Advertise on podcast: OSMcast! & The Carbuncle Chronicle

Hello Adventurers! Right on the heels of the Berlin FanFest was Otakon, an anime con in Washington DC. They even had some awesome Final Fantasy XIV guests there, too! The men, the myths, the legends, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox (Localization Director at Square Enix) and Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi (Head of Square Enix’s Community & Service Division and Global Community Producer for Final Fantasy XIV), to be exact. And somehow, we were fortunate enough to get to interview them!  But to really give our Adventurers as much Koji and Foxclon content as we could, we also talk about two of the panels they were on while at Otakon. The ones we cover are Adventures in Localization: Koji Fox’s Journey Across FINAL FANTASY XI, XIV, and XVI and Duty Finder: Otakon 2026 – A FINAL FANTASY XIV Community Panel. So this episode has plenty of bang for your gil! The Spoiler Food is: Evercold Shaved Ice “Thinly shaved ice, generously heaped into an oversmall bowl and drizzled with sweet-yet-tangy rolanberry syrup. Why it never melts is a question best served cold.” The reason that this is the spoiler food will be come evident during the interview. That said, oddly enough despite the name of the food has “Evercold” in the name… This episode overall is actually pretty spoiler light? But you’ll find out why in the interview too! Funny how that works.  OSMnotes Thank you once again to Sqaure Enix, the Final Fantasy XIV development team, and Otakon for the interview. We say it a bunch during the episode, but it’s no less true now. And here are some Time Cues: 00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling 00:00:50 – Intro and General Gabbing 00:08:11 – Michael-Christopher Koji Fox & Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi Interview @ Otakon 2026 00:08:11 – Some Post-Interview Chatter About Otakon 2026 and Their Panels 00:08:16 – That time when Koji approved of a badge pun 00:09:45 – Adventures in Localization: Koji Fox’s Journey Across FINAL FANTASY XI, XIV, and XVI 00:17:42 – Duty Finder: Otakon 2026 – A FINAL FANTASY XIV Community Panel 00:23:30 – Wrapping Things Up! But… 00:30:20 – Then Anna Remembered Some Things! (Yo-Kai Watch is back, Nintendo Switch 2 version is here, and it turns out so is The Moonfire Faire!?) Music is this episode features tracks such as “Fiend” by Masayoshi Soken, and “Calamity Unbound” composed by Masayoshi Soken and arranged by Nobuko Toda and Yoshitaka Suzuki. 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! This past weekend was the 2026 Berlin FanFest and, of course, there was a ton of announcements. So what is a podcast about Final Fantasy XIV to do? Well clearly, we gotta podcast about it! So we did. We talk about the latest job, Bastion. It’s a tank with couple of huge shields with guns attached for good measure. Then some wild speculations upon what the Ranged DPS job could possibly be! After that, we roam around our mind palaces to gaze upon the wonders of the new realmships we’ll get to traverse next year. Plus, we got fresh details all about the various raid series… And a Gold Sauce update no one saw coming.  The Spoiler Food is: Stuffed Highland Cabbage “This traditional dish of minced meat seasoned and packed inside leafy highland cabbage, then stewed in a light broth, is sure to warm you up on the coldest of nights.” Once again, a nice warm meal to keep up going for all these ice cold details all about Evercold! Spoilers ahoy! OSMnotes From what we hear, the Berlin FanFest was just as exciting as the one in Anaheim! And Evercold keeps delivering all the news fit to print, er, podcast about! You want a new teaser trailer, all updated and fancy? Here it is! Also! Patch 7.55 is here and so are the patch notes. Also Anna accidentally obtained the gift of prophecy and, uh, the Yo-Kai Watch Event is back!?  But now? Time Cues! 00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling 00:00:45 – Intro and General Gabbing 00:01:54 – Basil Designed the Otakon x FFXIV Badges?! 00:05:41 – OSMPlugs (Discord, Patreon) 00:08:11 – The 2026 Berlin FanFest Announcements! 00:08:16 – Overall Thoughts 00:09:45 – The New Main Tank on the Block, Bastion 00:17:42 – Wild Speculation About the New DPS 00:23:30 – Realmships or The Five Firmaments called Fimhimnar 00:30:20 – Main Scenario, Field and Game System Updates 00:33:35 – Character Action Skins 00:38:24 – More Character Creator Options 00:41:47 – Ever-Evolving Content: “World Raid”, the “New” Raid Difficulty, and Auto-Moving 00:50:05 – Cross Region Duty & Party Finder Update 00:50:58 – Chocobo Companion Overhaul 00:56:04 – New 24-person raid: Evangelion: Ghosts of Desire 00:59:59 – New 8-person raid: Beyond the Lifestream, Featuring Final Fantasy VII and Friends 01:09:31 – Keybound Brawler 01:15:33 – Switch 2 Version Update 01:16:23 – Collector’s Edition Details 01:22:03 – What Are We Looking Forward To the Most? Music is this episode features from Masayoshi Soken and his sound team, from on the new area trailers showcased at the Berlin FanFest Keynote! They are “FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold – New Area: Naglfar, Realmship of Water,” “FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold – New City: Fargarth,” and “FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold – New Area: Hringhorni, Realmship of Fire.