BONUS: OPJ Podcasts! E3 2011: “This is the Second Coming of Hats!”

For those keeping track from the previous BONUS, the PSN won. 🙁

The MTAC podcast is on it’s way, but in the meantime here’s a podcast where Basil joins the fine fellows of  One Pixel Jump and talk about this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, aka E3. Listen on as they discuss the conferences, the Cheetos, the Reggies, the Vitas, the Kinects, the dramas, the pathos of video games.

And by pathos I mean ModNation Racers, and also Dragon Quest.

Because that’s what you get when you let me (and by me I mean Basil) talk about video games.

OK look. ModNation Racers is awesome, and so is Dragon Quest, alright? Really, it’s a shame we never got around to doing a Dragon Quest IX podcast. Maybe one day I’ll hound down Greggo and force him to talk about it for an hour with us. Ah, dreams~

OSMcrap: Well, er, how about…Late and Uncut?

FORÂ IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Basil releases a podcast a week and a half late! Not only is it late, but it’s fractured, depressed husk of a glorious experimental OSMcast that failed to be realized.

In other words, pretty much you get Basil, Rail, and Kevin talking about some cool stuff then we tell you all about this awesome local anime con that has now already happened. That said, most of that time was spent getting ready for the con, working said con, the recuperating after previously stated con.

So anyway, roughly 20 minutes of it is worth listening to, more or less.

Next time, MTAC OMNI SUPER DUPER OSMCAST!

This Wednesday Night, the OSMcast will be LIVE & UNCUT

So with our intrepid producer off in the far reaches of Alaska doing super secret squirrel work for the government, we have been unable to get our MTAC review mastered yet. But we still wanted to get some something out there for everyone. So what we’ve decided on was to try something crazy: A live and uncut recording where we’ll take people Skype-ing in. Who will be the Skypers? Our wonderful listeners, of course! Here what you need:

  • A USB Microphone of some sort
  • Skype, with an account
  • Available Wednesday night around 7:30-8:30 Central time.

The topic is going to be “Moments of OSM.” Same thing as in the show proper, something cool you have read, watched, or played lately that you want people to talk about! Here’s how it’s going to work:

  • You get on Skype.
  • Add the user “thebasilskype” to your friends list.
  • Once the clock strikes 7:30, send a message to thebasilskype. There will be a call in progress, please do not try to join in. We’ll bring you in!
  • If there is multiple people on, I’ll make a list and it will be first message first called. If you are not immediately on, sit tight! We have not forgotten you.
  • We’ll add you to the call, and we will talk of awesome things. Probably for around 10-15 minutes or so. Unless you only want 5. But that’s silly, take the 10.

And that’s pretty much it! If you’d like for us to add your user name ahead of time, you can email us your user name at osmcast@gmail.com.

See you Wednesday!

BONUS: Sestren Dreamcast Episode 3 – PSN Gets 6.9′d

Now let’s see who gets back online first, the OSMcast! or PSN!

So, unfortunately due to the nature of our producer’s job constantly sending him out of state as bookends to the natural disaster that hit Alabama, we haven’t had a chance to get our MTAC podcast mastered yet. However, Basil has also been pulling regular duty on another podcast, a video game podcast by the name of the Sestren Dreamcast. So here’s the latest of the said podcast! We talk about concept and usefulness of video games reviews, the new Nintendo Console, and the PSN being down.

If you’d like to check out the Sestren forums, here’s a link to that place too!

Podcast delayed a week, THANKS A LOT MOTHER NATURE.

Soooo yeah. OSM Central is located in scenic Huntsville and Madison Alabama. Where thanks to all those wonderful tornadoes, we have been out of power for the week. Which means we had no way at all to master a podcast.

But to let you know, it is about MTAC Goes to 11. It will be con report of epic proportions, with us teaming up with two other podcasts and an interview with the con chair.

However, it will now be out next week. Sorry about that!

PS: Everyone is safe and sound, and power is finally returning to us. So yay for that!

The Getting Your Anime Groove Back List from MTAC 11

Hey folks, Basil here!*

When I was running my Getting Your Anime Groove Back panel at this past MTAC, I received several requests to post the list online. So I went ahead and posted it in the MTAC Forums, but here it is again just in case:

So there you go! If you were at the panel, I hope you had a great time and found something that you like! If you weren’t at MTAC, well check some all of these out anyway. You might just like one, or two!

Maybe even three!

*I’m the only one that posts on the webapge, so I guess I’m always here, huh?

