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a podcast where two of my best friends talk about yaoi? this counts as a birthday present tbh ^-^

I’m so happy we released this episode on a Friday

Hey! I made a video about Chrono Cross. I think it’s my favorite one so far. Hope you enjoy!

Revisited Bastion and encountered this accidental Hades foreshadowing

✨NEW EPISODE✨ This week in the Aether: Digimon are digital monsters, Silent Hill is rated "f" for "freaky," email gets its own song, we explore the existential dread of flipping coins, and — surprise, surprise — we're still playing Hades II. Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕

Hey! I made a video about Chrono Cross. I think it’s my favorite one so far. Hope you enjoy!

New digimon game biggest October surprise so far

Heartbreaking: what was fleetingly perceived as a new copper hue on facial scruff was actually breakfast

In which I argue trails in the sky meets Anthony Bourdain's premise that “through food we may also love life and, ultimately, the world.”

This lineup of games on my switch menu right now looks like a 2021-2023 “switch 2 prediction leak” that would get you laughed off the internet. But here we are! What a time.

✨NEW EPISODE✨ This week in the Aether: Stephen is joined by @chaseallhart.com and @matt.bsky.social to talk Hades II, Ender Magnolia, and — FINALLY — Parasite Eve. Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕

I was on @intothecast.bsky.social with @stephenhilger.bsky.social and @chaseallhart.com talking Hades II and inventing new guys every few minutes It was a blast to be on my favorite podcast and chat about games with my friends

A new episode of Shore Leave is now available to Patrons! This one's for all the Bake Off fans out there. 🍰

Job hunting in 2025 is looking at a job posting from a weird company called something like “Binky” and trying desperately to figure out what on earth they do. Every company’s website is like “we provide excellence at a rate that stuns our prior selves” and then it turns out they sell customer data.

Me, a fool: the Hades II OST is good but less memorable than the first game’s Darren Korb, a genius: here’s a boss theme with rock flute Unbelievably good 😤

Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.

This week’s Any% had us using a Smash Bros Randomizer to figure out which characters are the ideal roommates. Feel free to send us prompts for future eps! www.patreon.com/posts/139292...

I literally just recorded an episode with @chaseallhart.com and @matt.bsky.social about how it’s a bummer we’ll never see a new Parasite Eve game… The aether magic is getting scary

Just out of morbid curiosity, I calculated how long I could live off a million or a billion dollars based on my current costs of living. A million dollars covers me for 23 years. A billion— 23,000 years. I know it’s old news, but it’s literally impossible to imagine anyone needing that much money.

Hey! Later today, I’ll be recording a Patreon Bonus episode about the first Trails in the Sky game with series experts @lexplays.bsky.social and @theponk.bsky.social from the great @trailspod.bsky.social podcast. Feel free to send us any questions about this game or series!

Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity! As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.

I love Silksong

I need this Hades II tarot deck immediately

Happy Hades II day to frog lovers everywhere!! 🧡🐸🧡

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Brutal how great a nice walk in the park is. Brisk, even.

Fire Emblem Shadows is the Cats (2019) of games. It captivates with its confusion. After a staggeringly bad tutorial, the game immediately asks you for money in a way that is so confident, it becomes high comedy. I’m kind of in love with it.

Working remotely has led to me singing like Miss Piggy 200% more. Let me know as soon as you figure out why.

✨NEW EPISODE✨ This week in the Aether: Easy Delivery Co. is frigid and relaxing in equal measure. Puzzle Quest is forever. Stephen faces off against the Savage Beastfly. Another long chat about Trails in the Sky. Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕

Consume Me's biggest success is how it balances a goofy tone with real, tough shit. And it does that by giving its lead character (a fictional version of @qdork.bsky.social) a relatable problem: The desire for control. youtu.be/VewGiAY3_kQ

Hey! Big news — we’re recording a Yakuza 0 bonus episode tonight. Feel free to send us any questions related to the game or series you’d like to hear us answer

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

Hey

Why is this haunting?

Finally wrote about Trails, the series that’s winning by basically doing the opposite of what everyone else is www.theverge.com/games/781492...

things are bad enough these days that when I go to check the news there's a fog wall I have to go through first

Remember when Twitter let you record audio as tweets? I loved that. It’s nothing. I want a social media that’s just a bunch of voice mails with no description before you hit play.

Now this I like

Once again, the vibes are bad but you’re great.

I was on the wonderful @insequence.pictures podcast talking about one of my favorite graphic novels— On a Sunbeam! Thanks again for having me on! If you’re interested or want to be interested in comics, give this show a listen insequence.pictures/episodes/on-...

I can’t believe this exists

New Fire Emblem has me thinking about old Fire Emblem, so I drew Shez from Three Hopes #art #fireemblem

✨NEW EPISODE✨ This week in the Aether: Hornet keeps on trucking despite ~everything~ while Woody plots to whack his rival: Buzz Lightyear. Stephen climbs a mountain with his friends and Brendon finally finds a Story of Season game he likes. Listen + Tell a Friend: intothecast.online 💕

New Fire Emblem has me thinking about old Fire Emblem, so I drew Shez from Three Hopes #art #fireemblem

Anyway, I kind of want the next hollow knight game to be like James and the Giant Peach. I want a whole world that’s a rotting piece of fruit full of bugs. Thanks,

Silksong update: the fight against Lace feels like a final destination no items match against a fire emblem dlc character, I love it

want to put put there again that @goblin-cat.bsky.social and i plan to keep making games, and would really love to find a sound designer and/or a coder (familiar w godot) to keep in our circle and hit up for projects. ideally you’re also into telling strange and often scary queer stories. lmk!

new 3h-universe fire emblem is the only thing that could get me analyzing trailers frame by frame i swear