Tuesday, November 13, 2012

KS Cast 009- Waifu of the Week: Emi!

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.

Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Anime Spotlight: Episode Potato

WARNING: SPOILERS AND STUFF. VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK.



Hey guys! I am sorry that I have not been posting any spotlights recently. A lot of things have been on my plate and I could not find the time for it. Midterms were this week, had some girl problems (I know right? lolol girls), and of course the infamous Steam Sales struck again.

But you aren't here for my life problems. I mean come on, really life? Who needs that when you have anime and waifus!!! This week's anime is a ongoing one(well its newest season is ongoing at least). The reason why I chose this one is because I at first did not know of it and was introduced by a friend. So I thought, why not show it to you guys? I hope you will enjoy and appreciate this anime series.


Tuesday, November 6, 2012

No New Episode Tonight

Sorry for all of you that were expecting an episode tonight. As much as I hate to say it, there won't be one.

Kevin has been really busy these past few weeks with school and life. I've been quite busy too, and perhaps not busy enough, since my grades are starting to slip. Henry, who I really wanted to have on this episode, is also busy.

But above all else, I'm no longer comfortable with putting out an episode if I don't think it's a good one. Too many times now we've recorded an episode the night it's due out, and our lack of preparation has caused the quality to suffer. Last week was a good example. We definitely spent WAY too much time talking about absolutely nothing, and the topics I did want to go over were only just brushed upon. I want to release an episode only if those listening will enjoy it. We never have any notes, and for the most part any real discussion. William, our new writer, has so many good ideas for what we can do for Emi's episode that I don't want them to go to waste on a rushed recording. It might be quality control, but I don't want you listening to something I'm not proud of making.

Once again, I'm really sorry to those who were excited to hear the next new episode. I promise next week's one will more than make up for it. Until then, I hope you keep listening and providing feedback. Love you guys. See you next week.
I'm assuming this is your reaction to the news.


Sunday, November 4, 2012

Anime Spotlight: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

I’m going to begin my anime spotlights with my favourite anime: Gurren Lagann. It’s very apt for a Katawa Shoujo blog, too...

Oh god mah drills

Friday, November 2, 2012

"I'm being so boring. This is exactly like every self-introduction ever."

So.. I'm William Bundy. My hobbies are computers and anime. I hope to get along well with everyone even though I'm a new blogger...



Enough with the Hisao. You've likely seen me in the comments, or heard about me in Rin's podcast. After chatting with Ben over the tubes, I've been allowed to spout my crazy ideas make Anime/VN-related posts and even possibly join in the podcast fun.

If you want to know more about me, I'm a senior in a southern California high school. I've played tuba in the band all four years, marching band freshman through junior, and this year I joined the Academic Decathlon team, possibly against my better judgement (Doctor Zhivago sucks). My family moved to America from Britain when I was quite young, and I've been brought up in a strange, southern Californian distortion of British culture. At the age of twelve I started learning how to program with ActionScript, i.e., Flash, eventually branching out into better platforms (Python, C#, C/C++ to name a few). I've always had a penchant for the maths and sciences, but under my current and previous English literature and language teachers, respectively, I've come to enjoy critical reading (as opposed to reading for fun) and analysis more and more.


Some facts more easily enumerated:

  • My waifu is Lilly Satou. 
  • My favourite anime is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, followed closely by several others.
  • I run Linux (Ubuntu 12.04, as it plays well with my dual monitor setup while not having broken packages)
  • Visual novel-wise, my first one was Digital: A Love Story. Apart from Katawa Shoujo, I've also played Shuffle! and don't take it personally babe, it just ain't your story





Tuesday, October 30, 2012

KS Cast 008- 2SPOOKY4U

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.

Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Friday, October 26, 2012

KS Cast on Facebook!

After the release of Manly Picnic this week, Matt/Kenji sent me a message on Facebook asking me to consider making a group there in order to keep people updated on the show's happenings and whatnot. He even took the liberty to make the page himself. So we have that now.

