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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 06/08/2026

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

Cover art for The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 39, where we got to interview Michael-Christopher Koji Fox & Toshio "Foxclon" Murouchi!

You'll be able to find it at https://carbunclechronicle.com as well as all our past episodes.

From Left to Right: Koji, Basil, Anna, Foxclon

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 04/08/2026

So this past weekend we got a very special opportunity to get an interview with Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and Toshio Murouchi aka "Foxclon!" It was a lot of fun, and we got some really interesting answers. Keep a lookout later this week at carbunclechronicle.com! #FFXIV #FF14 #Otakon #Otakon2026

Coming Soon cover art for The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 39, where we got to interview Michael-Christopher Koji Fox & Toshio "Foxclon" Murouchi!

The episode is coming out later this week! You'll be able to find it at https://carbunclechronicle.com as well as all our past episodes.

From Left to Right: Koji, Basil, Anna, Foxclon

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 20/07/2026

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

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 19/07/2026

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?

An illuminated structure in Huntsville, AL. It's glowing blue and purple hues. It also looks oddly like an aetheryte from Final Fantasy XIV.

An illuminated structure in Huntsville, AL. It's glowing blue and purple hues. It also looks oddly like an aetheryte from Final Fantasy XIV. On the foreground there is a parking lot full of cars. The size of the art structure is really close in size to an aetheryte too. Kinda wild, really.

A shot of the Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium. It was taken during Space Night, so it's full of NASA stuff. Good times.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 25/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up for either of our #FFXIV panels on Saturday at #MomoCon! It is always an amazing experience to see and hang out with only the most high quality of folks. You are all the best. Hope you enjoyed the panels!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 20/05/2026

We'll be at @momocon.bsky.social this year with TWO PANELS! Both on Saturday! We're starting off at 7PM with our FFXIV Fan Panel-Stival where we'll be talking about Evercold. Then at 10PM we'll be going over all the music of past Final Fantasy games in Final Fantasy XIV! #Momocon #FFXIV #panels

The Final Fantasy XIV Fan Panel-Stival! A fan panel about FFXIV.

MomoCon 2026, Saturday May 23 at 7PM in the Omni, in the Dogwood Panel Room.

The Music of FInal Fantasy XIV: Retro Edition. Retro music in a modern MMO! How wild is that? (It's not, but the music is wonderful, so the panel is gonna be great!)

MomoCon 2026, Saturday May 23 at 10PM in 10PM in GWCC Building A, Room 315/316.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 14/05/2026

Here's some pictures of the excellent food, and a very important disclaimer.

Here's a picture of the box our food came in! The text on the box reads:

Jollibee x Final Fantasy XIV
LEVEL UP! with the critically acclaimed Jollibee & Final Fanatsy XIV!

And here's the food! It had a piece of friend chicken, a chicken sandwich (basil's favorite), fries, a kinda curry-tasting gravy that was really neat, a Peach Mango fried pie that was very good but threatened to get EVERYWHERE, and the Blue Raspberry Aether w/ Crystal Boba drink.

Here is just the Blue Raspberry Aether w/ Crystal Boba. It was very good! Also very blue.

To the right where we were eating you could see Alpha proud proclaiming that "No chocobos were harmed in the making of this meal."

This is very important to know.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 14/05/2026

We also got the chance to check out the Jollibee X Final Fantasy XIV Takeover last weekend too! It was... A little bit less crowded than it was during FanFest. Just a smidge. (Still very busy!)

Here is a close up of the Jollibee mascot in the Meteor!

And here is a close of the Jollibee mascoy showing off the Aetheryte. You can also see a lalafell eerily behind the mascot, while a miqo'te ladyis enjoying some delicious fried chicken.

Oh hey, that's us! @itsbasiltime is being a goober in his Jollibee shirt, because he is very excited that for once someone sold an official FFXIV shirt in a size larger than 2XL! And @angeldrkfire is there, beautiful as ever, taking the picture. She's sporting the Carbuncle Chronicle shirt!

