OSMcast! & The Carbuncle Chronicle

We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did for Ed Chavez! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about him: Ed Chavez is the President and Publisher of DENPA Books. A twenty year veteran of the manga industry, Ed started his manga career as a journalist, writing for publications such as Comic Book Resources, Animate and Publishers Weekly. He would eventually do editorial work for Seven Seas and DC Comic’s manga line CMX. In 2007 he began working with Japanese manga publisher Kodansha. He split time doing marketing and translation for their new manga and light novel imprints (Morning 2 and Kodansha BOX respectively). Prior to his move to Oregon, Ed was the Sales & Marketing Director and Licensing Manager for Vertical Comics (2009-17), where he released numerous New York Times Best Sellers and Eisner Award winners/nominees. Ed is unique in the North American manga industry as someone with experience on both sides of the Pacific as well as someone with translation, editorial, marketing, sales and acquisition experience. https://mtac.net/guests/ed-chavez OSMnotes We want to thank Ed and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Ed is by checking out him online at: Denpa’s website: https://denpa.pub/ Denpa on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/denpabooks.bsky.social Denpa on Twitter: https://x.com/denpa_books Ed on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangacast.bsky.social Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used. We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends. And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Ricco Fajardo! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about him: Ricco Fajardo is an actor whose performances have been seen in many ways: on stage, film, commercials, industrials, voice-over, animation, motion-capture- if it involves the body and voice, he’s done it! Known locally for his indie film work, abroad folks best know him for his roles in anime and video games. Most recent credits include the egoist striker Isagi in “Blue Lock,” the loveable Mirio in “My Hero Academia,” Tomo’s best bud Jun in “Tomo-Chan is a Girl!,” the enigmatic Kotaro in “Zombieland Saga,” the fearsome Benimaru in “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,” and the party loving priest Pandreo in “Fire Emblem: Engage.” An avid gamer and watcher of anime and movies, Ricco loves being physically active and his cats! He is originally from San Jose, California and resides in Dallas, Texas   https://mtac.net/guests/ricco-fajardo-2 OSMnotes We want to thank Ricco and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Ricco is by checking out him online at: On Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/riccofajardo On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/riccofajardo.bsky.social On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riccofajardo On Twitch: http://twitch.tv/riccofajardo On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCme-D0e9vXL66vUjAbWlpGQ On TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJxVroe7/ On Twitter: https://x.com/RiccoFajardo On IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5021400/ Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used. We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends. And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did for MC Frontalot! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about him: MC Frontalot (née Damian Hess) is the original mastermind of Nerdcore Hip-Hop and still its Final Boss. Front was born in San Francisco and grew up in Berkeley. He was tall and scrawny, had trouble breathing, and could not see well. A special teacher was called in to help him attain basic competence on the monkey bars, another to give him standardized tests meant for older children. Thusly, he was the most popular kid in his elementary school. Just kidding! He got pushed down a lot and called “nerd.” Did he maybe even deserve it? I mean, really – who strikes out at kickball? He spent the next twenty years or so trying to get over it. And kind of succeeded! Flash forward to 1999: the dotcom bubble is maximally inflated; nerds everywhere imagine themselves to be popular and/or hip. Damian is getting overpaid to code web pages, which leaves him free in the evenings to play with audio software. A longtime idolizer of rappers, he has been committing his own esoteric hip-hop compositions to four-track tape since high school, revealing them to nobody. But, suddenly! Multi-track desktop studios, cheap pro-grade recording hardware, skyrocketing bandwidth, semi-anonymous web publishing: these factors converge on Damian’s rap hobby like a flock of winged monkeys. He posts an MC Frontalot web page, dubbing his output “Nerdcore Hip-Hop” because his audience is composed of several Star Wars figurines who live on his desk (and also random internet people who click on his MP3s by mistake). Somehow, it is a quarter-century later. Nerdcore has metastasized into an internet phenomenon and underground touring powerhouse, with dozens of well established live acts and hundreds of home-studio rhymers self-identifying within the subgenre. MC Frontalot, called alternately the movement’s godfather or grandfather (thanks, kids), leads the charge, performing for thousands around the country and at prominent geek gatherings such as Comic-Con, DEF CON, the Penny Arcade Expo, Super MAGFest, and BlizzCon. He’s been featured in The New York Times, Spin, Wired, XXL, Newsweek, CNN, Blender, XLR8R, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, The London Daily Telegraph, NPR, G4TV, Esquire, Playboy, CMJ, The Guardian (UK), The