SGJ Podcast #478 – A Look Back at 2024

Hello friends, and welcome to this, the final show of 2024! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, David and I look back on what a year it’s been, both personally and in our gaming lives, to find out what surprised us, what disappointed us, and so on, all of which you can see below. If you know us well enough, the list shouldn’t surprise you at all. ;)

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We’ll be back on January 8th to talk about beyond.frontiersE! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please drop them in the comments below, email us at hail@spacegamejunkie.com or hit us up on the forums.

Show Notes

Our Biggest Disappointment of the Year

• Brian – Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
• Spaz – Galactic Civilization IV
• Julie – Star Trucker
• Thorsten – N/A
• Jacob – Sins of a Solar Empire II
• David – Star Citizen (Runner ups: Homeworld 3, Shadows of Doubt, X4: Timelines)

Our Biggest Surprise of the Year

• Brian – Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles
• Spaz – Balatro
• Julie – Yakuza Kiwami on the Switch
• Thorsten – Elite Dangerous
• Jacob – Mechwarrior 5: Clans
• David – Atlyss

Our Space Game of the Year

• Brian – CosmoPirates
• Spaz – Nova Drift
• Julie – Ixion
• Thorsten – Underspace
• Jacob – Underspace (Runner Up: Nebulous: Fleet Command)
• David – Desecrators

Our Overall Game of the Year

• Brian – RoboCop: Rogue City
• Spaz – Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Julie – Stray
• Thorsten – Wild Bastards
• Jacob – Sea Power
• David – Pseudoregalia