Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

Snap snap, Stephen and Brendon recorded this one in person! Get ready for a virtual fireside chat about preparing for GOTY 2022, the announcements and winners from The Game Awards, and a new incredible Chrono Trigger inspired JRPG.Discussed: SantaCon, Game of the Year 2022, The Game Awards, Al Pacino, Hades 2, Remnant 2, Death Stranding 2, Earthblade, Armored Core VI, Chained Echoes---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (01:33) - A City-wide celebration for the world's worst people // Santacon (07:12) - Anyway // Game of the Year is NEXT WEEK (07:39) - Talking about... snapping??? (08:25) - Back to GotY talk (32:40) - The Steam Deck! (37:09) - The Game Awards 2022 (43:40) - The Game Awards 2022 // The Announcements (43:46) - The Game Awards 2022 // Remnant II (46:03) - The Game Awards 2022 // Hades II (01:03:24) - The Game Awards 2022 // DS2 (01:09:04) - The Game Awards 2022 // Earthblade (01:10:08) - The Game Awards 2022 // Armored Core VI (01:11:59) - The Game Awards 2022 // Cyberpunk: 2077 - Phantom Liberty (01:18:15) - FORTNITE BATTLE PASS (01:22:41) - The Game Awards 2022 (01:27:34) - The Game Awards 2022 // One shoutout (01:29:06) - But uh yeah (01:30:03) - Into the Backpage (01:32:21) - Speaking of pizza // Chained Echoes (01:58:37) - Marker 18 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on the podcast: Brendon pushes "judging games by their intentions" to its absolute limit.Discussed: Marvel's Midnight Suns, Majora's Mask 3D, Immortality, Final Fantasy XV---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (03:23) - The "Spawn: The Movie" of video games // Marvel's Midnight Suns (31:53) - The Nintendo 3DS (33:01) - The Nintendo 3DS // Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (51:58) - Dawn of the final section... XX minutes remain (52:45) - Thank you for listening ot the show :) (54:41) - Let's talk about video games!!! // Immortality (01:10:40) - The final threaction (threat-section) // Final Fantasy XV (01:41:58) - GotY backlogs (01:43:27) - Wrapping up ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The time has finally come to talk about one of the most influential games of all time. No pressure! Note: Brendon's audio got a bit mangled in this one, just our luck! Hopefully you don't mind too much. We considered re-recording, but it just wouldn't be the same. ---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!---Timecodes: (00:00) - All aboard! It's the FFVII episode!! (20:38) - History with the game/franchise (40:24) - The enduring legacy (55:51) - SPOILER WARNING FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE (58:18) - Spoiler talk about THE VIDEO GAME (02:32:56) - It's listener questions once again! // REMAKE SPOILERS AHEAD!! LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK!! (02:35:20) - The days of gaming long past // From humblegoat (02:50:04) - Materia // Kyle Labriola (02:50:50) - FFVII REMAKE SPOILERS (02:53:15) - Materia // Kyle Labriola (02:54:08) - Playground rumors // cyclex (02:55:50) - Kalm Makes! Midgar Takes! // Gabe O. (02:59:13) - Best equipment/loadout systems // iamlugan (03:02:28) - Translations // noah_hurts (03:03:43) - Remake speculation // Scroseph (03:10:56) - Remake vs. Rewrite // chronolink (03:16:32) - Rebirth carryovers // thelastdonuts (03:19:30) - Cloud Strife (brought to you by Walt DIsney) // Rob (03:21:18) - Warrented sequels // dakotaisasleep (03:26:22) - Just talkin' about Tifa's Limit Break (03:27:01) - Most important quality // coyotecocktail (03:30:37) - Ending the episode ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone in New Jersey has heard the tall tale about the Jersey Devil. Yeah, he WANTED to be Gex. Spooky, right?Discussed: Rivals of Aether, 30XX, Another World, Pokemon Scarlet / Violet, Final Fantasy XV, and more!---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!---Timecodes: (00:00) - Hello and Welcome to Video Games (43:43) - Questions... AND Answers?? (01:22:10) - Bye bye! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Finally after all these years of asking, begging, pleading... we've finally gotten to the core of it. That's right folks. It's Pokemon.Discussed: Pokemon Scarlet / Violet, Pentiment, Tactics Ogre Reborn---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (00:31) - Hey // Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (59:36) - Enough about Quaxley!! // Pentiment (01:17:39) - One! More! Game! // Tactics Ogre: Reborn (01:46:28) - Wrapping up ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Look sometimes you just need to kick back and relax, sit on a stump in a cave about a half-mile from your cabin, and carve arrows for your son to lodge into the bodies of gods with no sense of humility as their inevitable doom approaches through the goosebumps of their frigid skin.Discussed: Signalis, Pokemon Scarlet / Violet, God of War Ragnarök---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey baby I hear the blues a-calling, tossed salads and scrambled eggs. Or maybe it was just the wind? I'm not sure, I wasn't paying attention. There's a new season of Marvel Snap and this person thinks they can beat me with an Onslaught and Mister Fantastic combo.Discussed: Perfect Tides, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, The Entropy Centre, Harvestella, Isle of Arrows, Marvel SNAP---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecastThanks to all of our amazing patrons! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Plante is here to ask a big question: What exactly WAS 2022? Was it just the year of Elden Ring? Was it the year of the Steam Deck? Or was it the precursor to the first AAAA video game?Discussed: Marvel SNAP, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Slice & Dice, Resident Evil---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (00:56) - Surprise! It's the SNAP segment! // Marvel SNAP (19:19) - Marvelio + SNAPbids // Mario + Rabbids: Spark of Hope (44:03) - Hello! (44:48) - A hefty embargo for a hefty man // God of War: Ragnarok (45:15) - Oh just kidding this is a different segment // What is this year? (01:09:23) - Speaking of good // God of War: Ragnarok (01:12:01) - A lingering game // Slice & Dice (01:22:11) - Using the new DLC as an excuse to talk about // Resident Evil & RE:VIII (01:35:52) - A shoutout! // The Gamer Bike (01:39:18) - Wrapping up ---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecastThanks to all of our amazing patrons! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Halloween! On this very special bonus episode, Stephen and Brendon discuss the genre-defining works of 1994's Super Metroid and 1997's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecastThanks to all of our amazing patrons! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Don't say materia, don't say materia, don't say materia, don't say materia, don't say materia, don't say materia, don't say materia..." The materia system in this game is great. Wait. Whoops.Discussed: Persona 5 Royal, Marvel SNAP, Trails in the Sky, Ib, Dome Keeper---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecastThanks to all of our amazing patrons! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices