into the aether
@intothecast.bsky.social
a low key video game podcast by @stephenhilger.bsky.social and @bb.wavelengths.online produced by @ajfillari.bsky.social
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✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
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The GOTY Spectaculars have become such an important part of the excitement of the first days of January for me.
Truly the best way to start the new year 🎧
Truly the best way to start the new year 🎧
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The GOTY Spectaculars have become such an important part of the excitement of the first days of January for me.
Truly the best way to start the new year 🎧
Truly the best way to start the new year 🎧
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✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
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🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶
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These episodes are always the highlight of my year. Thank you to everyone for listening and inadvertently giving us the confidence to release an episode longer than most operas.
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
These episodes are always the highlight of my year. Thank you to everyone for listening and inadvertently giving us the confidence to release an episode longer than most operas.
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Love the party these two throw for their listeners at the end of every year. Stick around and you might hear a little message from me, among many other illustrious guests
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Love the party these two throw for their listeners at the end of every year. Stick around and you might hear a little message from me, among many other illustrious guests
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thank you all for allowing us to keep this train rolling for yet another year. the support means everything <3
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
December 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
thank you all for allowing us to keep this train rolling for yet another year. the support means everything <3
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
✨ IT'S HERE ✨
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer.
Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞
GOTY next week 🏂
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
GOTY next week 🏂
Thank you for the extremely kind words. We’re huge fans of @minnmax.com as well!
At MinnMax we have 9 people swapping in and out to talk about games, Into The Aether has two. I'm in awe of how well @stephenhilger.bsky.social and @bb.wavelengths.online speak about games.
At this point, @intothecast.bsky.social feels like the successor to Idle Thumbs. intothecast.online
At this point, @intothecast.bsky.social feels like the successor to Idle Thumbs. intothecast.online
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you for the extremely kind words. We’re huge fans of @minnmax.com as well!
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We’re recording GOTY today 🐋
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We’re recording GOTY today 🐋
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✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Vita means life, Persona 4 Golden is still good, Angeline Era is the first best game of 2026*, Stephen is always playing Octopath Traveler 0 when Brendon wants to be playing Octopath Traveler 0.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Vita means life, Persona 4 Golden is still good, Angeline Era is the first best game of 2026*, Stephen is always playing Octopath Traveler 0 when Brendon wants to be playing Octopath Traveler 0.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Vita means life, Persona 4 Golden is still good, Angeline Era is the first best game of 2026*, Stephen is always playing Octopath Traveler 0 when Brendon wants to be playing Octopath Traveler 0.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Vita means life, Persona 4 Golden is still good, Angeline Era is the first best game of 2026*, Stephen is always playing Octopath Traveler 0 when Brendon wants to be playing Octopath Traveler 0.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
ZIP OF THE YEAR
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ZIP OF THE YEAR
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VITA MEANS LIFE!!!
THANK YOU ALL!!!
THANK YOU ALL!!!
We hit our patreon goal!!! Thank you all so much for supporting the show. It means the world to us. Can’t wait to talk Vita in a few months 💛
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
VITA MEANS LIFE!!!
THANK YOU ALL!!!
THANK YOU ALL!!!
We hit our patreon goal!!! Thank you all so much for supporting the show. It means the world to us. Can’t wait to talk Vita in a few months 💛
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We hit our patreon goal!!! Thank you all so much for supporting the show. It means the world to us. Can’t wait to talk Vita in a few months 💛
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: We're joined by @brandon.insertcredit.com of @necrosoftgames.com to talk about the making of Demonschool!
(And also Myles MacKenzie Presents: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond)
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: We're joined by @brandon.insertcredit.com of @necrosoftgames.com to talk about the making of Demonschool!
(And also Myles MacKenzie Presents: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond)
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: We're joined by @brandon.insertcredit.com of @necrosoftgames.com to talk about the making of Demonschool!
(And also Myles MacKenzie Presents: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond)
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: We're joined by @brandon.insertcredit.com of @necrosoftgames.com to talk about the making of Demonschool!
(And also Myles MacKenzie Presents: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond)
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
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Into the Aether @intothecast.bsky.social is probably the podcast that most aligns with my gaming views; not playing what's new just to play what's new & gaming positively.
Brendon @bb.wavelengths.online and Stephen @stephenhilger.bsky.social are simply wonderful
This is your new favorite podcast ❤️
Brendon @bb.wavelengths.online and Stephen @stephenhilger.bsky.social are simply wonderful
This is your new favorite podcast ❤️
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast | Cousin Game (feat. Detective Instinct, Sektori, and Dragon Quest II)
We're bringing a whole new meaning to the idea of
intothecast.transistor.fm
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Into the Aether @intothecast.bsky.social is probably the podcast that most aligns with my gaming views; not playing what's new just to play what's new & gaming positively.
