John • Gaming In The Wild
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A Huge Month Of Indie Game Releases
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Phew, that was a heavy edit. There are so many games coming out this month the month-ahead preview video went from 15 mins to like, 29.
The demo for this was so good. Weighty, engrossing, weird.
SKATE STORY is launching Day 1 into the @playstation.com Plus Game Catalog!
Day 1 being December 8, don't forget
Day 1 being December 8, don't forget
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The demo for this was so good. Weighty, engrossing, weird.
I wish game critics would be less tentative about saying when a game is too hard. There's so much reticence and pussy footing around it. It's not a show of weakness, it's weaker not to say it :')
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I wish game critics would be less tentative about saying when a game is too hard. There's so much reticence and pussy footing around it. It's not a show of weakness, it's weaker not to say it :')
How wild and revelatory.
This sort of stuff makes me want to scream sometimes I swear
This sort of stuff makes me want to scream sometimes I swear
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
How wild and revelatory.
This sort of stuff makes me want to scream sometimes I swear
This sort of stuff makes me want to scream sometimes I swear
Raiders of the ARC
Plenty of Arc Raiders for you in this week's episode!
We also chat Detective Dotson, Sektori and more!
And, of course, gobshitery aplenty!!
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We also chat Detective Dotson, Sektori and more!
And, of course, gobshitery aplenty!!
🔗Apple Podcasts
🔗Pocket Casts
🔗All Links
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Raiders of the ARC
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Start GOTY season the right way by listening to @gaminginthewild.bsky.social and I go back and forth with some of our picks, and the games we somehow need to make time to get around to!
Every year I run a GOTY series with podcaster guests from my fave shows. They're some of the most fun episodes of the year.
First up in '25 is @benjicong.bsky.social of @themimicsveil.bsky.social, who dropped by to talk fifu, Consume Me, ARC, Silksong, & more.
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
First up in '25 is @benjicong.bsky.social of @themimicsveil.bsky.social, who dropped by to talk fifu, Consume Me, ARC, Silksong, & more.
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Start GOTY season the right way by listening to @gaminginthewild.bsky.social and I go back and forth with some of our picks, and the games we somehow need to make time to get around to!
Leaving Iceland for England, I'm like, ah, one last lungful of clean subarctic air, one last gulp of clean, fresh water, and better download any big files now on this super fast internet...
Truly, life here is not bad.
Truly, life here is not bad.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Leaving Iceland for England, I'm like, ah, one last lungful of clean subarctic air, one last gulp of clean, fresh water, and better download any big files now on this super fast internet...
Truly, life here is not bad.
Truly, life here is not bad.
Pixel Parents is great. A great #Dispatch review, and I enjoyed hearing them take "sponsored slop-fest" The Game Awards to town and back.
🎮 Ep.87 is LIVE!
We're back! And it’s a packed one this week!
✨Dispatch Review
✨Xbox 360 at 20
✨Best Nintendo Exclusive Game
🎧 Listen, WATCH and share!
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🔗 [Free Patreon](bit.ly/SupportPixel...)
#Podcast #VideoGames
We're back! And it’s a packed one this week!
✨Dispatch Review
✨Xbox 360 at 20
✨Best Nintendo Exclusive Game
🎧 Listen, WATCH and share!
🔗 [YouTube](bit.ly/PPE87YT)
🔗 [Spotify](bit.ly/PPE87SP)
🔗 [Apple](bit.ly/PPE87AP)
🔗 [Free Patreon](bit.ly/SupportPixel...)
#Podcast #VideoGames
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Pixel Parents is great. A great #Dispatch review, and I enjoyed hearing them take "sponsored slop-fest" The Game Awards to town and back.
Every year I run a GOTY series with podcaster guests from my fave shows. They're some of the most fun episodes of the year.
First up in '25 is @benjicong.bsky.social of @themimicsveil.bsky.social, who dropped by to talk fifu, Consume Me, ARC, Silksong, & more.
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
First up in '25 is @benjicong.bsky.social of @themimicsveil.bsky.social, who dropped by to talk fifu, Consume Me, ARC, Silksong, & more.
