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Great game. I think the "cat game" concept and reputation meant the incredible, vibey, vertical cyberpunk city environment didn't quite get its flowers. It's good sci-fi!

07.03.2026 16:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
281: The Best of Steam Next Fest, Resident Evil Requiem
281: The Best of Steam Next Fest, Resident Evil Requiem YouTube video by Gaming In The Wild

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07.03.2026 11:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Your weekend pod:
✨ Esoteric Ebb nabs the "Disco Elysium spiritual successor" mantle
✨ Resident Evil Requiem might just be the best in the storied series
✨ The best demos of Next Fest, picked from 156 contenders played
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07.03.2026 11:25 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Shooting from the hip, old to new.
my9games.com

06.03.2026 13:44 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Nice picks. How are folks putting these images together?

06.03.2026 13:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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281 (ad-free): The Best Of Steam Next Fest, Resident Evil Requiem | John • Gaming In The Wild Get more from John • Gaming In The Wild on Patreon

New pod: the best of #SteamNextFest, with reviews of the 20 demos I squeezed in, and a personal top five; then the patron community's top 10 picks. 30 people played 156 demos, and voted on the best.

It's up now—ad-free and early—for patrons. Everywhere else tomorrow.

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05.03.2026 20:22 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gaming in the Wild's Indie Game Guide to March 2026 | So Many Games The month of March 2026 is looking stacked! But have no fear, as John is here to guide you through his top picks of the month.

Wrote a lil March indie game guide for @somanygames.co.uk.

05.03.2026 12:46 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Is "prick o'clock" an autocorrect or a think people really say? 🥲 that's a new one on me

05.03.2026 11:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Gaming in the Wild's Indie Game Guide to March 2026 | So Many Games The month of March 2026 is looking stacked! But have no fear, as John is here to guide you through his top picks of the month.

@gaminginthewild.com’s monthly Indie Game Guide returns, featuring over 15 games releasing in March ‘26.

somanygames.co.uk/articles/git...

04.03.2026 21:16 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder A game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.

BACK ALL WILL RISE on KICKSTARTER if you're into
💜 citizen sleeper x ace attorney
🔥 revenge against the epstein class
🤑 marxist-animist weirdness
🃏 card-based narrative
🇮🇳 set in alternate india
✨ dreams of dead gods
🍃 branching stories
✊ WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
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03.03.2026 21:42 👍 53 🔁 52 💬 0 📌 2
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Script excerpt re: the #1348ExVoto nb characters backlash. We can't let the loud minority of "anti-woke" (see: racist, sexist, transphobic) elements own the games space. They have to know it's just not accepted. I know from the comments—and from experience—that there'll be some vitriol. But fuck it.

03.03.2026 15:37 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
MIXTAPE | Release Date Trailer
MIXTAPE | Release Date Trailer YouTube video by Annapurna Interactive

May 7th for #Mixtape!

03.03.2026 15:12 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Top New Indie Game Releases: March 2026
Top New Indie Game Releases: March 2026 YouTube video by Gaming In The Wild

Some more extremely specific fantasies that gamers can tick of the list this month:
✅ Play as a raccoon gambling addict
✅ Play as a nonbinary knight errant in 1300s Italy
✅ Play as the gardener of an 1800s French abbey
✅ Play as a 10 year old child at the end of the world
🍿 youtu.be/dkNksga-Q4c

03.03.2026 11:57 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0

It's an odyssey, but the long and short of it is: three pivotal figures were controversially fired, including the guy who invented DE's world. There was talk of toxic behaviour, a dishonest power grab, and lots more. ZA/UM splintered. A majority of staff moved on. There are many sides to the story.

02.03.2026 14:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah. For this game to so closely mirror the style of Disco Elysium — after all that has happened — feels like a very questionable choice. It invites direct comparisons to a lightning-in-a-bottle all-timer that will just never be matched.

02.03.2026 12:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It would be nice if it were good, and well received, ofc. Vindicating for the team, good for players. But because it's *so* stylistically close to Disco, it will inevitably live in its shadow, and be judged against it. And that is a tough spot for any game to be.

02.03.2026 11:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The #ZeroParades demo was an uneasy play. Here it was, finally: the Disco-like made by what remains of ZA/UM. It felt like examining a counterfeit painting. It's so close in style. Too close, and a bit off. A feeling of mimicry. That DE's wild confidence is not something that can be replicated.

02.03.2026 11:00 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Schumer is so depressing. The lobster that's been boiled in politics for so long, there barely anything left.

28.02.2026 18:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah it's mouse & keys only for now, bafflingly. That's why it took me so long to review, I had to get a dock for my ROG Ally.

28.02.2026 17:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There's plenty of pickpocketing and back alley bargaining to be had, but little brute force... unless you decide to join the Lich Dealers. I think the biggest weapon in the end is maybe... working class solidarity, against the ruling elite? :)

28.02.2026 17:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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A game in which the terrified protagonist should definitely be able to interact with the bar

28.02.2026 15:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gaming In The Wild - Video Game Reviews Video Games Podcast · Monthly · A chill video games podcast about interesting and creative games, from indie to AAA. Your host: Iceland-based games critic John Rogers. Follow the show on Twitter, Inst...

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28.02.2026 14:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fans of #CitizenSleeper's mechanics and #Dishonoured's murky setting: consider #Duskpunk by @clockworkbird.bsky.social! It's a steampunk tabletop-style dice rolling RPG with a gritty story and a revolutionary twist.

Listen: redcircle.com/shows/33888f...

28.02.2026 14:44 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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Flitting between wrecking ball Leon and terrified Grace works reaaaally well. Of the four RE games I played to date (1, 2, 4, Village) this one has the best opening.

28.02.2026 14:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Haha it was so nerve wracking. I had watched a streamer to get my jangling nerves down a bit

28.02.2026 12:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The opening hour of Requiem feels kind of iconic. Cinematic, memorable, scary, funny. No notes.

28.02.2026 04:14 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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In FOMO vs fear of horror stuff, FOMO wins again.

27.02.2026 17:01 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The disaster that is AI is gonna entirely fuck up the access individuals have to technology.

27.02.2026 13:00 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

26.02.2026 18:03 👍 2463 🔁 628 💬 14 📌 50

I used to be all in favour of democratising culture, and tearing down gatekeeping, and levelling the field of discourse, and then social media kind of did that, and now the world is awash with insane bullshit and I've changed my mind.

27.02.2026 12:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0