Chris Pope
Encyclopedia
John Christopher "Chris" Pope (born May 20, 1978) is a producer, social media
expert, technical trainer, and podcaster
. He lives in Georgia
with his wife Melanie, daughters Avery, Ema, and Lily.
Chris first gained internet notability in 2001 when "The Day Report" announced his breaking of the Arcade Pac-Man
Turbo world record as recorded by chief scoreboard record keeper Walter Day
with Twin Galaxies
.
In 2008 he launched Tech Jives LLC, a social media and podcast production company. Chris is the creator of multiple live interview based podcasts that include some of the first to do live interviews with celebrity film and voice actors, including Robert Clotworthy (Voice of Jim Raynor
), Rob Paulsen
(Voice of Raphael
, Yakko Warner, and Pinky), Jen Taylor
(Voice of Cortana
) In 2010 Chris also launched as part of The Tech Jives network an entertainment industry focused social media publicist company called "Social Stars Web" which handles web hosting, Twitter
management, Facebook
fan building for people involved in film acting, voice acting, writing, and singing. Ellen McLain
who voices "GLaDOS
" on the popular video game series Portal and Portal 2
as well as her husband John Patrick Lowrie
are amongst a couple of people in which he manages.
.
Chris also produces audio for celebrity voice actor Rob Paulsen
's "Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen" as well as provides the social media publicity. Celebrity voice actor Bob Bergen
(the voice of Porky Pig
since 1990) is another of people Chris works with. Bob's show "Speaking of Voiceover" which comes out Fall 2011. is produced by Chris and airs on The Tech Jives Network.
in effort of building their celebrity profiles on the web. Robin Thorsen
who plays "Clara", Vincent Caso
who plays "Bladezz", Brett Sheridan
who plays "Mr. Wiggley", J. Teddy Garces
who plays "Bruiser" and Sean Michael Becker
who is the Director of the show are amongst a few.
Notably on the web series "Sound Advice On The Web" he worked extensibly with creator J. Teddy Garces
on fan, publicity, web, and social media presence.
In May 2011, after doing a interview with Game of Thrones
actor Kristian Nairn (plays Hodor), Kristian has recently began work regarding his entire web presence with Chris and is in the process of starting a new audio production podcast that will include fellow friend and actor Jake Stormoen.
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
expert, technical trainer, and podcaster
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
. He lives in Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
with his wife Melanie, daughters Avery, Ema, and Lily.
Chris first gained internet notability in 2001 when "The Day Report" announced his breaking of the Arcade Pac-Man
Pac-Man
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
Turbo world record as recorded by chief scoreboard record keeper Walter Day
Walter Day
Walter Aldro Day, Jr. is the founder of Twin Galaxies, an international organization based in Fairfield, Iowa, that tracks high score statistics for the worldwide electronic video gaming hobby...
with Twin Galaxies
Twin Galaxies
Twin Galaxies is an American organization that tracks video game world records and conducts a program of electronic-gaming promotions. It operates the Twin Galaxies website and publishes the Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records, with the Arcade Volume released on June...
.
In 2008 he launched Tech Jives LLC, a social media and podcast production company. Chris is the creator of multiple live interview based podcasts that include some of the first to do live interviews with celebrity film and voice actors, including Robert Clotworthy (Voice of Jim Raynor
Jim Raynor
James Eugene "Jim" Raynor is a fictional character and a major protagonist in Blizzard Entertainment's science fiction StarCraft series. Raynor is a predominant character in the science fiction real-time strategy video games StarCraft and Brood War, and is the player character in StarCraft II:...
), Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen
Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III , sometimes credited as Rob Paulson, is an American voice actor, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr...
(Voice of Raphael
Raphael (TMNT)
Raphael , a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .In the Mirage/Image comics all four turtles wear red bandanas over their eyes, but unlike his brothers in other versions, he is the only one who keeps a red bandana...
, Yakko Warner, and Pinky), Jen Taylor
Jen Taylor
Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor is an American voice actress best known for her role as Cortana in various Halo games and the Xbox 360 game "1 vs. 100".-Voice work:...
(Voice of Cortana
Cortana
Cortana is a fictional artificially intelligent character in Bungie's Halo video game series. Voiced by Jen Taylor, she appears in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3, in the prequel and epilogue of Halo: Reach, as well the novels Halo: The Flood, Halo: The Fall of Reach, ...
