Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Apr 17, 2024
10 years ago, I made this delightful (if I do say so myself!) radio documentary about the life & lies of Moishe Two-Gun Cohen, hero of the Chinese Revolution & bodyguard to Dr. Sun Yat Sen...starring Edmonton actor Mark Meer (known to gamers as the male voice of Mass Effect's Commander Shepard) as Cohen himself. Now, I'm leading a Jane's Walk, focused on Cohen's life and times in Edmonton https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.2914047 #Edmonton #yeg #yeghistory #CBC #JanesWalk #MarkMeer #SunYatSen #Ideas
The Intermittently True Adventures of Moishe"Two-Gun" Cohen

Artful dodger. Edmonton real estate tycoon. Chinese revolutionary. Edmonton writer Paula Simons unravels the unlikely tale of a not-so-nice Jewish boy who went from East End London pickpocket to Prairie con-man to Sun Yat-Sen's gun-running general....

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Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦May 4, 2023
BTW - I was lucky indeed to be able to hire brilliant Edmonton voice actor, Mark Meer (aka Commander Shepard in Mass Effect) to voice the role of Moishe Two-Gun Cohen. We found archival tape of Cohen's very distinctive voice. and Meer matched his performance to the authentic audio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meer If you are a Mark Meer fan or a Bioware fan, you might be intrigued to "hear" him in this very different role! #MarkMeer #Bioware #MassEffect #CBC #yeg #Edmonton #JewishHeritageMonth #CBC
Mark Meer - Wikipedia

Eric HNov 7, 2022

A story for #n7day from Sep. 2022:

I was at #dragoncon dressed as the DragonConDad and escorting a friend to her photo shoot. I wanted to get a quick photo with her so I tapped a Loki cosplayer on the shoulder and asked him if he wouldn't mind. As he agreed, my friend (on the social media team) said "do you mind if I get your photo, after? You're Mark Meer, right?"

That's right. Male Shep. Right under my nose. And I didn't realize it. Anyways here is my pic with him:

#markmeer #masseffect