Which is good because Basil, once again, forgot to grab the business cards that he packed. He is very sorry about this.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 14/05/2026

Some more pictures from @requiemcafe.bsky.social! The decor got even more... special? as we went further in!

Another drink from Requiem Cafe! This one is Scree!: Brown Sugar Milk tea with Chocolate Drizzle topped with a Toasted Marshmallow Cold Foam, Gold Luster Dust, and Serpent Gummy.

A picture from the inside of Requiem Cafe, featuring the scions. From right to left: Y'shtola, Alphinaud, Alisaie, G'raha Tia, Krile, Urianger, and Thancred.

Another shot inside Requiem Cafe, this time featuring Estinien and Y'shtola opposite the Mother Crystal

Further into Requiem Cafe, featuring a standee of Barack Obama wearing the Requiem Cafe x Final Fantasy XIV collab tshirt

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 14/05/2026

Last weekend we got the chance to visit the amazing @requiemcafe.bsky.social! The food & drink were outstanding, and the vibes immaculate. If you have the chance to go, you should!

Outside of the Requiem Cafe. It's a brown brick building, with the windoes covered in artwork from Final Fantasy XIV. Features a loporrit, fat cat, moogle, and a korpokkur.

A drink on a table in the Requiem Cafe. The drink is a Fat Cat Latte: Caramel Mocha Cold Brew Latte with Whipped Cream and Chocolate Caramel Drizzle

A powered sugar lemon bar on a table with a fork, and metallic gold feather bookmark at Requiem Cafe. The lemon bar is called a Kwehi-mon Bar: Lemon Bar with Powered Sugar and Cinnamon Chocobo Prints *Bookmark is not edible

A block of tiramisu on a table at the Requiem Cafe. The tiramisu is called Korpokkur Kid Matcha Tiramisu: Matcha Tiramisu topped with Oreo Cookie Crumble and a Korpokkur Waffer

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 02/01/2026

We teamed up with our other half @osmcast.com to rank all the mainline Final Fantasy games (plus two bonus games)! Come for the friendship, stay for the bloodshed! www.osmcast.com/2026/01/the-... #finalfantasy #podcast #whydidwedothistoourselves

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 22/11/2025

Oh hey speaking of @gatewayfate.bsky.social, we went to 2.0 and had a great time! In fact we even talked all about it in our latest episode... Out right now! www.osmcast.com/2025/11/the-...

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 19/10/2025

SUNDAY! 3PM! In the Lower Level Panel Room aka Meeting Room 101! Useful FFXIV Websites That WON'T Break TOS! Probably. Mostly. Maybe. Honestly, you'll just have to come to @gatewayfate.bsky.social and find out.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 18/10/2025

This is where the panel room is! At noon you'll find us there talking about the retro music in Final Fantasy XIV! Right here at @gatewayfate.bsky.social

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 18/10/2025

We're at @gatewayfate.bsky.social and we've got TWO, count 'em TWO, panels for y'all! Kicking things off on Saturday we have The Music of FFXIV: Retro Edition! Turns out the whole mainline game series is already in there. It's at noon, in the Lower Level's Panel Room. Come start the con off right!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 15/10/2025

In this episode, we are talking about Final Fantasy I, II, AND III (also XIV)... And joining us are Garrett and Kyle from Grinding Gear! Website: bit.ly/carbycast33 YouTube: bit.ly/carbycast33yt #FFXIV #FF14 #FF1 #FF2 #FF3 #podcast #carbunclechronicle #grindinggear @en.finalfantasyxiv.com

The cover art for The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 33: Grinding the Gears of Final Fantasy I, II, & III and Their Place in XIV. It features two cogs/gears turning with Final Fantasy XIV and Pixel Remaster screenshots in and around the gears. Also has the FFXIV characters for Garrett and Kyle from Grinding Gear inside.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 07/07/2025

And not only do we have a new episode out, big news! We're going to @gatewayfate.bsky.social! Our panels got approved and we couldn't be more excited! Y'all should go too: gatewayfate.carrd.co

Three lalas in a car are heading to GATEway FATE

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 16/06/2025

So we are toying around with some panel ideas to submit to @gatewayfate.bsky.social for later this year! And we have a couple! But we also want to know, what kind of panels would YOU like to see there?

