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Today we have another halfcast, with some announcements and news, news, news. Following in a few days will be two Accolade Spotlights and your feedback!

Announcement: Congratulations to our Playing For Keeps novel contest winner: Brian Kotarski!!

News Linkage:

• Leipzig & Penny Arcade (PAX) Exclusive Costumes
• Facebook: Official City of Heroes Page
• Game Update - Tuesday, Aug. 19th @ 6AM Pacific
• Top 5 Finalists Announced in Machinima Contest
• Training Room01 Going Offline on Thursday, Aug. 21
• See City of Heroes at the Seattle PAX Show
• Bay Area Hero-Con 08 Registration Now Open

Promo: Chris Lester’s Arise High School fund

 Ebook: Download

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)!!

 

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In this special episode we interview Mur Lafferty - author of the new novel from Swarm Press “Playing for Keeps”

We discuss:

• Playing for Keeps
• Writing
• JC Hutchins and Matt Wallace are hacks
• City of Heroes compared to other MMOs
• A contest for a free signed copy of Playing for Keeps
• How awesome Cheyenne Wright is
• Pie!

 

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This is another super sized episode that is getting split into two. So, this first chunk contains tons of news, and our special feature on the Shadow Shard.

In a couple days will come show notes, linkage, and another episode dedicated to listener feedback.

Promo: Playing For Keeps (Novel hitting Amazon on August 25th!)

 

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Sorry for the delay.. XPXP Weekend got the best of us, and work unexpectedly had me hopping the whole week after so we never had time to record!

This episode we discuss:

• T-shirt status
• Contest is almost over - get your submissions in by Jul 31, 2008!: Win a copy of the debut issue of comic book Twilight Guardian by Troy Hickman! The rules are as follows:
  • Send an Email, starting immediately to cohpodcast@gmail.com
  • We will do 2 random drawings, and Troy will mail them to the winners.
  • Make sure you include the subject: “Twilight Guardian Contest”; your full name; age (over 18); and complete mailing address.
  • If we draw you name and don’t have that info, we will go to the next name we draw.
  • Also, specify how you want it signed- either with just Troy’s signature, or with your name/character name/ or inscribed to your Aunt Fannie.
• Podcaste Global channel
• Podcaste SG
• Listener meet-up - Again, we’ll be hitting the troll caves in Hollows at the next meet-up, so you need a level 12 to join us. We’ll be split up into teams again, but will be all together this time.
• Double XP weekend
• Special Episode coming up w/Mur Lafferty - Submit questions for Mighty Mur!
• CoH News
• NPC Complaints
• Feedback
• Promo: Double Trouble

Linkage:

• Stay Connected with City of Heroes RSS News Feeds!
• It’s All Access for CoH and CoV
• Recent Activity in Violation of the Forum Rules
• Forum Rules Revision
• Visit NCsoft & City of Heroes at Comic Con!
• Game Update - Tuesday, July 22nd @ 6AM Pacific
• Comic Con News Articles