{"podcast":{"title":"Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast","slug":"into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576","podcast_index_feed_id":745576,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/intotheaether","website_url":"https://intothecast.online/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UNkvh8XfWgVfJUbZDDnJEU5s5cYoaDEjClDZFfGF1E0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNzFj/OGE1MjJmY2Y1NWYy/ZWFiZWI3ZmFjZDg4/ZTU3ZS5qcGc.jpg","author":"Stephen Hilger, Brendon Bigley","episode_count":438,"summary":"A low key video game podcast by Stephen Hilger and Brendon Bigley. Produced by AJ Fillari!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576"},"episode":{"title":"Rorchad's Journal with Brandon Sheffield (feat. Demonschool and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond)","slug":"rorchad-s-journal-with-brandon-sheffield-feat-demonschool-and-metroid-prime-4-beyond","published_at":"2025-12-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576/rorchad-s-journal-with-brandon-sheffield-feat-demonschool-and-metroid-prime-4-beyond","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576","url":"https://intothecast.transistor.fm/episodes/rorchads-journal-with-brandon-sheffield-feat-demonschool-and-metroid-prime-4-beyond","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f6d29983/b72fcb49.mp3","summary":"We're joined this week by Brandon Sheffield — creative director at Necrosoft Games and cohost of the fantastic Insert Credit podcast — for a conversation about making games, and making Demonschool specifically. Afterwards, we have a conversation about the highs and lows of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and making a version of Rorschach who is somehow even worse than the original. Discussed: Brandon Sheffield is here, the pitfalls of men’s fashion, the release of Demonschool, the beauty and importance of 7/10 games, the PS1 era, design informed by limitation, Jeanne d’Arc, how tactics games could be streamlined, News Tower, the specific era we’re in, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Myles Mackenzie, Metroid as a series, the Zune, Nintendo’s Disney Era Vote in the GOTY poll, if you’d like! https://forms.gle/E6wRvbdBnw7KDNSy7 Brendon's Silksong video Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Buy some merch, if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.online Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast --- Follow Stephen Hilger: https://bsky.app/profile/stephenhilger.bsky.social Follow Brendon Bigley: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.online Produced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social --- Season 8 cover art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/ Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://ghostdown.online/ --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (00:14) - Demonschool | Brandon Sheffield is here! (01:05:04) - Break (01:05:05) - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | I will not make a Myles joke. I will not make a Myles joke. I will not make a Myles joke. I will not make a Myles joke. (01:57:34) - Wrapping up --- Thanks to all of our amazing patrons, including our Eternal Gratitude members: Ed A J-Rock Samantha D North Hero Sam H Snzzn Bertito J-Rock Greg…","meta_description":"We're joined this week by Brandon Sheffield — creative director at Necrosoft Games and cohost of the fantastic Insert Credit podcast — for a conversation…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7366,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576/episodes/rorchad-s-journal-with-brandon-sheffield-feat-demonschool-and-metroid-prime-4-beyond/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576/rorchad-s-journal-with-brandon-sheffield-feat-demonschool-and-metroid-prime-4-beyond.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}