Photo: Pond5 Perhaps we take our daily salads for granted — the satisfying crunch of kale, the crispness of a freshly plucked radish, you know, all the hallmarks of a good meal. (If you’re not smiling with salad, then you’re just not doing it right.) But in outer space, fruits …
Read More »Mobile free roaming space sim ‘Galaxy on Fire 3 – Manticore’ is out now
Perhaps you’re like me and you wasted (or spent wisely) hours and hours of your youth playing Escape Velocity and its various sequels on an early Mac. If you are in that group, than the Galaxy on Fire series is probably no stranger, either. And if neither of these games …
Read More »HANDS ON: Space Dust Racers
At PAX Rising, I got a chance to check out Space Dust Racers, from local indie developers Space Dust Studios. Inspired by racing games like Micro Machines, Mashed and Mario Kart, the studio wanted to create a couch multiplayer game that could be played with family and friends, and include more than …
Read More »PAXAUS Indie Showcase: Objects in Space
Flat Earth Games makes a return to PAX Australia, but this time as part of the Indie Showcase. We had the chance to catch up and play their upcoming game – Objects in Space. Objects in Space is a space-trading game, where players have to make end’s meat by traversing Apollo – …
Read More »Top space books to get as holiday gifts
It’s that time of year, where everyone wishes they could escape holiday gatherings and just hide in a corner and read. Wait, is that not you? At any rate, if you’re buying a gift for a space enthusiast, here are some of the best books to buy in both fiction …
Read More »NASA, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic dominate the news: this week in space
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, has died at 95. His legacy as a combat pilot, spaceman, senator, and loving family man will succeed him, along with the John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Godspeed, John Glenn. SpaceX just lost a major contract as an after-effect of …
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