{"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":"The 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular","slug":"the-2025-game-of-the-year-spectacular","published_at":"2025-12-31T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576/the-2025-game-of-the-year-spectacular","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/into-the-aether-a-low-key-video-game-podcast-745576","url":"https://intothecast.transistor.fm/episodes/the-2025-game-of-the-year-spectacular","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/aa77a85c/d23d9f03.mp3","summary":"Hear ye, hear ye!! Don your warmest winter gear and settle in for another recounting of our favorite video games from this most recent year. And by \"our\" we of course also mean \"your.\" It's everyone's GOTY. And that's why it's called a \"Spectacular.\" Discussed: Our ten favorite games of 2025, and a lot more. (Spoilers for our 2026 Season Premiere:) Google Form for your input. Details mentioned in the episode! 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/ --- *** 🚨SONG CREDITS ARE IN CHAPTERS. FULL SPOILERS FOR THE LIST!!!🚨*** Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (01:23) - What the heck is this podcast anyway?? (06:00) - The PS Vita episode is coming! (12:03) - The year 2025 (33:37) - AJ's Game of the Year! (36:07) - GOTOYs (53:01) - Zuko of the Year (53:57) - GOTOYs (01:28:08) - That's the GOTOYs! (01:29:27) - Trouble Shooting Star by ZENTA | Yakuza 0 OST (01:29:45) - Matt Horton's Game of the Year! (01:30:58) - How we do GOTY (01:31:52) - Stephen's #10 (01:38:24) - solar flare by kariomart, Blue Cayman | Q-Up OST (01:38:51) - Brendon's #10 (01:43:58) - Airport by Erik Skog | PEAK OST (01:44:24) - Stephen's #9 (01:54:57) - Lagoon Layer by Naoto Kubo | Donkey Kong Bananza OST (01:55:29) - Brendon's #9 (02:03:19) - Bountiful Harvest by Amos Roddy | Ball X Pit OST (02:03:44) - Stephen's #8 (02:10:38) - Detective by J…","meta_description":"Hear ye, hear ye!! Don your warmest winter gear and settle in for another recounting of our favorite video games from this most recent year. And by \"our\"…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":22997,"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/the-2025-game-of-the-year-spectacular/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/the-2025-game-of-the-year-spectacular.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}