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/podcast-9-because-its-a-new-year http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/podcast-9-because-its-a-new-year#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:12:44 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=1093 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/podcast-9-because-its-a-new-year/feed 0 fractale,kore wa zombie desu ka,sora no woto It's our first podcast of the new year. What else can you expect from an anime podcast? Obviously the forecast for some of the new series coming out, along with us rambling. It is also the podcast while we finally realize we're essentially without a n... It's our first podcast of the new year. What else can you expect from an anime podcast? Obviously the forecast for some of the new series coming out, along with us rambling. It is also the podcast while we finally realize we're essentially without a name. What good is a podcast without a name? Aside from that, we talked about that zombie anime that's currently out (Kore wa zombie desu ka?), and somehow manage to stay on topic for a good amount of time.. but not without some off-topic commentary. Fractale gets a rather serious discussion out of us, which we normally tend to veer away from doing. Our focal point on our Fractale discussion is the difference in culture and established norms as we know them today. With the evidence only in spoken lines I assume Fractale is definitely way past the 22nd century, but until dates are given to us, I'll just have to use an ambiguous time frame. And since we fancy data hopping once we learn about A-1 Picture's involvement with Fractale, we end up talking about Sora no Woto. Oh, and I truncated the podcast and a huge section after the 1 hour and 25 minute mark was removed because I honestly think it was wasted podcast time. The first time I've ever listened to my own podcast and thought, "Wow. That was really drawn out and unnecessary." Leave a comment if you're interested in hearing the full recording.. which I doubt will happen. Nice musical intermission for that cutout was from the Death Smiles OST. But if you're wondering what it was, we end up rambling and finding an interesting conversation piece: think of a Japanese name, or surname, used several times over within anime. Then spit out the character you're thinking of, off the top of your head. See how far your character knowledge reaches without being overwritten with recent & popular characters. We all know who Haruhi is. But is your Haruhi the same as someone else who's definitely seen way more than you? RECORDING DATE: JUN 14 2011 RUNTIME: 1h 26m 22s Why do I never have show notes? Oh, right. Because I always forget what links we promise. Music used (in order): Fractale OP - Hitomi Azuma - Harinezumi Transit Transit - Autolux - Census Death Smiles OST - Manabu Namiki - Angels' Melancholy MaserBeam no 1:26:23 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/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/podcast/refreshing-update http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/refreshing-update#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:34 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=329 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/refreshing-update/feed 0 dawn of war 2,Durarara!!,fansub drama,ffxi,johnny yong bosch,omamori himari,ookami kakushi,sora no woto,supreme commander 2 Sometimes if you play too many games, you'll end up burnt out like the girl in the above picture. There's only one way to cure that: play a crappy game so you're happy with the stuff you do have on hand. I can't say that I've personally purchased or ow... Sometimes if you play too many games, you'll end up burnt out like the girl in the above picture. There's only one way to cure that: play a crappy game so you're happy with the stuff you do have on hand. I can't say that I've personally purchased or owned a game that was absolute suck. I can, however, remember how much some NES games I might have loved were actually fairly bad. Even that kind of logic fails, as I've found myself enjoying those games for sucking the way they do. Most of this feeling is due to nostalgia. This tends to apply to anime as well. I often opt to watch some anime I could consider bad, but end up enjoying it to a degree. Completely ignoring what I just said, here are the contents of today's podcast: FFXI and it's forthcoming mini-expansions, Supreme Commander 2, Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, Omamori Himari, Ookami Kakushi, fansub drama, Durarara!!, Sora no Woto, and Johnny Yong Bosch. Once in a while you just have to press F5. So here's another refreshing update from yours truly, baked in the oven. This podcast is so crisp and burnt, it might as well be carbon. And we all know humans are carbon-based life forms, so eat up, dammit. As a small note, the quality of the mp3 for this podcast was increased to 160kbps bitrate. I didn't like the dithery sound produced in previous podcasts. I can go back to 128kbps if a smaller file is more desirable than audio quality. I also forgot links again. Music Insert - Artist: Pinback -- Album: Autumn of the Seraph -- Song: Devil You Know Image taken from danbooru, artist: tomioka jirou MaserBeam no 1:55:09 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/its-cooking-time http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/its-cooking-time#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:14:51 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=313 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/its-cooking-time/feed 0 bad company 2,bakemonogatari,hanamaru kindergarden,k-on!,lurk mod,queen's blade,SHAFT,sora no woto,stalker,street fighter iv For once, I think I'll use an image that's straight forward and relates to what's in the podcast. And yes, I've finally got a new podcast up. Sometimes you just get random downtime you can't get around. Besides that, we're getting used to the format, For once, I think I'll use an image that's straight forward and relates to what's in the podcast. And yes, I've finally got a new podcast up. Sometimes you just get random downtime you can't get around. Besides that, we're getting used to the format, and now focusing on few topics to improve podcast runtime and reduce the noise. But no less trainwrecks and derails. I think it's become obvious that we're very excited for Bad Company 2. We've mentioned this game nearly every podcast (I think). But we managed to squeeze in Street Fighter IV and fighting games, the L.U.R.K Mod for STALKER, and various anime tidbits including Hanamaru Kindergarden, Sora no Woto, K-ON!! (2nd Season), Queen's Blade, Bakemonogatari and something else within our maser sights. The LURK Mod got a recent status update, which makes me think we'll be seeing version 1.1 soon. I hope. Music Insert Artist: Botch Album: We Are The Romans Song: Transitions From Persona to Object Here's a youtube link to Dan's Silly Taunt that we were talking about during the podcast. MaserBeam no 1:12:11 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/god-dammit-podcastrecordingaudio-related http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/god-dammit-podcastrecordingaudio-related#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:07:20 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=242 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/god-dammit-podcastrecordingaudio-related/feed 0 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/the-butterbur-shovel-unifies-the-five-great-montreuis http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/the-butterbur-shovel-unifies-the-five-great-montreuis#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:22:22 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=201 http://www.maserbeam.com/podcast/the-butterbur-shovel-unifies-the-five-great-montreuis/feed 0 a-1 pictures,CES 2010,Durarara!!,google,k-on!,sora no woto,tablet pc,Technology!,yume nikki Montreuis isn't a word. When you make post titles that have no absolute relevancy to the post, it bodes ill omen! - This podcast is brought to you by electricity and wires. Thank you workers of the past world - we can tell someone across the planet th... Montreuis isn't a word. When you make post titles that have no absolute relevancy to the post, it bodes ill omen! This podcast is brought to you by electricity and wires. Thank you workers of the past world - we can tell someone across the planet that I ate butter. But what probably concerns you, is listening to us while we talk about the CES 2010 event we never attended. CES 2010, tablet PCs, Google, Nexus One, 3D TVs, Durarara!!, Omamori Himari, Sora no Woto, K-On!, Darksiders (not really), Bamboo Blade and more stuff make the target list. Recording date: 11th JAN, 2010 Music insert: Snakebite by Racer X, album: Technical Difficulties [ Buy the album! ] View the horrible sex bot we were talking about during our CES bit: Image MP3 of Madotsuki's Porch by MisterCQNZR - Jcore Master Vol. 3 [ Link ] MaserBeam no 1:29:09 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/sora-no-woto-aka-k-on-v1-5a http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/sora-no-woto-aka-k-on-v1-5a#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:13:18 +0000 maserbeam http://www.maserbeam.com/?p=159 http://www.maserbeam.com/anime/sora-no-woto-aka-k-on-v1-5a/feed 0