Rangercast

You know, I had a whole plan set to make RC58 the Once a Ranger ep. We were going to record it Friday or Saturday night and I'd have it up by the end of the weekend and have Otakon part 1 already ready to go so I could take the week off. Unfortunately, on Friday night, Mother Nature, fate, and the fine people at Comcast got together and decided "No Tyler! No Rangercast for you!" and knocked my cable out. Comcast doesn't feel like getting out to my place to fix it until Wednesday, but that doesn't mean I didn't have a plan B to get something to keep the feed warm. So here, thanks to the power of elbow grease, Borders wi-fi, and sheer force of will, for your listening pleasure, is Part 1 (Thursday and Friday) of Otakon 2007.

I intercept Mike Dent at the airport and after some wrangling we make it down to the always-lovely Baltimore Convention Center for the Otakon's famed pre-game festivities: the pre-reg pickup. We meet up with Gerald (Anime World Order) as he shares in-depth one-syllable insights into the madness. Friday, the fun really starts. I land a brief chat with John Sirabella (Media Blasters) about how KR The First did and how it looks for future toku releases. Then later, we watch AAA rock the house, as Mike and I scream like retards during Climax Jump. And no, no bootleg audio.

Finally, we wrap up the day's fun with the full audio of the Podcaster's Roundtable, featuring yours truly, Mike, Gerald, Dave and Joel (Fast Karate for the Gentleman), Rym and Scott (Geek Nights), and Erin and Noah (Ninja Consultants). Oh yeah, we rocked that panel room.

Check out my pictures HERE!

And that picture up there for this episode? That is the Baltimore Convention Center Thursday afternoon, seen from the observation deck at the World Trade Center. Yes ladies and gentlemen, you're looking at the line visible from SPACE.