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Welcome to season seven of Into the Aether! We're kicking off a new year with an over six-hour look at our very favorite games for the Nintendo GameCube! Thank you all for listening to and supporting the show over the years, we're so excited to be back.
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - Welcome to season 7!
- (08:52) - Stephen's history with the Gamecube
- (13:54) - Brendon's history with the Gamecube
- (20:52) - AJ's history with the Gamecube
- (25:04) - Gaming in the early 00s
- (33:01) - How the ep is gonna go
- (38:40) - 2001
- (39:18) - Game #1 | 2001
- (48:06) - Game #2 | 2001
- (56:24) - Game #3 | 2001
- (01:03:57) - Game #4 | 2001
- (01:15:53) - 2002
- (01:15:57) - Game #5 | 2002
- (01:27:18) - Game #6 | 2002
- (01:40:05) - Game #7 | 2002
- (01:48:05) - Game #8 | 2002
- (02:03:39) - Game #9 | 2002
- (02:10:07) - 2003
- (02:11:21) - Game #10 | 2003
- (02:21:48) - Game #11 | 2003
- (02:33:01) - Game #12 | 2003
- (02:41:23) - Game #13 | 2003
- (02:50:26) - Game #14 | 2003
- (03:02:08) - Game #15 | 2003
- (03:06:19) - Game #16 | 2003
- (03:12:40) - Game #17 | 2003
- (03:22:42) - Game #18 | 2003
- (03:38:04) - 2004
- (03:39:08) - Game #19 | 2004
- (03:50:38) - Game #20 | 2004
- (04:06:34) - Game #21 | 2004
- (04:16:44) - Game #22 | 2004
- (04:27:14) - 2005
- (04:27:27) - Game #23 | 2005
- (04:36:07) - Game #24 | 2005
- (04:43:19) - Game #25 | 2005
- (04:56:40) - Game #26 | 2005
- (05:09:26) - Game #27 | 2005
- (05:12:52) - Game #28 | 2005
- (05:20:33) - 2006
- (05:20:40) - Game #29 | 2006
- (05:29:48) - Game #30 | 2006
- (05:38:11) - Honorable mentions
- (05:38:28) - Game #31 | Honorable mentions
- (05:41:20) - Game #32 | Honorable mentions
- (05:43:35) - Game #33 | Honorable mentions
- (05:44:48) - Game #34 | Honorable mentions
- (05:48:05) - Game #35 | Honorable mentions
- (05:50:47) - Game #36 | Honorable mentions
- (05:53:41) - Game #37 | Honorable mentions
- (05:57:45) - Game #38 | Honorable mentions
- (06:01:00) - Game #39 | Honorable mentions
- (06:05:01) - Game #40 | Honorable mentions
- (06:08:18) - Game #41 | Honorable mentions
- (06:11:54) - Game #42 | Honorable mentions
- (06:14:25) - The Discord Top 5
- (06:17:14) - Deciding the Aether Top 5
- (06:22:02) - Ranking the Top 5
- (06:28:35) - The Into the Aether Top 5 Games on the Nintendo Gamecube
- (06:28:49) - Rest in peace to the Gamecube
- (06:32:51) - Wrapping up
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