Join us for a late night swim into the Aether's sonic depths as we explore our all-time favorite video game soundtracks. A full list of tracks will be posted below. Hear our companion playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_AuQUfBKl4Gt43ddT8yo_JsbvH2ljxL --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced b...
Mar 02, 2021•3 hr 2 min
Shout out to that river city. They're just hanging out, man. Idle Game 1: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/idle-game-1/id1529082184 Discussed: Project Triangle Strategy, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Earthbound, Idle Game 1, Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy X--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari:...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 34
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Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 38 min
We welcome Chris Plante back into the Aether for a discussion about Coldplay and also video games. Discussed: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Death Stranding, Books, Coldplay, Pizza, Hot Takes--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 3 Cover Art by Scout Wil...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Toad is here, and he knows what The Big Game is. Dear listener: It's not football. Discussed: Mario + Luigi: Superstar Saga, Donut County, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Yakuza 0--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 3 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scou...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Finally, after literal years, it's time for our bonus episode about Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch, now available on Xbox Game Pass — previously for the Nintendo 3DS.--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeaso...
Jan 31, 2021•3 hr 41 min
Sometimes when I look up in the sky, I see my gamerscore floating overhead... it just kind of putters around up there, listless and serene, unaware of its own beauty. Discussed: Hitman 3, Resident Evil 8: Village, Apple Arcade, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Golden Sun, RG351P and Emulation--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigle...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 31
All aboard the S.S. Xbox! Does it make sense for a pirate ship to be called the "S.S. Anything?" Absolutely not. Just go with it. Discussed: Sea of Thieves, Carto, Death Stranding--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 3 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://sco...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 30
The hunt for an episode title continues until the very end. Discussed: Monster Hunter Rise, Dragon Quest V, Dragon Quest VIII, Amiibo Gazebo, Good Morning Video Games--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 3 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.m...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 3Ep. 29
After a long day of restraining the urge to tell every baker in the tent that their best work isn't up to his standards, Paul Hollywood settles into bed with a nice cup of tea and his Nintendo Switch. Discussed: Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch (Now available for Xbox Game Pass)--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow B...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Is it hard to believe we haven't covered this game already? You bet it is.Did we actually talk about every single daedra AND aedra to make up for it? Absolutely. --- Follow the show everywhere: https://intothecast.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow 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! | Be...
Dec 31, 2020•2 hr 39 min
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.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter....
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 27
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.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow 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 ...
Dec 17, 2020•4 hr 26 min•Season 3Ep. 26
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 ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 11, 2020•46 min
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.online Discussed: Remnant: From the Ashes, Chronos: Before the Ashes, Souls-Likes, Ashen, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Paradise Killer--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Prod...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.c...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 3Ep. 24
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 Miura...
Nov 26, 2020•2 hr 40 min
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.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow ...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Season 3Ep. 23
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, ...
Nov 18, 2020•2 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Discussed: Next-gen, I Am Dead, Reigns Beyond, Bioshock Trilogy Remastered, Listener Questions--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow 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| ...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 21
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 Awakening Brendon's piece on cloud versions: https://medium.com/from-the-aether/nintendos-game-streaming-strategy-is-to-not-have-one-5cdbdd7d3e66 Chris Plante's piece on back-compat Xboxes: https://www.polygon.com/xbox-series-x/2020/10/7/21504...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Tamoor Hussain (Managing Editor at GameSpot) arrives in the aether to talk all things Arkham for our October bonus episode! Thanks to Tam for joining us! find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tamoorh --- Follow the show everywhere: https://intothecast.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/--...
Oct 31, 2020•3 hr 4 min
That's the thing about Halloween, man. It doesn't have to be scary... it can be delightful. Discussed: Disc Room, Carrion, Paratopic, Alan Wake, Majora's Mask--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thank...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Yakisoba pan. Sentinel No. 17. 1984. UFO Wars. Yakisoba pan. Minecraft Steve. 1944. Yakisoba pan. Umbrella Corp. Shikishima. The Aether. Yakisoba pan. Gurglings. Sentinel No. 12. Time travel. Sector 4. Spooky Season. Ska. Yakisoba pan. Discussed: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Minecraft Steve --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: http...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 18
He's big! He's green! He's a fighting machine! And he has a big heart and don't you EVER forget it! Discussed: Twitch, The October Bonus, 13 Sentinels, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, Alien: Isolation, Hades spoilers, Piccolo --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariA...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Finally a video game that makes good on the power fantasy of getting behind the wheel of the Death Star and drifting around planets and other celestial bodies at high speed. Discussed: Star Wars Squadrons, Minecraft Steve, The Binding of Isaac, Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley ...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Get ready for a legitimately low key bonus episode as we discuss the three games available in the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection with three amazing guests from our friends and family! For Super Mario Galaxy, we're joined by our friend Dom Nero: https://www.domnero.com/ To chat about Super Mario Sunshine, we're joined by our friend Pablo Marti: https://twitter.com/dangerbutts And for Super Mario 64, we're joined by Stephen's sister Lauren Hilger: https://www.laurenhilger.com/ --- Follow the ...
Sep 30, 2020•3 hr 1 min
We were going to talk about Hades the whole time but felt compelled to include something else for those who haven't tried to escape the underworld yet... "something else" being an Xbox 360 that screams for death every time it turns on to play Castle Crashers. Sorry, we're trying to delete it. 0:00 - Intro00:59 - Twitch Updates06:05 - Next-Gen / Bethesda Acquisition26:10 - Discord Updates29:13 - Hades Revisited54:42 - Hades Listener Questions01:33:14 - Hades Spoilers01:54:33 - Wrapping Up Discuss...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 3Ep. 15
It's almost too much greatness to deal with all at once, if we're being honest. Discussed: Next-gen, Xbox Series S|X, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Partner Direct, Spelunky 2, Hades--- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Join the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.online Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportf...
Sep 23, 2020•2 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 14
The radish spirit treads through foggy hot springs with a leisurely pace — almost a saunter — and into the elevator. They glance downwards at the cascade of buttons, each indicating another floor upon which to recline within yet another hazy pool of geothermal bath water. Lost in thought, the radish spirit imagines themselves floating down a splendid glowing river of silver and peering through eyes half-shut at the starry aurora above. What floor might that be on, the spirit wonders to itself — ...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 3Ep. 13
