McCoy's Geeky Emporium of Thought

Hi….

Long time no post.

Is this thing on?

So…. I have been laying low on posting here. A few reasons, but not the least of which is was laid off back at the end of April. I worked at a video game development company, on the game Fallen Earth among other things. There was a large number of us let go on that day and the less said about the details the better. I am glad of my time there and proud of my work.

So what now?

Now, I had to give up my apartment in Cary NC and move back to Tennessee. No one thing is to blame. I was sans job, so the income had reduced drastically and I had recent surgery that I am still paying for.

I am doing my voice acting still. I am in two productions as regular cast and recurring in another. I have a little more time these days so maybe I will try out for more roles.

I am blogging. I was asked to contribute over at http://temporaryhitpoints.com/ and my first post is this weeks article. It is a player advise focused blog for 4^th edition and it is shaping up nicely as a good weekly blog.

I am doing some writing of my own on some short stories I have been pouding out. Next week, I break out the novel writing and rewriting and more rewriting and contemplating sepuku and more rewriting. That will take a while.

I am trying to pick up some new skills. I am learning C++ or at least I am trying too. I have joined a gym. It is time to get back on that horse. I am moving like an old man and I am not that old.

Also I am looking for work. I have been working in the gaming industry for a while now. I like it. It is easily one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever had. I am focused on getting back in so I hunt. Resumes are being sent. Recruiters are being contacted.

All in all, life is…. a work in progress.

More to come.

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Original art by Julie Lindsey for Pendant Productions.

Once Upon a Time in Vegas, chapter 30 – “Contact”

Teri reunites with Tessa and Chloe while Abby reflects and the frat boys ghost hunt!
“Once Upon a Time in Vegas” is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama. Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!

Also available — a commentary track with the director and co-writers!

iTunes link:
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Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/vegas-podcast.xml

Download link:
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Featuring the voice talents of:

Rene Christine Jones as Tessa
Susan Bridges as Terri
Jeffrey Bridges as Danny
David Ault as Jeff
Marleigh Norton as Abby and Ati
Tom Stitzer as Lewis
Bill Young as John
Jeremiah McCoy as Robert
Alicia Laine Matheson as Chloe
Perry Whittle as Soldier Ben
and Caleb Marshall as Soldier James

Written by Alicia Laine Matheson and Rene Christine Jones
Based on an original work by Rene Christine Jones and Alicia Laine Matheson
Directed by Rene Christine Jones
Edited by Chris Brittain
Original music composed by Kevin McLeod
Cover art by Julie Lindsey
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

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For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Lee was our nail. He put me and many of us on this road. We won our war, made our mark, and what a lovely kingdom we have. I am going to miss you buddy. Good luck with the California and the new job. We will carry on down the road and will meet up another time. There will be legends made, battles won and such tales will shared when the band gets together again.

See you when I see you.

Okay first this is disturbing to watch. I kind of felt like crying at parts of it. This is the camera footage from an attack helicopter in Iraq. In the video use see the helicopter fire on a small group of people with some of them admittedly armed. Also in that group were a pair of reporters for Rueters. Flagging them as maybe hostile was not the part i object too.



Things happen in combat and I get that, but firing on a group who is not actively perusing combat, firing on people because they are trying to help the wounded, and kids getting hit in the exchange? These guys should have been court martialed. Things happen in combat, but that does not free you of responsibility for your behavior. The military should not have lied and said reporters and children getting caught in a clear exchange of fire. Not once did anybody return fire or even try and fire. This made me sick.

I have nothing but love for the guys serving over there. They were doing a hard job in a hard place but this….this is not the honorable behavior I expect from folks representing us over there.I want them to fight and protect themselves but I want them to be better than our enemies morally as well as militarily. This is not that and someone should be held to account for it.

So I am a regular cast member on a few pendant productions.  These are great audio dramas posted every month.  I am also a recurring character on the Superman:Last Son of Krypton fan production they do.  I have enjoyed working with these guys and I love doing the voice acting thing.  It is a little island of creative in my life even when I get insanely busy.

So a while back I get message on Facebook.

“hey Jeremiah, can you sing?”

With that in mind, I present the musical episode of  Superman: The Last Son of Krypton.

Enjoy

Superman issue 63 and Supergirl issue 35!

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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, Issue 63 – “Fifth Dimensional Rhapsody”

Mxy unleashes his mischief as the cast of Superman rock you!

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton is a serialized, full-cast audio adventure with one new episode every month! Available for free download in .mp3 format or as a Podcast.

Also available — a commentary track with the director, musical director and writer!

iTunes link:
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Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/superman-podcast.xml

Download link:
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Original artwork by Manny Aguilera for Pendant Productions

Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton, Issue 35 – “Close Calls”

The heroes hunt for clues while John delivers a load of pain to Kara!

Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton is a serialized, full-cast audio adventure with one new episode every month! Available for free download in .mp3 format or as a Podcast.

