John • Gaming In The Wild
@gaminginthewild.com
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New year, new me, new pinned post.
Hey, I'm John—an Iceland-based maker of videos, podcasts, books & more. I cover video games of all shapes & sizes—take a look!
🍿 youtube.com/gaminginthewild
🎧 gaminginthewild.com
😶🌫️ tinyurl.com/steam-curator
📖 lostincult.co.uk/ultros
🎉 patreon.com/gaminginthewild
Hey, I'm John—an Iceland-based maker of videos, podcasts, books & more. I cover video games of all shapes & sizes—take a look!
🍿 youtube.com/gaminginthewild
🎧 gaminginthewild.com
😶🌫️ tinyurl.com/steam-curator
📖 lostincult.co.uk/ultros
🎉 patreon.com/gaminginthewild
January 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New year, new me, new pinned post.
Hey, I'm John—an Iceland-based maker of videos, podcasts, books & more. I cover video games of all shapes & sizes—take a look!
🍿 youtube.com/gaminginthewild
🎧 gaminginthewild.com
😶🌫️ tinyurl.com/steam-curator
📖 lostincult.co.uk/ultros
🎉 patreon.com/gaminginthewild
Hey, I'm John—an Iceland-based maker of videos, podcasts, books & more. I cover video games of all shapes & sizes—take a look!
🍿 youtube.com/gaminginthewild
🎧 gaminginthewild.com
😶🌫️ tinyurl.com/steam-curator
📖 lostincult.co.uk/ultros
🎉 patreon.com/gaminginthewild
What's your most anticipated game of 2026? And why?
I'm excited for #Mixtape. I'm glad they took the extra time, and after The Artful Escape I believe in the developer. I like stuff that's nostalgic cultural assemblage with a twist.
I'm excited for #Mixtape. I'm glad they took the extra time, and after The Artful Escape I believe in the developer. I like stuff that's nostalgic cultural assemblage with a twist.
January 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
What's your most anticipated game of 2026? And why?
I'm excited for #Mixtape. I'm glad they took the extra time, and after The Artful Escape I believe in the developer. I like stuff that's nostalgic cultural assemblage with a twist.
I'm excited for #Mixtape. I'm glad they took the extra time, and after The Artful Escape I believe in the developer. I like stuff that's nostalgic cultural assemblage with a twist.
Introduce yourself with 4 video games
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Introduce yourself with 4 video games
Instagram you've gotta be fckn kidding me
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Instagram you've gotta be fckn kidding me
I finished 2nd in the patron #FantasyCritic league, but the crown went to @dovetail.bsky.social!
A mixed season: I started strong by calling Bananza ahead of the announcement, but a series of critical flops from renowned publishers—Skin Deep, Rematch, Shadow Labyrinth—did for me in the end.
A mixed season: I started strong by calling Bananza ahead of the announcement, but a series of critical flops from renowned publishers—Skin Deep, Rematch, Shadow Labyrinth—did for me in the end.
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I finished 2nd in the patron #FantasyCritic league, but the crown went to @dovetail.bsky.social!
A mixed season: I started strong by calling Bananza ahead of the announcement, but a series of critical flops from renowned publishers—Skin Deep, Rematch, Shadow Labyrinth—did for me in the end.
A mixed season: I started strong by calling Bananza ahead of the announcement, but a series of critical flops from renowned publishers—Skin Deep, Rematch, Shadow Labyrinth—did for me in the end.
Have a happy new year everyone, warm wishes from chilly Reykjavík!
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Have a happy new year everyone, warm wishes from chilly Reykjavík!
Free today on Epic
Epic indeed
Epic indeed
December 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free today on Epic
Epic indeed
Epic indeed
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
That's a wrap on #PowerWashSimulator2. A low-key, unassuming kind of game, but also some of the most relaxing, cathartic comfort gamin' I can think of. Are any of the other borecore dad-sim games as satisfying?
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
That's a wrap on #PowerWashSimulator2. A low-key, unassuming kind of game, but also some of the most relaxing, cathartic comfort gamin' I can think of. Are any of the other borecore dad-sim games as satisfying?
For the record, I cut myself off from Balatro in the summer.
December 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For the record, I cut myself off from Balatro in the summer.
#ARCRaiders was such a big surprise this year. It wasnt on my bingo card to be habitually playing a multiplayer extraction shooter.
It's added to the Steam curator reccos page, along with #SkateStory, #DISPATCH, and more: store.steampowered.com/curator/4345...
It's added to the Steam curator reccos page, along with #SkateStory, #DISPATCH, and more: store.steampowered.com/curator/4345...
December 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#ARCRaiders was such a big surprise this year. It wasnt on my bingo card to be habitually playing a multiplayer extraction shooter.