Wall Street Journal, and scores of city papers nationally and internationally. He has released seven studio albums, Nerdcore Rising (Sept 2005), Secrets From The Future (Apr 2007), Final Boss (Nov 2008), Zero Day (Apr 2010), Solved (Aug 2011), Question Bedtime (Aug 2014), and Net Split, or the Fathomless Heartbreak of Online Itself (March 2019). The documentary feature, Nerdcore Rising: The Movie, which focuses on Front’s live band and exposes the the Nerdcore phenomenon in general, debuted at the South By Southwest Film Festival in 2008. Front lives in Berkeley, CA, and still spends most of his time rapping into a computer. https://mtac.net/guests/mc-frontalot OSMnotes We want to thank MC Frontalot and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where MC Frontalot is by checking out him online at: On his website: https://frontalot.com/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MCFrontalotOFFICIAL On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tRxVqFSJrai3XTMOiEHVn On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mc_frontalot/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontalot On Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mc_front On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/mc.frontalot.com On Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@mc_frontalot Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used. We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends. And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Lauren Landa! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about her: Lauren Landa is a voice actress born and raised in Los Angeles. In the last 15 years her voice has been in over a hundred different anime and video game titles, playing the voice of many beloved characters. Lauren is most known for roles such as the ninja beauty, Kasumi in Dead or Alive 5; the sexy Litchi Faye Ling in the popular fighting games BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, as well as the sequels BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and Continuum Shift Extend; Chrono Phantasma; the badass Kyoko Sakura in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the enthusiastic Yan Leixia in Soul Calibur V, the deadly Little Queen in Tales of Graces; the valley girl racer in pink, Boiboi, in REDLINE, the adorable zombie Squigly in Skullgirls, kind hearted Leia in Tales of Xillia, the innocent Chubo Sonken in Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians, the quiet Annie Leonhardt in the hit anime series Attack on Titan, One in “DrakenGard 3”, Nora in “Noragami”, Sailor Neptune in the VIZ Media’s Sailor Moon, Merlin in “The Seven Deadly Sins”, Lyra in “Fist Of The North Star: Lost Paradise”, Juno in “Beastars”, Female Robin in “Fire Emblem” and “Super Smash Brothers”, Kyoka Eden in Scarlet Nexus, Karin Kanzuki in Street Fighter V, Leila in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, Tsukasa in Over the Moon for You, and many more! For Updates and Announcements follow Lauren Landa on Twitter and Twitch! Twitter:@Lauren_A_Landa! Twitch: Twitch.tv/LaurenLanda https://mtac.net/guests/lauren-landa OSMnotes We want to thank Lauren and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Lauren is by checking out her online at: On her website: https://www.laurenlanda.com/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenlandavo/ On Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/laurenlanda On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/laurenlanda.bsky.social On Twitter: https://x.com/Lauren_A_Landa On IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3119972/ Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used. We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends. And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

In our third foray into the OSMtable!, Dylan, Basil, Tobias, and Niko talk about how to find inspiration. Where and why do we struggle with it? What techniques break us out of writer’s block? What options exist to draw players into that process–and when might you not want to do so? OSMnotes Resources Coffee & Carbuncles Episode 28: Crafting a Roleplay Character with Nobutaka Fairclough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXjDPk3eMUc Dyson Logos: https://www.dysonlogos.com/ Hosts: Basil on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/itsbasiltime.com Tobias on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/rtobias.bsky.social Niko’s Linktree: https://nicholasqualls.com/ CultureSmash: https://www.youtube.com/@CulturesmashTv/streams Dylan’s links: https://links.dylanwolf.com/ We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends. And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

After 8- er no make that uh 15 years, King of the Hill is back, and as long-time fans with an encyclopedic knowledge, we have powerful thoughts about it. Did it live up to the original? How well did they build on the well-established plot arcs from the original? What about the recasts and missing characters? We enlist KotH superfan Jess from MomoCon to answer these questions with us.OSMnotesSo how does one watch this fancy newfangled King of the Hill? That’s easy!King of the Hill, How to Watch:Stream on Devices that Streamon Huluon Disney+And of course, Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00OSMPlugs (Discord, Patreon) – 1:01Moments of OSM –Dylan: Bohnanza – 2:11John: The Edit of Evangelion – 4:41Jess: Fibermaxxing – 5:34King of the Hill (Season 14)King of the Hill (Season 14), Sans Spoilers – 11:07King of the Hill (Season 14), Full of Spoilers – 41:27OSMs out of OSM and Final Thoughts – 1:18:07We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you. 

