Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

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.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 3 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Timecodes:0:00 - Intro0:57 - Thank you!5:16 - LinkedIn6:42 - Monster Train50:18 - Dicey Dungeons1:22:03 - Exponential Idle1:26:24 - Wrapping Up---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons! | Ben | killian | Therese | Matthew | Nick | Zach | SpagooliDude | Andrew | Justin | Alyssa | jgprinters  | Rob | Justin | Jess | Matt | bsushi | sebsab  | Lilie | Matthew | Ian | Chris | Pat | markh | Craig | Sebastian | Joeri | Maryanne | SkinTightAlloy  | Dennis | Eliot | Shelly  | William | Brendon | Robert | Murray  | Trevor | salutepeezy  | Andrew | David | Alex | Catherine | Josh | noname  | Jason  | Bede | Benjamin | Mark | Jeff | Brett | Inês | Kim | Kamrin | Minh | Andrew | Marxelle  | Akira  | Christopher | Melimuffinpie  | bolt  | Scout | Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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.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 3 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Timecodes (it's a big list):0:00 - Intro4:45 - Looking Back at Past Lists20:55 - Best Cosmetic Skin of 202021:31 - Lauren's Game of the Year22:45 - The Hardest Decision of the Day23:34 - Stephen's 1028:16 - Spoilers for Stephen's 1029:01 - End of Spoilers29:59 - Brendon's 1032:41 - Brendon's 1332:56 - Stephen's 938:31 - Brendon's 945:18 - Moving On46:26 - Stephen's 850:32 - Brendon's 858:20 - Zant's Game of the Year1:00:28 - Stephen's 71:06:20 - Brendon's 71:15:09 - Stephen's 61:21:22 - Brendon's 61:28:02 - Pre-Top 5 Break1:28:26 - Pablo's GOTY1:31:54 - Top 5 Time1:32:27 - Stephen's 51:41:36 - Brendon's 51:45:40 - Stephen's 41:51:24 - Brendon's 42:02:04 - Alanna's Game of the Year2:05:19 - Brendon's Criss Angel Moment2:05:56 - Stephen's 32:16:54 - Brendon's 32:22:36 - Stephen Ascends2:26:51 - AJ's Game of the Year2:30:02 - Final Thoughts on 32:36:01 - Tam's Game of the Year2:38:33 - Thanks to AJ2:40:16 - Stephen's 22:45:53 - Brendon Ascends2:46:12 - Brendon's 22:59:31 - The Discord Top 53:02:47 - Sadie's Game of the Year3:05:57 - Honorable Mentions3:13:57 - Stephen's 13:19:51 - Brendon's 13:35:44 - Chris' Game of the Year3:37:24 - Collaborative List Time3:38:47 - Recap3:39:10 - Stephen's Top 103:39:33 - Brendon's Top 10don3:39:54 - Crafting the Top 53:53:30 - The ITA Top 5 of 20203:59:54 - Wrapping Up4:08:33 - Anticipated Games of 20214:14:21 - Thank you all so much4:19:07 - Brendon makes AJ make a promise4:20:01 - Brendon makes AJ and Stephen make a promise4:20:38 - Ending the Episode4:23:56 - Scout's Game of the Year4:24:59 - Be Yourself in 2021---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons! | Ben | killian | Therese | Matthew | Nick | Zach | SpagooliDude | Andrew | Justin | Alyssa | jgprinters  | Rob | Justin | Jess | Matt | bsushi | sebsab  | Lilie | Matthew | Ian | Chris | Pat | markh | Craig | Sebastian | Joeri | Maryanne | SkinTightAlloy  | Dennis | Eliot | Shelly  | William | Brendon | Robert | Murray  | Trevor | salutepeezy  | Andrew | David | Alex | Catherine | Josh | noname  | Jason  | Bede | Benjamin | Mark | Jeff | Brett | Inês | Kim | Kamrin | Minh | Andrew | Marxelle  | Akira  | Christopher | Melimuffinpie  | bolt  | Scout | Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

nice knowing you, mario.the polygon list: https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/2020/12/10/22166258/the-game-awards-2020-all-announcements-trailers ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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.onlineDiscussed: Remnant: From the Ashes, Chronos: Before the Ashes, Souls-Likes, Ashen, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Paradise Killer---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/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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.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/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 - Intro16:19 - General Spoilers24:21 - Your For Real Final Spoiler Warning25:16 - Juro Kurabe39:43 - Iori Fuyasaka46:47 - Ei Sekigahara56:56 - Megumi Yakushiji1:07:32 - Natsuno Minami1:17:58 - Keitaro Miura1:24:58 - Takatoshi Hijiyama1:33:25 - Nenji Ogata1:41:55 - Tomi Kitsuragi1:49:57 - Shu Amiguchi1:57:24 - Yuki Takamiya2:02:13 - Ryoko Shinonome2:06:49 - Renya Gouto2:11:56 The Epilogue2:25:22 - Closing Thoughts2:34:37 - Wrapping Up---Follow the show everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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---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/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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-playstation-5-vs-xbox-series-x-s/Discussed: Xbox Series S, GamePass, PlayStation 5, More GamePass, Destiny 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon---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/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Discussed: Next-gen, I Am Dead, Reigns Beyond, Bioshock Trilogy Remastered, Listener Questions---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/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 AwakeningBrendon's piece on cloud versions: https://medium.com/from-the-aether/nintendos-game-streaming-strategy-is-to-not-have-one-5cdbdd7d3e66Chris Plante's piece on back-compat Xboxes: https://www.polygon.com/xbox-series-x/2020/10/7/21504730/xbox-series-x-preview-360-games-microsoft-crackdown---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/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!| Matt| Bryan| sebsab | Lilie| Matthew| Ian| MimaSweets | Ciaran| Chris| Pat| markh| Craig| Matt| Sebastian| Joeri| Maryanne| SkinTightAlloy | Dennis| Eliot| Shelly| William| Brendon| Kieran | Robert| Keiko Hilger Cry!| Murray | Trevor| salutepeezy | Andrew| David| Pablo| Alex| Catherine| Josh| noname | Jason | Bede| Micah| Benjamin| Mark| Jeff| Brett| Inês| Kim| Kamrin| Minh| Andrew| Benjamin| Marxelle | Akira | Christopher| Melimuffinpie | bolt | Scout| Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★