Osmcast! Anime, Video Games, Interviews, And More!

At last! Our final and most verbose episode of the 2020 OSMawards arrives at our final destination: Video Games! Sure, some of the things we talk about have been covered in previous OSMcasts. But that's what's gonna happen when some of best games of 2020 both come out in March and April! That said really it's who brings up what  that is surprising in this ultimate showdown of video game releases in the Year of Our Lord 2020. Also, Overwatch? Apparently! OSMnotesAnd so you have it! The video games that helped us get through 2020. And who knows what games we will get to in 2021! If only there was a way to find out besides the podcast... Oh right! That Discord we keep mentioning! Yeah, that might be a good way to keep tabs on us. But until next time, have some Time Cues:We Start OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing – 00:34The OSMawards! 2020 Edipyon – Video GamesAnimal Crossing: New Horizons – 07:09Cyberpunk 2077 – 10:27Final Fantasy VII Remake – 18:14Roundguard – 25:18Overwatch – 31:49Outward – 38:58Final Fanta

The OSMawards for 2020 continue! Movin' right along, in this episode we cover our faves in anime and TV from last year. Oh, and Gundam Wing. Look, it makes more sense when you get to it. So please get right to listening and enjoying! (And maybe, just maybe, join our Discord while you're at it!)OSMnotesSo while we've been getting this episode ready to publish, it turns out Babylon 5 is getting a somewhat of a remastering? Frankly, any extra work to bring Babylon 5 back in any way is great. But that's something that happened in the past, and something that is now in the year 2021! This post is supposed to be about 2020! ... Ignore that by and large 2020 is not a year that anyone wants to be well remembered. Except for the stuff that in the Time Cues, anyway!We Start OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing – 00:41The OSMawards! 2020 Edipyon – Anime & Television ShowsTower of God – 04:11Akudama Drive – 09:01RetroCrush – 11:33Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – 16:15Carole & Tuesday – 20:40Keep Your Hands Off

As so many places and podcasts do, we are kicking off 2021 with a look back at some of the things enjoyed in last year of 2020. And in many ways, some of the things that got us through the last year of 2020. In this particular edipyon, we'll be tackling some of our most favorite things from the various reaches of the Internet.  Podcasts, YouTube Shows, some things that are both! And some things that are neither!OSMnotesSo you may have heard in the episode, that we have a discord. And it's true! We do! You can find it here. Next week, we'll be talking about Anime and TV Shows! Until then, Time Cues: We Start OSMcasting – 00:00General Gabbing – 00:37The Extended OSMcast! Cinematic Universe – 03:39The OSMawards! 2020 Edipyon - Podcasts, YouTubes, & Internet ThingsOverly Sarcastic Productions – 08:42Hbomberguy – 11:03SkillCapped - 12:46The Dungeon Run – 17:39The Empty Bowl – 22:46Ask Science Mike/The Cozy Robot Show – 26:28True Facts – 31:23Philosophy Tube – 33:17FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast – 35:39Neil C

Not all OSMcasts, like many things, are created equal. Most OSMcasts end in am exclamation point (!). Some end in a question mark (?). Because sometimes we have to talk about things into a microphone, even if they are not awesome. And this time, it's about an anime based of a single chapter of a Ken Akamatsu joint: Itsudatte My Santa! Because it's the holidays and we already did an episode on Tokyo Godfathers. Oh, we also talked about some other things that are awesome. To try and balance things out, at least a little bit.OSMnotesSo yeah, that was sure an episode! Have some Time Cues:Itsudatte My Santa!We start the OSMcast!ing – 0:00General Gabbing - 0:36Moments of OSM – 2:30A Short Hike – 2:51The Repair Shop – 4:32Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Heroes, Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light - 6:09Mega Man X, 4 thru 6 – 7:14Star Trek: Discovery - 09:01Itsudatte My Santa! Itsudatte My Santa!, Full of Spoilers (It's fine you should never watch this show anyway even if you could!) – 23:47Questions from Listeners Li

If you ever asked the question of, "Hey do you think someone can make an hour-long podcast out of a 45 second teaser trailer?" You are in luck! We here at the OSMcast! have answered your question. And the answer is "Definitely, as long as it's about Yuri!!! on Ice movie!" Thankfully the teaser trailer is for Ice Adolescence, and admittedly we also threw some Moments of OSM in there. Because if we are going to do an episode of the show, it's gonna be an actual episode! OSMnotesOK so in case you wondering, here's that teaser:https://youtu.be/8Mk4Uykq5I8Wow! It's that sure something? Can you believe we spent what, forty minutes plus on this? In our defense... Victor is pretty dang pretty, though. Also, Marriage For All Japan is a pretty great idea, and one we really hope happens. Also, we got in an episode for November! Whoo! Hopefully we can get some more episodes in before the new year! But until then, Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 0:00General Gabbing - 0:36Moments of OSM – 02:07Ast

