Into the Aether — A Low Key Video Game Podcast

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

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

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.

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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.

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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.

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
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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.
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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.

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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

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There's also some Animal Crossing in there...

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Tinker Tailor Beardo Spy

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Or: Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, and also some Zelda.

It's a worldwide conspiracy, and every animal is in on it.

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He won't stop talking about "hobbitses" or eating his clone to become a bigger stronger version of himself. He's gotta go!!

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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. 

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I DON'T WANNA GO TO HIGH SCHOOL

(Trumpet Trumpet Trumpet)

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The dazzling adventure of Jonny Anime and Zoe Bahamut continues!

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[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 I came home soaked to the bone, and my new shoes were covered in so much mud you woulda swore I bought ‘em brown. Ma took issue with that, and she sent us to Captain’s Point for the remainder of the summer. It was there I learned what language the moon speaks, and it was there I left Julie behind as I crossed over... Anyway these days I spend my time just hovering by I-65. The sounds of cars and birds and frogs in the ponds along the route take me right back to that thicket. Sorry, what were you askin' about again?

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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.

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HEY KIDS! HAS YOUR DAD BEEN MAKING YOU EAT TOO MANY BRUSSELS SPROUTS? ARE YOUR SCHOOL LUNCHES NOT COOL LUNCHES? THEN DRINK SOME MONSANTO!

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Into the Aether is dead, Annapurna & Pokemon News is my best friend now.

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Listen as Brendon manages to sneak a rejected bonus episode into this one.

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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!

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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.

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TIMECODES

Top 10 through 6: [10:20]

Top 5 through 1: [59:47]

ITA Top 5 & Games of the Decade Finale: [2:10:44]

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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.

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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]

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The more you let it spread out on a table, the better it runs.

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"They're too tough for me!"

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And everyone knows.

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At the end of one's life, the soul travels from our tangible Earthly world to an evanescent location known colloquially as "The Beach." Although The Beach is not placable on any map, and may appear differently to different transient passengers, one thing is always the same: The Man. There is a man who stands on the beach, shuttling the phantom personage of those who find themselves before him to either a greater beyond, or straight back to Earth. Not much is known about this man, beyond his rather striking appearance: He's described as a bright orange, rocky visage. In fact, some would say he is more "thing" than "man."

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Thank you to everyone who supports the show and made this bonus episode possible!

Were you bummed that our Bloodborne bonus didn't include enough truly horrific psychologically tormentous content? Great news! This one absolutely does... for some reason. Anyway, Happy Egg Day!

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Barnabas sits perched upon a roof peering downwards into the town square with a scorn known only to others of his ilk. While in wait, he silently curses the various decrepit passersby as they scuttle to and fro from one meaningless place to another. They give no thought to their lives outside of predetermined routines they have fallen into slowly like watching a sunset and not realizing the night has fallen. And night has fallen, for the darkness has surely consumed Barnabas whole. From above, his senses are prickled by stimuli feeding into a horrible nagging and inescapable hatred. He too has his routine, and it is exactly this: Rooftop judgement.

But lo, from afar Barnabas hears a voice beckoning! With haste and without thought, he spreads his inky wings and slices through the air, landing perched atop a small branch before a ten year old girl.  

"Taxi?"

"Corv."

"I'm trying to get to Turffield."

"Corvi."

And he flies.

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C'mon Dragaux, don't make me say it! I'm really trying to not say it Dragaux! Dragaux, my guy, come on! Work with me buddy! You know it, and I know it! Dragaux! Come on!

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Prepare for wonder, excitement, and thrills beyond your wildest imagination! From the brilliant minds at Spacer's Choice comes a new series of adventures collected dutifully from around the galaxy!

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Thank you to everyone who supports the show and made this BONUS SPOOKY SEASON episode possible!!

This one's about Bloodborne!

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LET. ME. FINISH. MY FUN FACT. ABOUT CRANKY KONG.

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INT: DAY
An unassuming 20-something walks into the establishment. He has a quizzical, but confidant nature. This is BRETON BAGLEY. He barrels down the camera, a smirk crosses his face. He lowers his glasses, and the light catches the lenses.

BRETON BAGLEY
That seems logical.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. RIOTS IN STREETS. EVACUATE.]

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HAX :-]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A new show from TWG: Miss Piggy's Object of Power is an investigative podcast unlike any you've heard before. Be shocked, terrified, thrilled, and overjoyed as your hosts Stephen and Brendon journey into the dark and depraved world of the Federal Bureau of Control, a building that only appears to those who don't seek it. How do the Muppets fit into all of this, you might be wondering? Well dear listener, you'll have to listen and find out. 

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A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific kart race on a cruise ship, which began when five Mushroom Kingdom locals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

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Thank you to everyone who supports the show and made this episode possible.

Please enjoy listening to four hours of us getting progressively more tired over time. We love you all.

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Play the game based on the hit film critics are calling "a horror masterpiece."

"Move over Shy Guy, Shy Man is the new sheriff in the Mushroom Kingdom!" - Slashfilm

"I straight up pooped my pants, like fully, in the theater." - Variety

"It's the Citizen Kane of movies." - Orson Welles Jr.

I AM SHY MAN: In theaters now.

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I ain't afraid of (drinking) no ghost (and turning into Luigi)!

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Lappy cometh.

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Taking risks!

Sometimes the stars align.

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Pokémon No. 1340 — Essemess

This Normal type Pokémon fell in love roughly four months ago and went on some splendid dates! They traveled across the Galar region with a full heart and eyes locked onto the future, but then got dumped over text message! RT if you can relate!

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