Brendon @bb.wavelengths.online and Stephen @stephenhilger.bsky.social are simply wonderful
This is your new favorite podcast ❤️
Brendon @bb.wavelengths.online and Stephen @stephenhilger.bsky.social are simply wonderful
This is your new favorite podcast ❤️
This week’s episode will be slightly delayed, you can expect it on Friday morning. Thank you all for your patience! 🏂🐋
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This week’s episode will be slightly delayed, you can expect it on Friday morning. Thank you all for your patience! 🏂🐋
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✨ new video! ✨
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
The Unwavering Faith of Silksong
YouTube video by Wavelengths
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✨ new video! ✨
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
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Really great discussion about Detective Instinct in the beginning of this podcast!
There's a new episode of Into the Aether!
Check it out: https://intothecast.transistor.fm/episodes/cousin-game-feat-detective-instinct-sektori-and-dragon-quest-ii
Check it out: https://intothecast.transistor.fm/episodes/cousin-game-feat-detective-instinct-sektori-and-dragon-quest-ii
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast | Cousin Game (feat. Detective Instinct, Sektori, and Dragon Quest II)
We're bringing a whole new meaning to the idea of
intothecast.transistor.fm
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Really great discussion about Detective Instinct in the beginning of this podcast!
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is a love letter to the NES and the DS at the same time. Sektori is maybe... perfect? The "cousin game" takes on new meaning in Dragon Quest II.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is a love letter to the NES and the DS at the same time. Sektori is maybe... perfect? The "cousin game" takes on new meaning in Dragon Quest II.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is a love letter to the NES and the DS at the same time. Sektori is maybe... perfect? The "cousin game" takes on new meaning in Dragon Quest II.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is a love letter to the NES and the DS at the same time. Sektori is maybe... perfect? The "cousin game" takes on new meaning in Dragon Quest II.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
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It was funny listening back to this edit and hearing us hype up this big disagreement and we ended up having almost the same exact thoughts lol. I think it’s a fun ep tbh
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Kirby Air Ride gets the James Cameron treatment. Brendon finished Dragon Quest 1 again. Pokemon Lazarus came from a wormhole (complimentary). Dispatch has Stephen and Brendon split.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Kirby Air Ride gets the James Cameron treatment. Brendon finished Dragon Quest 1 again. Pokemon Lazarus came from a wormhole (complimentary). Dispatch has Stephen and Brendon split.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It was funny listening back to this edit and hearing us hype up this big disagreement and we ended up having almost the same exact thoughts lol. I think it’s a fun ep tbh
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Kirby Air Ride gets the James Cameron treatment. Brendon finished Dragon Quest 1 again. Pokemon Lazarus came from a wormhole (complimentary). Dispatch has Stephen and Brendon split.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Kirby Air Ride gets the James Cameron treatment. Brendon finished Dragon Quest 1 again. Pokemon Lazarus came from a wormhole (complimentary). Dispatch has Stephen and Brendon split.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Kirby Air Ride gets the James Cameron treatment. Brendon finished Dragon Quest 1 again. Pokemon Lazarus came from a wormhole (complimentary). Dispatch has Stephen and Brendon split.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Kirby Air Ride gets the James Cameron treatment. Brendon finished Dragon Quest 1 again. Pokemon Lazarus came from a wormhole (complimentary). Dispatch has Stephen and Brendon split.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
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The demo for Pokémon Hearth is my first RomHack and it’s such a breath of fresh air.
Takes place during the Arceus time period when Pokémon were still mysterious. Incredible quality of life adds. Great art and writing.
As usual I have @intothecast.bsky.social to thank for putting it on my radar.
Takes place during the Arceus time period when Pokémon were still mysterious. Incredible quality of life adds. Great art and writing.
As usual I have @intothecast.bsky.social to thank for putting it on my radar.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The demo for Pokémon Hearth is my first RomHack and it’s such a breath of fresh air.
Takes place during the Arceus time period when Pokémon were still mysterious. Incredible quality of life adds. Great art and writing.
As usual I have @intothecast.bsky.social to thank for putting it on my radar.
Takes place during the Arceus time period when Pokémon were still mysterious. Incredible quality of life adds. Great art and writing.
As usual I have @intothecast.bsky.social to thank for putting it on my radar.
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Demonschool? More like demons, cool. Lumines gets its "A2" moment with Lumines Arise. Octopath Traveler 0 is the best-case-scenario.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Demonschool? More like demons, cool. Lumines gets its "A2" moment with Lumines Arise. Octopath Traveler 0 is the best-case-scenario.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week in the Aether: Demonschool? More like demons, cool. Lumines gets its "A2" moment with Lumines Arise. Octopath Traveler 0 is the best-case-scenario.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕
This week in the Aether: Demonschool? More like demons, cool. Lumines gets its "A2" moment with Lumines Arise. Octopath Traveler 0 is the best-case-scenario.
Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