John • Gaming In The Wild

YouTube video by Gaming In The Wild The Queen Is Dead | ARC Raiders Run

The one where a pacifist quest run ends in giant robot spider warfare. #ArcRaiders

Yeah that's a telling sign too, it's possible that Sony's built-in audience for AAA single player games — i.e. their YouTube audience — just isn't into this, hence the comment/downvotes — but the game will find an audience anyway. And, alienate their existing audience.

Ach, I accidentally deleted what I said trying to fix a typo.

TL;DR: I think people are over these icky cash-grab "forever game" attempts, especially from companies that make/could be making actually brilliant world-leading single-player games.

But there is something super icky about companies that make amazing, world-leading "premium" games — that you buy once — deciding to make lesser games that you're supposed to play forever and pay for continually. So I get people instinctively disliking the Fortniteification of Horizon.

But there is something super icky about companies that amazing, world-leading "premium" games — that you buy once — deciding to make lesser games that you're supposed to play forever and pay for continually. So I get people instinctively disliking the Fortniteification of Horizon.

Oof

YouTube video by PlayStation Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

Did people see the Horizon multiplayer game trailer?

I was hoping for some kinda Horizon x Monster Hunter flashy AAA-ish project, which I would have been on board for. Multiplayer machine hunting could be great. This is more like if Aloy played Fortnite then had a weird dream.

YouTube video by Gaming In The Wild Do Video Games Have A Resource Collection Problem?

Cutting down beautiful trees and hunting legendary beasts always leaves me a sense of lingering guilt, even if it's only a game. Why is that?

Mine would be the same pretty much. I little more love for the GBA, I played a lot Advance Wars and Zelda on my red SP on the tube back in the London days.

hem-hem, can you hear me at the back

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It’s a beauty! @lostincult.co.uk @gaminginthewild.com

AAAAA, this is a first sighting out in the wild!!!! Goddamn look at those colours

Another great episode from @themimicsveil.bsky.social, a firm favourite podcast.

Demonic literature now travelling

That Mario image will haunt me

Agreed. Spotify isn't just morally bankrupt but tirelessly evil.

I respect that decision. If enough small podcasts leave the service, it will loosen its grip on listeners, who might a) suddenly wonder why their favourite podcast has been removed and investigate/become informed, and b) use something else to listen, opening a potential exit route.

I’ve cancelled my family sub to Spotify. It once felt like a space that truly championed artists and creativity, but over time, that spirit seems to have faded. I deeply believe that the success of such platforms should nurture art and culture, not be redirected toward technologies for warfare.

Gaming in the Wild's Indie Game Guide to February 2026 | So Many Games John's back with another indie game roundup, this time for February 2026, and we are in for one cracking month of releases.

@gaminginthewild.com’s February indie game release roundup is here and what a month!

Take a look to see what’s coming and get those wishlists ready!

somanygames.co.uk/articles/ind...

This was very fun, especially if you know most of the people from hundreds of hours of podcasts :)

John’s impassioned dismantling of Spotify on an episode of his podcast was the inspiration for me to cancel my sub and take my own show off the service. It means nothing to them, but I couldn’t be complicit anymore.

Also hmu for a beer

Sorry to bang on about it, but Boycott Spotify

Best areas to stay in Reykjavik to get a real feel for the city - Tripadvisor My adopted hometown of Reykjavík is the world’s northernmost capital. It feels like it, too—it’s a chilly, far-flung miniature city right on the edge of the Arctic Circle, dominated by rugged mountains and the wide, steely sea. It’s also a deeply charming place, with streets of colorful houses, murals around every corner, and a sense of small-town approachability that makes it a great place to visit.

One of my side gigs is travel writing, usually about Iceland, where I live. Here's a lil Reykjavík city guide for Tripadvisor.

Can’t wait to listen!

YouTube video by Gaming In The Wild Top 15 Indie Games Of February | CAIRN Review

There's something in the air this month. We're getting a proper weird (complimentary) crop of indies, four of which come out on one blockbuster day.

Very cool! I'll drop in if you're still going in while :)

I listens to John talking about #Cairn while playing it and slowly came to the realisation that I felt the exact same.

A great review as well as a glut of 2026 indies to look forward too.

Quietly shadow banned an anti-woke troll from my YouTube comments without engaging with them first. This feels like a small personal breakthrough for me :') Next, level two: don't think about the comment all day, writing and rewriting my responses in my head.

New podcast: an analysis of #Cairn's ambitious climbing system, in which assist modes feel like band-aids over bigger issues. Also, AC Origins (for some reason) & 2026 indie preview.

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