Welcome to our third season and third year of Into the Aether! Thank you for all of your support. Please share the show with a friend if you feel like it! Games Discussed (all available on itch.io ): Celeste, A Short Hike, Oxenfree, Pyre, Nuclear Throne, Paranautical Activity, Cinco Paus, Starseed Pilgrim, Grindstone, Octodad, Minit, Thing-In-Itself, Islands: Non-Places, Stop, Sonar Smash, Radical Solitaire, Far From Noise, Skeletris, Plant Daddy, Pico8, Mobius, Tiny Dangerous Dungeons, Visual O...
Jun 24, 2020•3 hr 26 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast You don't get to 51 worldwide classics without making a few enemies. Discussed: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, Sony PlayStation 5, every game in the PS5 event --- 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/ajfillari ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Jun 17, 2020•4 hr 42 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast BLACK LIVES MATTER Find out how you can help: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co All of this month's Patreon money will go to bail funds and mutual aids. Thanks. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jun 03, 2020•2 hr 30 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Make sure you stick around until the end for some aural art AJ made. Big thanks to everyone who backs the Patreon and makes these bonus episodes possible. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger...
May 31, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Does anyone truly know the difference between Boston Market and fine dining? The line is a blur, less of a line and more of a spiral pattern. They mix and intertwine as if conscious beings. That mac and cheese. --- 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/ajfillari ★ Support this po...
May 27, 2020•2 hr 38 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Sometimes it's just about finding the smallest oven it takes to get the job done. Sometimes it's about playing the same video game six times. Usually, though, it's about craving human interaction. We're joined by Alanna Okun, Deputy Editor of The Goods, who is finding community through her newly inhabited island. Read her piece here: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/5/12/21241735/nintendo-switch-animal-crossing-video-games-coronavirus-quarantine And check out her work: http://www.alannaokun.xy...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast We're gonna start by painting some happy little Hell Priests. Discussed: DOOM Eternal, new links, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Bioware, Mass Effect --- Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Get the episode a...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast We made this episode to torture Aj "Board Games" Fillari. Discussed: Tabletop Simulator, Root, A Quiet Year, 7 Wonders, Twilight Imperium, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Xbox Elite Controller Series 2, Prey, Portal, Ori and the Blind Forest, Dark Souls II, and probably more. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on Y...
May 06, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast It was late and we couldn't stop talking about Persona 5 before recording the ACNH bonus so we just blended the two together. Huge shouts to everyone who backed the Patreon and made this episode and all of our other bonus episodes possible. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cha...
Apr 30, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Big thanks to Dom Nero for stopping by! Follow him here: https://twitter.com/dominicknero --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: htt...
Apr 29, 2020•2 hr 43 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast In this second part of our discussions of FF7R, we manage to talk about the video game for another three hours. You're welcome or sorry, whatever applies to you personally. TIMECODES 00:01:09 - General Chat 00:45:58 - Spoilers 02:26:55 - Listener Questions --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www...
Apr 22, 2020•3 hr 7 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast There's also some Animal Crossing in there... --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendo...
Apr 15, 2020•2 hr 29 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Tinker Tailor Beardo Spy --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twi...
Apr 08, 2020•2 hr 56 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast No goofy description, just watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: http...
Apr 01, 2020•2 hr 42 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Or: Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, and also some Zelda. Follow Sadie On-Line: https://twitter.com/sadieposting Huge shouts to everyone who backed the Patreon and made this episode and all of our other bonus episodes possible. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7...
Mar 30, 2020•2 hr 15 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast It's a worldwide conspiracy, and every animal is in on it. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger ...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast He won't stop talking about "hobbitses" or eating his clone to become a bigger stronger version of himself. He's gotta go!! --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Butterfinger Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the Square Enix promo of 2020, which toppled King Stephen of Chicago. A woman of the people with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept of a successful promo entry leads a varied group of people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the Butterfinger Revolution in one hand and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/into...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience of elves, cat-people, and big buff blue bodies. Watch the episode on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/556602832 Or on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeCpzsrNayg --- Huge shouts to everyone who backed the Patreon and made this episode and all of our other bonus episodes possible. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord W...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast I DON'T WANNA GO TO HIGH SCHOOL (Trumpet Trumpet Trumpet) --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger F...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast The dazzling adventure of Jonny Anime and Zoe Bahamut continues! --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenH...
Feb 19, 2020•2 hr 30 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Brendon downloaded and started playing FF14 directly after this episode. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://medium.com/from-the-aether Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast [0:00] - Non-Spoiler Discussion [44:01] - Spoilers Begin (Act I) [1:14:20] - Limits & Demonstrations [1:22:22] - Act II [1:49:00] - The Entertainment [2:10:50] - Act III [2:33:28] - The sound of a distant highway has always had the same calming aural presence as a waterfall nestled in the thicket behind the house where Julie and I grew up. Ma always said to stay away from the woods’ edge, but in my later years I came to realize that was just her way of guiding us in. This one time, Julie and...
Feb 05, 2020•3 hr 51 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Sorry to bring Pigma into this! Huge shouts to everyone who backed the Patreon and made this episode and all of our other bonus episodes possible. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow ...
Jan 31, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast HEY KIDS! HAS YOUR DAD BEEN MAKING YOU EAT TOO MANY BRUSSELS SPROUTS? ARE YOUR SCHOOL LUNCHES NOT COOL LUNCHES? THEN DRINK SOME MONSANTO! --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Get the episode art: https://bit.ly/3aPv5A5 Read on Medium: https://mediu...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Into the Aether is dead, Annapurna & Pokemon News is my best friend now. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ F...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Listen as Brendon manages to sneak a rejected bonus episode into this one. --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilger Follow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley --- Produced by AJ Fil...
Jan 15, 2020•2 hr 34 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Jellicle cats are jellicle cats because a jellicle cat feels like a jellicle cat, and when a jellicle cat becomes a jellicle cat, a jellicle cat they shall be! --- Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/intothecast Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothecast Join the Discord: https://bit.ly/twgdiscord Watch us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/intothecast Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9IWh4w7vOG1eZGTF1xEyA Follow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenH...
Jan 08, 2020•2 hr 46 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Nestled in some large and all-enveloping lounge chairs in a quaint New Jersey suburb, Stephen, Brendon, and AJ convene to wrap up the entirety of Into the Aether's 2019. After the seasonal tradition of sharing top 10 lists, they create the official Into the Aether Top 5 of 2019, and THEN the official ITA Top Five of the Decade. There's a lot here, folks. Thanks so much for an incredible year. <3 --- TIMECODES Top 10 through 6: [10:20] Top 5 through 1: [59:47] ITA Top 5 & Games of the Deca...
Jan 02, 2020•4 hr 48 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Well, we decided to close out the year and the decade by discussing our 100 favorite games released between 2010 and 2018. You're welcome, we're sorry, or thank you... take your pick! Huge shouts to everyone who backed the Patreon and made this episode and all of our other bonus episodes possible. --- TIMECODES 2010 - [18:01] 2011 - [53:16] 2012 - [1:43:02] 2013 - [2:34:46] 2014 - [3:37:54] 2015 - [4:16:05] 2016 - [4:48:05] 2017 - [5:54:32] 2018 - [7:47:00] --- Support the show on Patreon: https...
Dec 30, 2019•9 hr 51 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast 
