Gaming In The Wild - Video Game Reviews

Duskpunk is a quite brilliant "Sleeper-like" that came out at the tail end of last year. Set in the gritty, murky, war-torn city of Dredgeport, it casts those addictive, multi-functional dice and clock tabletop mechanics in a gritty Steampunk world.
In the roundup: Romeo Is A Dead Man, Persona 5 Royal, Raccoin, REPLACED, and Steam Next Fest. 
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This weeks episode is a bumper one. First, there's a review Cairn, the ambitious granular climbing simulator; then, there's a 50-game guide ot the games we have to look forward to in 2026. In the roundup: Balatro (... yup, again), and Assassin's Creed Origins, of all things.
Support the pod & join the patron community: http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild
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Citizen Sleeper 2 book pre-order: http://lostincult.co.uk/citizensleeper2
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(00:00:00) Intro
(00:10:37) Cairn
(00:32:59) Indie game guide to 2026
(01:13:10) Outro

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ARC Raiders is a multiplayer phenomenon and a surprise smash-hit that’s drawn in players not usually into that kind of thing: including me. To discuss, I’m joined by my ARC wingperson and MVP Ciarán Daly, to talk player behaviour, AI, emergent gameplay, and more.
In the roundup: ROG Ally X, MIO: Memories In Orbit, Cairn, Cauldron.
Watch me and Ciarán play the game: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGvXMgrjlCYtRfDNBcQ8AWJimHpMutVz4&si=K7El2MJCFzB7JG7X 
Support the channel, join the community, and get a free game code: http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild.
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Social media and so forth: http://gaminginthewild.com 
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After spending December playing GOTY catchup and posting deliberations with various brilliant guests, it's crunch time. This episode is my personal games of the year list for 2025.
Support the pod, join the patron Discord, and get a game code for 1000xRESIST, Citizen Sleeper, Ultros, or In Other Waters: http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild.
See the YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Z4bBENvW0
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The votes are cast and counted, and it's time to unveil the results of the Gaming In The Wild patron GOTY vote 2025!
This annual fixture has slowly eclipsed my own GOTY list as the most-hype podcast of GOTY season in my mind. We had a record-breaking 50 voters, selecting 88 games, and one final winner. And to help me go through the results, I had one special guest: Blinkoom aka Steve from Indie Quest podcast. Enjoy the show, folks, it was a blast to create.
Find Blink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Blinkoom 
See Blink’s GOTY stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2648247802 
Find Blink's podcast Indie Quest: https://indiequest.buzzsprout.com
If you'd like to join the community, hit up Patreon — new patrons at any tier get a free game code for 1000xRESIST, Ultros, In Other Waters, or Citizen Sleeper (while they last) — and you can vote next year! http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild  
Happy holidays folks — I'll be back before NYE with my personal GOTY episode in the final episode of the year.

00:00 Intro
04:30 Blink's Top Ten
51:54 Patron vote: lower ten
01:25:53 Patron vote: top ten

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