A screenshot of FFXIV, which a bunch of players questioning things. But someone has an idea! We here at The Carbuncle Chronicle are wondering what kind of panels you'd like to see a GATEway FATE this year!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 27/05/2025

And here are our winners! These are the Warriors of Light that vanquished our questions and bested our hosts. The Krystal Exarch was wise indeed. Y'all ruled! Special bonus shout outs to Loot Cave Co, who gifted us *an entire set of 20 job stone pins* to be included as prizes! #FFXIV #MomoCon

The amazing winners for our Final Fantasy XIV Trivia Panel at MomoCon 2025.

The title screen for our Final Fantasy XIV Trivia Panel at MomoCon 2025.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 27/05/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our #FinalFantasyXIV Trivia Panel at #MomoCon this year! It was great seeing all the IRL pickup groups popping up around in the room, teaming up to figure out the answers to our silly questions. When people say #FFXIV has a great community, y'all are the proof.

The crowd when we started the FFXIV Trivia Panel at MomoCon 2025. They were all outstanding.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 21/05/2025

We're back at @momocon.bsky.social again, but this time to host a Final Fantasy XIV Trivia Panel! Come find out how well you know the MMO, and maybe win some prizes too! Saturday 5/24 at 2:30PM in room B314/Live Entertainment! #FFXIV #FF14 #FinalFantasyXIV #MomoCon #MomoCon2025

A screenshot of players in Final Fantasy XIV. Most are thinking about a question, but one already has the answer!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 22/04/2025

We just got back from @mtac.bsky.social and got the chance to chat with @jasoncharlesmiller.com! It was a very fun interview and we hope that you give it a listen. www.osmcast.com/2025/04/the-... #FFXIV #FF14 #podcast #JasonCharlesMiller #D&D #music

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 20/04/2025

Happy Hatching-tide, everyone! Hope you have your own personal perfect parasol to protect oneself in case of potential downpours. #FFXIV #FinalFantasyXIV #GPOSERS

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV. A lalafell is standing in the rain, using an Archon Egg Parasol to protect himself from the elements.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 26/03/2025

Wuk Lamat will return as The Vow of Resolve in Avengers: Doomsday

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 24/03/2025

In this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle, we dive into the Patch Notes for 7.2: Seekers of Eternity for the little things you may have missed on first glace. Because we gotta do *something during the 24 Hour Maintenance! osmcast.com/2025/03/the-... #FF14 #FFXIV #FinalFantasyXIV #podcast

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 10/03/2025

What's that? We can share up to three minutes of video now? Well then, here, have a minute and a half of our feelings about Blue Alisaie! If you want the full two hours though, just head on over to: www.osmcast.com/2025/02/the-... #FFXIV #podcast #bluealisaie #alphinaud

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 25/02/2025

Oh hey, a FFXIV Character Tier List! It would be a shame if anyone... did a podcast... about it. Oh wait. Hi. We're that podcast! Thanks @gposers.org for the idea. (We also talk about Patch 7.2 out next month some, too!) www.osmcast.com/2025/02/the-... #FFXIV #podcast #GPOSERS

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 11/02/2025

In this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle we talk about Patch 7.1: Crossroads, as well as what we are looking forward to with Final Fantasy XIV in 2025. And how great Hildibrand is. Which is. So great. #FFXIV #FF14 #podcast www.osmcast.com/2025/02/the-...

