Data Spike

Resubscribing to EVE Online has brought with it some important lessons that CIG might do well to pay attention to. Plus, some brief thoughts on the Aegis Vulcan concept sale. Now streaming on Spotify! Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Twitter: @dataspike_cast More ways to listen and ways to connect with us at http://DataSpike.Me! 

Data Spike brings you up to speed on the CryTek lawsuit brought against Cloud Imperium Games. CIG has filed their motion to dismiss and we're here to bring you a summary of the ongoing legal battle as it stands now.  Now streaming on Spotify! Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Twitter: @dataspike_cast More ways to listen and ways to connect with us at http://DataSpike.Me! 

  Splicepoint brings you one last episode to round out 2017. In this episode Data Spike takes a closer look at the sale of UEE land parcels during CIG's recent Anniversary Sale and highlights alpha 3.0 going to the live environment. Now streaming on Spotify! Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Twitter: @dataspike_cast More ways to listen and ways to connect with us at http://DataSpike.Me! 

Happy Holidays to all those out there in the 'verse! We are back from a long hiatus to bring you an episode to catch up on what's been happening in development this year.  Data Spike has been awakened from its dormant state and we're back! Excuse us while we recap some things you may have already experienced over the long period we were away. We're hoping to take deeper dives into all the new happenings here in the coming weeks and months! Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman More ways to listen and ways to connect with us at http://DataSpike.Me! 

Length 1:03:48 "Chef is back in the latest episode of Data Spike where we discuss all things patch 2.6 including Star Marine and the recent changes to the flight model. Later on we revisit our returning segment 'GTYSPWWTPSC' and discuss some other flight sims and games we've been playing." 0:00 Intro - Welcome Back 2:28 Happy Hour 6:35 Comms: Patch 2.6, Star Marine and the Flight Model 34:10 GTYSPWWTPSC 58:44 Outro, Housekeeping Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Production Note: "The game is advancing well and we're enjoying patch 2.6. Join us in discord to talk about it and hang out. We were glad for signs of life from Chef and not so badly worse for wear (except maybe a tooth or two). Give us some feedback on the show and we'll see you in the 'verse!" - Splicepoint Let us know what you thought about the show! Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast // Join us in Discord! Support

Length 1:04:56 "We missed you soooooo much! In all seriousness, we're finally back after a long hiatus and we're so glad to be back. Join Splicepoint and Danimal in catching up on what's been going on for the last few months. We talk Gamescom, CitizenCon, and touch on the beginning of CIG's 4th Anniversary!" 0:00 Intro - Welcome Back 2:48 Broken Radar 3:08 Happy Hour 6:30 Toast (El Danimale) 7:01 Toast (Splicepoint) 8:03 Comms: Procedural Generation 11:05 Comms: CIG Releasing Internal Schedule 12:30 Comms: Patch 2.6 (Incl. Star Marine) 19:15 Comms: Ship Sales - UEE War Bond Editions 20:50 Tangent: EVE Online now F2P 25:15 Comms: Timeline & Ships (Cutlass Rework, Pipeline, Sales) 41:25 Comms: Tevarin 45:30 Comms: Anniversary 47:20 GTYSPWWTPSC  (Overwatch, Rocket League, Planet Coaster, Wow:Legion, Golfing With Friends, The Division, Dark Souls, This Is The Police, EVE: Valkyrie) 55:37 HOTAS Talk 1:02:55 Outro, Credits, Housekeeping Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman

Episode 15: No Man's Sky with Those Three Guys Length 1:07:27 "Splicepoint and Danimal are joined by Erris from the Imperial News Network to discuss the release of No Man's Sky including thoughts on procedural tech and other space sims (Elite, Star Citizen)." 0:00 Intro 3:15 The (Informal) Radar 3:57 Happy Hour 9:10 Toast (Erris) 10:55 Comms: No Man's Sky Release 31:55 Procedural Tech 55:30 Hype Trains and Other Games 1:02:55 Outro, Credits, Housekeeping Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Production Note: "So Gamescom just happened... don't worry - there'll be a Data Spike on the current happenings soon (tm)!" - Splicepoint Thanks for Erris for joining us - if you want to check out the Imperial News Network, we highly recommend it! ImperialNews.Network Let us know what you thought about the show! Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast // Join us in Disco

