The 2023 Game of the Year Spectacular

Brendon, Stephen and AJ are once again in THE SAME ROOM to talk about VIDEO GAMES. And of course, to have some lunch. !!!SONG CREDITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOW NOTES ( BELOW CHAPTERS, ABOVE PATRONS ) SCROLL AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Discussed: At least Ten (10) Video games!!!!!!!!!!!! --- 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 on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecast Follow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com --- Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/ Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigley Produced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social --- Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/ Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (00:49) - Hello and how this is going to work (08:41) - GotOY Time!!!! (09:06) - Stephen's GotOYs (25:40) - AJ's GotOYs (34:47) - Brendon's GotOYs (49:37) - TWG Discord GotOYs (52:13) - ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!!!!!! (01:00:46) - IT'S GOTY TIME BABY (01:01:03) - Acknowledging the state of the industry and talking about 2023 (01:04:17) - It's time for the GotYs, dude (01:05:43) - Stephen's #10 (01:10:28) - AJ's #10 (01:18:38) - Brendon's #10 (01:24:37) - Sadie's game of the year! (01:27:14) - Stephen's #9 (01:31:50) - AJ's #9 (01:36:03) - Brendon's #9 (01:41:19) - Alanna's game of the year! (01:43:07) - NOT Stephen's #7 (01:48:54) - AJ's #8 (01:58:04) - Brendon's #8 (02:07:02) - Matt's game of the year! (02:08:00) - Stephen's #7 for real (02:13:45) - AJ's #7 (02:20:23) - Brendon's #7 (02:29:20) - Christian's MODES of the year! (02:31:48) - Stephen's #6 (02:38:47) - AJ's #6 (02:44:03) - Brendon's #6 (02:46:49) - C YA! (02:47:17) - Will's game of the year! (02:48:28) - Lunch of the year (02:49:22) - Yeah, I'm on the seafood diet. I SEE FOOD and I EAT IT xDDDDDD (02:49:42) - Stephen's #5 (02:54:19) - AJ's #5 (02:58:33) - Brendon's #5 (03:05:05) - Adam;s game of the year! (03:07:33) - Adam's game of all time! (03:07:59) - Stephen's #4 (03:15:00) - AJ's #4 (03:19:57) - Brendon's #4 (03:26:42) - Chase's game of the year! (03:30:01) - Stephen's #3 (03:35:50) - AJ's #3 (03:40:24) - Brendon's #3 (03:48:02) - Kim's game of the year! (03:50:19) - Stephen's #2 (03:50:28) - Stephen AND Brendon's #2 (04:02:43) - AJ's #2 (04:10:31) - Scout's game of the year! (04:12:10) - Stephen's NUMBER ONE GAME (04:22:04) - AJ's NUMBER ONE VIDEO GAME (04:33:11) - Brendon's NUMBER ONE MINESWEEPER GAME (04:42:23) - Recapping The Lists (04:43:57) - Reading Brendon and Stephen's predictions for each other (04:47:03) - Christopher Plante's game of the year (I guess) (04:49:25) - Results of the TWG Discord GotY Poll! (04:53:40) - Back to US (Honorable Mentions) (05:10:00) - Figuring out the Aether Top 5 (05:44:27) - Testing the list (05:47:03) - The Into the Aether Top 5 Video Games of 2023 (05:47:45) - Someone's game of the year!!!!! (05:48:37) - The ITA GOTY Post-Show (06:19:29) - One final BIG REVEAL (06:19:57) - Wrapping up --- SPOILERS BELOW Links Thoughts of Sea of Stars, its ending, and the priorities of indie devs Jacob Geller’s “The Best 10 Games of 2023” Song credits A Bit of Fun by Thomas Brunet Title Theme by Studio Thumpy Puppy Hinoeuma Night by Yasunori Nishiki Inazawa Chainsaw by NUMBER GIRL Nee Dhaane ft. Shreya Sukumar by Alpha Something Main Menu (Orchestral) by Dale North Suspicion by Hidenori Iwasaki Trials of the Mist by Eric W. Brown Far East Princess by Yeakun Yoo Petal Isles by Koji Kondo, Shiho Fujii, Sayako Doi, Chisaki Shimazu Dive to the Depths by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui Shooting Range - The Drive Remake version by Kota Suzuki Jusant by Guillaume Ferran Raasa feat. Divya Vivek and Harish Kumar by Alpha Something Herald of Darkness by Poets of the Fall (Old Gods of Asgard) Catch Me! by Thomas Brunet Mechanic Hub by Chi Leung Not a Little Girl by Yoshiya Terayama Mother Plant by Jakob Schmid Gather Your Allies! by Borislav Slavov Agnea's Theme by Yasunori Nishiki Main Theme by Borislav Slavov Now Entering: Ward 13 by Rob Westwood Main Theme by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui Heatwave by Shuichi Kobori Bard Dance by Barislov Slavov This Road by Poe Save Theme by Kota Suzuki I Want to Live by Borislav Slavov --- Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: Grok Corey Z Directional Joy Susan H Olivia K Dan S Isaac S Will C Jim W Evan B David H min2 Aaron G V Erik M Redmage77 Joshua J Tony L Danny K Seth M Adam B Justin K Andy H Demo Parker E Maxwell L Spiritofthunder Jason W Jason T Corey T Minnow Eats Whale Caleb W fingerbelly Jesse W Mike T Code...