Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Games and Anime
Hey all you members of the FanBase army. This is Danny Ryde with yet another outline of last weeks FanBase. The show started out a little different last week. I was so tired from work that I fell asleep right before the show went on. Thankfully my friends and little sister woke me up ever so gently. Then we went into a blast of sugar with Yuujou Monogatai from the anime Inukami. This is one of the sugary songs that i know of. After that we went in to WTF News. Our stories for this week were about a teacher who sabotaged his ex-wife’s milk farm by beating the dairy cow’s utters, how anime otaku are actually the second most loathed otaku by Japanese women and how the creator of the ultra popular One Piece series was attacked by an ex employees wife. After WTF we played Hitori No Yoru by Porno Graffiti (yes that is the actual name of the band).
After the song my friend Sasha who I met on Face Book called in and gave us a review of Metro Con. From what she told us it seemed that the con ran very smoothly, The masquerade ball and live action chess game were very well done this year. However it seemed like there weren't that many cosplayers and the dealers room had been downsized this year. These two events are very unusual in an anime con especially a big one like Metro Con. We then went into a brief discussion about anime club edicit. Our discussion got cut short by the arrival of our special guest, Chris form CGX games.
Chris told us about the specials going on at CGX games. Right now all N64 games are 50% off and they have a street fighter 4 tournament happening next month I believe. Chris’s favorite type of games are first person shooters so we talked about games like F.E.A.R. 2 and Bioshock. We also talked about upcoming games like Assassin’s Creed 2 and Batman. After talking about games so much it was time to dive into the Arcade Block. This week the songs were Soul dealer and No Mercy from Guilty Gear and Rebellion and Lust Sin from Blazblue. After the arcade block it was time to end the show with Big B and Evil Jeff’s random thought of the day. Their thought this week was “What's it like to hold a bag of sand”? Answer: “Its like holding a women”. We then ended the show with the song I Do by Yoko Kano. That was last weeks FanBase Show.
For those of you who are interested in going to CGX Games they are located in the Mall at Wellington Green on the second floor right across from Ruby Tuesday’s. Go and Check them out I guarantee that you will not be disappointed.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
FanBase and CGX Games
Hey all you FanBase listeners this is Danny Ryde. Last weeks show was fun and exciting. First for sugar blast we played Happy Cosmos by Poppins from the anime Dear S, This song is extremely sugary so if it didn't wake you up it at least gave you at least type 10 diabetes. Then in the world of WTF News we had stories about how most Japanese women are concentrating on becoming a house wife rather then pursuing a career, or how there are hello kitty vibrator’s circulating throughout the world(Thank you evil Jeff). After WTF News we played the song Again by Yuie from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. After that we had a brief discussion about the anime series Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. This version of FMA is different from the one already released in America because it follows the manga more closely and has a darker hint to it then the original.
Then we went into the first of two discussions about gaming. The first is how to tell if someone is a gaming addict. It pretty much comes down to their hygiene, their clothes and the way they talk. I gave a brief review of the new Ghostbusters video game. All I am going to say is you will like this game. Go rent it or buy it. After the discussion we went in to the Arcade Block. The songs we played this week in the Block were: Liberi Fatali from FF8, Sanctuary From Kingdom Hearts 2 and How crazy are you from DOA Extreme Beach Volley Ball. Then we went into our second topic of the day and that is “Where do you draw the line with kids and video games”. This discussion however was cut short by a phone call from our special guest, Voice over artist Spike Spencer, whose most famous work is probably Shinji Akari from Evangelion. Spike was an absolute riot to have on the show, we called him while he was ordering food at a taco bell in little Korea in LA. He told us how he got started in voice acting what conventions were like for him and what his plans for the future were. Basically he is going to travel all over the world in the next few months.
After the interview with Spike we played Princes of the Universe by Queen from Highlander. Then our comic book official Steven called in a gave a review of the new Capitan America comic book. Then we played Zetzubo Billy by Maximum the Hormone from Death Note in honor of our boss Dean Piper. After that we had our media release and game cheat codes. Then we introduced a new segment of the show Big B’s and Evil Jeff’s random thought of the day. Their thought was “what is it like to hold a women”, their response was “it’s like holding a bag of sand”. Finally we ended the show with Higurashi no naku koro ni by Eiko Shimamiya from the anime Higurashi no naku koro ni. That was FanBase for 6-18-09.
Apart from FanBase I just have to tell you about this new video game store that I found in the Mall at Wellington Green. Its called CGX Games. This store has everything. Right when you walk in there is a plasma TV hooked up to Guilty Gear, with a nice couch for you to sit on. In the back there are two more TV’s with Halo on them so two people can play. The store’s video game collection blew me away. Not only do they have Next Gen games, but they have playstaion, N64, Sega, super and regular Nintendo. They even have games from the Atari generation, games that i didn't even know existed. They also have strategy guides and merchandise from video games in the store. The one thing that blew my mind besides their incredible game selection was that they had import games from Japan. The only place I know that you can even have a chance of finding import games besides the internet is at anime conventions. Now you don’t have to wait for a convention you can just go the Mall at Wellington Green and go to CGX Games. It’s located on the 2nd floor of the mall across from the TooJays Deli. Trust me if you are a gamer then its not a question of should you go check out this store its a question of When can you go. Go see what this store has to offer, you have my word as a console gamer that you will not be disappointed.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Fan Base at Taste of The West
Hello all you Fan Base Listeners Danny Ryde here back on the computer and ready to blog. So in my last blog entry I explained why it’s taken so long to update the Fan Base blog and promised 2 entries in one day about two shows so lets get started.