Hello Adventurers! Wait, is that how it goes for this? Does it even matter? Who knows! So this episode, theoretically a "bonus" episode, is actually a product of two years worth of work. In 2024, over the course of two different panels at MomoCon and KamiCon HAI (RIP), we had panels where we attempted to rank all the mainline Final Fantasies (plus two bonus games). As we had different people on each panel, we of course had two different rankings!  What was a podcast to do? Well, all six of us got together to record One Final (Fantasy) Podcast to determine the final ranking. This is that episode! PS You may notice that we have not indicated if this is an OSMcast! or a Carbuncle Chronicle episode. That's because it's both! Almost all of the OSMcast! side, and all of The Carbuncle Chronicle side are in this, AND it covers Final Fantasy XIV to boot, so it made sense to just call it an episode for both.  OSMnotesWhoo boy! This was a real pain to edit! But Basil also got real extra with the audio and music for the episode this time, so we hope you enjoy the half a year he took at poking and prodding this thing into Listenable Audio™. Anyroad, have some Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing (Introductions and explaining The Process) – 02:04The Great Final Fantasy Ranking!Part I: Where we talk about all the Final FantasiesFinal Fantasy I - 04:44Final Fantasy II - 10:36Final Fantasy III - 17:06Final Fantasy IV - 21:45Final Fantasy V - 32:13Final Fantasy VI - 35:37Final Fantasy VII - 41:41Final Fantasy VIII - 49:56Final Fantasy IX - 53:49Final Fantasy X - 58:24Bonus Game: Final Fantasy Tactics - 01:05:00Final Fantasy XI - 01:09:05Final Fantasy XII - 01:11:48Bonus Game: Lost Odyssey - 01:15:58Final Fantasy XIII - 01:21:18Final Fantasy XIV - 01:27:30Final Fantasy XV - 01:34:24Final Fantasy XVI - 1:38:10Part II: Where we actually rank said Final FantasiesThe Battle Begins - 01:41:39The Battle Ends - 02:03:09Oh! And if you want to see them all in one handy dandy graphic once we were finished, here it is (but warning it's a long long image):We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Back in May of 2008 for our 5th episode of the OSMcast, we talked about the 2004 OVA Re: Cutie Honey from Hideaki Anno and pals. So for our 200th episode, we have decided to go back and do it again! And for a decent bit longer than last time. Thankfully since then Discotek and Media OCD continue to do the lord’s work, and we have an amazing new Blu-ray release to talk about. The anime finally has a kick ass release, and more people need to know about it. Only took 20ish years to do it!OSMnotesWhile at the moment there is no easy to way to find a handy dandy streaming service to watch Re: Cutie Honey, the Blu-Ray of it is absolutely amazing!Re: Cutie Honey, How to Buy:Buy on Blu-Rayon Amazonon Crunchyroll StorePlus, Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing (200+ Episodes and 17 Years of Podcasting) – 00:35Re: Cutie Honey – 09:34Re: Cutie Honey, Sans Spoilers (Mostly) – 10:08Re: Cutie Honey, Full of Spoilers – 33:49Questions from Listeners Like You About Re: Cutie Honey – 0:49:58OSMs Out of OSM and Final Thoughts – 1:02:26We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Robert McCollum! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about him:Robert McCollum has been working in anime for almost twenty-five years, voicing more than 300 roles going all the way back to Teen Goten in DRAGONBALL GT. Notable work includes Reiner in ATTACK ON TITAN, Stain in MY HERO ACADEMIA, Donquixote Doflamingo in ONE PIECE, Jellal in FAIRY TAIL, Julius The Wizard King in BLACK COVER, Marcus in DEMON LORD 2099, Earl Vincent Phantomhive in Black Butler, Baki Hanma in Baki The Grappler, and Kogami in PSYCHOPASS. Rob is also the voice of Axton in BORDERLANDS 2, and has done work for the games ORCS MUST DIE (as Max) and BROTHERS IN ARMS: EARNED IN BLOOD. In addition to acting, McCollum is a father of two living in Dallas and working as a producer and director of corporate communication and commercials in the U.S. and U.K.. He is the creator of The Inside Man- the