Length 59:53 "Splicepoint and Danimal are joined by an old friend, ODSK, to find out what he knows about Star Citizen, and bring him into the UEE Fleet."   0:00 Intro 1:04 The Radar 1:42 Happy Hour 5:05 Toast (ODSK) 6:48 Comms: Recruiting ODSK to the Fleet 57:18 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod Production Note: "Danimal has a new mic and we have a new team member, ODSK! Huzzah! Come hang with us in Discord. Our inaugural Data Spike 'Flight Night' was a great time! Link to discord at DataSpike.me" - Splicepoint Let us know what you thought about the show! Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast // Join us in Discord! Support Data Spike by using our referral code when registering a new account!  

"With the release of Star Citizen alpha patch 2.4 came the beginnings of persistence in the 'Mini-PU'. For the first time we have the ability to customize our characters, purchase and equip clothing, buy weapons, earn currency (via alpha UEC aka aUEC). Further, the default control bindings for mouse and keyboard have been given a complete overhaul. Join the Data Spike team as we discuss the latest and greatest in Star Citizen's development."   0:00 Intro 1:50 The Radar 2:15 Happy Hour 3:12 Toast (Splicepoint) 4:30 Comms: Patch 2.4 takeaways 11:07 Comms: General 2.4 talk and hopes for 2.5 34:15 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod Production Note: "Yes. I did let the outtro run after the outtro music intentionally. I thought you should all hear Das Langerman struggle with Audacity. Also, quite serious about joining us in discord! We have really enjoyed getting to know all the community members that stop by to spend time with us. As always,

Episode 12: All That Ore and More - Mining in Star Citizen Length 50:55 "We talk mining in Star Citizen--What we know, what we'd like to see, and how mining is shaping up to look compared to other resource gathering games."  Libsyn RSS || Direct Download (mp3, 70 MB) || Reddit Ep. 12 || iTunes || Stitcher || Patreon || Twitter || Soundcloud Ep. 12 0:00 Intro 2:21 The Radar 3:41 Happy Hour 5:50 Toast (El Danimale) 6:58 Comms: Mining in Star Citizen 48:16 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod Production Note: "I got nothing this time. Still playing with the new recording method. We think it's sounding good, but let us know if you feel otherwise!" - El Danimale Let us know what you thought about the show! Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast // Join us in Discord! Support Data Spike by using our referral code when registe

Episode 11: Aggressive Negotiations - Aliens and the UEE in Star Citizen Length 1:02:52 ”We talk aliens and xenophobia, or more like how NOT to be xenophobic. We touch on the brief history of the UEE, introduce the alien races, and discuss how they might come into play in the Persistent Universe.“  Libsyn RSS || Direct Download (mp3, 51MB) || Reddit Ep. 11 || iTunes || Stitcher || Patreon || Twitter || Soundcloud Ep. 11 0:00 Intro1:35 The Radar2:22 Happy Hour5:49 Toast (Das Langerman)6:23 Comms: Aliens and their role in Star Citizen9:23  The Banu16:32 The Xi'an29:00 The Vanduul40:45 The Kr'Thak42:20 Discussion: Aliens and Star Citizen1:00:08 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod  Production Note: "Tinkering with a new way to record. Let us know if you hear anything funky or odd so we can not have it happen next time!" - El Danimale Let us know what you thought about the sho

