Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast

It's finally time for the NINTH season of Into the Aether, a low key video game podcast! To kick this one off, we played and discussed 40+ of the most important games from Sony's first home console: The PlayStation.
Thank you all so much for listening to and supporting the show throughout the years, and especially for your patience while we work on episodes like these.
Discussed: The Sony Playstation
The full PS1 Playlist
The games that won the community poll
Our episode with Chris Plante about Dreamcast history
Dom's interview with Tony Hawk

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Into the Aether Season 9

(00:36) - Prepping for this ep and how it has changed over the years

(12:25) - The PlayStation is cool

(16:03) - Histories with the PlayStation

(39:41) - How the ep is gonna go

(44:06) - "Turtle Woods/The Pits/Night Fight" Josh Mancell, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

(44:41) - 1995

(45:02) - Tokimeki Memorial

(01:01:58) - 1996

(01:02:00) - Tomb Raider

(01:13:37) - 1997

(01:13:42) - PaRappa the Rapper

(01:21:23) - Wild Arms

(01:27:42) - Bushido Blade

(01:31:51) - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

(01:37:07) - Final Fantasy VII

(01:37:15) - "The Highwind Takes to the Skies" Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VII

(01:37:43) - Final Fantasy VII

(01:44:25) - Moon: Remix RPG Adventure

(01:50:46) - Colony Wars

(02:01:39) - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

(02:12:09) - 1997 is OVER

(02:12:31) - "Title Screen" Stewart Copeland, Spyro the Dragon

(02:13:03) - Into the Eather

(02:18:53) - 1998

(02:19:01) - Einhänder

(02:26:26) - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

(02:32:55) - Mega Man Legends

(02:40:52) - Tomba

(02:44:57) - Resident Evil 2

(02:54:45) - Xenogears

(03:04:04) - Tekken 3

(03:04:14) - "Heihachi Mishima Theme" Nobuyoshi Sano and Keiichi Okabe, Tekken 3

(03:04:35) - Tekken 3

(03:09:50) - Parasite Eve

(03:09:59) - "Arise Within You" Yoko Shimomura, Parasite Eve

(03:10:37) - Parasite Eve

(03:20:24) - Brave Fencer Musashi

(03:24:28) - Metal Gear Solid

(03:24:47) - "Main Theme" Tappi Iwase, Metal Gear Solid

(03:25:18) - Metal Gear Solid

(03:33:49) - Spyro the Dragon

(03:38:45) - Goin' out with a bang

(03:40:02) - "The Lost Land ~ Primordial Ooze" Soichi Terada, Ape Escape

(03:40:29) - 1999

(03:40:41) - Legend of Legaia

(03:44:52) - R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

(03:48:00) - Gran Turismo 2

(03:52:56) - Suikoden II

(03:59:59) - Silent Hill

(04:00:06) - "Silent Hill" Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill

(04:00:36) - Silent Hill

(04:12:15) - Um Jammer Lammy

(04:17:26) - Ape Escape

(04:19:45) - Crash Team Racing

(04:19:56) - "Main Menu" Josh Mancell, Crash Team Racing

(04:20:24) - Crash Team Racing

(04:26:25) - Onto the new millenium

(04:27:09) - "Menu Theme" Dennis Martin and Takeo Miratsu, The Legend of Dragoon

(04:27:47) - 2000

(04:28:38) - Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

(04:35:07) - Incredible Crisis

(04:38:52) - Vagrant Story

(04:39:14) - "Recollections" Hitoshi Sakimoto, Vagrant Story

(04:39:45) - Vagrant Story

(04:52:26) - Vib-Ribbon

(04:55:01) - Threads of Fate

(04:59:00) - Chrono Cross

(04:59:07) - "Fields of Time ~ Home World" Yasunori Mitsuda, Chrono Cross

(04:59:39) - Chrono Cross

(05:06:39) - The Legend of Dragoon

(05:10:51) - Jackie Chan Stuntmaster

(05:14:21) - Breath of Fire IV

(05:23:13) - Final Fantasy IX

(05:33:08) - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

(05:41:01) - That's the PlayStation 1!

(05:42:18) - "A Place to Call Home" Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy IX

(05:42:45) - Not *quite* the last console retrospective

(05:44:28) - The Community Picks

(05:45:35) - Making the Aether Top 5

(06:06:03) - The Into the Aether Top 5 Video Games for the Sony PlayStation 1

(06:07:06) - That's it!

(06:09:26) - Thank you so much for listening<3

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Philanthropists... pAssemble.
Discussed: Upcoming break, past trips to London, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Marvel vs. Capcom, Big Walk, ziti pizza, Big Guess, Agent 64: Spies Never Die, FFXIV, Fields of Mistria 

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:05) - Last ep until the premiere!!

