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The Boom Effect

Chooch — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:56:16 +0000

Just a quick plug for a web event happening next week called The Boom Effect. The event will start on Saturday, February 27th at 10AM Eastern time via UStream.

This charity drive is a live, online auction to raise money for the trust fund of Tee Morris’ daughter who lost her mother on January 5, 2010. There will be at least 5 hours of entertainment hosted by Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit. We’ll be in the live audience cheering everybody on, and likely on camera on the main feed as well. It’s shaping up to be a really fun time. You’ll be able to bid from the chat room, through e-mail, proxy-bid on the website, and I think via video or audio on Skype or UStream.

And with over 70 items up for auction (so far!!) there is something for everyone to get excited about and bid for! Everything from jewelry, to pictures, paintings by celebrities, custom music, book dedications, food, clothes, signed DVDs and books, knitwear, and even Mozart’s Balls!! Seriously, go check out everything up for auction!

Hope to see you there!

Episode 49 – Transcendental 2

Chooch — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:04:07 +0000

There will be two posts for this one. In the first we bring our traditional podcastiness in audio form. As you will hear at the beginning of the episode, there is also the video version of the episode here.

Too long in the making, we are proud to bring you our Transcendence Trial tutorial. At the start of the episode Viv breaks down the basics of the Trans Trial and how we go about running it. Then we actually run through it “live” with a full team.

Sorry, no news or fluff. The contest winner will be announced in a special drop this week.

The video is available in a few bunch of different formats, listed below:

High quality iPod formatted download (428 Megabytes, 320×240)
High quality MPeg4 download (2.2 Gigabytes, 720×480)
Medium quality MPeg4 download (343 Megabytes, 720×480)
Medium quality Ogg Theora download (363 Megabytes, 720×480)
Medium quality Flash streamed:

We’d like to thank the team members who helped us run the trial:

Will Hudson and Tai Kitty, Heroes of the first order
Biscuit the Mighty of the Kulture Kast
Heather Welliver and Marc Bailey of Grailwolf’s Geek Life
Zigdon
our son, M.

Items mentioned in the episode:

Gleepwurp’s Task Force and Trial Guide
Paragon Wiki
Promo: J.C. Hutchin’s 7th Son in print!

Zombie Connection

Chooch — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:13:19 +0000

As an early Halloween treat, we’re pleased to bring you The Zombie Connection.

Lyrics: Kim Fortuner and Patrick E. McLean
Vocals: Kim Fortuner
Guitar: Tim Dodge
Orchestra and production: Chooch Schubert

The song was originally written and recorded at Dragon*Con 2009 in about 30 minutes. Tim and Kim agreed to record clean versions of their parts and let me wrap other instruments and sound effects around them.

enjoy!

Special Episode 9 – Tee Morris and Watchmen

Chooch — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:58:07 +0000

We had an opportunity to sit down with Tee Morris the other night and talk about super hero movies, gaming, and a million other geeky topics.

This discussion is more about super heroes in various media than City of Heroes, but we do manage to talk about many features and aspects of the game.

Two warnings:

Tthere are bad words. We drop the F Bomb a few times and discuss.. um.. anatomy.
There are spoilers. We discuss all aspects of many different movie/book/comic properties and without pausing to give warnings, so be prepared to hit pause/fast forward if you hear a topic that you don’t want to get spoiled on

During our conversation we mention:

Tee Morris links:

Quick Note

Chooch — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:51:19 +0000

I wanted to make everyone aware of additional recordings of Balticon panels that Viv and I participated on.

I didn’t feel right about dropping these directly into either of our podcast feeds since they contain no gaming, parenting, or blending content They are focused on podcasting/recording/audio techie stuff.

You can check them out over at my new site Random Acts of Chooch. The three panels contain different combinations of me, Viv, Scott Sigler, PG Holyfield, MAinPA, Thomas “Command Line” Gideon, Dan the Fan, Nobilis Reed, Marc “Grailwolf” Bailey, Heather Welliver, and Tyler Waldeman.

