What Topics Does the Space Game Junkie Podcast Cover?

Space Game Junkie's podcast is a bi-monthly show about space gaming, and its episode list shows the range clearly: it mixes game-design debates, nostalgia, industry trends, and practical buying or playing advice rather than sticking to news. Recent episodes have covered demos, remasters and remakes, sound design, MMOs that came back from the dead, and which games are worth your time. If you want a show that treats space games as a long-running hobby rather than a release calendar, this is the right fit; if you only want reviews of brand-new titles, much of the catalog will feel off-topic.

What the podcast actually talks about

The episode titles on the site fall into a few recurring buckets:

• Game design and player preference debates — campaigns vs. sandboxes, replayability, long games that draw you in, games where direct combat isn't a factor.
• Nostalgia and preservation — remasters, remakes, resurrected MMOs, emulation for mobile gaming, "video gaming's lost arts," rediscovering gems you initially skipped.
• Craft and production — favorite sound design in gaming, technical marvels in gaming, mods.
• Industry and community topics — a celebration of space game development, free-to-play games, what the hosts are looking forward to in a given year, and year-in-review episodes.
• Check-ins and roundtables — periodic episodes where the hosts catch up or generate topics together.

The show also runs numbered episodes, with the list reaching #520 ("What the Hell is a Demo?") and going back through #500 ("A Celebration of Space Game Development") and earlier. That numbering makes it easy to judge how long the show has been running and to jump to a topic that interests you.

How often it updates

The site describes the podcast as bi-monthly. In practice, the episode dates show a fairly steady cadence of roughly two episodes a month, with occasional gaps — for example, a short unintended break was noted around June 2025, and a "Check-In" episode often follows a heavier topic episode.

If you're deciding whether to subscribe, the useful question is whether a twice-a-month space-gaming conversation fits your listening time. The back catalog is large enough that you can binge by topic instead of by date.

Where to subscribe

The site provides a "Subscribe to The Podcast" section with a "More Subscribe Options" link, which is the entry point for feeding the show into a podcast app. The homepage also surfaces latest YouTube videos and podcast episodes, so you can sample an episode before committing to a subscription.

Who it's for

• Long-time space sim and 4X players who want discussion of older titles alongside new ones.
• Listeners who like topic-driven shows — the episodes are built around themes, not just "what we played this week."
• People deciding what to play next — episodes on games that respect your time, replayability, and overlooked gems work as informal recommendation lists.

It's less useful if you want strict news coverage, scored reviews, or a single-host format; the show is conversational and community-oriented, with a companion site, forums, and wiki.