It's added to the Steam curator reccos page, along with #SkateStory, #DISPATCH, and more: store.steampowered.com/curator/4345...
It's added to the Steam curator reccos page, along with #SkateStory, #DISPATCH, and more: store.steampowered.com/curator/4345...
My top ten most-played games of 2025 include red-hot hit Lumines (2004) — but wait, wait, it's the remaster! .... (2018)
I blame @minnmax.com for giving me the code.
I blame @minnmax.com for giving me the code.
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My top ten most-played games of 2025 include red-hot hit Lumines (2004) — but wait, wait, it's the remaster! .... (2018)
I blame @minnmax.com for giving me the code.
I blame @minnmax.com for giving me the code.
#Despelote is a pretty little game. Well-judged autobiography, sun-kissed nostalgia, World Cup fever, a halcyon portrait of childhood.
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#Despelote is a pretty little game. Well-judged autobiography, sun-kissed nostalgia, World Cup fever, a halcyon portrait of childhood.
This is fun — a five year old Reddit message when Sandfall were looking for volunteer voice actors for the Clair Obscur pitch demo.
Aside: self-describing as "ambitious AA" back then.
Aside: self-describing as "ambitious AA" back then.
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is fun — a five year old Reddit message when Sandfall were looking for volunteer voice actors for the Clair Obscur pitch demo.
Aside: self-describing as "ambitious AA" back then.
Aside: self-describing as "ambitious AA" back then.
Thanks to patron Blackshaw Design for putting this Zero-1m graphic together :)
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thanks to patron Blackshaw Design for putting this Zero-1m graphic together :)
#DeathStranding2 dominated my PS5 playtime this year, which was way down overall. I think this was the year that like 80% of my playtime was on a PC handheld. I was rarely in front of the TV.
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
#DeathStranding2 dominated my PS5 playtime this year, which was way down overall. I think this was the year that like 80% of my playtime was on a PC handheld. I was rarely in front of the TV.
Wow. GITW hit 1,000,000 plays this week. Thanks to all who've watched & listened!
To celebrate, the next 50 ppl who join—or upgrade—on Patreon will get a code for a game that shaped the show: #Ultros, #1000xResist, #CitizenSleeper 1/2, or #InOtherWaters.
✨ Join here: patreon.com/gaminginthewild
To celebrate, the next 50 ppl who join—or upgrade—on Patreon will get a code for a game that shaped the show: #Ultros, #1000xResist, #CitizenSleeper 1/2, or #InOtherWaters.
✨ Join here: patreon.com/gaminginthewild
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Wow. GITW hit 1,000,000 plays this week. Thanks to all who've watched & listened!
To celebrate, the next 50 ppl who join—or upgrade—on Patreon will get a code for a game that shaped the show: #Ultros, #1000xResist, #CitizenSleeper 1/2, or #InOtherWaters.
✨ Join here: patreon.com/gaminginthewild
To celebrate, the next 50 ppl who join—or upgrade—on Patreon will get a code for a game that shaped the show: #Ultros, #1000xResist, #CitizenSleeper 1/2, or #InOtherWaters.
✨ Join here: patreon.com/gaminginthewild
And #ANGST, a winter survival game that's bringing cursed vibes located somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle between #INSIDE, #DontStarve and #DREDGE.
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And #ANGST, a winter survival game that's bringing cursed vibes located somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle between #INSIDE, #DontStarve and #DREDGE.
Little games coming out in busy December include #Baseless, a physics-platformer in which you shoot to jump. It's #ShotgunCopMan meets 2D #MarioGalaxy.
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Little games coming out in busy December include #Baseless, a physics-platformer in which you shoot to jump. It's #ShotgunCopMan meets 2D #MarioGalaxy.
#SkateStory is really something. The skating is weighty and visceral but the aesthetic and weirdness really push it over the top.
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#SkateStory is really something. The skating is weighty and visceral but the aesthetic and weirdness really push it over the top.
This commenter says the podcast's style is "intelligent beatnik :') I'll take it.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
PocketCasts: pocketcasts.com/podcasts/de9...
Browser: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
PocketCasts: pocketcasts.com/podcasts/de9...
Browser: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This commenter says the podcast's style is "intelligent beatnik :') I'll take it.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
PocketCasts: pocketcasts.com/podcasts/de9...
Browser: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
PocketCasts: pocketcasts.com/podcasts/de9...
Browser: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...
As a fellow fan of weird soda, please never buy this one I had today. One second of odd cake taste followed by about a minute of regret.
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As a fellow fan of weird soda, please never buy this one I had today. One second of odd cake taste followed by about a minute of regret.
The Northern Quarter has really grown into something. It's giving Brooklyn with Greggs.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Northern Quarter has really grown into something. It's giving Brooklyn with Greggs.
A lil city break in Manchester.
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A lil city break in Manchester.