Please check it out, and make sure to like it! Not only will you be able to stay informed on everything going on with the blog and show without having to constantly visit the page(though the pageviews are nice), but liking it will help me gauge how many people listen. I just started setting it up a few minutes ago, and already people whose names I do not know are popping up. I want to do some big things with this podcast, but I can't do it unless I know we have a lot of listeners to do it with.

Thanks again for loving the show and for being awesome!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

KS Cast 007- Manly Picnic

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.

Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Haikus Just for You



I wrote these haikus
For the ladies of my life
Oh and Kenji too

Check it out after the break!
Saturday, October 20, 2012

5,000 Views!

Hey everyone! At the time of writing this, our little blog has amassed 5,003 pageviews. That is just amazing to me. In just a little over a month, that many people have come and seen our blog. And none of those are mine, by the way. I made sure not to track those, or we'd have about twice that amount.

So I just want to say thank you guys. This was originally made to entertain just a group of friends and I, but it has become so much more. I don't even know that many people. Your continued support is what keeps this blog alive and keeps the podcast on schedule(which reminds me, still need to record an episode. Maybe we'll have a guest?).

Hopefully your guys' love for this podcast will only grow and spread to others, so I could have even more people to love. Which is good, because I love loving people.

Thank you again for all the views! Here's to 5,000 more!

Hugs all around!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

KS Cast 006- Waifu of the Week: Rin!

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.


Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Adding Apologies

Another poem by Vespers, sure to tug at heartstrings.
Check it out after the break.
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Anime Spotlight 4 Desu~ne?

            
   Hi guys, I know I haven't been really keeping up with the whole "2 post per week" thing. It really is hard to do. But I will try my best to post avidly, at least. Or until my Pokemon hype dies down (White 2 <3) 
I've just been busy with my love for cats. But I think I can handle thiss!!!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

iWishToHug You! Designated Blogger!

Hey Guys iWishToHugYou here!
So on the last podcast we talked about needing designated bloggers, and I chose to become one,
Now today is a half day for classes, and I don't start late today, so I only have 26 minutes for this blog.
LET'S GET STARTED
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

KS Cast 005- Waifu of the Week: Lilly!

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.


Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Let's Get Through The Day!

Hey Guys!
iWishToHugYou Back for a quick post
(I'll add the pretty photos to this post later :P)

So I don't know about everyone else but today seems like one of those bad days, but don't worry everyone, let us get through this day!
For those of you having a great day, well good for you! :P
But I'll just share how just the first hours of my day made the whole day fall.
Monday, October 8, 2012

Regarding Tomorrow's Episode...

...it's not done yet. Not even started.

Yeah, not good. BUT, I'm planning to have it out by Tuesday night. Just need to see if people will be available to come on the show.

It may be coming out late, but I don't want to skip a week all together. Better late than never right? Yeah. Let's go with that.

We have some real cool stuff coming your way soon, so please keep listening and supporting the show. It means so much that so many of you care to listen!

See you tomorrow(Hopefully!)

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Auditions and Callbacks

So, my choir teacher made me audition for the school musical this year. I was not prepared in the slightest! There were plenty of people there that have acting experience and I'm just the underdog trying to get a part. I got motivated last second by my choir teacher because I was thinking about giving up.

I was extremely surprised when I got called back for today, it was surreal. I didn't have a monologue prepared for the audition, so I just got one quickly off the internet so I could learn it and do some faces. I'm so ready to get the part of pimp daddy Marcus Lycus.

Anime Spotlight 3 ~Revenge of the Anime!



Hai Guise!


 If you have seen the other two anime spotlights and liked them I feel you'll love today's anime. But let's not spoil it yet. Did you guys enjoy the previous anime that I recommended? 

What, you haven't read them yet?!?!?! Welll...
Go read them now.

KS Cast 004- Waifu of the Week: Hanako!

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.


Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.


Saturday, September 29, 2012

Live Stream!

So I'm getting Edward/Azunyan to do a stream for the entertainment of my friends and I, so if any of you have the chance, you should drop by!

We're gonna be streaming Gravity Falls (completely unrelated to KS, I know), which is a great show everyone should watch, so come on by!

havocker on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free


Friday, September 28, 2012

A short introduction of myself.

