OSMcast! & The Carbuncle Chronicle
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
Your podcast for all things awesome! We like to talk about things that are pretty cool, like anime, video games, you know. All the good things in life.Not only that, we have a dedicated Final Fantasy XIV podcast called the Carbuncle Chronicle! And sometime we play Tabletop RPGs under the moniker of the OSMquest. And if that's not enough...We also have guests on from various walks of life, from voice actors and actress, to comics creators, and more! All sorts of awesome folks. That's what specialize in: AWESOME.
Episodes
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 37: 8.0 Announced! Evercold!
Hello Adventurers! We just got back and have been recovering from attending the latest Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in beautiful Anaheim, California. And there we got see the first teaser trailer and all the latest announcements for the…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 36: Excitement & Speculations, for Patch 7.5 & NA FanFest
Hello Adventurers! It’s the most hype-able time of the year! In just a matter of weeks, the NA FanFest will be here and we’ll have the first details of Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion! And the immediate Tuesday afterwards Patch 7.5 “Tra…
- OSMinterview! Ed Chavez @ MTAC Another World
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 v…
- OSMinterview! Ricco Fajardo @ MTAC Another World
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 per…
- OSMinterview! MC Frontalot @ MTAC Another World
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…
- OSMinterview! Lauren Landa @ MTAC Another World
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…
- OSMtable! TTRPGs & Finding Inspiration
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 pr…
- OSM:cast! Show #202: King of the Hill (Season 14)
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…
- The Great Final Fantasy Ranking!
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…
- OSMre:cast! Show #200: Re: Cutie Honey
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 ti…
- OSMinterview! Robert McCollum @ MTAC Another World
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…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 34: Our Experiences at GATEway FATE 2.0
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 firs…
- OSMinterview! Natalie Van Sistine @ MTAC Another World
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 voic…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 33: Grinding the Gears of Final Fantasy I, II, & III and Their Place in XIV
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 talkin…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 32: The Promise of Talking About Patch 7.3
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 , befor…
- OSMtable! TTRPGs & the Social Contract
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 co…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 31: Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy
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…
- OSMtable! TTRPG World Building
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 gamemasterin…
- OSMinterview! Alexis Tipton @ MTAC Another World
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 ha…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 30: Chatting With Jason Charles Miller @ MTAC Another World
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 i…
- OSMcast! Show #199: Streets of Fire
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…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 29: The Little Things Hiding in the 7.2 Patch Notes
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 late…
- OSMcast! Show #198: Brave Bang Bravern!
Giant robots… What a concept! Who would have thought? Well, sure, lots of people have. In fact, we have talked about those great big ol’ hunks of metal in animation a few times on this podcast before! Now? This time is no different. Okay,…
- OSMcast! Show #197: Wave, Listen to Me!
Well it only took us one hundred and ninety seven episodes, but we have finally done it! Our internet radio show has talked about actual radio. Kinda. We talked about an anime based off a manga that’s about actual radio. Er, well okay, not…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 28: Characters Welcome
Hello Adventurers! As Valentione’s Day has just passed us by, we thought now would be a great time to show some of the characters in Final Fantasy XIV some love. As it just so happens, GPOSERS had kicked off the month with a post on Bluesk…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 27: At the Crossroads of Final Fantasy XIV in 2025
Hello Adventurers! And wait for it, no longer! Since we’ve gotten the vast majority of things one can do in the current patch that is 7.1: Crossroads , we figured now would be a great time to talk about it. But not only that, we also delve…
- OSMcast! Show #196: Appare-Ranman!
It’s now the year 2025, so what better way to kick off a new year… Than to release an episode that we meant to record and release in 2023! If it helps, it’s about an anime that came out in 2020 that not enough people watched at the time. I…
- OSMcast! Show #195: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
You know that ye ole holiday tune, The Christmas Song? You probably do, only most people would know it more as the “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” song. Well, this podcast is kinda like that. Only it’s not chestnuts roasting, but spen…
- OSMcast! Show #194: Crying Freeman
Ah, Fall. For many, it is the time for crisp, cooler air, pumpkin spice lattes, and bundling up all warm and toasty while you watch the leaves change from the colors of green to the colors of autumn. But if you’re us? It’s all about famili…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 26: A Last Look at Dawntrail, Before the Patches
Hello Adventurers! While our last episode was all about our journey through Dawntrail as it was happening, this one is looking back at after finishing the Mainline Story Quest (colloquially known as the MSQ). Since we are now in the thick…
- OSMcast! Show #193: Gunbuster
From 1988 to 1989, the anime studio Gainax gave us a six episode OAV(OVA?) series known as Gunbuster. It had it all: Giant robots, space aliens, ladies from an all-girls school training in giant robots to fight the space aliens, the whole…
- OSMinterview! Rebecca Forstadt on 6/10/2024
John is back with another interview, and this time it’s with the one and only Rebecca Forstadt. Her voice has been in tons of anime, like for example: Nunnally Lamperouge in Code Geass, Rika Furude in When They Cry, as well as Tima from Me…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 25: The Dawntrail Travelogues
Hello Adventurers! OK, we are actually finally here! It’s Dawntrail time! Now that said, it’s been a month and change since release. But this episode is a amalgamation of multiple sound bites that we all recorded when the expansion was jus…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 24: The Final Days... Before Dawntrail, Anyway!