) In 2010 Chris also launched as part of The Tech Jives network an entertainment industry focused social media publicist company called "Social Stars Web" which handles web hosting, Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
management, Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
fan building for people involved in film acting, voice acting, writing, and singing. Ellen McLain
Ellen McLain
Ellen McLain is an opera singer and voice actress from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. McLain provides voices for many characters in several video games from Valve...
who voices "GLaDOS
GLaDOS
GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is a fictional artificially intelligent computer system in Valve Software's Half-Life video game series and the main antagonist in the video games Portal and Portal 2. She was created by Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift and is voiced by Ellen...
" on the popular video game series Portal and Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. The sequel to the 2007 video game Portal, it was announced on March 5, 2010, following a week-long alternate reality game based on new patches to the original game...
as well as her husband John Patrick Lowrie
John Patrick Lowrie
John Patrick Lowrie is a voice actor who has notably performed roles in video games such as The Suffering and The Suffering: Ties That Bind, Total Annihilation, No One Lives Forever: The Operative and No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way, and Valve games Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2:...
are amongst a couple of people in which he manages.
Production
In April 2010 Chris's show "Apptastic iGame Reviewers" was the first ever to interview the makers of the number one selling game in America Angry BirdsAngry Birds
Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009...
.
Chris also produces audio for celebrity voice actor Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen
Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III , sometimes credited as Rob Paulson, is an American voice actor, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr...
's "Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen" as well as provides the social media publicity. Celebrity voice actor Bob Bergen
Bob Bergen
Robert "Bob" Bergen is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Porky Pig , and formerly hosted Jep!, a kids' version of the popular game show Jeopardy!Bergen was born in St. Louis, Missouri...
(the voice of Porky Pig
Porky Pig
Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig...
since 1990) is another of people Chris works with. Bob's show "Speaking of Voiceover" which comes out Fall 2011. is produced by Chris and airs on The Tech Jives Network.
Social Media Publicist Work
Since November 2010, Chris began working with some of the cast from the web series The GuildThe Guild
The Guild is an American comedy web series created and written by Felicia Day, who also stars as Cyd Sherman . It premiered on YouTube on July 27, 2007. Subsequent webisodes premiered on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace, Zune Marketplace, and MSN Video. The webisodes were later made available on...
in effort of building their celebrity profiles on the web. Robin Thorsen
Robin Thorsen
Robin Thorsen is an American actress best known for her role as Clara on the popular web series The Guild and as one of the longest running "Movie Mob" participants on the ReelzChannel show Movie Mob.- Background :...
who plays "Clara", Vincent Caso
Vincent Caso
Vincent "Vince" Caso is an American actor and entrepreneur best known for his co-starring role as Bladezz on the critically acclaimed web series The Guild.- Background :...
who plays "Bladezz", Brett Sheridan
Brett Sheridan
Brett Charles Sheridan in Fremont, Nebraska is an American actor that has been in many national TV commercials and is currently best known for his role as George a.k.a "Mr. Wiggly" on the web series "The Guild".-Education:...
who plays "Mr. Wiggley", J. Teddy Garces
J. Teddy Garces
J. Teddy Garces is an American Film, Television and Stage actor , best known for his portrayal of Bruiser in the web series The Guild and Julian in Ted Sampon: Househusband. He was born Joseph Teddy Garces at St...
who plays "Bruiser" and Sean Michael Becker
Sean Michael Becker
Sean Michael Becker , is an American film director, film producer and editor who is best known for directing Felicia Day's web series, The Guild.-Education:...
who is the Director of the show are amongst a few.
Notably on the web series "Sound Advice On The Web" he worked extensibly with creator J. Teddy Garces
J. Teddy Garces
J. Teddy Garces is an American Film, Television and Stage actor , best known for his portrayal of Bruiser in the web series The Guild and Julian in Ted Sampon: Househusband. He was born Joseph Teddy Garces at St...
on fan, publicity, web, and social media presence.
In May 2011, after doing a interview with Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (TV series)
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
actor Kristian Nairn (plays Hodor), Kristian has recently began work regarding his entire web presence with Chris and is in the process of starting a new audio production podcast that will include fellow friend and actor Jake Stormoen.