Mario in Elden Ring, Tarkov in Skyrim: runJDrun on game-merging modders
The 16-minute breakdown of cross-game mashups opened with more than 9,000 views on its first day, ahead of a Game Informer GTA 6 rundown and a Wolverine first look.
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Modders Are Merging Entire Games (And It's Getting Crazy)
What happens when modders stop adding hats and start stitching whole games together? JD Witherspoon spent the newest video on his gaming channel finding out. "Modders Are Merging Entire Games (And It's Getting Crazy)" walks through decompilation, recompilation and AI coding tools, then gets to the fun part: Escape from Tarkov inside Skyrim, Skate 3 tricks in a Modern Warfare map, Halo's Big Team Battle on Rust, Spider-Man swinging through Batman: Arkham City and Mario tossing bosses around in Elden Ring.
It quickly became the busiest thing on the channel. The comment section turned into a wish list: Spider-Man in Night City, Jetstream Sam dropped into Cyberpunk 2077, a Skate 3 and Tony Hawk hybrid. The most liked reply settles the legal worry in one line, pointing out that you need to own both games. Another viewer notes that Spider-Man and Batman did cross paths in the old comics, so Gotham is not such a strange fit.
The rest of the seven-upload week leaned on big releases. A breakdown of Game Informer's GTA 6 cover story covers hurricanes, more than 170 animal species and a map that runs out to Mount Kaliga. JD also took Marvel's Wolverine on hard mode with a PlayStation code, fought Omega Red and handed the game a 9 out of 10, then came back for a second livestream.
The channel's daily views are running at nearly three times their usual level, while the subscriber count held steady. Among gaming commentary channels of similar size, Retro Jakes and Secret Castle Toys and Games are drawing the giant numbers right now, and Mind Pulp is running well above its own norm. runJDrun is the smallest of the group by views this week, but the modding video gave its fans plenty to talk about.
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What viewers say
Spider-Man would go crazy in Night City
@2fadedphotostvSee it on YouTubeSo what you’re saying is we’re reaching the video game singularity?
…no complaints here lmao@sodathejunkerSee it on YouTubeIt's not illegal, you need to own both games to do this.
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- Channel
- runJDrun
- Subscribers
- 552,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 57,287
- Videos published this week
- 7
- Video published
- October 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 15,642
- Views on its first day
- 9,307
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Insomniac Games, a Sony-owned studio, developed both Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Wolverine.