Also available — a commentary track with the director and writer!

iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=256710457

Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/supergirl-podcast.xml

Download link:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/supergirl.php

“Superman: The Last Son of Krypton” features the voice talents of:

Ryan H Nelson as Superman
Susan Bridges as Lois Lane
Chip Joel as Mxyzptlk
Tom Stitzer as Perry White
M Sieiro Garcia as Bobby Havner
Adam Bell as John Henry Irons
Jessie Moore as Natasha Irons
Deborah Adams as Doctor Falkner
Kristen Bays as Siobhan McDougal
Bill Young as Doctor Anderson
Mike Winters as Riot
Jeremiah McCoy as Dan Turpin
Kristen Bays as Maggie Sawyer
Seth Adam Sher as Batman
and Marleigh Norton as Doctor Adanna

Musical Direction by Susan Bridges and Jeffrey Bridges

Superman Theme performed on electric guitar by Juan A. Romero and Angelo Romito

Written by Jeffrey Bridges
Directed by Jared Page
Cover art by Jerry Gaylord
Edited by M Sieiro Garcia
Continuity Editor Kristen Bays
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges
“Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton” features the voice talents of:

Dragon X Blink as Supergirl
Jeffrey Bridges as Metallo
Chip Joel as Amateur
Kathryn Pryde as Scorch
Megan Pressley as Ayumi
M Sieiro Garcia as Miranda
and Jessie Moore as Natasha Irons

Written by Dragon X Blink
Directed by Teresa Keller
Cover art by Manny Aguilera
Edited by M Sieiro Garcia
Continuity Editor Kristen Bays
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

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Thanks for listening!

So for many people Eartha Kitt was the voice of the villain in The Emperor’s New Grove or more likely one of the ladies who played Catwoman in the 1960′s Adam West Batman show. The was of course more than that. Among her many accomplishments she was singer, an broadway actress, and a activist for same sex marriage. She pretty much epitomized cool.

Here is one of my favorite songs by her. it appears to have been recorded for television, I saw some live versions but this one had better sound quality.

Enjoy.

Jess Hartley is one of the friendlier people I have met in on my online travels.  She is also quite talented as a game writer.   Her work on games like Changeling: The Lost is worthy of note.   She is trying out a new project now.  One which I am curious to see the results of.   Patronage may sound like something out of the middle ages and it is.   It has seen a resurgence of late in the table top gaming community, though.

Wolfgang Bauer introduced the Open Design project a few years ago.   In that, people interested in the work on a particular gaming project could contribute money during the creation process.   They would get a copy of the work before other folks and get some input into the product.   In gaming this made a lot of sense.  People got the products they wanted and the writers got the money they needed during the process of creating it.

Enter Jess.   I am not sure if she is the first, but it is the first time I have heard of the concept being applied to fiction.   So Jess has the Shattered Glass Project. This is a project where in she is writing a story.  People can contribute during the writing process to help her out while she writes it.  Being a writer you often putting in a lot of work for payment later…maybe.  A lot of that is not even related to how good a writer you are.  Publishers, editors, marketing departments, and agents all  take a slice.  This leaves the author often on the poor side of the equation.  Rarely do people who are fans, pay the author directly for their work.   Patronage changes that and that is essentially what Jess is trying.   She wants to see if people are willing to do this.   I think it is a cool idea and I am telling folks about it.

What is the story of Shattered Glass about?   Well here is a quote from her site.

What is The Shattered Glass Project?

The Shattered Glass Project is many things. It’s an experiment. It’s a work of fiction. It’s a solution. It’s a piece of art. And it’s your chance to be directly involved in my work.

Why “Shattered Glass?”

Shattered Glass is the splintering of reality that happens when a person realizes that the world is not quite as they believed it to be. It is destruction, from which both damage and opportunity may arise. It speaks of magic mirrors and ice queens, of vandalized store windows and shattered windshields. It’s the fragile nature of everything precious, and the value both of protecting that which we hold dear and knowing when to move on to something else when what we love is no longer good for us.

Is this a Changeling story?

While Shattered Glass is an original work, and is not directly related to or set in the same world as Changeling: The Lost or the World of Darkness (both which are property of White Wolf Games), although it will be written with many of the same themes and inspirations in mind.

Admit it, that sounds cool doesn’t it?

go check out http://www.jesshartley.com/ and look at what she has going on.

the Tome show is a gaming podcast where I am a regular contributor.    I did a recent review to join into a collection of reviews of 3rd party 4e products.   You can find it at the link below.

http://thetome.podbean.com/2010/01/31/the-tome-ep-125-third-party-extravaganza/

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This Week In Pendant – One hundred and fifty-fourth episode!

Guess what? There was no new TWIP last week. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! And NEXT week we’ve got the Pendys! And the week after that we’ll have the yearlong stats for 2009! So what do we have this week? Heck if I know! How the hell is this episode 29 minutes long?! “The Kingery” Season One CD sets are now available for pre-order! Get yours now now now, because the sooner you order the sooner we can get them printed and the sooner you’ll have them! We’ve got preview trailers for “Genesis Avalon” episode 4, “Superman: The Last Son of Krypton” issue 60, “Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton” issue 32 and “The Kingery” episode 3×08, and Kristen and Jeremiah McCoy discuss New York (Chicago?), partners (fathers?) and gaming! …that’s not funny!

Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast! Now available exclusively at PendantAudio.com via the following links:

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Podcast feed:
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Download link:
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Thanks for listening!

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