Mark Meer and the Power of Improv

This week's interview is a bucket-list chat for me, as I get to talk to Mark Meer! To any gamer growing up in Alberta, especially one with a love for theatre and performance arts, Mark has been a bit of legend since he stepped into the voice booth for BioWare.

Mark is a voice actor, writer, and improv artist - and he is best known for bringing life to the male version of Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect franchise. He has voiced many, many other characters for video games.

In this episode, we dig into, amongst other things:

• Mark's journey into gaming through Dungeons and Dragons (filling in a cleric role), and later video games,
• Moving from small-town Alberta to the city and getting into gaming and acting,
• The Citadel Theatre's Teen Festival of the Arts and working with Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie,
• Auditioning for, and working with, BioWare,
• Being a guest at conventions (and what is is up to at Gen Con this weekend),
• His various experiences with Live Play and streamed games,
• D&D In A Castle hard core mode? (and DMing for D&D In A Castle),
• Where he will be at the Edmonton Fringe this year, and
• What improv can offer you as a game writer, designer, or even just as a player!

Give it a listen

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-> Black Dice Society

-> Chaosium YouTube (Bookshops of Arkham)

-> Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter

-> Tiny Plastic Men

-> Gordon: A Batman Fan Film⁠

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