5-28-09
On the 5-28-09 show we had a very special guest call in to the show. Lex Lang (Sanouske Sagara from Rarouni Kenshin) who is a very famous Voice actor in the world of animation and video games. He is also a stand up comedian and musician. Also he and his wife Sandy Fox (Sumomo from Chobits) another famous voice actor own the bottled water company H2OM which is doing phenomenally well. On the show we asked Lex how he got into being a voice actor. He said that it was his wife Sandy that introduced him to voice acting and introduced him to the right people and helped him get his voice demo together. We asked Lex what he is up to now and what are his plans for the future? Apparently he had just finished directing a video game in London. Unfortunately he couldn't give us any details on the game because of a non-closure agreement. He also hinted that he had done some work on a new anime series. However once again the non-closure agreement kept us from getting any info on the new anime series. So while we couldn't get any details we do know that Lex Lang has projects in the works and look forward to seeing them in the future. We greatly appreciated having Lex on the show and hope to have him and Sandy fox back on in the future.
Apart from Lex Lang calling in, the show also had WTF news. The stories included Lucky Star Engine Oil, a Japanese Cross Dressing Magazine, and High School urine trader busted (YUCK) and Japanese breast pillows. There was also the newest part of our show the Arcade Block. were we play a non stop block of 3-4 songs from video games. We played One Winged Angle from FF7 Advent Children and Simple and Clean from Kingdom Hearts. The reason we only played two songs this time is because One winged Angle is is over six minutes long. Then Evil Jeff went off on a rant about anime’s that preach about how horrible war is and then show people engaging in war and almost glorifying it. He used the anime series Gundam as his primary example.
Evilly Jeff’s Rant about war and his use of the Gundam series got me thinking about out of control AI in the movies. So we did a top ten count down of the most out of control AI characters in movies. Some of the characters that made the countdown were The Red Queen from Resident Evil, H.A.L. from 2001: Space odyssey, and of course Sky Net from the Terminator series. After the countdown we went in to a review of the newest Terminator movie Terminator: Salvation. In my personal opinion this movie was very good. The story had twist and turns so you never really new what was going to happen and the action was very face paced but still easy to follow. Christian Bale did a very nice job of portraying John Conner. It was nice to see John actually do something in a Terminator movie. Just to let you know Arnold does make a “Cameo” appearance in the movie but i wont say were or when so you’ll just have to go see it to find out. That's what the 5-28-09 show of Fan Base was.
Taste Of The West
Unfortunately theirs not a whole lot to say about Fan Base at Taste of The West. We got started Late and could only be on the air for 12 minutes at two different times and it was only Big B and myself. The first time we went on we did WTF News however it was a slow day in the world of weird news. The only stories we could find were two. One about Lucky Star underwear for guys and a Japanese TV show that transforms high school boys into girls and then has them “play” (Not Dirty) with other high school boys on stage. After that we had to get off the air and had to go to work at Taste Of The West. We got back on a few hours later and did a review of UP and proper theater educate. Up is the newest Disney/Pixar movie about an old man who makes his house fly by tying hundreds of balloons to it. It was very entertaining and funny. Big B and my self both recommend that you go see this movie. With Proper theater educate it was your basic stuff like don’t call, talk or text during the movie. Don’t use your little laser pointer on the screen (It’s not funny it’s just annoying as hell) and finally don't kick the person in front of you, but if you do then apologize. The reason we did theater educate as part of our show was because when we were watching UP every single one of those things listed above happened to us. We still enjoyed the movie but it was a lot harder to concentrate on it.
Now Just because Fan Base didn't do a lot at Taste Of The West doesn't mean that W4CY didn’t do a great job of broadcasting from there. Peter from Peters Living Room and Dean Piper from the Power Of You were there interviewing restaurant owners all day and keeping people entertained. Get Real our new Teen Talk Show was there doing a live broad cast, Dj Frank from Dance Party was there broadcasting with Peter and the Quantum Doctor was also there showing how effective Zero Point Technology is. We were there from 4:30pm to 8:30pm and had a great time. We ate all kinds of food and met a lot if interesting people at Taste Of The West. It was a wonderful and filling time and we cant wait to go back next year.
OK that was went on with Fan Base these past two weeks. Our next show will be comic book oriented with a friend of ours Steven who knows almost every comic book artist in south Florida. So be sure to tune in for the comic book crazy show. This is Danny Ryde and i will see you all next Thursday at 4pm on Fan Base on w4cy.com.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
2 Fan Base shows = 1 blog
Hey Fan Base Listeners this is Danny Ryde. So after a tuff bought with a summer cold, thank god it wasn't swine flu (although I do enjoy rolling around in mud) and internet problems I am back. So what I am going to do is this, because it’s so close to our live show at Taste of The West I will give a review of both the live show and the 5-28-09 show on Friday. You’ll get two Fan Base entries in one day. Be sure to tune in to W4CY’s live Broadcast at Taste of The West at the South Florida Fair Grounds today starting at 4PM. This is Danny Ryde saying Saionara and I will see all of you on Thursday on Fan Base “Putting the Random in Fandom”.
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