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Every year I run a GOTY series with podcaster guests from my fave shows. They're some of the most fun episodes of the year.
First up in '25 is @benjicong.bsky.social of @themimicsveil.bsky.social, who dropped by to talk fifu, Consume Me, ARC, Silksong, & more.
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
First up in '25 is @benjicong.bsky.social of @themimicsveil.bsky.social, who dropped by to talk fifu, Consume Me, ARC, Silksong, & more.
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
I think the reason I feel so intensely uncomfortable with shows like Succession and The White Lotus — satirical as they are — is that they all frame the mega-rich as the protagonists of society. I feel that billionaires have enough mindshare without seeping into our fiction, and ruling that too.
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I think the reason I feel so intensely uncomfortable with shows like Succession and The White Lotus — satirical as they are — is that they all frame the mega-rich as the protagonists of society. I feel that billionaires have enough mindshare without seeping into our fiction, and ruling that too.
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Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Nobody asked for my take on #TheGameAwards, but what can I say. I've got too much take to give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrD...
The Game Awards Noms Are Out: What Gets Your Vote?
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November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Nobody asked for my take on #TheGameAwards, but what can I say. I've got too much take to give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrD...
#ARCraiders has taken an unfortunate turn. In my last 4 solo games other players came in with "Don't shoot" then... shot.
I think the shift is, disappointingly, design-driven. Dailies incentivising PvP damage-dealing was the toothpaste leaving the tube, and that cool fragile co-op truce ended—fast.
I think the shift is, disappointingly, design-driven. Dailies incentivising PvP damage-dealing was the toothpaste leaving the tube, and that cool fragile co-op truce ended—fast.
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#ARCraiders has taken an unfortunate turn. In my last 4 solo games other players came in with "Don't shoot" then... shot.
I think the shift is, disappointingly, design-driven. Dailies incentivising PvP damage-dealing was the toothpaste leaving the tube, and that cool fragile co-op truce ended—fast.
I think the shift is, disappointingly, design-driven. Dailies incentivising PvP damage-dealing was the toothpaste leaving the tube, and that cool fragile co-op truce ended—fast.
#Dispatch is surprising me. It's an interesting, human story in fantastical wrapping, and the humour (that I worried would be grating) has more hits than misses.
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
#Dispatch is surprising me. It's an interesting, human story in fantastical wrapping, and the humour (that I worried would be grating) has more hits than misses.
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Q-UP hit overwhelmingly positive this weekend which is overwhelmingly flattering!
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Q-UP hit overwhelmingly positive this weekend which is overwhelmingly flattering!
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
I will eventually get sick of clowning on AI contradicting itself, but today is not that day.
- No, Frostpunk 2 is not an indie game, having been made by 11 Bit Studios ——— but
- Yes, 11 Bit is an indie game developer
- No, Frostpunk 2 is not an indie game, having been made by 11 Bit Studios ——— but
- Yes, 11 Bit is an indie game developer
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I will eventually get sick of clowning on AI contradicting itself, but today is not that day.
- No, Frostpunk 2 is not an indie game, having been made by 11 Bit Studios ——— but
- Yes, 11 Bit is an indie game developer
- No, Frostpunk 2 is not an indie game, having been made by 11 Bit Studios ——— but
- Yes, 11 Bit is an indie game developer
Yo @kotaku.com these videos popping over text we're trying to read are pure enshittification. Could you please deenshittify?
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Yo @kotaku.com these videos popping over text we're trying to read are pure enshittification. Could you please deenshittify?
For we who come after, Pixellated Playgrounds (@bsushi.bsky.social @jgalecki.bsky.social) just dropped a Clair Obscur episode. I love this show! www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cla...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Pixelated Playgrounds
In this episode, Bryan and Josh dive deep into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the 2025 dark fantasy RPG from French studio Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. This is the first out...
www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For we who come after, Pixellated Playgrounds (@bsushi.bsky.social @jgalecki.bsky.social) just dropped a Clair Obscur episode. I love this show! www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cla...
