What Kind of Articles and Resources Are Available on Space Game Junkie?

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Space Game Junkie is a long-running space gaming site that mixes written articles, a bi-monthly podcast, YouTube videos, and community tools. Its content is organized around a fixed set of sections — News, Previews, Reviews, Podcasts, Op-Ed, Interviews, Guides, Videos, Featured Deals, Hardware, and Miscellaneous — plus a Wiki, Forums, and Calendar. If you want coverage of 4X, strategy, and simulation games rather than general gaming news, this is the site's core focus.

Written article categories

The site's own menu lists these content types, each with a distinct purpose:

Section What it covers
News Updates on space games and related releases
Previews Early looks at games not yet released
Reviews Assessments of released games
Op-Ed Opinion and editorial pieces
Interviews Conversations with developers and others in the space
Guides How-to and explanatory content
Hardware Equipment relevant to space gaming
Featured Deals Promoted game or hardware deals
Miscellaneous Everything that doesn't fit the above

The site describes itself as "a love letter to space gaming" that connects fans and developers, so interviews and developer-facing content sit alongside player-oriented reviews and guides.

Podcast

The podcast is a central resource and is explicitly bi-monthly. Episodes are numbered and dated, and the archive shows a consistent cadence over years — for example, episode #520 ("What the Hell is a Demo?"), #519 and #518 (a two-part series on remasters and remakes), #517 ("Games That Don't Respect Your Time (And That's Okay)"), and #500 ("A Celebration of Space Game Development"). Topics range widely within gaming: sound design, resurrected MMOs, campaigns versus sandboxes, long games, mods, free-to-play games, mobile space games, emulation, portable gaming devices, and replayability. There is a dedicated "Subscribe to The Podcast" page with additional subscribe options.

Video content

The homepage surfaces a "Latest YouTube Videos" section, and the site maintains a Videos section in its menu. One listed example is "Asterobits - I Fought The Law...". Video content runs alongside the written articles rather than replacing them.

Community resources

Three community-facing tools are listed in the main menu:

  • Wiki — a reference resource for the community
  • Forums — discussion space for fans
  • Calendar — scheduling of streams, podcasts, or events

The site also has About, Contact, Stream, and Donate/Support pages, and a search function. A stream presence suggests live or recorded gameplay sessions beyond the edited videos.

How to decide whether it fits your needs

Choose Space Game Junkie if you want:

  • Coverage specifically scoped to space games, 4X, strategy, and simulation
  • A podcast with a deep back catalog and topic-driven episodes rather than pure news recaps
  • Community infrastructure (wiki, forums, calendar) alongside editorial content
  • A mix of reviews, previews, interviews, and opinion in one place

Look elsewhere if you need fast-breaking general gaming news or coverage outside the space/strategy/simulation niche. The site's framing — "playing through space gaming's past, present and future" — signals that retro and upcoming titles both get attention, which suits readers interested in the genre's history as well as its current releases.

The most direct way to explore is to browse the menu sections (News, Reviews, Podcasts, Guides, etc.) or use the site search; the podcast archive is the easiest entry point if you prefer audio, and the Wiki and Forums are the places to go for community-maintained reference material and discussion.