Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

Next time you're mulling over a new way of life, maybe consider accepting the dark urge into your heart?Discussed: F-Zero 99, the Hori SplitPad Compact, World of Final Fantasy Maxima, Baldur's Gate 3---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (02:36) - Housekeeping jumpscare (05:53) - Brendon's back! (14:40) - Talking about GAMES?! // That Nintendo Direct from a couple weeks ago (16:04) - Thanks, Japanese subway system! // F-Zero 99 (17:39) - It's called WARIOWORLD, Stephen - Signed, A Disgruntled Wario-head (17:47) - Thanks, Japanese subway system! // F-Zero 99 (28:59) - Dude, energy levels? (29:43) - Brendon goes to Akihabara (46:42) - A slight left turn // World of Final Fantasy: Maxima (55:15) - One final shoutout // なつもん！ ２０世紀の夏休み (57:14) - A brutal left turn // Baldur's Gate III (01:11:27) - SPOILER FOR THE DARK URGE (01:12:24) - Consider the Dark Urge // Baldur's Gate III (01:19:55) - Marker 02 ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Stephen is joined by Will LaPorte to discuss two games considered cult hits, the fear and wonder of the unknown, and doomed 90's marketing strategies. Somehow, it all connects. Listen to more of Will's music here: ghostdown.bandcamp.com  Discussed: Fallout New Vegas, Earthbound, 2001: A Space Odyssey---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (01:33) - The 'S' stands for Sisyphus // The Xbox Series S & Gamepass (12:33) - When Brendon's away the hosts will play (video games from 10 years ago) // Fallout: New Vegas (38:42) - SPOILERS FOR FALLOUT NEW VEGAS ENDING (42:40) - Have you heard of this game Starfield?? // Fallout: New Vegas (54:53) - SPOILERS FOR A COMPANION QUEST // Fallout: New Vegas (57:17) - More like New Meangas // Fallout: New Vegas (01:11:43) - Into the Aether with Stephen and Bwilrendlon! (01:13:29) - The Porky Tier (idk is this an Earthbound joke?) // Earthbound (01:39:23) - SPOILERS FOR 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (01:40:22) - 1994: An Earth Odyssey // Earthbound (01:43:50) - JUMPCUT to: // Fallout New Vega (01:46:01) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People keep wondering where all the X-Slash-likes have been, and boy do we have news for them.Some great writing about Venba: GameSpot: https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/venba-review-tourist-to-your-own-culture/1900-6418096/AIPT: https://aiptcomics.com/2023/07/31/venba-review-south-indian-culture/Discussed: Sea of Stars, Shining Force II, Venba, Opus: The Day We Found Earth, Blasphemous II, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (01:03) - Waluigi Boy Advance launch title // Sea of Stars (20:38) - NO SPOILERS YET HOLD ON // Sea of Stars (22:43) - SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST TWO HOURS: Let's talk about Garl // Sea of Stars (32:47) - Brendon's plan // Sea of Stars (37:04) - #Just90sThingsz // Shining Force 2 (47:25) - Mic check: 1, 2 (47:45) - Rolling a Game check (+0) (48:06) - A 4 on the die! // Blasphemous 2 (53:39) - Rolling a Game check (+0) (53:48) - 3 times 2 is 6! // Armored Cord VI: Fires of Rubicon (01:12:07) - Flip a coin is right there, guys (01:12:16) - O4us???? Idk // Opus: The Day We Found Earth (01:16:22) - V3nba // Venba (01:21:43) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephen and Brendon take one small step for the Aether, and one giant leap for Bethesda Softworks as they discuss the first new IP from the studio in over twenty years: Starfield. Praise be Todd Howard.Nicole Carpenter's review for Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23852522/starfield-review-xbox-series-x-pc-exclusive-bethesda-microsoftDiscussed: Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3 for PS5---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (03:34) - FREE YOURSELF OF THINE EARTHY SHACKLES!!! TODD WANTS YOU TO COME TO SPACE!!!!! // Starfield (44:06) - SPOILERS FOR LOCATION DETAILS // Starfield (46:12) - Nintendo and Bethesda present... // Starfield (01:24:07) - FACTION STORYLINE SPOILERS // Starfield (01:25:47) - You're tellin me a Star made this field? // Starfield (01:30:00) - Rumor has it // A Switch2 segment??? (01:31:59) - Big wheel keeps on rollin' (credits) // Baldur's Gate III (01:56:20) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Surprise! Although we were originally planning to take this week off, here's a little convo between Brendon and Christian Spicer of DLC about a newly released game they're both glad exists: Immortals of Aveum.Check out Christian's work at christianspicer.com!