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Hey folks, happy Wednesday! If you’re wondering what the deal is with the title, first off, I got less sleep than usual last night and I am so, so, so tired. It’s also raining really hard here in Los Angeles. I mean, we need it, and it’s great, but this city is NOT prepared for this much rain. It never is. We have poor drainage which can cause flooding, terrible drivers on a good day, let alone a wet one, and fire-ravaged areas that are prone to mudslides when rain like this hits us. So yeah, weird day, but a lot has been happening in the news, so I figured I’d throw this together for
Today’s Video(s)
Fuck this game. Sorry for my language, but god, this game is so. Forking. Terrible. I’ve so rarely had a game just sap my joy entirely that I had to walk away from the PC and just stare at a wall for thirty minutes. That’s what happened here. If you wanna skip to me sounding at my most defeated, just go here and have fun. I seriously never want to touch this thing again.
Last night we talked to the developer of Hypergate, which was just a lot of fun. It’s so rare that we talk to a dev who doesn’t aspire to ultimately be a game developer, or maybe this was the only time that’s happened, but it was FASCINATING. Such a great episode all around.
Today’s News
- We now have a swag shop over on Teespring! Go check it out!
- Debris Field dropped on Steam yesterday, and is actually pretty fun.
- Meeple Station will be dropping on Steam tomorrow! Yay!
- It’s Not A Moon is a new space station management game which is coming out in “early 2019.”
- RoboBunnies In Space! is a fun, co-op space shooter which I can’t wait to try, and it comes out sometime this month.
- Space Journey is an upcoming “first-person space simulator.” Looks pretty simple, but it could be fun.
- Age of the Free Agents — the sequel to Sirius Online — will be launching at the end of this month, and so far it’s looking GREAT (the developer, great guy, has been really active in our Discord), and if you own Sirius Online, you can get it for free. Read about it here.
- Galactic Civilization III is getting a pretty hefty expansion called Retribution, which should be out this quarter.
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 has a new campaign trailer which looks AMAZING. The latest beta just started too. Can’t wait to try it!
- Beat Hazard 2 has a video showing off the new wingman perk.
- Avorion has a new beta patch up with a bunch of experimental changes and fixes.
- Children of the Galaxy has a small dev update up which talks about their work on their UI and planet sieges.
- Starblast is having an Alpha Centauri Wars event this coming weekend.
- Astrobase Command has a small dev update with some patch notes and other stuff.
- EVE Online’s January Release, which fixes the activity tracker and warping desync issues, is now live.
- War Tech Fighters has a sneak peek at their Firestorm update, which should be fun.
- Go For Launch: Mercury has a small progress update about Freedom 7 and more.
- Hyperspace Delivery Service has the teensiest of little patches which fixes one problem.
- Battle for Orion 2’s developer now has a Discord if y’all wanna head over.
- Stellar Monarch’s developer has announced a new game called Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown, which looks fun.
- Debris Field dropped on Steam yesterday, and is actually pretty fun.
- Meeple Station will be dropping on Steam tomorrow! Yay!
- It’s Not A Moon is a new space station management game which is coming out in “early 2019.”
- RoboBunnies In Space! is a fun, co-op space shooter which I can’t wait to try, and it comes out sometime this month.
- Space Journey is an upcoming “first-person space simulator.” Looks pretty simple, but it could be fun.
- Age of the Free Agents — the sequel to Sirius Online — will be launching at the end of this month, and so far it’s looking GREAT (the developer, great guy, has been really active in our Discord), and if you own Sirius Online, you can get it for free. Read about it here.
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 has a new campaign trailer which looks AMAZING. The latest beta just started too. Can’t wait to try it!
- Beat Hazard 2 has a video showing off the new wingman perk.
- Avorion has a new beta patch up with a bunch of experimental changes and fixes.
- Children of the Galaxy has a small dev update up which talks about their work on their UI and planet sieges.
- Starblast is having an Alpha Centauri Wars event this coming weekend.
- Astrobase Command has a small dev update with some patch notes and other stuff.
- EVE Online’s January Release, which fixes the activity tracker and warping desync issues, is now live.
- War Tech Fighters has a sneak peek at their Firestorm update, which should be fun.
- Go For Launch: Mercury has a small progress update about Freedom 7 and more.
- Hyperspace Delivery Service has the teensiest of little patches which fixes one problem.
- Battle for Orion 2’s developer now has a Discord if y’all wanna head over.
- Stellar Monarch’s developer has announced a new game called Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown, which looks fun.
Today’s Deal(s)
- Humble has the lowest price on the Elite Dangerous: Commander Deluxe Edition I’ve seen.
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock Anabasis is on sale on Voidu for the lowest price I’ve seen it.
What I’ve Been Playing
- Debris Field – After getting the key for this, I gave it a whirl. It’s 2.5D with realistic physics, so wow is it fun and wacky to control. I’m also not very good at it. Despite this, I had quite a bit of fun with it.
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins – Still having a blast with this one. I did a quest wherein I had to help a merchant’s daughter by being her bodyguard for a spell, and wow, the stuff that happened. The funniest was that her horse got stolen and I had to return it, which was a fun chase. I’m twelve hours in and apparently 25% through the main plot. Sounds good to me.
That’s it for today folks. Have a great one!