In our last episode we talked about how great it was to go off into a new world, like an uninhabited island of people yet filled with cute animal pals. In this episode, we instead talking about using the powers of our imagination to transport us into other worlds. With the power of animation. Specifically, Japanese animation. Really getting to the brass tacks we are talking about Masaaki Yuasa's and Science Saru's adaptation of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, based of the manga by Sumito Ōwara. OSMnotesGo! Vote! IWillVote.com and Vote.org are both great websites for know where your polling place is, finding out if you are registered or can do early voting, and other important voting related matters. Also yeah, Dark Horse Comics is publishing the Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! manga. They even did in fact tweet about it!... Back in March.  But the manga starts coming out next month! But what's coming up now? The fact that the soundtrack composer Oorutaichi has a bandcamp and it kicks ass in a wonderful folksy wa

In March of 2020, something terrible happened. That is pretty well covered. We don't really have to get into that. But something truly special and wonderful also happened. Nintendo released the latest Animal Crossing game, subtitled New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch. Granted, this is also pretty well covered. But since it something totally awesome and rad, it is actually is covered under our purview. Therefore, please enjoy this podcast about Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Preferably on a remote island, away from all other humanity. Maybe with some cute animals as your only friends? Man, wouldn't that be the life!OSMnotesSince we recorded the episode, the October stuff has begun! You can get all sorts of spooky things, grow some pumpkins, pretty good stuff. And if you want some more good stuff, check out these Time Cues:We start the OSMcasting – 0:00General Gabbing - 0:39Moments of Awesome – 07:36The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes - 07:45Diet Dr Pepper & Cream Soda (Even though it's a Coke? Weird...) - 09:

Hello Adventurers! With a new set of wards being added to all the Residential Districts at the launch of Patch 5.3 on October 13th, now was a great time to talk about Housing! What is Housing? What do you mean by wards and Residential Districts? We go into it, tell you all your options. Because there are more than just houses when you really look at it. We also go into how we happened into our housing options, and what we like about housing in Final Fantasy XIV... And what we don't! Plus, some of our favorite items we have used to decorate our place. To cap it off, we go into some Tips & Tricks to try and help you land that plot once the new patch hits. Good luck Warriors of Land Ownership, er, Darkness!Carbonuses!Here are some screen caps of some of our places! We are on the Leviathan server, in the Primal data center! (Here's a link to the OSMcast website for the images!)Our FC [Odin's Spear]'s House, Valhalla: It's in the Mist, Plot 2, Ward 17Anna's House: It's in the Mist, Plot 11, Ward 17Dylan's Hous

Sometimes, an anime is about a sport. Sometimes, it's about other things entirely. Sometimes, it's about other things entirely but also absolutely needs the sport in question to get to the things the anime wants to talk about. This time, that sport is Soft Tennis and this anime is called Stars Align. And it is about Soft Tennis, but not entirely. It is also a show written and directed by Kazuki Akane along with the studio Eight Bit. It is also pretty great! But you may have figured that out when we released a podcast all about it. OSMnotes!Anime News Network also had an excellent pair of interviews with the writer and director of Stars Align Kazuki Akane, that we talked about during the podcast. You can find Part One here, and Part Two here. To mix up some sports metaphors, Kim Morrissy absolutely knocked these interviews out of the park! They really showed some wonderful insights into this show. And while we may be podcasting about a show full of kids, we are definitely some old men! You can tell this by our

It's been a one hell of a weekend over at Camp Oostanaula! Salt lines have been broken, things have been unleashed. Our poor generic nondescript scouts are being hounded by a Terror, but for some reason no one seems to believe them! Out of escape routes, out of options. Except one: It's time to take it to the Terror itself. Come join us as we kick some tires and light some fires as we play this final installment of Be Prepared, by Grant Howitt. 

Hey... hey Baxter! You know what would be funny? Going through this creepy old farm house from who knows when! Only... our scouts did that. Lines were crossed. And redrawn. And then probably crossed again. Look, it was 1994, you know? They didn't know any better. And if they don't play their cards right, they never will. Things take a few turns for our brave and noble scouts as we once again play some of Be Prepared, by Grant Howitt. 

Hello Adventurers! The time has finally come, the long wait is over, Patch 5.3 has arrived! And with it, we have received an absolute embarrassment of riches. So for this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle, we dive right on in! We start with some updates about the upcoming Ishgardian Restoration, as well as new housing plots are being added!? Then we get into some of those juicy yet not very spoilery impressions of Patch 5.3. How we felt the story wrapped up, convincing Dylan that it's okay to do the Nier raids, flying in ARR, how awesome dwarves are, all sorts of things. We also talk about The Rising 2020 event happening right now, until September 17th. And we wrap up with remembering and chatting about some good, good yo-kai grinding. And if you are in need of some help figiring out what to do and where to go for the Yo-kai Watch event, this is a really helpful visual guide made by KaiyokoStar:FFXIV x Yo-kai Watch Event Infographic v2.0 #FFXIV #FF14 pic.twitter.com/gWBm5ORelq— ☆Miss Kaiyoko Star☆ (@KaiyokoSt

When we last left our adventuring trademark non-descript scouts at Camp Oostanaula, they were goofing off in a cave, and found a door that they shouldn't have. Where will they go, and what terrors will they unlock, and how will they deal with them? Come back in time with us as well play Be Prepared, by Grant Howitt. One thing is for sure, you will never predict the twists and turns that happen in this episode of the OSMquest!

