OSMcast! & The Carbuncle Chronicle

Hello Adventurers! We are only into the month of February in the Year of Our Lord Naoki Yoshida, but seven hells what a February it has already been! In this Issue we are joined by friends and special guests Jazzy and Denmo McStronghuge as we cover the latest Final Fantasy XIV Announcement Showcase and Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXII! We delve into newly announced fourth expansion, Endwalk...

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...

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!) OSMnotes So while we've been getting this episode ready to publish, it turns out Babylon 5 is getting a...

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 t...

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 Toky...

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 t...

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...

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 pu...

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 hou...

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 Ak...

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 fi...

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...

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 spoiler...

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 i...

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 idio...

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 ag...

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,...

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, th...

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 mor...

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...

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 o...

Hello Adventurers! So the world outside is pretty dire, where frankly the Garleans are feeling like the lesser evil to real life right now. So if you need something to take your mind off things, we have got you covered. In this Issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle we turn back to clock to where we got started with the Final Fantasy series. And we reminisce on our journeys through MMOs till we reached...

Remember back in the day, when you could throw a bunch of people into the same space together? Just bunch a people all grouped up into rooms, to be able to get some education? Yeah, it was a fairy tale then too. But maybe, just maybe, if you went to Greendale Community College you could learn a lesson. About life. Or, at least how TV shows work. This is the OSMcast ! episode where we talk about th...

Hello Adventurers! We have once again braved the wilds of Eorzea and Norvrandt to bring you latest in all things awesome in Final Fantasy XIV. Last time, we broke down the latest Liver Letter and got hyped for Patch 5.3. This time, we break down the latest event in game, starting today! It's the latest in the Itinerant Moogle series , where you can run old content, and get cool loot. 

It's a dog eat dog world out there! Or rather, a wolf eat rabbit world? At least a predator could eat prey world, expect that's looked down upon and really just a bad idea to do. At least that's the world of BEASTARS, the latest Netflix craze from the anime studio Orange based off the manga by Paru Itagaki. Which coincidentally, is the topic of this episode! Crazy how that works.   OSMnotes Watch...