Death Birdie (feat. Earth Defense Force 6, Magic: The Gathering Arena, Guncho, and V-Rising)

Listen to this episode from Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast on Spotify. Stephen, are you coming to the block party? It's happening during the podcast.We'll be playing Bloomburrow and badminton.  Discussed: Go Italy!, Earth Defense Force 6, Mario sucks, Stephen's PS5 struggle, Magic: The Gathering Arena, this ProZD sketch (which funnily enough is sponsored by M:TG Arena lol), this article on Magic archetypes, digital card games, Guncho, Twinfold, Imbroglio, the throughline, V-Rising, your friend Apple PodcastsEpisode art from chapter 57 of Blue Box.---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineBuy some NEW merch if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 7 cover art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes:(00:00) - Intro (00:21) - Into the A-lympics (03:01) - Do they give out medals for podcasting? (03:44) - Earth Defense Force 6 | New to us (27:48) - Welcome back, World Brothers (28:20) - Magic the Gathering Arena | I tap 3 Aethers to summon Stephen (i've neve played magic before is this correct? - AJ) (54:38) - Guncho | A Fatal Labyrinthlike (01:11:07) - V Rising | Rising from the grave of last week's list of games (01:27:00) - Check out Brendon on Podtimism! (01:27:55) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members:IanfaceMcGeeMatt HClayton MChris Yw0nderbradShawn LCody RZach RFederico VLogan HAlan RSlinkmattjanzz DeaconGrokCorey ZDirectional JoySusan HOlivia KDan SIsaac SWill CJim WEvan BDavid Hmin2Aaron GVErik MBrady HJoshua JTony LDanny KSeth MAdam BJustin KAndy HDemoParker EMaxwell LSpiritofthunderJason WJason TCorey TMinnow Eats WhaleCaleb WfingerbellyJesse WMike TCodesWesleyErik BmebezacSergio LninjadeathdogRory BA42PoundMooseAndrewJustin MPeterStellar.BeesBrendan KScott RwreckxNoah OMichael GArcturusChris RhepaheCory FChase ALoveDiesNick QWes KChris MRBMichaela WAdam FScott HAlexander SPTherese KjgprintersJessica BMurrayDavid PJason KBede RKamrin HKyle SPhilip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★