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 25/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits..." The spirits:

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 16/06/2024

This one goes out to all the dad's both in and out of Eorzea! Happy Father's Day! #FFXIV

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 26/05/2024

Today at @momocon.bsky.social we have two, count 'em, TWO different Final Fantasy XIV panels for you to see! The Final Fantasy XIV Fan Panel-steval is at 4:00PM in Panels 406 but ALSO... The Music of Final Fantasy XIV at 8:30PM in Panels 402! Come see us! #FFXIV #FinalFantasyXIV #MomoCon

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 12/05/2024

Happy Mother's Day to all those great moms out there in Eorzea, and beyond! #FFXIV #MothersDay #Hashtags

Ameliance Leveilleur is a character in Final Fantasy XIV. She is the wife of Fourchenault Leveilleur and mother to twins Alphinaud and Alisaie.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 13/04/2024

"Blue seas, clear skies, and boundless possibilities" With the benchmark trailer premiering yesterday, we are that much closer to Dawntrail! What are you most looking forward to seeing in the new world? #FFXIV #Dawntrail

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 01/04/2024

Because the Final Fantasy XIV gentlefolks deserve only the finest in goofy yet serious Final Fantasy XIV podcasting: www.osmcast.com/2024/04/the-manderv… #finalfantasyxiv #ffxiv #ff14 #podcast

The cover art for The Manderville Minute, a podcast about Final Fantasy XIV and Hildibrand Manderville:

https://www.osmcast.com/2024/04/the-manderville-minute-issue-xxii-gentleman-detective-solves-case-again/

#finalfantasyxiv #ffxiv #ff14 #podcast

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 05/03/2024

Now that Patch 6.55 Growing Light - Part 2 has been released for a hot minute, we figured it was time for some hot takes about it! (Spoilers, we liked it) www.osmcast.com/2024/03/the-carbunc… #FFXIV #FinalFantasyXIV #podcast

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 05/03/2024

When you are working on the cover art for the next episode of your #FinalFantasyXIV podcast, and your cat decides to contribute when you are afk:

The text as inputted/altered/enhanced by a cat:

Issue 20: The Oth00000000000 enn201.ed1r Half of

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 06/02/2024

Oh, hello there whole open Bluesky! Glad everyone can make it. We're a Final Fantasy XIV podcast, and just launched a new episode all about the exciting new announcemts fro the Tokyo FanFest! www.osmcast.com/2024/02/the-...

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 31/12/2023

Hello Adventurers! We are wrapping up our FFXIV podcasting for 2023 by talking about the Patch 6.5 Growing Light- Part 1! And joining us on this endeavor is the amazing @mippa.bsky.social. Come and listen to all the news that's fit to print... Or podcast! www.osmcast.com/2023/12/the-...

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 20/12/2023

OK while this isn't a podcast. It is a shirt. A holiday shirt. And sure, is Xmas coming up real fast? Yes. But it's gonna be cold for a least a couple of more months, right? Get a FFXIV-themed holiday shirt. It's got a carbuncle on it. www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5505...

The Carbuncle Chronicle Holiday Sweater Shirt T-Shirt

For when you want to celebrate the holidays, yet for some reason you aren't in Eorzea, but really wish you could be. This is the shirt for you. Or you always wanted a holiday shirt with a carbuncle on it.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 28/11/2023

In this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle, we talk about the latest announcements from the 2023 London FanFest for the next #FFXIV expansion: #Dawntrail. And with the new upcoming FFXI alliance raid we dragged @cevian.bsky.social to help us break all that down, too! www.osmcast.com/2023/11/the-...

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 21/10/2023

The London FFXIV FanFest is going on and new 7.0 Dawntrail announcements are coming in hot! What has *you* the most excited about what was announced today?

A screenshot from the new FFXIV Dawntrail updated teaser trailer. It shows off the job, Viper. It uses two swords that can combine into one.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 17/10/2023

In this issue of the Carbuncle Chronicle, we're talking about a new type of battle content introduced in Endwalker's post patches: The Variant & Criterion Dungeons! www.osmcast.com/2023/10/the-... #FinalFantasyXIV #FFXIV #FinalFantasy14 #FFXIV #podcast

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