Hey everyone, this is my first time writing on the cast blog so far, so I decided to would do a short introduction of myself while I'm wasting away at mandatory, government-enforced education bored at school. So here we go.

My name is Kevin, I'm sure you've heard a lot from me from the first three podcast episodes we have out so far. My waifu is Shizune (check out Episode 3 to listen to me defend myself against the angry Hanabros). 

...and that's all I have to say for myself at the current moment. I may do a Q&A if there is demand for it because I like answering questions. Unfortunately I won't be in a few episodes following 3 because my mouth had some issues, but I should be back to tango very soon.

I hope you are enjoying our endeavors. Cheers.

Signin out,
Kevin

P.S. SHI-HAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Anime Spotlight 2!~~

Im back!!

Welcome back master!!

                   Yes fellow anime viewer Azunyan is back with another installment of "Anime Spotlight", where I go on and on about my waifu and how much i love anime.
..................
Wait... Are you telling me this isnt about me? 
WHAT?!?! I THOUGHT BY SPOTLIGHT YOU MEANT LOVELIGHT!!!!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

KS Cast 003- Waifu of the Week: Shizune!

Click on the title to download the podcast. Show notes after the break.


Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Welcome to Anime Spotlight! desu~



Anime~Desu!

           Okay, let's be serious right now. We all watch anime here. We all love anime. We all love our Waifus. But of course there is always that moment where you finish a anime and think to yourself, "Oh my god it's over." And then the feels come and we tell ourselves....

"What to do? Its over."

Saturday, September 22, 2012

A Selection of Other Recommended Visual Novels


      If you're anything like the rest of us (and chances are, you are, since you're here), then you were likely left with a feeling of “what next?” after completing Katawa Shoujo. No more choices left to make; no more memories left to create. It may sound like I'm being sarcastic, but I'm not. It was a pretty hollow feeling I had once it was over.

     Fortunately, Katawa Shoujo is just one in a sea of excellent visual novels out there, all exploring similar themes, or at least having the same feels-laden effects. While I'll never be one to say that you should spend your time on the computer as opposed to working out, learning an instrument, or meeting new people (all common results of reading KS), it is nice to know that there's always something new you can dive into to try to reclaim that feeling.

     Before I get started on a few other, highly-recommended visual novels, I want to say one thing: I won't post download links here (unless the program is freeware to begin with). Make your own decisions about piracy, but know that these companies do rely on their games selling to keep making more. With that said, fan-made English patches, which are necessary for most VN's, are almost always free to download, so don't hesitate to post those here. I might, if I can find any links. With all that out of the way, the first feels-heavy visual novel on our list is...


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

KS Cast 002- What is Love?

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Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.


Monday, September 17, 2012

New Episode Tomorrow

Hey everyone! Just making a quick post to let you all know that a new episode of KS Cast will be up on the blog tomorrow. It's gonna be about relationships, so if you ever wanted advice from people who have no idea what they're talking about, listen in.
We'll also be reading and discussing Vespers's guide to picking up girls, which you can read on the blog here.

So be sure to keep on checking out the blog, or subscribe to our iTunes feed to get the episodes straight to your computer as soon as their available.

See you tomorrow!


Thursday, September 13, 2012

My Aching Heart By Vespers


Our good friend Vespers, aka "Master of Romance" is back with an epic poem.

Check it out after the break!

We're on iTunes!

Hey everybody! Just making a quick post to let you all know that out iTunes feed is officially up and running! Be sure to subscribe to the feed to get all of the episode downloaded to your iTunes library as soon as they are available! And don't be afraid to give us a review, and if you do, we'll give you a shout-out on the show!

Check out the feed here!

iWishToHugYou's CTU Strike Update

Hey people iWishToHugYou Back to make an update on our first Podcast about the CTU Strike!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Hey Redditors!

So and friend of mine posted a link to our blog on the Katawa Shoujo Subreddit, and oh my god guys.

