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So uh, today's my birthday. I'm 45 now? That's weird. But I am still yapping into microphones and if you wanna hear an increasingly older fart opine about anime and Final Fantasy XIV, please do~ @osmcast.com: www.osmcast.com/2025/03/osmc... @carbunclechronicle.com: www.osmcast.com/2025/02/the-...

baseball is an RPG and that's why Game 1 had both a Normal Ending and a True Ending

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎈🎂🎈🎂🎉💐🎉🎈🎂🎉💐💐🎉🎉🎉🎉🎈🎂🎈🎈🎂🎈🎈🎉💐 @jazzyplz.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diminish an anime Centrist Girl Utena

That’s an ifrit-egi right?

I love Halloween

Hope everyone has a wonderful time at @gatewayfate.bsky.social this coming weekend. We at the @carbunclechronicle.com are so sad to be missing this year. Life tank busters came at us hard and we had to mit the best we could. Hope this year is amazing and we can join you all next year.

Anime Herald Magazine #2 is out, and it's packed with articles like an exploration of Journal With Witch by Caitlin Moore. 💖 Order today to get a great book and support anime journalism. Details: hera.fyi/ahmag2info Order: hera.fyi/buyahmag2 Digital: hera.fyi/buyahmag2dig #anime #books

behold, the carbeans

watched a really important episode of television today

Sadly, things have conspired in our lives where we cannot get to GATEway FATE this year. Which sucks, because GATEway is The Best™. I hope everyone goes and has the greatest of times!

carbuncle i drew at 4am

Sony: You like Kojima? No you don't shut up. You don't like physical discs, either! Microsoft: Hope you like Kojima because we killed almost every other studio we own! Nintendo: Deploy your favorite Blades into battle! ⚔️

Ugh, Obsidian was 1 of 2 studios (other is Double Fine) that I feel was really doing the Lord's Work for Microsoft and got neat & interesting games out regularly & reliably. Double Fine got to escape at least. Then again, they knew that they couldn't make Double Fine make a new Fallout game.

Some of these could be different later, but I like all these a whole dang bunch!

Speaking of things I'm glad people remember exist, hey we are getting Lufia I & II back in 2027?! Will wonders never cease? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmcO...

I'm glad that Capcom kinda remembers Ace Attorney exists. But also, where the hell is Trucy?

Yeah, okay! I'm pretty down with this.

feeling good about tomorrow

Because I am completely unapologetic about this #chapbook, the book's page now has an audio sample that uniquely portrays the most important #poem in the collection: affairsofink.com/books-of-ink...

with all the bluster about the shoddy new Dodopachi port and previously the Raiden Fighters port, it really goes to show how the Xbox 360 really was "the shmup system" the same way the SNES was "the RPG system"

🦇Listen to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts: thirdimpactanime.com/2026/08/25/t... 🦇Preorder Daniel's book: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

OUT NOW!! Special guest @dandock.bsky.social joins us to talk about the anime studios (specifically TMS) who worked on some of the best episodes of B:TAS, like "Feat of Clay, Part II" Thanks so much to Daniel for coming on the show. Preorder his book that releases on September 1st!

What's he sayin

What's he sayin

This past weekend at Otakon we had the (Extreme) pleasure to interview Michael-Christopher Koji Fox & Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi! Plus: We also talk about some of the panels they did as well! www.osmcast.com/2026/08/the-... #FFXIV #FF14 #Koji #Foxclon #Otakon #podcast @en.finalfantasyxiv.com

New cards and charms are in 😍

Heading to @otakon.bsky.social? Need something Final Fantasy XIV related to pass the time? Then do we have the episode for you! Or anyone else who wants to listen. We're not picky. #FFXIV #FF14 #FINALFANTASYXIV #Podcast

Y'all, consider picking up Eri's book. It's a great read, and she was straight-up bilked at SDCC when her signing was canceled without warning.

🩵 Post San Diego Comic Con Sale 🩵 Thank you to friends, readers, the book community, the otaku community, and the cosplay community for your love and support. Let’s turn lemons into lemonade! Order Form Here: forms.gle/wdKsNcDvUFwE...

The Final Fantasy XIV FanFest in Berlin had all sorts of announcements, and we couldn't wait to talk about them all! (Although may we should have, because somehow @angeldrkfire.bsky.social spoke Yokai-Watch back into existence!) www.osmcast.com/2026/07/the-... #FFXIV #FF14 @en.finalfantasyxiv.com

Listen in, however you'd like! YouTube: youtu.be/sr6ail83zmM Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2rPU... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... PocketCasts: pca.st/7n13mas0 Or just plug our RSS feed into your podcatcher of choice: feeds.simplecast.com/4jU_DSIW

#FFXIV's Naoki Yoshida answers questions from the media at the Berlin #FFXIVFanFest gamerescape.com/2026/07/26/f...

If a Lalafell played Bastion would they look like This Or This

Today was the day that FFXIV learned about how asinine anime music copyrights are 🙃

🐪Attn Egret II Mini Paddle + Trackball Owners🐉 Here's a modified HID Remapper with "Mouse only" (& "KB Only") device profiles to fix consoles that don't like the default "KB+M,", meaning the controller can be just a mouse. The mapping file I use is also included. drive.proton.me/urls/GMK3K1F...

Oh hey, more badges! All 22 current jobs are represented, plus the two for youth and child badges. (If you haven't seen some of the designs show up yet, there are some other badge types around like industry, guests, exhibitors, artists, etc.)

sneak peek of one of our stamp rally trivia questions

You are allowed to Google Carbuncle Chronicle though. 😁 #GMM

So as it turns out... Huntsville, AL finally has its own Aetheryte! Right by Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium. Which begs the question for @en.finalfantasyxiv.com, what's Vesper Bay's excuse?

TIL I learned a bunch of yankii gather at Enoshima in the middle of the night to show off their tricked out classic cars

Soccer time

Final Fantasy IV 35th Anniv. illustration by Rika Okazaki (illustrator for Dragon Quest I&II HD-2D Remake, Octopath Traveler 0, The Adventures of Elliot The Millennium Tales):

on this day in 1995, scientists discovered bisexuality. happy 31st birthday to all my fellow bs

Rydia

I wish AI and betting ads a very fuck the hell off