Hello Adventurers! Well, we are finally here! Kinda. Not quite. We are now just days, days before the latest Final Fantasy XIV expansion: Dawntrail! The servers are down, the patch is up for download, and Square Enix is already asking folk…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 23: Ten Years of Playing Final Fantasy XIV, Part 1
Hello Adventurers! While last year was the 10 Year Anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, this year is our 10 Year Anniversary of playing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn! So, we thought it would be nice to look back at those h…
- OSMinterview! Tiana Camacho @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
Welcome to MTAC Dueling Dragon Interviews Week! Every day this week, we’ll be uploading a new interview that we did during MTAC Dueling Dragons from earlier this year. Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast…
- OSMinterview! Bryce Papenbrook @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
Welcome to MTAC Dueling Dragon Interviews Week! Every day this week, we’ll be uploading a new interview that we did during MTAC Dueling Dragons from earlier this year. Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast…
- OSMinterview! Kohei Hattori @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
Welcome to MTAC Dueling Dragon Interviews Week! Every day this week, we’ll be uploading a new interview that we did during MTAC Dueling Dragons from earlier this year. Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast…
- OSMinterview! Justin Cook @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
Welcome to MTAC Dueling Dragon Interviews Week! Every day this week, we’ll be uploading a new interview that we did during MTAC Dueling Dragons from earlier this year. Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast…
- OSMinterview! SungWon Cho @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
Welcome to MTAC Dueling Dragon Interviews Week! Every day this week, we’ll be uploading a new interview that we did during MTAC Dueling Dragons from earlier this year. Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast…
- OSMinterview! David Matranga @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
Welcome to MTAC Dueling Dragon Interviews Week! Every day this week, we’ll be uploading a new interview that we did during MTAC Dueling Dragons from earlier this year. Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast…
- OSMcast! Show #192: The Great Anime Dragon Draft! @ MTAC Dueling Dragons
We just got back from MTAC Dueling Dragons in Nashville, Tennessee and there we decided to try something different while we were there: A live panel! Look, all of the other podcasts are doing it, so we decided to jump off a bridge too. But…
- The Manderville Minute Issue XXII: "Gentleman Detective Solves Case, Again!"
Hello Gentlepeople! We here at The Manderville Minute have been covering the amazing work of Manderville Family in all facets of Ul’dah life, and this time we have decided to tackle the most gentlemanly of gentlemen: Hildibrand Helidor Max…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 21: The Other Half of Growing Light, Patch 6.55!
Hello Adventurers! Now that we are solidly in the true “Wait Till Dawntrail” part of our Final Fantasy XIV life cycle, we thought it was best to look back to what we just got to play through. And that is Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.55: Growi…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 20: The 2024 Tokyo FanFest Announcements!
Hello Adventurers! Welcome to the Year of Our Yoshi-p Twenty Twenty Four. It's going to be an exciting year, this 2024! Not only it's the Lunar Year of the Dragon, it's ALSO the year of the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion: Dawntrail! And…
- OSMinterview! Neil Ross on 1/7/2024
When knowing is half the battle, your battle half for this podcast is that it’s a big ol’ humdinger . John got the chance to talk to one of the greats: Neil Ross . It’s hard to be more prolific than Neil. He was the voice of Shipwreck in t…
- OSMcast! Show #191: The OSMawards! 2023 Edipyon – Video Games
It’s a brand-new year, and we’re kicking of 2024 with a look back on 2023. In video games. If you want other media mediums, sorry but you’ll have to settle this time. Because aside from a tabletop game in Dylan’s list, that’s all we got th…
- The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 19: The Beginning of End (of Endwalker)
Hello Adventurers! As the year of our Yoshi-p 2023 comes to an end, we thought it would be good idea to talk about the patch that we've all been playing as the year closes out: 6.5 Growing Light - Part 1 . And to join us in these talks, we…
- OSMcast? Show #190: Somehow, Itsudatte My Santa! Returned
Finally, John got me. Me as in Basil (the one that writes all of these). He has finally made another true OSMcast? by returning to the Ken Akamatsu well. If you recall, we have actually done an OSMcast? on Itsudatte My Santa! before. And w…
- OSMinterview! Kira Vincent-Davis on 11/29/2023
Just time for the holidays, we here at the OSMcast have a couple of presents for you! First up, a brand new OSMinterview! This time, John chats it up with Kira Vincent-Davis. She has done a bunch of roles over the years, like Lucy/Nyu in E…