http://www.maserbeam.com Vindicating anime, one grief seed at a time. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:23:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Vindicating anime, one grief seed at a time. MaserBeam no MaserBeam ariolander@sempai.net ariolander@sempai.net (MaserBeam) Vindicating anime, one grief seed at a time. anime, manga, games, eve online, touhou, xbox 360, ps3, mmorpg http://www.maserbeam.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.maserbeam.com http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/urts-so-good http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/urts-so-good#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 22:06:44 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=1286 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/urts-so-good/feed 0 Anime,PS3,PSN,video games,weeaboos We went far too long without a podcast, so here's an update on what happened. Vindictus happened. Due to that, much time was wasted on playing that game instead of being productive citizens. But fear not! I sent an email out, We went far too long without a podcast, so here's an update on what happened. Vindictus happened. Due to that, much time was wasted on playing that game instead of being productive citizens. But fear not! I sent an email out, and friends appeared at my front door to record another podcast. We've obviously had a lot of time to cover, so instead of actually doing that, we just talked about whatever. To those who haven't been listening to us, you'll realize there's many things that seem like we talk about repeatedly. This is totally true, which means in order to find out what is so funny to us, you'll have to listen to previous podcasts. Yes, I'm giving you an odd reason not to listen to this current one, but it's a warning I'll have to give. This podcast barely has any real content aside from us meandering among topics like Vindictus, Madoka Magica, EVE Online, K-ON! music, STALKER, Wii 2/HD, Evangelion, hats, Touhou, Nichijou, Heroman, and even Dr. Who. We also attempted to name our podcast proper. Kind of feels like we still didn't get it. RECORDING DATE: May 4 2011 Monty Python's "Not enough hats" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QJvc_SxFQ) Tornado song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50n4hqx1Ho) closing music - K-ON!! 2nd OST "Pasadena Fwy" MaserBeam no 1:30:20 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/my-anime-shouldnt-be-this-hng-worthy http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/my-anime-shouldnt-be-this-hng-worthy#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:26:04 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=881 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/my-anime-shouldnt-be-this-hng-worthy/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/of-mice-and-zombies http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/of-mice-and-zombies#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:38:34 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=761 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/of-mice-and-zombies/feed 0 Anime,gag manga biyori,highschool of the dead,mayoi neko overrun,saki,slice-of-life,zombies An interesting post by omo about the usage of the phrase 'slice-of-life' sparked a small chain of responses. So we did it the way we can, with our podcast. It's not a breakthrough in thought exercise, but we're happy enough to hopefully inform people a... An interesting post by omo about the usage of the phrase 'slice-of-life' sparked a small chain of responses. So we did it the way we can, with our podcast. It's not a breakthrough in thought exercise, but we're happy enough to hopefully inform people about the rather ambiguous slice-of-life phrase we tag onto anime. If anything, we manage to add more criteria which lets one be more accurate when pinning an anime as slice-of-life. And the image above is nekomimi mold. Of all the images I could have used, we went with an idea from the podcast. I'm too lazy to color it the proper cheese-yellow color, so you'll just have to make do with a bad sketch. Recording date: 17 August 2010 Topics at hand: Slice-of-life discussion, Mayoi Neko Overrun!, Honor Fics, Highschool of the Dead, Saki, Gag Manga Biyori, and Zombies. And it's never our podcast unless there are derails. (And delays in publication. I was supposed to wait on someone before posting this, so screw that.) nekomimi moldo drawn by yours truly. MaserBeam no 1:18:52 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/song-2 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/song-2#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:44:27 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=735 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/song-2/feed 1 Anime,black rock shooter,mushihime futari I finally got the idea to use my dynamic compressor that's actually meant for my guitar. Plugged it into the recording chain, and it seems it's allowed us to be more relaxed about sound levels, instead of being paranoid that it'll clip at any moment. I finally got the idea to use my dynamic compressor that's actually meant for my guitar. Plugged it into the recording chain, and it seems it's allowed us to be more relaxed about sound levels, instead of being paranoid that it'll clip at any moment. Yay! Normally I'd have to subject you to a long list of items that we talk about in the podcast, but since we've been largely talking about the 2010 Summer Season of anime, I can just link you to a site that contains a brief synopsis of the show alongside a preview image. Quite convenient if you just need a quick reference. And if you haven't noticed the Black ★ Rock Shooter image, yes, we talk about the OVA. We also snuck in a gaming tidbit of a doujin game called Recettear, which I've blurbed about before already. Recording Date: 27th July 2010 art by chan_co music intro and insert from Mushihimesama Futari OST MaserBeam no 1:10:09 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/ookami-san-and-her-7-dragonballs http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/ookami-san-and-her-7-dragonballs#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:57:31 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=682 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/ookami-san-and-her-7-dragonballs/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/podcasts-resume http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/podcasts-resume#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:14:48 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=629 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/podcasts-resume/feed 0 2010,Anime,baseball,pizza,railgun Sometimes you just feel like throwing stuff. And it happened to me multiple times in the last few hours while I was QCing the last podcast for public consumption. I'm still not satisfied with the quality - I know it can sound better. Sometimes you just feel like throwing stuff. And it happened to me multiple times in the last few hours while I was QCing the last podcast for public consumption. I'm still not satisfied with the quality - I know it can sound better. I've already stalled it this long, and I figured to get back on track. So yes! Our podcasts are back, and now separated according to subject matter for better precision. Mish-mash of topics in a single podcast was only ever good if we were extremely professional, but we're not. The best I can do is start making some music for the intros and transitions so it's easier on the ears. Come listen anyway, and burn away 2+ hours of your life. *** It's a rather large list of thing we talk about. This first podcast is technically our second one: it's our anime podcast. The 2010 summer season of anime slowly hovers with us as we orbit the giant plasma ball we call the sun. The entire list is as follows (not quite in spoken order): Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi Amagami SS Kuroshitsuji 2 Mitsudomoe Sekirei Seitokai Yakuindomo Highschool of the Dead Seikimatsu Occult Gekuin Legend of the Legendary Heroes Nurarihyon no Mago Tono to Issho Strike Witches 2 Shi Ki Cat Shit One Koe de Oshigoto! Shinryaku! Ika Musume Saki Not too long of a list. It takes us only an hour. (That's short, right?) Anything after hour mark is us just rambling about Studio BONES and additional interneting. Also, railgun = pizza. Even STALKER manages to sneak in somewhere in our conversation, seriously. Maybe we shouldn't be professional. We also reference Kamiya Hiroshi's little "Nyaan!" from a video I found at Hashihime's site. Go visit his site if you're interested in Japanese voice actors. Image taken from danbooru. Artist site: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=784899 MaserBeam no 1:20:40 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/the-power-of-anime http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/the-power-of-anime#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:33:47 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=527 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/the-power-of-anime/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/the-anime-summer-season-of-2010 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/the-anime-summer-season-of-2010#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 13:27:11 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=518 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/the-anime-summer-season-of-2010/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/miyanaga-san-would-be-proud-of-me http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/miyanaga-san-would-be-proud-of-me#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 21:14:28 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=515 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/miyanaga-san-would-be-proud-of-me/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/articles/wat-u-say http://www.maserbeam.com/articles/wat-u-say#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 07:53:33 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=436 http://www.maserbeam.com/articles/wat-u-say/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/2010-spring-anime-season http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/2010-spring-anime-season#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:45:08 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=412 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/2010-spring-anime-season/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/kaichou-wa-meido-sama-3 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/kaichou-wa-meido-sama-3#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:32:41 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=408 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/kaichou-wa-meido-sama-3/feed 0