world’s first I.T. security training action series- for KnowBe4 and directed the wildly successful historical audio drama podcast 1865. Among his personal favorite anime roles are Sweden in HETALIA, Date Masamune in SENGOKU BASRA, Mifune in SOUL EATER, Kaze in KAZE NO STIGMA, and his first bad guy, Shinobu Sensui from YU YU HAKUSHO: GHOST FILES. (You always remember your first.)A proud trans ally, a portion of all proceeds Robert earns through conventions goes to ANIME STANDS UP FOR ALL, a fundraising effort for Lambda Legal. Make a donation at https://give.lambdalegal.org/AnimeStandsUpForAllhttps://mtac.net/guests/robert-mccollum/OSMnotesWe want to thank Robert and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Robert is by checking out him online at:On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robhmccollumOn Twitter: https://x.com/RobMcCollumOn IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566147/Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used.We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Hello Adventurers! Earlier this year we took a trip out to St. Louis, Missouri to check out a most excellent Final Fantasy XIV fan convention: GATEway FATE 2.0! This was their second year and we had heard so many good things about its first year, we were really excited to try it out for ourselves. And we were not disappointed. But don’t take our word for it! Wait, no… Actually do take our word for it, but in audio form! This is a podcast, after all. Spoiler Levels: Larboard/Starboard Chicken Tenders with fries “are ready to fry!” This was just one of the many delicious food options that they had in their Last Stand food stall in the convention center. And yes, we do realize that we said both “delicious food options” and “in the convention center” within the same sentence! It was just one of the many things that really impressed us about this con. (Just wait till you hear us gush about the flooring!)OSMnotesGATEway FATE 2.0 was a lot of fun, and we are very much looking forward to GATEway FATE 3.0 on October17th-18th, 2026! They just announced their dates and will have more information upcoming soon. But until then, have some Time Cues:00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling00:00:45 – Intro and General Gabbing00:01:14 – The Weeb Police are off Leviathan! (For Now)00:01:52 – FFXIV x Fall Guys00:04:55 – CarbyPlugs (Discord, Patreon, TeePublic)00:05:47 – Moogle Treasure Trove – The Hunt for Relevation00:07:09 – Patch 7.4, Into the Mist00:15:29 – GATEway FATE 2.000:17:30 – The Venue, but importantly that flooring00:21:59 – The Exhibit Hall00:23:19 – The Art Party Room00:25:53 – The Upper Level00:29:06 – The Last Stand (and the best food from a convention center ever?)00:31:41 – The food options around the con were also pretty great!00:33:57 – The Exhibitors00:35:08 – The Staff00:39:00 – Saturday at GATEway00:40:26 – The Music of Final Fantasy XIV: Retro Edition00:43:48 – Name That Orchestrion Roll with Vickybunnyangel00:46:48 – 1.0? NIGHTMARE!!00:51:14 – Being a Wandering Minstred 101 with Amanda Achen and Jason Charles Miller00:51:57 – Mientras El Micrófono Graba: Voice Acting Journeys with Erica Mendez, Javier Prusky, and Luis Bermudez00:52:23 – From Pon to Ron: Mahjong 10100:54:09 – Eorzea’s Fiscal History and Impending Coinage Disaster00:58:15 – World Racin’ with Frosty & Rookuri00:59:08 – At Art’s Horizon: An Omnicrafter Art Party00:59:41 – Dragsidia Drag Show01:02:07 – Karaoke: A Test of Your Vocal Reflexes01:03:15 – Sunday @ GATEway FATE01:03:21 – PvP Showcase01:04:35 – Crafting an RP Character with Nobutaka Fairclough01:05:38 – Off to the Chocobo Races with Frosty01:10:04 – Dress Like a Doman with Rookuri01:11:08 – The Most Useful FFXIV Websites That Won’t Break the TOS!01:13:59 – Final Thoughts on GATEway FATE 2.0, and Looking Forward to 3.0Music is this episode features tracks such as “Paradise Found” by Masayoshi Soken, “On Windy Meadows”  by Nobuo Uematsu, and “ Sanctuary’s Heart: With Hearts Aligned” by Masayoshi Soken, arranged by grooveman Spot.We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you. 