Episode 10: The Star Citizen Community feat. Dolvak Length 55:26 "We catch up with original backer, former /r/starcitizen moderator, Imperial News Network director Dolvak to catch up about the history behind the Star Citizen subreddit, highlight some great community members over on the subreddit in our 'Gold Citizen' segment, and argue a little bit about the Sabre in our tenth installment of Data Spike!"   0:00 Intro 1:40 The Radar 2:14 Happy Hour 4:10 Toast...? (Dolvak) 6:00 Gold Citizen (reddit users: Alluran, Eskel_Gorov, FauxShizzle, Kanetu, Cptn.Canuck, Firespikez) 10:25  G-Locked feat. Dolvak 13:55 /r/StarCitizen Subreddit History 16:10 INN Origins 20:42 Growth of the Community and the Current State of the Space/Sci-fi Genre (SQ42, Sci-Fi Genre, X-Files Spoilers, other Space Games, peripherals, TrackIR) 27:34 We ask Dolvak to talk about how the role of INN and content creators in general will change once Star Citizen has its official laun

Episode 9: Life of a Spaceman Length 1:04:13 "The Data Spike gang talks life and death in the Star Citizen PU!" Libsyn RSS || Reddit || iTunes || Stitcher || Patreon || Twitter 0:00 Intro1:27 The Radar2:19 Happy Hour4:35 Toast (El Danimale)5:58 Data Spike Racing Challenge Results10:04  Comms: Life (and Death) of a Spaceman1:01:45 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod     Original Reddit Thread by Reddit user /u/magicmethod Production Note: "If that cat had nine lives, she just used 'em all." - Cousin Eddy Let us know what you thought about the show!Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast  Support Data Spike by becoming a Patreon or by using our referral code when registering a new account!

Length 51:54 "The Data Spike gang talks what we know about racing and what CIG can do to make sure that they nail racing in Star Citizen!" Libsyn RSS || Reddit || iTunes || Stitcher || Patreon || Twitter 0:00 Intro0:57 The Radar1:18 Happy Hour3:15 Toast (Splicepoint)4:08 Comms: Uber in Star Citizen?9:46 Comms: Racing in Star Citizen48:12 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod Production Note: "Who of the Data Spike team would win in a race? Go vote in our twitter poll! We're going to race before next episode and announce the winner!" -Splicepoint Let us know what you thought about the show!Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast // Support Data Spike by becoming a Patreon or by using our referral code when registering a new account!

Episode 7: Resplendent Ports and Cacti Hauling; The Star Citizen Economy Length 1:03:50 "Chef's resplendent port meets Splicepoint's cargo-hold full of cacti in this Data Spike episode about the Star Citizen economy!" 0:00 Intro1:25 The Radar2:10 Happy Hour5:30 Toast (Citizen Chef)6:15 Comms: The Star Citizen Economy1:00:10 Nav Check: Star Citizen Persistent Universe and Squadron 42 splitting February 14th! 1:01:30 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod Production Note: "We used a new software platform to record this time around - think it solved a lot of our mic issues! Let us know how it sounds on your end." -Splicepoint  Let us know what you thought about the show!Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint or El Danimale // Leave it in the reddit thread! // Tweet us! @DataSpikeCast Support Data Spike by becoming a Patreon or by using our referral code when registering a new account!

Episode 6: Star Citizen's "Endgame" Length1:23:56 "Data Spike's first episode of 2016 is jam packed with discussion about the future of Star Citizen's endgame. We invite a guest, game developer Cptn.Canuck, onto the show to talk development and his views on what he'd like to see after a few months in the PU when it goes live, and we catch up in Comms about some of the things we're hoping to see too!"     0:00 Intro 1:51 The Radar 2:39 Happy Hour 5:25 Guest Spotlight (Video Game Developer and DOTA2 streamer Cptn.Canuck joins us to talk endgame!) 41:52 Comms (Endgame Roundtable) 1:24:41 Outro   Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod   Thank you very much to Cptn.Canuck for coming on the show! Canuck is a DOTA2 streamer over on twitch and is active in the SC community. You can also find a link to his post (as discussed in the show) here. Check out his stuff, send him any thoughts you might have, thank him for joining all of us! Production Note:"Narrowing in on our mic issu