OSMcast: Summer Wars 4-18-2011

Summer Wars
Hey when you get to watch animation looking this good, your jaw is going to drop it like it’s hot as well.

Since last time we talked about a movie that was awesome and incredibly hard to find at a decent price, we decided to instead talk about a movie that is awesome and quite readily available! So here’a s a podcast all about Mamoru Hosoda’s and studio MADHOUSE’s Summer Wars.

OSMnotes

The internet is down and I’m having to update this from my phone, sooooo here’s some copy and paste about our plans for MTAC:

And as you no doubt may have heard on said recording, we are doing a variety of panels at MTAC! From teas to engrish to Go Nagai, we’ve pretty much going to have you covered about what’s important in life.

(Note: The times are of course tentative and subject to change at MTAC’s needs and/or whims!)

  • Engrish Jambore (Panel 3, Friday 2PM): Basil and Drew shop off a bunch of Engrishy-clips.
  • Tea: Green and More! (Panel 4, Friday 6PM): the elusive Doug throws down on the haps in tea.
  • Anime’s Creepy Uncle:Â Go Nagai At A Glance (Panel 4, Friday 9PM): Basil and Kevin look through the works and craziness of anime and manga creator Go Nagai.
  • Getting Your Anime Groove Back (Panel 3, Saturday 5:30PM): Think you might be getting out of anime? Well Basil just might have some shows to get you back in the game, as it were.

OSMcast: Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer 4-4-2011

Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer

So what happens when Mamoru Oshii decides to stretch his directing chops with a Rumiko Takahashi property? You get the excellent film Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. What happens when you get two anime geeks in a room with a microphone to talk about said film? You get this podcast.

OSMnotes

You know, back when I bought this film last year, I paid around $20 for it. Now it’s $80-150. That’s pretty crazy! It makes Crusher Joe seem kinda reasonable online in comparison.

And as you no doubt may have heard on said recording, we are doing a variety of panels at MTAC! From teas to engrish to Go Nagai, we’ve pretty much going to have you covered about what’s important in life.

(Note: The times are of course tentative and subject to change at MTAC’s needs and/or whims!)

  • Engrish Jambore (Panel 3, Friday 2PM): Basil and Drew shop off a bunch of Engrishy-clips.
  • Tea: Green and More! (Panel 4, Friday 6PM): the elusive Doug throws down on the haps in tea.
  • Anime’s Creepy Uncle: Go Nagai At A Glance (Panel 4, Friday 9PM): Basil and Kevin look through the works and craziness of anime and manga creator Go Nagai.
  • Getting Your Anime Groove Back (Panel 3, Saturday 5:30PM): Think you might be getting out of anime? Well Basil just might have some shows to get you back in the game, as it were.

OSMcast: Drive Angry 03-07-2011

The best movie of 2011 you probably never saw!

This podcast was in fact so angry, we had to let it cool down for an extra two weeks just so we could get it out here. It’s all about Nicolas Cage’s latest vehicle of awesomeness, Drive Angry. Always angry special guest Daryl Surat joins us for this drive-filled action packed people talking exciting episode of excitement. We talk about all sorts of things that seemed really important at the time! And quite possibly still do!

OSMnotes

Sadly, as it turned out that even two weeks ago, Drive Angry was already out of our local theaters. It’s a real shame. But these things do tend to come out in home media form, so when it does, you should watch this film, 3D or no!

Also, Momocon has already happened, but it was fun! A good time was had by all. Next up on the OSMcast Road Show? MTAC! We’ll be present two lovely panels for your education and also possibly amusement! We’ll be rocking out with the Getting Your Anime Groove Back panel that was discussed IN THIS VERY EPISODE. And also, Anime’s Creepy Uncle, a Glance at Go Nagai, which may or may not have been mentioned, I can’t remember. Still, it’s gonna be fun. It’s gonna be crazy.

It’s gonna be awesome.

OSMcrap: “The REALLY real real Kami-Con 2011 Experience”

Kami-Con’s mascot, Kosho. Apparently the con has sister mascots, and she’s the dark one. I think.

The con season has already kicked into full swing and lo, we bring you once more the REAL SHIT about a recent convention, specifically Kami-Con, in the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa that happened this past weekend.

So here it is, a whole lot of on the spot audio interviews.

At Kami-Con.

OSMnotes

I swear we will have a regular podcast at some point! Really! Also, several people asked me (Basil) what clips I showed at the Pain Train at Kami-Con. I’ll probably bang out a new post with that stuff later. (Edit: No he won’t.)