New CoH specific content is Coming Soon™

Balticon43 Techno

Chooch — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:45:03 +0000

I wrote this song to highlight Balticon 43 and our New Media Party as well as some great podcast and web comic creators. Enjoy!

Oh and feel free to include it in your own show if you’re a podcaster

Balticon43 NMP Promo 1

Chooch — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:29:27 +0000

This is our first promo for the New Media Party at Balticon. We’ll be producing at least one more promo and will be linking them on our Balticon page over at our other site.

Head over there for details on where we’ll be during the con as well as the unfolding details of the New Media Costume Party that we’ll be hosting!

Special 8 – Happy St. P and Special Announcement

Chooch — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:09:48 +0000

We bring you a short snippet of audio to wish everyone a happy Saint Patrick’s Day, as well as deliver a special announcement.

Nothing game related mind you – this one’s all fluff!

The song used for this special episode is The Lark in the Morning by Dongas Tribe

PPD Hardsuit Contest

Chooch — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:18:54 +0000

Win a PPD Hardsuit Costume Token!

Enter our random drawing to win a PPD Hardsuit Costume Code from The COH Podcast! These were given out at the NCSoft booth at PAX ’08 and we have acquired extra codes for you to win!

Simply send an email to cohpodcast@gmail.com with ‘PPD Hardsuit Contest’ in the subject line. The deadline is Midnight, September 27, 2008. Drawing on September 28, 2008 and the winners will be notified via email after announcement on the episode is made. We are asking that entries come from those over 18 years of age.

Note: This costume token grants a costume toggle – not simply tailor options. The toggle is a permanent power that will be available to all of your characters! While the suit doesn’t grant any additional powers, it is way cool looking

Playing for Keeps – Free PDF

Chooch — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:36:46 +0000

Attached is the full PDF of Mur Lafferty’s Playing For Keeps novel with the bonus story- PARASITE AWAKENS

He likes Pallas. He likes who he is when he experiences her life out of her eyes. And now he looks through her eyes at his own sleeping brown face as she peers at him through the crystal porthole in his stasis chamber.

After twenty years, Parasite will wake up.

Don’t forget to purchase the print edition of Playing For Keeps from Amazon.com on Monday, August 25, 2008 !! If you’d like to buy a copy its important to wait until that date to help push it up the Amazon charts enabling higher visibility of this awesome book!

And don’t forget to enter our contest to win a signed copy of the novel!! But you gotta hurry- we need to receive your e-mail w/ name, address, and age (over 18, please) by midnight tonight (5/23/2008)!!

Double Trouble – Digital Magic

Chooch — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:31:32 +0000

Attached to this post is a full, non-DRM, PDF copy of Digital Magic. Give it a read, and if you like what you see, please consider buying your copy on 08-08-08 !

Two Authors Team Up to Make Trouble

On August 8, 2008, the distance between the United States and New Zealand will lessen.

Award-nominated author and podcaster Tee Morris (United States) had announced on his podcasts a promotion he dubbed “Billi’s Crazy Eights”, its name coming from the release date (08-08-08) of his next novel, The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. He then discovered his Crazy Eights promotion coincided with award-nominated Fantasy author Philippa Ballantine (New Zealand) celebrating her birthday and the release of her next novel, Digital Magic. After some playful name-calling and serious brainstorming, these two authors are teaming up from their respective hemispheres for “Double Trouble” where their fans will visit Amazon.com on August 8, 2008 and send both books up the Amazon charts.