It's 2020, but camping is still a thing... Right? Maybe? Well if you can pretend with us back to the year 1994, you very much can! In this first part of a new OSMquest series, we are playing Be Prepared, by Grant Howitt. The idea is that some scouts have taken a camping trip back in 1994. Hijinks ensue! But unknown to the campers, there is something else afoot. Something... contained. And as idiot teenagers so often do dumb things as they do, that something may not stat contained for long.

Hello Adventurers! Hope you are all bunkered down and looking forward to the very fast upcoming Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3, because we sure are! To help get some of that excitement out of our systems*, we recorded an episode of the Carbuncle Chronicle about the latest Live Letter that happened two weeks previous. From ponderings on what secrets the trailer holds, to the inevitability of once again grinding for more Yo-kai Watch weapons, and the grind for powering up those Resistance Weapons in the Bozjan southern front, we cover it all! Or at least try to, anyway. And if you want to go through the information in a more text-able format, they have also just recently released the text digest version. But really, if you need extra links to click on we recommend that sweet new album they announced, Pulse: FINAL FANTASY XIV Remix Album. It's hitting September 30th, so even next week we're stuff waiting for more FFXIV goodness. It's an embarrassment of riches to be sure.It did not work. We are still very excited. 

When in doubt, sleep in and have androids do the work. Especially if humanity is is threated by extinction via machines sent for our doom by space aliens. At least that seems to be the case for our latest episode!  We are talking about Yoko Taro's NieR: Automata, developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. We also talk about some other classic OSMcast topics like TV shows from Norway, manga, and Pokémon! And at the end, feelings. OSMnotesHope everyone enjoyed the episode! We also just want to take a moment and point out that A.) Our wonderful editor Anna is very good and she deserves all the praise one can give. B.) Basil really should make a list of things to say at the end so he never forgets that. C.) That the actual sequel to NieR: Automata is happening in Final Fantasy XIV and somehow we for got to mention that in this episode! Thankfully, we have a whole FFXIV podcast now we can mention that for next time...But until then, have some Time Cues!We start the OSMcasting – 0:00General Gabbing –

Hello Adventurers! We are once again canvasing memory lane, bringing you the back half of the dungeons of A Realm Reborn. From Patch 2.1 all the way to Patch 2.5. Let us regale you with times long past, back when these level 50 dungeons were once the height of difficulty! The heady salad days of Final Fantasy XIV dungeons where you would get three, three whole new dungeons to a patch! The good, the bad, and the puns that graced the required quests to open them, in this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle. 

Hark! What's that,  you hear? The grand return of the OSMquest?! Forsooth! It IS!!! So here's the game. Sometimes, you feel like a skeleton. In a dungeon. And you get bored. So you go on a road trip. Some may call it... An adventure. Especially if you are playing the game Adventure Skeletons by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor. Which... we were! You can find the game we played, and a whole bunch more, over at https://gshowitt.itch.io/!

Hello Adventurers! With Patch 5.3 still very much something on the horizon we decided dig way, way back: To the original relaunch of the game. Patch 2.0, or as we tend to call it now, ARR for A Realm Reborn! And from our digging, we found dungeons! A bunch of them! So for this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle, we are tackling the first set of dungeons introduced in Patch 2.0. From Sastasha all the way to Amdapor Keep.

Ever think that maybe the world would be a better place if you just blew some daggum Mako Reactors? Well, Barret Wallace did and maybe he was on the right track. In fact he was right in 1997, and he was right today too. And now you can live that Barret Wallace life in full glorious HD thanks to the Final Fantasy VII Remake. Which by the by, is the what our new episode is all about! All two hours of it. Well, most of it, anyway!OSMnotesOK, well we all can't be cool like Barret and blow up Mako Reactors to save the planet. But we can all go to https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ and find out other ways to help. And now, Time Cues: We start the OSMcasting – 0:00General Gabbing – 0:46Moments of OSM – 05:08City Hunter – 05:17She-Ra and the Princesses of Power – 08:29Ranma ½ - 12:32Somali and the Forest Spirit – 14:38Final Fantasy VII RemakeFinal Fantasy VII Remake, Sans Spoilers– 21:16Final Fantasy VII Remake, Full of Spoilers – 61:21Doug and Kevin discuss Final Fantasy VII relationships – 79:31Questions from Lis