---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (01:19) - Into the Aether MINI // Immortals of Aveum (38:23) - The Playstation 3 (43:30) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Andrew Howard was born in 1970 in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, to Ronald (Ron) and Priscilla Howard. His elder brother, Jeffrey Mark (Jeff) Howard, was later the director of creative affairs for Disney, where he oversaw the production of Bambi II. He developed an interest in computers, particularly video games, at a very young age. Howard considers the 1980s role-playing video games Wizardry and Ultima III: Exodus to be inspirations for his future games.Bethesda Softworks eventually recruited Howard in 1994 as a producer. His first game development credit for Bethesda was as the producer and designer of The Terminator: Future Shock (1995), followed by work as a designer on Skynet and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, both released in 1996. He was project leader for the first time on The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, released in 1998. [1]Games Discussed: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Opus: Echo of Starsong, Lil Gator Game, Microsoft's Xbox, Trinity TriggerAna Diaz's Review of Lil Gator Game: https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23682092/legend-zelda-likes-breath-of-wild-wind-waker-lil-gator-game-review---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (02:40) - Dreamcast Summer 2: The Streets (02:57) - Dreamcast Summer 2: The Streets // Bomb Rush Cyber Funk (25:58) - Into le Aether (27:10) - Anyway! // Lil Gator Game (34:44) - Going to the Xbox Video Store // Opus: Echo of Starsong: Full Bloom Edition (47:22) - Oops it's a Starfield segment! // Starfield & Bethesda (01:04:39) - A deep breath (01:04:43) - Thanks, Todd (01:04:59) - Shoutout to Wario64 // Trinity Trigger (01:17:08) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello and welcome to your eye exam. First you're going to have to unfocus your eyes and see if you can beat Vampire Survivors. After that we need to see if you can pick up this fly. After that you're going to play the hot air balloon game, but we won't tell you the rules. Good luck!Games Discussed: 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Before Your Eyes, Remnant 2, Baldur's Gate III ---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (04:25) - The Rundown (tm) (07:35) - For the time being! // 20 Minutes Till Dawn (14:52) - Anyway // Before Your Eyes (28:02) - Let Brendon SPEAK // Remnant II (36:06) - The Baldur's Gate III offramp (Sponsered by HelloHelpsanto) (36:46) - Rolling a DC 15 Podcast check (idk) // Baldurs Gate III (01:32:53) - Marker 01 ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Jim W | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Okay now we're REALLY back. It's been a month since recording our Dreamcast episode and two months since our break began, so we have a lot to catch up on. Let's knock it all out in one episode, eh? Games Discussed: Age of Wonders IV, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Fire Emblem Warriors, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages / Seasons, Viewfinder, Ridiculous Fishing EX, Cassette Beasts, Pikmin, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Judgement, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XVI, Remnant 2, Diablo IV, Baldur's Gate III ---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (03:28) - The classic ITA breakdown of the episode (05:35) - The stuff that Stephen has been playing during the break (07:07) - A game from a list // Age of Wonders 4 (08:45) - The game is Oath and the term is "Legacy game" <3333 - AJ (08:55) - A game from a list // Age of Wonders 4 (12:34) - A VampiSurvi-like // 20 Minutes Till Dawn (18:43) - A full factory reset // Fire Emblem Warriors (24:18) - A pleasant jumpscare // The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (31:35) - Bigley's Believe it ot Not! (34:20) - Back to the Dreamcast baby // Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (41:04) - Speaking of tangential relations! // Judgement (46:33) - Forget the Dreamcast already!!!!! It's time for season 7!!! // Pikmin (56:07) - Other games // Ridiculous Fishing EX (01:03:41) - TEAMWORK // Cassette Beasts (01:09:36) - 🎵My little section🎵 // Viewfinder (01:14:05) - What if you could EAT videogames?? (01:15:45) - More like MEAT fighter STICKS (like breadsticks??) // Street FIghter VI (01:29:07) - Rolling down our car window // Final Fantasy IV (01:33:09) - Mostly just an excuse to talk about the Steam Deck // Final Fantasy XIV (01:40:58) - The new kid on the block // Final Fantasy XVI (02:04:59) - Hello again! It's video games! (02:05:15) - This ain't no Street Fighter VI // Remnant II (02:25:48) - One FINAL game (02:26:27) - The sequel to Minesweeper // Baldur's Gate III (02:50:41) - It's a Nauti*loid* actually (02:50:44) - The sequel to Minesweeper // Baldur's Gate III (03:16:50) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's finally here! After a summer break and over one-hundred games, Into the Aether returns for season six with a retrospective on the Sega Dreamcast library! Stephen and Brendon report back with a list of the 30 must-play games for the console in a discussion with producer AJ Fillari before drilling down and creating an ITA Top 5. Thank you all for indulging us after our vacation, but we're so excited to be back!You can find the full