Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

Join us for a late night swim into the Aether's sonic depths as we explore our all-time favorite video game soundtracks. A full list of tracks will be posted below. Hear our companion playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_AuQUfBKl4Gt43ddT8yo_JsbvH2ljxL   --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: htt...

Shout out to that river city. They're just hanging out, man. Idle Game 1: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/idle-game-1/id1529082184 Discussed: Project Triangle Strategy, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Earthbound, Idle Game 1, Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy X --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.c...

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We welcome Chris Plante back into the Aether for a discussion about Coldplay and also video games. Discussed: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Death Stranding, Books, Coldplay, Pizza, Hot Takes --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/b...

Toad is here, and he knows what The Big Game is. Dear listener: It's not football. Discussed: Mario + Luigi: Superstar Saga, Donut County, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Yakuza 0 --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Pro...

Finally, after literal years, it's time for our bonus episode about Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch, now available on Xbox Game Pass — previously for the Nintendo 3DS. --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Big...

Sometimes when I look up in the sky, I see my gamerscore floating overhead... it just kind of putters around up there, listless and serene, unaware of its own beauty.  Discussed: Hitman 3, Resident Evil 8: Village, Apple Arcade, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Golden Sun, RG351P and Emulation --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Ste...

All aboard the S.S. Xbox! Does it make sense for a pirate ship to be called the "S.S. Anything?" Absolutely not. Just go with it. Discussed: Sea of Thieves, Carto, Death Stranding --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Pr...

The hunt for an episode title continues until the very end. Discussed: Monster Hunter Rise, Dragon Quest V, Dragon Quest VIII, Amiibo Gazebo, Good Morning Video Games --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ...

After a long day of restraining the urge to tell every baker in the tent that their best work isn't up to his standards, Paul Hollywood settles into bed with a nice cup of tea and his Nintendo Switch. Discussed: Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch (Now available for Xbox Game Pass) --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Disc...

Is it hard to believe we haven't covered this game already? You bet it is. Did we actually talk about every single daedra AND aedra to make up for it? Absolutely.  --- Follow the show everywhere: https://intothecast.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillari Art b...

Despite the title, this episode is about deckbuilding rogulikes. Just another way we here in the Aether like to subvert expectations! Discussed: GOTY 2020, LinkedIn, Monster Train, Sephiroth in Smash Ultimate, Dicey Dungeons, Exponential Idle --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger...

On a quiet and cozy Sunday morning, Stephen, Brendon, and AJ convened via video chat to take a look back at Into the Aether's 2020. --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfill...

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It could happen to you: Brendon is so deep in souls-likes he doesn't remember what other kinds of games exist. Check out 11 Again: https://11again.online Discussed: Remnant: From the Ashes, Chronos: Before the Ashes, Souls-Likes, Ashen, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Paradise Killer --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger...

This week we're haunted by the decisions we've forced onto ourselves. GOTY season is upon us. We also talk a lot about a game from 2009. So... pretty normal episode for us. Discussed: GOTY Season, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Dragon Age: Origins --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger...

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is one of the wildest games of the year and a glimpse at what the visual novel genre can potentially blossom into. We NEEDED to talk about it with the gloves off. Full spoilers. Get some yakisoba pan and get ready to hear us try and piece the whole thing together. 0:00 - Intro 16:19 - General Spoilers 24:21 - Your For Real Final Spoiler Warning 25:16 - Juro Kurabe 39:43 - I...

Minecraft is out of alpha and Deadmau5 might do the soundtrack. Digg 4.0 just launched and now everyone is moving to Reddit. Stephen is in college and Brendon is deciding to drop out and join a band. It's the 2010s, baby, and the decade is looking like Helvetica with little to no kerning in sight. Discussed: Next Gen, Ghosts of Tsushima Legends, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, The PS5, Demon's Souls --- Fi...

Join us in the crypt, get yourself a heaping cup of Monkey D. Luffy's blood, and take a seat at the edge of our coffins as we discuss finally getting our hands on the next generation of video game consoles. Read this: https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/yakuza-like-a-dragon/yakuza-like-a-dragon-review/ And read this: https://www.gameaccessibilitynexus.com/blog/2020/11/14/accessibility-impressions-...

Discussed: Next-gen, I Am Dead, Reigns Beyond, Bioshock Trilogy Remastered, Listener Questions --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillari Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://s...

Get it? Like, his name is Cloud and they're making CLOUD Versions of games? Like it's a video game, but CLOUD is in it instead of whoever? t's really funny. Laugh with us. Laugh. Discussed: Cloud Versions, Ikenfell, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Link's Awakening Brendon's piece on cloud versions: https://medium.com/from-the-aether/nintendos-game-streaming-strategy-is-to-not-have-one-5cdbdd7d3e...

Tamoor Hussain (Managing Editor at GameSpot) arrives in the aether to talk all things Arkham for our October bonus episode! Thanks to Tam for joining us! find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tamoorh   --- Follow the show everywhere: https://intothecast.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ F...

That's the thing about Halloween, man. It doesn't have to be scary... it can be delightful. Discussed: Disc Room, Carrion, Paratopic, Alan Wake, Majora's Mask --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari:...

Yakisoba pan. Sentinel No. 17. 1984. UFO Wars. Yakisoba pan. Minecraft Steve. 1944. Yakisoba pan. Umbrella Corp. Shikishima. The Aether. Yakisoba pan. Gurglings. Sentinel No. 12. Time travel. Sector 4. Spooky Season. Ska. Yakisoba pan. Discussed: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Minecraft Steve --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://thewors...

He's big! He's green! He's a fighting machine! And he has a big heart and don't you EVER forget it! Discussed: Twitch, The October Bonus, 13 Sentinels, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, Alien: Isolation, Hades spoilers, Piccolo --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon...