I mentioned these relatively late in the podcast.
The podcast is back for 2010! The first new episode in ten months is a interview-focused conversation with Evan Minto (@VamptVo), editor-in-chief/webmaster of Ani-Gamers. It started off as an interview (and stayed that way in many parts) but it lost structure toward the end, though that looseness was fun as well.
I intended to post this over the weekend – I had said Thursday/Friday during the recording – but then my main computer began to have trouble booting up. Thankfully, I had finished the core editing and was able to upload it using my backup computer. It’s not as completely polished as I would like but it should be good enough to listen to.
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[00:13] Music: “Harlem Clip” by Gustav Ruppke
[00:47] Introducing Evan. I stumble while trying to explain why I asked him on.
[02:46] I ask about Genericon (Feb. 12th-14th) and Evan’s studies at RPI. He’s double majoring in Computer Science and in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication (EMAC).
[08:59] We then talked about the equipment used for recording the Ani-Gamers podcast…
- Samson COU1 microphone [Amazon]
- Zoom H2 [Amazon]
[13:20] … the editing process…
[17:34] … accepting promos…
[20:45] … breaking into the anime/manga/otaku podcast community…
[23:07] … and show notes.
- Ani-Gamers #24 about Sword and the Stranger
- Debut episode of The Speakeasy, the Reverse Thieves’ new monthly podcast
[28:00] The final focused topic was the Ani-Gamers website and its contributors.
[29:41] I find out how long the posting queue is.
[32:00] I move onto the contributors, who choose their own subjects to write about on the website.
- Elliot’s review of Excel Saga manga vol. 1-20
- Collection of Ani-Gamers’ 2009 Staff Picks
[35:05] Our discussion slides into the subject of review copies: I betray my meekness in asking for them, Evan states his policy of recommending his reviewers give away their review copies and buy their own afterward.
- That Cartoon Network show I couldn’t remember was Storm Hawks.
- I did remember about Lux-Pain, which I need to return to and finish.
- These two reviews of King of RPGs vol. 1 came from the same physical copy.
[52:05] False ending (or “bonus” content?), where we briefly talk again about promos and then other podcasts.
- The Geekbox (it’s about geek stuff including games, film, TV & comics)
- Fast Karate (listened to this episode – it was pretty good)
[59:05] Music: “Kyoto Melody” by Orquestra Popular De Paio Pires
Omake: dub sample from Wild Cardz
(The music in this podcast was used under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.)
The Viridian Collection editions of Case Closed seasons 4 and 5 arrived earlier this week from RightStuf (ahead of their March 23rd street date) and they look like nicely designed box sets.
Predictions & Resolutions: 2K10 Edition
January 11, 2010 in Commentary by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 4 comments
It’s become a habit of mine to be tardy with the annual predictions post so I won’t make excuses and will just move on to judge how well I did with predictions and how poorly I followed through on some resolutions. (You can see last year’s post for the reasonings behind those.) I also made some guesses about the year ahead and some different goals to work toward because I can’t get myself to break this cycle – it’s become too much of a tradition.
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Tags: 2009, 2010, predictions, resolutions