(02:24) - Into the Air-ther (plane joke)

(05:07) - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls | From... company???

(26:38) - Break

(26:40) - Big Walk | The ziti pizza of gaming

(43:13) - Guessing the Game Awards GOTY nominees | Stephen's Big Swing

(46:29) - Break

(46:31) - Agent 64: Spies Never Die | A James-like

(01:06:52) - Break

(01:06:54) - Final Fantasy XIV | Can someone tell me how to unlock the golden chocobo?

(01:39:45) - Break

(01:39:46) - Fields of Mistria | Man, I Love Farming

(01:55:49) - Wrapping up for a couple of weeks

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Stephen Y
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Aaron G
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Ben Hanson tried to fool us.
Discussed: Fortune’s Weave Direct, Gun Nun, the hero we’re choosing first, our upcoming break, Fields of Mistria, Neighborvania, Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded, the Cai Crew, more games on the horizon

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:32) - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct | The thing you're waiting for us to talk about

(25:12) - Break

(25:14) - Fields of Mistria 1.0.1 | If you build it, they will [release the full version of the game]

(01:10:56) - Break

(01:10:57) - Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded | Performing our penance for losing Trivia Tower

(01:23:14) - Wrapping up

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It costs one hundred thousand United States Dollars.
MinnMax Trivia Tower
Stephen's Splatoon Raiders stream
Discussed: MinnMax Trivia Tower, the price we pay for losing trivia, Beast of Reincarnation, Game Freak’s games that aren’t Pokémon, Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok, the post game of Splatoon Raiders, Woe of the Year, Slay the Spire 2, squishy amiibos, August games we’re excited about

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:49) - Check out our ep of Trivia Tower!

(05:04) - Beast of Reincarnation | A new video game from Game Freak!

(29:16) - Break

(29:17) - Tiding to Kat from Kat's family!

(30:03) - Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok | Brendon's new personality

(47:28) - SPOILERS FOR SPLATOON RAIDERS INCOMING

(47:55) - Break

(47:56) - Splatoon Raiders | We've earned our stripes

(01:05:50) - Final Drill (Vs. The Salmonarch) - Deep Cut Version by Toshiyuki Sudo, Asuka Hayazaik, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Tsukasa Usui | Splatoon Raiders OST

(01:06:04) - SPOILERS FOR SPLATOON RAIDERS

(01:24:05) - Wrapping up

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Noah D
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Hugo W
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Chris B
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Stephen Y
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Brendan O
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Clayton M
Zach R
Dylan N
Federico V
Tigerz Revenge
Logan H
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Mike L
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David M
HeavyPixels
Kaleb H
Tyler J
Corey Z
Susan H
Barry T
Robert R
Chris J
Brett Allen H
Dan S
Jack S
Garrett C
jimiibo
John H
Dirch F
Jim E
Jim W
Tristan L
Evan B
AwfulHanzo
min2
Aaron G
Jean H
Todd N
red_wagon
Neil
Peter B
John V
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Tony L
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Gibson G
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Richard M
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Ay! (I'm Big Man!) And I'm Poopies, and this is the Spicy Raid.
Discussed: Cursed impressions, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”, Splatoon Raiders, Gooigi, MinnMax Trivia Tower, The Deltarune Patreon bonus episode, RuneScape: Dragonwilds 

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Intro

(02:16) - Splatoon Raiders | Who Wants to Be A Squillionaire

(53:12) - Break

(53:13) - Deltarune 3-5 is now available for patrons!!

(59:24) - Runescape: Dragonwilds | Mitt Romney presents...

(01:42:28) - Wrapping up

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SeekingSeaking
Jimmers
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Vinny M
Matt
Kerry K
Brian M
Noah D
Zach D
Christopher TD
Hugo W
Todd
Chris B
Lukerfuffle
Stephen Y
Daniel G
Eric F
Taran W
Brendan O
Chris Z
Clayton M
Zach R
Dylan N
Federico V
Tigerz Revenge
Logan H
Alan R
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HeavyPixels
Kaleb H
Tyler J
Corey Z
Susan H
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jimiibo
John H
Dirch F
Jim E
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min2
Aaron G
Jean H
Todd N
red_wagon
Neil
Peter B
John V
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Redmage77
Joshua J
Tony L
Danny K
Gibson G
Kate Duncan B
Richard M
Daniel N
Seth M
James
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Demo
Emma
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Jake L
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Alex L
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LoveDies
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