“Double Trouble is where Pip and I make 08-08-08 our day on Amazon,” says Tee. “On our respective podcasts and mailing lists, we’re asking our readers and listeners to buy The Case of The Pitcher’s Pendant and Digital Magic. Our goal is to get not one but two Dragon Moon titles into Amazon’s Top Ten lists.” Authors Scott Sigler and Seth Harwood accomplished similar feats on their own Amazon Days (Sigler on April 1, Harwood on March 16), but this promotion will be the first time two authors are working together to dominate Amazon’s charts. “Double Trouble just made sense to us,” Tee continues. “We’re currently collaborating on both our podcasts (MOREVI: Remastered and Chasing the Bard), both new titles are sequels to award-nominated books, and we work well together.” For Pip, this kind of promotion is important, considering her location. “There is strength in numbers, even if that number is two,” she jokes. “Tee and I are pooling our promotional resources together, and that will make a difference on August 8.” A good part of their promotion includes getting the date out across four podcasts, and encouraging their listeners to spread the word. “Podcasting allows authors to introduce works to a global audience and build a fan base,” Pip states. “This is particularly valuable to authors like me on the other side of the world. A promotion like this is not only innovative, but a great example to the publishing industry of podcasting’s potential.”

Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine ask their fans to visit Amazon.com on August 8, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PST-USA to place their orders for The Case of The Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery and Digital Magic. Additional information on the two authors can be found through their respective podcasts, The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy and Whispers at the Edge. Their voices can also be heard in the podcast novels MOREVI: Remastered and Chasing the Bard. Tee and Pip are available for interviews and invite you to to contact them through http://teemorris.com or http://pjballantine.net.

Buy the books on 08.08.08 (EST-PST)

Buy Digital Magic

Buy The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant

Note: I am creating two posts because I know that some podcatchers can be funny about multiple attachments in a post. You will only receive one copy of each book from this feed even though the article text is the same in each post.

Double Trouble – Pitcher’s Pendant

Chooch — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:31:23 +0000

Attached to this post is a full, non-DRM, PDF copy of The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. Give it a read, and if you like what you see, please consider buying your copy on 08-08-08 !

Two Authors Team Up to Make Trouble

On August 8, 2008, the distance between the United States and New Zealand will lessen.

Buy the books on 08.08.08 (EST-PST)

Buy Digital Magic

Buy The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant

Note: I am creating two posts because I know that some podcatchers can be funny about multiple attachments in a post. You will only receive one copy of each book from me even though the article text is the same in each post.

We cn haz Tea Shrts!

Chooch — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:54:42 +0000

We have finalized our initial T-shirt designs which are now available for purchase at Zazzle.com!

These are high quality cotton t-shirts with professional transfers that will hold up to being washed. You are able to customize these designs by changing the shirt styles, colors, and sizes. Modifying the designs will increase the cost because we chose the lowest cost option for our base shirts.

We’ve got plans to add some other stuffs too – so I built a permanent page which you can always see at: http://cohpodcast.com/merch

Non-Episode: ITB Balticon 42

Chooch — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:41:31 +0000

I’m dropping in an episode from our other podcast Into The Blender rather than record separate Balticon wrap-ups. Normally on Into The Blender we talk about family life bringing together our kids from previous marriages and all of the chaos that ensues. This one doesn’t have any of that mushy stuff, so don’t worry

In the episode we mention meeting and interacting with the following awesome people, in quasi alphabetical order. No offense if I left somebody off of the list- please let me know so I can fix it!

Hero 1 Interview Shrinky Dink

Chooch — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:45:20 +0000

Last post about the interview, I promise

We’ve noticed that some people with spotty Internet connections are having a difficult time downloading the episode. To try and alleviate this, I just exported the show at a lower bitrate. This means that the sound quality won’t be as good, but the file will be much smaller. Also, I’ve split the file into two parts to further shrink the size.

You can download the pieces with these links:
Part 1 of 2
Part 2 of 2

As a last resort you can read the transcript from the official forums.

Cheers!
-Chooch

Infected Commercial

Chooch — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:47:13 +0000

Last Infected pimpage from me – the book is available now in all US bookstores, Amazon, etc. Scott work with Earl Newton of Stranger Things to create this ultra creepy commercial for the novel.

Fear the chicken scissors!