We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Natalie Van Sistine. Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about her:Natalie Van Sistine is a voice actor, audio engineer, and writer who currently lives near Dallas with her dog, Nico.In anime, you can hear her as Yor Forger in Spy X Family, Star and Stripe in My Hero Academia, Miorine in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Selene in Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, the Fox Devil in Chainsaw Man, Irene Adler/James Bonde in Moriarty the Patriot, Yihdra in The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World, Lilith in The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious, Arnheid in Vinland Saga, Natsuko Aki in Re: Cutie Honey, and in dozens of other titles, including Attack on Titan, Full Dive, Overlord, and One Piece.She has also appeared in over two hundred games, including Honkai: Star Rail as Serval and World of Warcraft as Dark Ranger Velonara. You can also hear her in Hearthstone, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Fire Emblem Heroes, CookieRun: Witch’s Castle, and Goddess of Victory: Nikke.Book fans may also recognize her from the Graphic Audio production of A Court of Thorns and Roses as Nesta.She can be found on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok @nvansistine.https://mtac.net/guests/natalie-van-sistine/OSMnotesWe want to thank Natalie and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Natalie is by checking out her online at:On her website: https://www.nvansistine.com/On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/nvansistine.bsky.socialOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nvansistine/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nvansistineOn Twitter: https://x.com/nvansistineOn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NatalieVanSistinePlus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used.We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Hello Adventurers! Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV is the fourteenth mainline Final Fantasy game? It’s true! In fact there were a whole thirteen other games that came before it, if you can believe it. So for this episode, we are talking about the first three. But it’s been a minute since some of us (Basil) has played the first three games, and we needed some help. Some fresh eyes on these games, some eyes that really know how to grind out some gear. If you haven’t figured it out yet, our special guests for this episode are none other than Garrett and Kyle from Grinding Gear! Spoiler Levels: Chicken Fettuccine “Flat, thick pasta smothered in a rich cream sauce with tender slices of chicken thigh.” This food that offers bonuses to Critical Hit, Vitality, and Skill Speed was introduced in patch 5.4 Futures Rewritten during the Shadowbringers expansion and also included the Matoya’s Relict dungeon! You know, Matoya! From Final Fantasy (I)!OSMnotesOnce again we want to think Garrett and Kyle for joining us! Have you heard of them before? They’re on YouTube! They’re pretty great, you should watch them. Also, while we were chatting, they announced the new All Saint’s Wake event starting this Friday? That’s the day right before GATEway FATE! Such good timing. Speaking of timing, here have some Time Cues:00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling00:00:47 – Intro and General Gabbing00:03:46 – The Numbers are WRONG?!??00:09:19 – We commit the sin of actually liking FFXIV00:15:35 – Basil plugs the OSMcast! Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes00:18:25 – The Carbuncle Chronicle will be at GATEway FATE!00:31:57 – A Prelude to Talking About Final Fantasy I, II, and III00:32:34 – How did you first learn about Final Fantasy?00:41:06 –What draws you to Final Fantasy?00:48:09 – When you think about what is Final Fantasy, what does it make you think of?00:52:09 – What prompted Garrett and Kyle to play the older ones?00:59:18 – Talking About Final Fantasy I, II, and III00:59:59 – Final Fantasy I01:17:23 – Final Fantasy II01:29:36 – Final Fantasy IIIMusic is this episode features tracks such as “Final Fantasy I Main Theme FFPR Ver.” by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Kento Hasegawa and Masato Kouda, “Final Fantasy I Battle FFPR Ver.” and ” Final Fantasy I Victory FFPR Ver.” by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Yuji Aoyama and Ayumu Murai, “ Matoya’s Cave FFPR Ver.” by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Shingo Kataoka and Hidenori Miyanaga, “Final Fantasy I Opening Theme FFPR Ver.” by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Ryoue Takagi, “Final Fantasy II Main Theme FFPR Ver.” and “Eternal Wind FFPR Ver.” by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Shingo Kataoka,”Pa-paya, Scions & Sinners FINAL FANTASY XIV ~ Arrangement Album ~” by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Keiko, and “A Victory Fanfare Reborn (Full)” by Masayoshi Soken.We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you. 

Hello Adventurers! Well, here we are again. There has been a brand new patch, and we are here to talk about it all! Well… at least a lot of it, anyroad. We cover some of the less spoiler-y parts of patch 7.3 The Promise of Tomorrow, before really digging into spoilers talking about the MSQ, dungeon, the trial, and more! That more includes a bunch of things that has just happened, but also things that are happening right now… But also in the future? This podcast contains multitudes, and we welcome you to come listen.Spoiler Levels: DAM! This rainbow energy beverage will allegedly bestow the drinker with metaphorical fangs to gnaw through any challenge and do their DAM-dest. Excessive consumption is ill-advised… But only if you haven’t filled yourself up with all that Patch 7.3 MSQ goodness! If it is the case that you have, you’re free and clear to listen away. But worry not we have time cues for everyone, current or no.OSMnotesThat’s right folks! Time Cues:00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling00:00:52 – Intro and General Gabbing00:01:34 – We’re going to GATEway FATE and we’ve got panels!00:04:07 – Moonfire Faire 2025 – A Time to Thrill. A Time to Chill.00:12:39 – The Rising 2025 – Tales Remembered, Lives Inspired00:19:32 – FFXIV Patch 7.3: The Promise of Tomorrow00:19:50 – The Spoiler Free Parts00:20:01 – Chat Bubbles!00:22:37 – T-shirts!00:25:03 – Wondrous Tails Updates!00:26:09 – “A large number of headgear items will now display when worn by Viera and Hrothgar.”00:26:48 – Phoenix Downs are now super useful!00:28:29 – “A progress bar can now be displayed under the nameplate of certain enemies.”00:30:12 – The Wreath of Snakes (Unreal)!00:34:14 – The New Treasure Map Dungeon!00:38:00 – The Parts That Are Filled With Spoilers!00:38:49 – How the MSQ Kicks Off00:44:03 – Adventure Game/Escape Room Times00:50:19 –The Meso Termial00:55:25 – The 7.3 Trial01:02:59 – What Comes After the Trial01:17:52 – How the 7.3 MSQ Wraps Up… and Wild Speculations from Us!Music is this episode features tracks such as “Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail – Outlaws (Theme of the Tantalus)” by Nobuo Uematsu, “Remembrance” by Masayoshi Soken (The Meso Terminal), “Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail – The Ageless Necropolis (The Final Battle)” by Nobuo Uematsu.We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you. 