Episode 5: Haters Gonna Hate Length 45:06 "The whole gang is back together and we introduce a newsegment to our show format, laughs are had, points and participation ribbons are awarded, lots of edits were made in post, microphones pop; it's the Holidays with the cast of Data Spike...what did you expect?"" 0:00 Intro1:47 The Radar2:47 Happy Hour4:15 Comms (2.0, 2.1 PTU, December Livestream, Freelancer Redux, Reliant Variants, Age of SC Community)23:45 Data Spike42:38 Outro Audio Credits: Jon Luc Hefferman Kevin MacLeod Production Note: "We finally fix some mic popping and then people leave their desktops for the Holidays and it's back!" -Splicepoint  Let us know what you thought about the show!Contact Info //  Send a PM to Splicepoint // Leave it in the reddit thread! New to SC? Consider supporting Data Spike by using our referral code and earn 5,000 extra UEC yourself! STAR-33FK-YHPW

Episode 4: The Great Melting Length 39:30 "Splicepoint and Danimal throw out the format and talk comms in Episode 4 of DataSpike! Splicepoint is crashing his way through the PTU in 2.0 with a new mic from Cyber Monday and Danimal and Splice both are enjoying a couple new ships in their hangars from the anniversary sale. " 0:00 Intro2:52 Drinking problem? What's the problem?6:16 Anniversary Sale Aftermath7:00 Reliant - Interior/HUD8:40 The Great Melting (ie. Splicepoint's Anniv. Sale Outcome)Carrack, Banu MM, We sucked at EVE, Sabre12:00 PTU 2.014:00 Almost $100M - Reward Speculation - #LTIisDead20:50 Chrome Extension for Hangar on RSI by Citizen Alluran (HangarXPLOR)21:35 Reworked Freelancer25:17 New Gameplay Trailer26:52 HOTAS Talk33:54 Repair Design Document38:10 Outro Mentioned This Episode: Alluran's RSI Website (My Hangar) Chrome Extension: https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/301944/hangarxplor-is-now-live/p1 Imperi

Episode 3: Star Citizen Turns 3! Anniversary Sale & 2.0! Length 1hr 03min"Anniversary Sale Info, SQ42 updates..............OH AND 2.0 DROPPED! We're here to give you the rundown!" 0:00 Intro1:05 Episode Breakdown1:53 Drinking problem? What's the problem?3:52 NEWS4:11 Anniversary Sale Info11:32 Anniversary LiveStream Misc. Details (Development Pipeline, HOTAS, etc.)15:22 2.0 to the PTU! Details.21:05 Avenger Warlock Variant: EWAR23:30 Million Mile High Club26:00 Development Efficiencies & New Ship 'Crucible' Talk26:42 Quick SQ42 Updates (Mark Hamill Interviews on the Web, Co-Op)33:52 COMMS34:20 Anniversary Sale Plans40:40 Das_Langarman calls in!44:40 Citizen Chef calls in!48:10 Does pledging big ships ruin the game for you if you don't earn them in game?57:10 Will Industry meta-game be too tedious?1:02:05 Sign offs & Last Words1:03:41 End Anniversary Sale Link: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15067-AnniVERSEary-Sale-Kickoff Anniversary Livestream Playback: 

"In a lengthy episode meant to fill you in on all sorts of activity going on in the 'verse, Splicepoint, Danimal and the Chef bring you good tidings from Citizen Con 2015 and all the incredible content that's due to drop just around the corner!" 0:00 Intro1:24 Episode Rundown1:52 Introducing Citizen_Chef3:44 Drinking problem? What's the problem?4:37 NEWS5:10 AtV 2.28:46 1 Million Citizens / $93 Million10:16 PU Alpha19:20 ICFS Modes22:10 …and more!22:53 ARK StarMap26:42 Squadron 4231:08 Star Marine31:45 1.3.0 on the PTU34:00 COMMS34:24 Size of the 'Verse42:06 Derek Smart, The Escapist, Forbes47:38 New Ship: The Sabre50:57 Under the Radar: Avenger Variants54:37 Where to Find Us55:14 Sign offs & Last Words56:05 End Production Note: It was a LONG episode! So much going on we didn't feel like we wanted to cut it short! Hopefully it's all relevant and interesting to you guys. We are still working through some of our audio kinks from the first episode - hope to improve with each 'cast! We d