Originally, my nickname was just "Tsukasa", however there was another person on IRC who kept using it so I added "ZX" to the end. The "ZX" doesn't stand for anything (although one could say it means "Zero eXpectations" ;P). As for "Tsukasa", the canon origin is from the Tsukasa of Tokyo Japanese Steak, Seafood, and Sushi Bar in Illinois.

As for my other IRC nicks "SubaruZX" and the rarely used "JenosaZX", the former comes from the Japanese name for the Pleiades/Maia Nebula and the latter comes from Jenosa Arma, the name of the female bounty hunter in Scurge: Hive (an excellent game, despite being a Metroid clone/rip-off).

So no, you silly people, my nicks don't come from .hack//sign or automobile manufacturers

I would say number two is a good way to go too. However if it was possible I would have just a normal voice read the questions and then the answers are in the Mario voice. Later in the series when you get better software as you are answering you could have relevant pictures cycle through maybe. Just a thought.

I like the relevant pictures idea. I'll have to keep that in mind for later. Thanks. As for swapping voices, well:
1) my natural voice sucks
2) I'm not all that good at swapping between normal voice and Mario voice spontaneously so it'd double my recording time. Not that big of a deal I suppose, but I'm lazy like that

I think I'd prefer Mario reading the question aloud and then answering it. IE- "AOC writes: How come different mushrooms are different colors ? That's because...". Just my 2 cents.

I could read the questions in Mario voice, but I couldn't do the "[user] writes" bit because
1) I've forgotten who all said what and I'm lazy to go back and figure it out
2) I've got like 4 questions from DJ and it'd be kinda awkward to be going "DJ writes; DJ writes again; DJ writes a third time; DJ writes a fourth time;", in my opinion anyway. Plus, sometimes questions will be made up by me to fill in empty space. Who would I credit for those?
3) I like making excuses

Well, I have 10 questions for episode one. Was going to try recording and getting the ep done for a tonight upload but I can't seem to do the Mario accent right.

Anywho, it's probably best because there's a few things I want to ask y'all.
For the episodes, which format would you prefer?

1) The entire video is audio only with the "Ask Mario" logo being the only visual.
2) The video will display the questions visually only, and the answers will be verbal.
3) The video will display the questions visually and they will be read. The answers will be verbal too.
4) The video will display the questions and a rough transcript of Mario's answers. Both will be verbal too.

I'm personally leaning towards 2 but if y'all insist on a different format, I'll try it.

Nice, Ztrumpet! I think I might use multiple intro themes and alternate or something because I like both this and Jazz Plumber Trio and don't want to give up either ^^;

Also, I still need questions for the show! I was hoping to have the first ep done for tomorrow but I guess I'll have to put it off for a week. Seriously, guys, I can't do this without the Internet peoplez!

As said before, I'm shooting for 10 per episode and I need 6 more.

Sure, but it'll cost you a bag of Tay Zonday brand Cashews ;P j/k
Yeah, I'll post links to 'em in this thread.

@ Z, Meishe: I only have Windows Movie Maker so it's hard to make anything super complex. As for the trumpet duo, that'd be cool :O
@ DJ Omnimaga: Win of the day

Actually, I really like Jazz Plumber Trio and I'd gladly stick with that for now if y'all feel lazy ;P

Oh, and does anybody know of any good freeware video editors that can do decently advanced stuff like multiple overlayed audio and video tracks?

If not, I might see if I can get the 'rents to buy me Sony Vegas Video (cheap edition ).

Voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and Toadsworth among others.