The OSMtable! returns with a new TTRPG discussion. Dylan, Basil, and Tobias are once again joined by Niko (con co-chair of the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention) to talk about safety tools, session zero, and other elements of the social contract. As people with familiarity with these approaches, how do they play out in different contexts?OSMnotesResources:X-Card: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SB0jsx34bWHZWbnNIVVuMjhDkrdFGo1_hSC2BWPlI3A/mobilebasicLines & Veils: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30906/what-do-the-terms-lines-and-veils-meanTTRPG Safety Toolkit: https://ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com/Monte Cook Games Consent In Gaming Checklist: https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/consent-in-gaming/Deck of Player Safety: https://www.deckofplayersafety.com/Hosts:Basil on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/itsbasiltime.comTobias on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/rtobias.bsky.socialCarbuncle Chronicle will be paneling at GATEway FATE: https://gatewayfate.carrd.co/Niko’s Linktree: https://nicholasqualls.com/CultureSmash: https://www.youtube.com/@CulturesmashTv/streamsDylan’s links: https://links.dylanwolf.com/We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Hello Adventurers! Over these past couple of months, some of us have reignited with an old collectible card game flame (and some of us are brand new to it)! That flame of a card game is Magic: The Gathering, and we're playing it all thanks to it's latest expansion: Final Fantasy! All sixteen mainline games are represented, which includes the critically acclaimed MMORPG that this podcast is all about. So here is an episode all about it. We talk about what cards we like, what it was getting back into it, how well it works as a Final Fantasy thing that's also a Magic: the Gathering thing, and the perils of buying card games that are also collectible. Spoiler Levels: Food Token! 2 Colorless Mana, Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life. Feel free to chow down on this episode that’s full of Magic: The Gathering and Final Fantasy, but pretty light on spoilers. OSMnotesIf you are interested into looking more Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy yourself, here’s a link to Magic’s website for it. And we even have Time Cues for you this time:00:00:00 – Intro and some of the decks we’ve made so far00:03:53 – Our previous experiences with Magic: The Gathering00:13:49 – How well did they get Final Fantasy to work as a set in Magic: The Gathering?00:25:33 – Magic: The Gathering Formats, and just what IS Commander, anyway?00:38:10 – Getting started in Magic: The Gathering and the wonders of Arena00:44:13 – Dylan’s pitch for you to frequent your Local Game Store00:51:28 – Trying to actually buy the things, and the perils thereof01:06:57 – Playing online via Arena vs playing in person01:09:43 – Final Thoughts on Magic: The Gathering x Final FantasyMusic is this episode features tracks such as “Shuffle or Boogie (Shadowbringers)” (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Takafumi Imamura), “Shuffle or Boogie – Final Fantasy VIII” (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by HCBailly), and “Final Fantasy VIII – Shuffle or Boogie (accordion cover)” (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Jackson Parodi).We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you. 

A new episode format appears! In this episode, Dylan, Basil, and Tobias are joined by Niko (con co-chair of Middle Tennessee Anime Convention) to talk TTRPGs. Today's roundtable topic: general approaches to world-building when gamemastering.OSMnotesIt's an old name, but a new format! Big thanks to Dylan for wanting to spearhead a whole new OSMtype of podcast. What did you think about it? Let us know! Hit us up on Bluesky or on Discord! But also, have some links of things mentioned in this episode:Tobias on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rtobias.bsky.socialBasil on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/itsbasiltime.comNiko's Linktree: https://nicholasqualls.com/Middle Tennessee Anime Convention: https://mtac.net/Dylan's TTRPG blog: https://travelcheck.dylanwolf.com/We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

We’re back from MTAC Another World, and we’ve got a bevy of interviews for you all! Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Alexis Tipton! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about her:Alexis Tipton has been voice acting since 2008 and has loved every minute of it! She can be heard in over 450 anime, video game, and foreign live action film dub projects.Some of her most notable anime and video game roles include Mei Hatsume in My Hero Academia, Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-Sama: Love is War, Reze in Chainsaw Man, Moka Akashiya in Rosario+Vampire, Kid Trunks in Dragonball Super, Kurumi Tokisaki in Date A Live, Hinata Sakaguchi in That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, Lupisregina in Overlord, Reiju Vinsmoke and Fukurou in One Piece, Sister Iris in Fire Force, Alisha Diphda in Tales of Zestiria, Musse Egret in Trails of Cold Steel, Lucina/Clair/Palla in the Fire Emblem franchise, Yuni and Yan in Nikke: Goddess of Victory, and Pascal in NieR: Automata. She also provided the English voice for Kaoru Kamiya in the live action Rurouni Kenshin film franchise.Alexis is also a contract ADR director and has directed shows such as Masamune’s Revenge, World End, Restaurant to Another World, Magical Girl Spec Ops-Asuka, Sonny Boy, Dragon Goes House Hunting, and more. She is also currently serving as co-director on Zenless Zone Zero.https://mtac.net/guests/alexis-tipton/ OSMnotesWe want to thank Alexis and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Alexis is by checking out her online at:On her website: https://www.alexistipton.com/On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexistiptonactress/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexistiptonvaOn Twitter: https://x.com/alexistiptonvaOn IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3470960/Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used.We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

This past weekend we got the chance to talk with Jason Charles Miller at MTAC Another World! Not only was he the English voice of Raubahn Aldynn during the MSQ of A Realm Reborn, but he as also provided the vocals to the songs like Close in the Distance, To the Edge, Shadowbringers, and Unleashed! As well as a ton of other things.OSMnotesWe want to thank Jason and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Jason is by checking out him online at:His Website: https://www.jasoncharlesmiller.com/His Podcast, Intro Skippers!: https://www.introskippers.com/On Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jason-charles-miller/329235392On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pOKRPPfbtv5c7Kdv40LVoOn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jasoncharlesmiller/On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncharlesmiller.comOn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JasonCharlesMillerOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasoncharlesmillerOn Twitter: https://x.com/jasoncmillerPlus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat!Music in this episode features the track “Unleashed” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken).We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you. 

Another time, another place. That time? 1984. That place? The movies! Where a rock & roll fable was born, yet no one watched it at the time. In America, anyway. In Japan, someone saw it. A few someones. A few someones, that would go on to make some of the coolest anime and video games around. Now, in 2025? It’s the perfect time to go back to that another time, and another place. To go back to the 1984 cinematic cult classic, that is the theatrical film Streets of Fire. Or at least we did. You should too!OSMnotesSadly right now there is no easy to way to just find a handy dandy streaming service to watch Streets of Fire, but it’s around to buy digitally…or even physically!Streets of Fire, How to Watch and/or Buy:Stream on Devices that Streamon Amazon Video (Buy or Rent)on Apple TV (Buy or Rent)on Fandango At Home (Buy or Rent)Buy on Blu-Rayon Amazonon Shout! FactoryPlus, Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing (Talking about the Switch 2 Announcements) – 00:45OSMplugs (Discord, Patreon, TeePublic) – 10:58Streets of FireStreets of Fire, Sans Spoilers (Mostly) – 12:01Streets of Fire, Full of Spoilers – 27:24OSMs Out of OSM and Final Thoughts – 1:08:36We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Hello Adventurers! We hope that this 24 Hour Maintenance of Final Fantasy XIV is treating you well. To help pass the time as we while away the hours for the game to come back online, we have a new episode covering the little things in latest Patch Notes for 7.2: Seekers of Eternity. Not the MSQ or the Combat Job revisions, or even the new raids… But the little things. The things you might gloss over at first glace, but once you dog in for deeper dive… Things that could still be pretty important!Spoiler Levels: Roast Chicken! Roasted to crispy perfection, then flavored with garlic and a hint of lemon, a single scent of this dish is enough to make the mouth water. The perfect dish to complement a podcast flavored with just a hint of spoilers! Just a few proper nouns here and there, really. Although it is about patch notes for the latest update for the game.OSMnotesHere are the complete7.2 Patch Notes, if you want to attempt to follow along! We bounce around a little bit, but we trust that you can still find your way.Music is this episode features tracks such as “Blessings on the Bluffs” (Composed by Takafumi Imamura, Arranged by Justin Frieden), “A Trail Unending” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Shoya Sunakawa), and “Morrow’s Magic” (Composed by Masayoshi Soken, Arranged by Daiki Ishikawa).We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.