“  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! 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 latest FFXIV expansion! It’s 8.0, it’s called Evercold, and sure looks to be a doozy. The development team are taking some mighty big swings with this one, and get into all the juicy details. After, of course, we dig into our experiences at FanFest! The Spoiler Food is: Rock-fisted Popoto Stew “Based on a traditional Alexandrian recipe that does not call for the addition of any oglops, despite what some may have pondered.” A hearty dish that will help you keep warm as we dig into all the chilly details that the Keynote and Dev Panel from FanFest brought to us. Yeah, there are gonna be spoilers! OSMnotes FanFest and the announcement of Evercold were both very exciting! If you want to go watch the Keynote or the Development Panel, or even the teaser trailer, we have linked to them accordingly. But now? Time Cues! 00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling 00:00:45 – Intro and General Gabbing 00:01:38 – Duty Support updates 00:06:45 – Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Beautiful Anaheim, California 00:26:39 – Final Fantasy XIV 8.0: Evercold Announced! 00:27:23 – Releasing in January, but WHEN in January? 00:28:36 – Teaser Trailer Talk 00:35:56 – The Icebound Realm of the Fourth 00:39:23 – Fighting Fatigue 00:45:32 – Tobias Predicts the End of Item Levels 00:49:51 – Character Action Skins 00:53:15 – Expanded Character Customization 00:55:29 – Two New Jobs: Tank and Physical Ranged DPS 00:59:34 – Reborn Mode and Evolved Mode 01:10:17 – FFXIV on Switch 2, But with a Catch 01:16:08 – EVANGELION – Ghosts of Desire 01:22:52 – Dancing Mad (Ultimate) 01:34:55 – What We Are Excited For the Most! Music is this episode features tracks such as “FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold Teaser Trailer” by Masayoshi Soken, “Worthy Pursuits” by Saya Yasaki, and “Sweet Dreamer’s Melody” by Masayoshi Soken, arranged by Takemichi Kawakami.  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! 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 “Trail to the Heavens” drops! That’s a lot. So we’re here to break it all down and guess as to what our future holds. We start off with a look back at the previous Live Letter talking about the patch, then head straight into our hopes and predictions that are going to happen at FanFest! It’s a wild ride.  Spoiler Levels: Pineapple Orange Jelly! “Made from Turali pineapples and navel oranges, the refreshing flavor of this jelly will remind you of Tural no matter where you are.” Before we get into all the new stuff that could be happening, we wanted to make sure to remember where we’ve been. Spoilers abound in this episode. OSMnotes Lots of things are happening! Why as we post this on a Thursday, tomorrow morning is the next Live Letter! And then next weekend? FanFest! But until then, have some Time Cues: 00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling 00:00:45 – Intro and General Gabbing 00:01:14 – Pour one out for Blue Mage 00:01:43 – Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy 00:05:40 – Moogle Treasure Trove – The Hunt for Aphorism 00:08:59 –Live Letter 91! (Thanks to Nova Crystallis for the text recap) 00:09:16 – Where on the calendar the patches are arriving 00:10:30 – New Expert Dungeon: The Clyteum 00:11:07 – New Trial: The Unmaking 00:13:25 – New Ultimate: ??? 00:15:21 – New Alliance Raid Dungeon: Echoes of Vana’diel – Windurst: The Third Walk 00:18:50 – The Occult Crescent: North Horn 00:21:57 – Limited Job Updates 00:23:08 – New Limited Job: Beastmaster 00:25:01 – The part where Basil mentions Dragon Quest IV, but he actually meant Dragon Quest V 00:40:26 – Housing Updates 00:41:10 – Next Week is the North America Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival! 00:41:19 – Basil’s Addendums (MTAC, Anna’s Corn Servant got into the Art Contest!, Goody Bag updates, FanFest App mentioned, FanFest Schedule updates) 00:44:354 – The Hype BEGINS! 00:48:49 – Our guesses as to what the new expansion will be called 00:52:34 – Where will we be going this time? 00:58:12 – Job? Jobs? What could they be?? 01:08:57 – The possibility of a Battle Challenge and the importance of having pictures of hotbars on your phone 01:16:28 – On being excited to see people, because seeing FFXIV sickos IRL is when the community is at its best 01:19:29 – What are we looking forward to the most? 01:31:54 – Final Thoughts Music is this episode features tracks such as “Coffee Break” by Masayoshi Soken, arranged by Daiki Ishikawa, “Taco Delight” by Masayoshi Soken, “Pa-Paya” by Masayoshi Soken, and “Fun and Games” by Takafumi Imamura. 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 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/AnimeStandsUpForAll https://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.