Stephen Hilger

Stephen Hilger

Co-host of Into the Aether

Appears in 359 Episodes

I am the Jumpmaster, I am 300 Crabs

Have you ever felt like you weren't yourself? You look in the mirror and the passage of time has presented you with a face that feels like an Other? Maybe it's what's ...

Kingdom Hearts 3, and II.9 Too

Stephen & Brendon, Sorry to rush off without sayin' goodbye, but there's big trouble brewin'. Not sure why, but the stars have been blinkin' out, one by one. And that...

Kingdom Hearts and 2, Too

Games Discussed: Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts 3, other Kingdoms's Hearts''s'

Dragon Quest XII: This Time QBert Is In It

After calamity struck the citizens of Xanthia found themselves frozen in time, statues of flesh and blood strewn about the citadel and the marketplace and the homes an...

What's Kraken?

Games Discussed: Pyre, Meditations, Return of the Obra Dinn

Super Glydon Tycoon

Glydon Gould Vanderbilt (May 26, 1794 - November 3, 1889) was a titan of the industrial age, paving the way for the implementation of a rail system that could connect ...

The 2018 Game of the Year Spectacular

Stephen and Brendon close out the year having convened in a New Jersey living room for an extra-long Game of the Year spectacular. Each presents their top ten games of...

Lofi Hip Hop Chill Beats To Study / Relax To: The Game

‪Lofi Hip Hop Mix - Chill Beats To Study / Relax To: The Game (2018) NOT CLICKBAIT | Vine Compilation | Vines I Want Playing On The Projector At My Wake | Funny Vines ...

A Podcast Episode About Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch

Games Discussed: Blinx the Time Sweeper

Aesthetic Robot Stuff

Yeah man, my new robot is rad. Its name is Wuumo and it spends all day making vaporwave art for Instagram. I was wondering why I'd want a robot that makes art, but the...

Howdy, Howdy, Howdy

Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, Howdy,...

Applause for Jens Kreuger

Jens Kreuger bought the house near Pallet town in the autumn of his 28th year. Over the next decade, he and his wife had a litter of pups and then they separated. They...

The Five of Gloves

In terms of your personal life, you need time alone today, dear Glover. The Hermit and the Hanged Man between them create a heavy atmosphere, but you could turn it to ...

Toad's Pearly Gates

Behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take p...

Who resets Resetti?

I prefer the stillness here, underground. I am tired of the town. These citizens. I'm tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives. They claim their labors are t...

The Legend of Zelda: Black Friday

Long long ago, a great many people called home a beautiful land of rolling hills and glorious sunrises. For generations they found only contentment, with food and weal...

Have a Good Night in the Woods

have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good week have a good we...

Just Bring It Follows

It wills itself unto you, and you unto another unfortunate soul. Just Bring It follows you, until you follow another unsuspecting participant. You smell what The Rock ...

The Dearth of Luigi

He's been gone for what seems like a lifetime. You notice it in the fleeting moments, when you hear a joke you think he'd have liked, when you see a great deal on a ne...

Hotline Inkopolis

Do you like inking other people?

Pokémon Khaki

The new generation is here, and what approaches is the decision that defines every Pokémon trainer--which version will you buy? Gone are chromatic palettes, precious s...

Lakitu, Bring Us Home

Have you ever felt lonely? Lost and wandering an abyss of your own creation? Like life is a confusing mess of asphalt, a highway that stretches on to infinity and ever...

Sketch Turner Confirmed for Smash Ultimate

Not really, though.

Terrence Malick's Fortnite

The year is 2025 and we all knew this was coming. Hundreds sit patiently at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah as they murmer to one another, bracing the...

Self-Prescribed Narrative Drive

Travel far enough and you'll see them, the echoes of long lost explorers who sailed across the stars searching hopelessly for meaning. And it's that same unsettlingly ...

Octopath Traveler's Bewildering Grace

"It's my time to shine," you tell yourself. Four foes stand before you, each one a grotesque homunculus of flesh and, well, something else. The allies you've made alon...

Frasier in the Void

The year is 20XX and Kelsey Grammer opens his eyes for what feels like the first time in decades. He looks to his left and sees only a vast emptiness; to his right, th...

Funko Pod

You're ready. You're wearing the official Marcus Fenix bandanna. You made sure the sleeves of your red Gears of War licensed t-shirt are rolled up so the world can see...

Into the Aether: The E3 2018 Spectacular

In this special and also technically first episode of ITA, Stephen and Brendon discuss each press conference from E3 2018.

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