably not important enough in the scheme of the game, but it kept being front and center in the emails.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/legends-of-pegasus/critic-reviews

Just thought I'd mention that I called this back when the trailer was released.

Hahaha, well pointed out sir.

Hey y'all, my latest Rules of Engagement 2 Let's Play video is up! Watch as I flail around while trying to command a small fleet of starships in glorious VGA!

http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/reviews/play-rules-engagement-entry-4-yeah-well/

Thanks, and enjoy!

My friends, check it out! The Distant World games are on sale again, and the game and its two expansion are a little less than $60.

Distant Worlds is $25.99
Distant Worlds – Return of the Shakturi is $15.99
Distant Worlds - Legends is also $15.99

Get 'em while you can, they're god damned fantastic.

well maybe if they were also pre-selling the next expansion at a sale price too. i have the rest of it though.. really need to install it on the new machine and get a few games going.

One can only hope.

"They never go on sale" "They never ever go on sale!" (I decide to just buy them then, and then literally two days later) "Distant Worlds on Sale!"... and now here we are, only a month or two later "Distant Worlds on sale again!".

Damn you, Distant Worlds.

Hey man, I'm sorry, before these particular sales, sales on these games were pretty rare. :(

Buying Distant Worlds at full price probably negated all my savings from the last two Steam Sales. >:(

It wasn't just you making the claim though, so I'm not placing blame. I had been lurking their forums for a while and had been seeing the same thing there.

Oh, okay, good. Thanks man.

Hey y'all, a reader pointed out this game to me on Kickstarter, and it actually looks really damned cool

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshparnell/limit-theory-an-infinite-procedural-space-game

New version of Starfarer is out: http://fractalsoftworks.com/2012/11/23/starfarer-0-54a-release/

In his typical fashion, he downplays the patch notes but if you really think about the work entailed that's a lot of changes.

• Character skills and aptitudes (19 skills and 4 aptitudes to choose from)
• Redesigned fleet command interface
• A slew of new features available to modders

Hey y'all, I have a Q&A with the dude behind Limit Theory on my bloggy thing:

http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/featured/limit-theory-qa-limitless-procedural-good-timiness/

I hope y'all enjoy it, and hey, if ya don't, that's really not my problem. ;) Now go fucking read it. ;)

Dear Mr. Rubin,

I read with interest your recent posting concerning something called "Limit Theory." I have not read the article due to my brower's link functionality not working correctly with my low temperature Canadian Brand Mouse, but I believe that I can guess the nature of this theory.

"The Rubin Limit Theory"

"The probability as bytes->infinity that pages that should be dedicated to discussions of Kerbal Space Program is unity."

In effect, this theory clearly sets forward the need for pages on your "blog" entitled "Space Game Junkie" to immediately stop being about anything other than Kerbal Space Program.

Sadly the current probability is too low and therefore experimental data must be changed to match.

cf. http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/tag/kerbal-space-program/

I look forward with great interest to your attention to this matter.

Signed,

S. E. Chop, Esq

Dear Mr. Chop,

It was with great sadness and despair that I read your letter regarding my lack of coverage of Kerbal Space Program. I assure you that I do all that I can to cover as many games as I can with the limited amount of time and energy I have.

While the game in question is truly an excellent product, please do not take my perceived lack of coverage as a lack of interest. On the contrary, I am quite intrigued by said program, and have on three occasions now attempted to play the game.

I say "attempted" because while I was able to load said program, and then try to build a successful rocket, none of these were met with anything close to the level of success that one should expect of a space game veteran such as myself.

It is with some shame that I must admit that, until I feel more comfortable with the program -- enough so to actually play the game part of it -- I don't feel comfortable writing the game about with any perceived air of authority, because as of right now I have none.

Therefore, I hope you'll forgive me when I say I need more time in study and consultation with this program before I feel I can give it its due attention and praise. Certainly a fan of the game such as yourself would want, nay, demand nothing less, am I correct?

Thank you for your correspondence in this matter.

Humbly, your servant,

Viscount B. C. Rubin, Knight of the Bath, Earl of Lindsey, Baron of Greenock

Your Excellency, Cardinal Rubin,

HAHA! YUOR SHIP ASPLODE!

Congrats on the scoop, it was a good read.

Now stop dropping random winking emoticons around the place.

Thanks, glad you liked it! :D

So, small world time. I'm poking around Brian's site, checking out an old kickstarter for Squad Wars, and lo and behold, I actually went to college with the guy in the upper right of the group portrait. It's a shame it didn't get funded.

OMG hahahah that is hilarious dude. I too am sorry it didn't get funded, but hopefully they'll try again.

OMG, according go this FB post from Eric Peterson, Conquest: Frontier Wars will be on GOG on 1/22! YES!

This looks cool, it's a space sim with a planning phase and dynamic campaign:

Yeah, we need more dynamic campaigns.

Now that's interesting. I think the last space sim I saw with a real mission planning module was Starshatter.

Oh, look at this.

"We are excited to announce that we have signed an exclusive deal with Buzz Aldrin Enterprises to produce a strategy game based on space exploration."

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/988/Slitherine.and.Buzz.Aldrin.Aim.for.the.Stars!

Yeah, I can think of VERY few space sims with dynamic campaigns. Basically Starshatter and X-Com Interceptor.

I got that PR today. VERY exciting!

BUZZ ALDRIN SAYS BUZZ ALDRIN IS PLEASED TO BE WORKING ON PROJECT INCORPORATING ALDRIN CYCLER. WITH BUZZ ALDRIN.

I predict that with all these new space games in the works, Brian Rubin will explode by the end of 2013.

Nah, not before Star Citizen's release at least.

But after that, we'll be cleaning Brian Rubin out of the carpets for weeks.

Well, some of me at least. ;) I have lots of towels for that, though. And some socks.

Hey kids, I'm back to pimping my little bitches out, this one being a review of the fun little indie game, Zigfrak

http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/reviews/zigfrak-funny-action-space-romp/

Read it before Brian Rubin has to choke a bitch.

Hey Brian.
If you like spaceships so much, why don't I see you hanging out in the Kerbal Space Program thread?
That game has spaceships.

Honestly? That game intimidates me. I've tried it a few times and either build a horrible ship that can't fly or can't fly a pre-made one. I just don't think it's clicked yet.

Oh, this game intimidates you but Distant Worlds does not?

There is a mod called MechJeb that is an autopilot. Maybe try to build a ship and see if MechJeb can get it into orbit for you.
Also, maybe watch these tutorials... They are great.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com...Mechanics-101-A-Kerbal-Space-Program-Tutorial

The tutorial isn't IN the game, which bugs the HELL out of me, but I'll give it a shot. And naw, DW doesn't intimidate me at all, but I did read the awesome manual beforehand, then completed the tutorials (IN the game). ;)

I think in the latest version there is an in-game tutorial of sorts.
Alas there is no awesome manual here.
But check out this post. It includes a pdf guide as well as some more helpful things for starters.
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/32846-Beginner-s-Guide
See you in space.