Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

"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 ★

Painting the Green Hill Zone red since 2001.Past Meets Present - The Legend of Heroes by Marc Normandin: https://retroxp.substack.com/p/past-meets-present-the-legend-ofDiscussed: The Case of the Golden Idol, Dragon Quest Builders, Trails in the Sky, Trails from Zero, Silent Hill, Grim Fandango, Costume Quest---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 ★

This is not a joke but I was going to grab my Funko Pop Pharah to take a photo for the episode art and it was literally covered in cobwebs and we all decided it was a bit too on-the-nose so I cleaned it off instead.Overwatch 2 Is Asking Too Much Of Me: https://www.wavelengths.online/overwatch-2-launch-nightmare/Discussed: NieR: Automata - The End of YoRHa Edition, Dragon Quest X Offline, Overwatch 2, Storyteller, Rhythm Quest, Gunbrella, Dredge, Doom (2016), 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---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 ★