We got over 700 pageviews today, most of them coming from that post. That's more than twice the views this blog had gotten in the past few days it's been up. That's amazing. The guys over there we also kind enough to give some criticism about the blog layout to help improve it.

So, I just want to give a quick shout-out to everyone at Reddit who came to check us out. It means a lot to me and it helps this blog grow. Please pass the word on to any more of your friends who are a fan of Katawa Shoujo, and don't hesitate to leave on comment on this post about anything that can be improved. We are still looking for people who can write outro songs for the podcast, people to post on the blog, people that can help design a better layout, and anyone that wants to talk on the podcast. If you're interested in helping, just contact me at katawashoujopodcast@gmail.com!

Thanks again guys.


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

RE: Vespers Post on "How to Pick Up Girls"

Hey people! 
It's iWishToHugYou here with a response to Vespers' Post on How to Pick Up Girls!
I followed what he has said before and I know that this guy isn't wrong.
So here is my input on Vespers' Post.

How to Pick Up Girls


On request of some of the Ks'ers
How to pick up girls: By Fernando/Vespers
Check it out after the break.

KS Cast 001- On Strike!

Click on the title to download the podcasts. Show notes after the break.

Who needs a girlfriend when you have a Waifu? Ben and Kevin intimately discuss Katawa Shoujo with friends, as well as other big news stories that matter to them, and sometimes just their feelings.

Monday, September 10, 2012

First podcast... done?...

Well we got off some nice discussion about the CTU strike in Chicago and managed to get through our favorite characters without a total shitstorm...

I'd say a job well done.

Now to wait for Ben to get the actual podcast up...

-Gnawliryc/Cyril
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Ay, Jesu Cristo

So, I'll be busy weekend mornings to afternoons around 3:00 p.m cause work. Work is just a drag cause I got this one manager, but whatever. Just checking to see if the post works.

New Layout(still in progress)!

So, as you can see, the blog looks very different now. I downloaded a program called Artisteer to help me design this layout.

This was SUPPOSED to be a quick layout to make, but there were errors with the HTML coding that I needed to go in and fix, and since this was my first time using HTML, I had some issues. Even now the site isn't perfect. There are some adjustments to the size and positioning I still want to fix, as well as text color. But, this'll do for now.

So please look around and see if you encounter any problems, and tell me if you do. I may not be able to fix them with my limited knowledge, but I sure can try.

~aamclcp

P.S- Podcasting coming soon.

Test Post ~Desu



Alright Katawa Shoujo is of course the reason why we are all here. But anyone want to tell us the journey of why they started to play Katawa Shoujo?

       Even though we all play Katawa Shoujo, I feel we need to get to know each other more. Not all of us go to the same school so this Blog would be a great opportunity to share some thoughts about things


Lets have some fun and answer some questions !

Questions:

1. Favorite Anime and why?

2. Favorite Characters (Top 3 from anything anime, games etc etc)

3. Favorite Games

4. What games do you play daily (LoL, Dota, Online games that we can all play etc)

5. Thoughts on the Strike. (Provide some background info) And if you know if there would even be a strike.



I hope we all get along and have some fun together!

~Azunyan

Test post #2?

Just testing things out to see that everything is working fine...

People may or may not hear much from me here... >_> Until things start happening at least.

-Gnawliryc

Test Post!

How goes it? This is just a quick test to see if I know what I'm doing. Hopefully so! I've got a FeedBurner all set up and integrated with the blog. I also made an account on OurMedia.org, where I should be able to upload the podcasts to Archive.org. I'm just doing this by ear, so hopefully it doesn't fall flat on its face!

We still need to:

1. Make a custom blog template (never done that before).
2. Make a podcast logo to be displayed on the iTunes feed.
3. SET UP the iTunes feed.
4. Oh yeah, RECORD SOMETHING.

We are planning on recording Monday if the CTU does go on strike, and talk about that and whatnot. It normally takes a few days for iTunes to approve a podcast feed on their store, so it probably won't go up the day we record. We'll arrange upload dates and the frequency of updates at a later date.

If there's anything I forgot to add to the to-do list, please let me know!

Signing off,

aamclcp

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