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The #IndieGameAwards nominees are out, celebrating a whole bunch of amazing stuff that came out this year, and giving rise to a familiar question: what is indie, anyway?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
The Indie Game Awards Unveils Nominees | GOTY 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The #IndieGameAwards nominees are out, celebrating a whole bunch of amazing stuff that came out this year, and giving rise to a familiar question: what is indie, anyway?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
The #IndieGameAwards nominees are out, celebrating a whole bunch of amazing stuff that came out this year, and giving rise to a familiar question: what is indie, anyway?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
The Indie Game Awards Unveils Nominees | GOTY 2025
YouTube video by Gaming In The Wild
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November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The #IndieGameAwards nominees are out, celebrating a whole bunch of amazing stuff that came out this year, and giving rise to a familiar question: what is indie, anyway?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTM...
Just lightly roleplaying a pair of careful raiders trying to salvage, extract, and only get into a manageable amount of trouble. youtu.be/1131ke-zDxo?...
A Manageable Amount of Trouble
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just lightly roleplaying a pair of careful raiders trying to salvage, extract, and only get into a manageable amount of trouble. youtu.be/1131ke-zDxo?...
#ARCRaiders has player challenges — find a certain piece of gear, do a certain amount of damage to ARCs, etc. I was dismayed to see a new one pop up for searching the bodies of 10 downed fellow players. It had been so chill & collaborative & fun, but incentivised PvP aggression is instant bad vibes.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#ARCRaiders has player challenges — find a certain piece of gear, do a certain amount of damage to ARCs, etc. I was dismayed to see a new one pop up for searching the bodies of 10 downed fellow players. It had been so chill & collaborative & fun, but incentivised PvP aggression is instant bad vibes.
So Many Games has gone from strength to strength since it started. It's a great little indie game site.
No AI slop, no mandatory cookie crap, no half-baked SEO articles, no video popovers — just good reviews of interesting games.
They're doing it right. I became a patron.
No AI slop, no mandatory cookie crap, no half-baked SEO articles, no video popovers — just good reviews of interesting games.
They're doing it right. I became a patron.
The So Many Games Patreon is now LIVE!!
Sign up at:
patreon.com/SoManyGames
Anyone that joins at the £4 or £8 tier will be able to choose a free Steam code from either Ultros, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, PaperKlay or Fading Serenades!
Sign up at:
patreon.com/SoManyGames
Anyone that joins at the £4 or £8 tier will be able to choose a free Steam code from either Ultros, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, PaperKlay or Fading Serenades!
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So Many Games has gone from strength to strength since it started. It's a great little indie game site.
No AI slop, no mandatory cookie crap, no half-baked SEO articles, no video popovers — just good reviews of interesting games.
They're doing it right. I became a patron.
No AI slop, no mandatory cookie crap, no half-baked SEO articles, no video popovers — just good reviews of interesting games.
They're doing it right. I became a patron.
A week never goes by without #Spotify appearing more rotten.
Your algorithmic, ostensibly listening-based recommendations include paid ads in disguise.
This in addition to allegations of creating AI slop music, underpaying artists, AI war drone-gate, ICE ads-gate, etc. #BoycottSpotify
Your algorithmic, ostensibly listening-based recommendations include paid ads in disguise.
This in addition to allegations of creating AI slop music, underpaying artists, AI war drone-gate, ICE ads-gate, etc. #BoycottSpotify
Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Engaging in 'Payola' in Discovery Mode
A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in "payola" to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in Discovery Mode playlists.
www.rollingstone.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A week never goes by without #Spotify appearing more rotten.
Your algorithmic, ostensibly listening-based recommendations include paid ads in disguise.
This in addition to allegations of creating AI slop music, underpaying artists, AI war drone-gate, ICE ads-gate, etc. #BoycottSpotify
Your algorithmic, ostensibly listening-based recommendations include paid ads in disguise.
This in addition to allegations of creating AI slop music, underpaying artists, AI war drone-gate, ICE ads-gate, etc. #BoycottSpotify
Sad robot parkour with vibes
THE GAME IS OUT, I REPEAT, THE GAME IS OUT
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Hopefully I squashed all the bugs, hope everyone enjoys it!
store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/...
Save 25% on Hypogea on Steam
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
store.steampowered.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sad robot parkour with vibes