list of games discussed here: https://www.backloggd.com/u/brendonbigley/list/into-the-aether-the-sega-dreamcast-must-play-list/---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (02:04) - Welcome to Into the Aether! (15:02) - Quantifying "Dreamcast Vibes" (20:05) - And I'm Brendon BIgley (20:11) - The thing about the Dreamcast (25:38) - How the episode is gonna go (29:12) - It's 1999 (29:43) - The House of the Dead 2 (39:40) - Hydro Thunder (46:41) - Soul Caliber (58:42) - Happy Y2K (01:03:38) - Mr. Driller (01:08:03) - Cannon Spike (01:14:49) - Grandia 2 (01:21:10) - Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (01:27:47) - Skies of Arcadia (01:34:08) - Seaman (01:49:18) - Shenmue (02:11:59) - The Virtua RPG (02:14:59) - 2000 (continued) (02:16:02) - Power Stone 2 (02:23:50) - Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium 2001 (02:26:31) - D2 (02:34:35) - Legacy of Kain: Soulreaver (02:39:01) - Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (02:44:57) - Dead or Alive 2 (02:53:19) - Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio) (02:59:26) - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (03:05:03) - Techromancer (03:07:55) - Resident Evil: Code Veronica (03:16:23) - 2000 AND 1??? (03:16:44) - Reiterating why the Dreamcast collapsed (03:19:58) - Project Justice (03:25:15) - Phantasy Star ONLINE (03:29:42) - Virtua Tennis 2 (03:35:11) - Bomberman Online (03:39:13) - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (03:41:47) - Putting a little bit of respect on Crazy Taxi (03:42:24) - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (03:42:42) - The Last of Our 2001 Games (03:42:45) - The Last of Us??? (03:43:09) - Sonic Adventure 2 (03:54:36) - Rest in Peace Dreamcast (there are still games coming out tho) (03:56:44) - Shenmue 2 (04:09:11) - Ikaruga (04:14:10) - Space Channel 5 Part 2 (04:18:05) - ReZ (04:29:30) - Mentioning (Honorably) (04:30:02) - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (04:32:19) - Air Force Delta (04:33:02) - Mars Matrix (04:33:32) - Elemental Gimmick Gear (EGG) (04:35:51) - Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (04:38:15) - ChuChu Rocket (04:39:19) - Sega Bass Fishing (04:39:33) - Dino Crisis (04:39:57) - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, come on (04:40:00) - Star Wars Jedi Power Battles (04:40:26) - Spider-man (04:42:14) - That's it! (04:42:55) - We did it (04:43:14) - This is now when we do a top 5 (04:58:46) - Making the Aether Top 5 (05:03:52) - Testing the list (05:06:49) - The Aether Top 5 Best Video Games for the Sega Dreamcast (05:07:18) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Susan H | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello! This episode was originally posted to our Patreon in April of 2023 as a way to kick off our journey into the Sega Dreamcast catalogue. We're one week away from the release of our console retrospective, and felt a lot of the information our friend Chris Plante of Polygon and The Besties brought to this episode would in turn make next week's premiere even more interesting! So here's his walkthrough of everything you need to know about the Sega Dreamcast.See you next week!---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://theaether.space/@bbProduced by AJ Fillari: https://theaether.space/@aj---Season 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Timecodes: (00:00) - Whoa, an episode?! (05:50) - Intro: Dreamcast Primer feat. Chris Plante! (11:02) - THE Ten Things to Know Before Your Dreamcast Journey (17:05) - Number 10 (21:15) - Number 9 (39:20) - Number 8 (45:21) - Stay off the lightspeed! (45:48) - A check-in (51:15) - Explaining the VMU (55:42) - Number 7 (58:35) - Talking about The Games (01:04:12) - Codename: Dreamcast (01:06:14) - Number 6 (01:11:05) - Number 5 (01:19:53) - Number 4 (01:22:07) - The sports guys are thinking (01:22:35) - Number Three-o (01:23:20) - Question about TVs (01:28:08) - Xbox sequels? (01:29:15) - Number Threem (01:35:14) - A video gagagame (01:40:21) - Number 2 (01:42:13) - Number 1 (01:48:26) - The Final Games (02:00:29) - Credits and Works Cited (02:03:07) - That's the end of The Document (02:06:24) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: | Olivia K | Dan S | Zach D | Dominick N | Brett S | Evan B  | Robert L | min2 | Aaron G | Matthew S | Erik M | Brady H  | Joshua J | Tony L | Danny K | Shanna P | Seth MC | Adam B | Andy H | Demo | Maxwell L | Spiritofthunder | Jason W | Jason T | Corey T | Minnow Eats Whale | Caleb W | Jesse W | Mike T | Codes | Wesley | Erik B | Butterfly B | Gabe O | Lasse B | Jeff N | Sergio L | ninjadeathdog | Rory B | A42PoundMoose | Mr Andrew S | Peter | Stellar.Bees | Brendan K | Scott R | wreckx | Noah OR | Michael G | Arcturus  | Chris R | hepahe | Chase A | Anna | Nick Q | Chris M | RB | Karen H | Michaela W | Adam F | Scott H | Lauren H | Ben G | Therese K | jgprinters  | Matt H | Murray | Trevor B | David P | Jason K | Bede R | Kamrin H | Andrew D | Kyle S | Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices