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Shari Elliker has voiced thousands of local and national commercials and narrations. Her video game roles include:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Azura; Star Trek: LEGACY: Sub-Cmdr. Vorel / Romulan / TNG Captain / Medical Ship Crew / Starbase 61 Crew / TOS Crew; Star Trek:Conquest: Federation Computer Voice / Romulan Admiral #2; Fallout 3: Beatrice Armstrong / Reilly / Star Paladin Cross / Victoria Watts / Bleak / Brailee Ewers / Brick / Carolina Red / Christie Young / Cindy Cantelli / Cutter / Knight Captain Dusk / Ellen DeLoria / Holly / Scribe Jameson / Janet Rockwell / Janice Kaplinski / Jenny Stahl / Jessica / Karen Schenzy / Kimba / Linda Smith / Lydia Montenegro / Mabel Henderson / Branchtender Maple / Martha Simpson / Martha Wilson / Mei Wong / Millicient Wellington / Defender Morgan / Pat Neusbaum / Silver / Simone Cameron / Sonora Cruz / Tammy Hargrave / Tanya 'The AntAgonizer' Christoff / Child Slaver / Wastelanders / Tenpenny Residents / Slavers / Brotherhood of Steel Paladins / Brotherhood of Steel Knights / Brotherhood of Steel Initiates / Brotherhood Outcasts / Captives / Female Raiders / Caravan Traders / Megaton Settlers / Hunter.
She also had a recurring role in the HBO Show, "VEEP", as MSNBC reporter, Andrea Tandy. Her radio talk show, "The Shari Elliker Show", on WBAL in Baltimore earned her The Associated Press award: "Best Talk Show - Chesapeake Region" two years in a row. She is also the recipient of two AIR Awards (Achievement in Radio) for her work as a recognized personality on top stations such as WJFK, DC-101, WHFS in Washington, D.C, and Sirius/XM.
IMPROV! Some groups spend all year preparing for MAGFest panels, but These Guy Are Sick doesn't prepare ANYTHING in advance. All we need are your video game or non-video game suggestions. Come see us be weird and strange on stage and be part of an interactive crowd with polite audience participation.
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George Ledoux’s twenty plus years as a voice actor, director and producer have established him as one of the most versatile talents in the video game, narration, and voice-over fields. Best known for his work in “Dying Light”, “Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries”, “Mechwarrior Online”, “Neverwinter Nights”, “Freedom Force”, “Majesty” to name but a few.
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Jim Foronda is a Texas-based voice actor. A former ad copywriter, Jim began voice acting while writing commercials for Hasbro Toys, occasionally being tasked with voicing characters like Optimus Prime and Mr. Potato Head in toy ads. Since then, he’s been all manner of person, monster, robot, and… well, anything… in games like the Borderlands franchise, Battleborn, SMITE, Killing Floor 2, Hero Academy, and Dungeon Boss. (In 2019, he was super-excited to voice Claptrap in Borderlands 3.) Anime-wise, he can be heard in Black Clover, My Hero Academia, That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, BEM, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fairy Tail, One Piece, and much more.
In his spare time, Jim enjoys photography, games of the video and tabletop variety, saving for occasional trips to Japan, building LEGO stuff, and working on a novel that he will probably never, ever finish. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when he was 8 years old, Jim wears an insulin pump. By medical definition that totally makes him an actual, for real cyborg. He has yet to jump over a house or lift an automobile with his bare hands.
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Elisa Meléndez is a Texas-based academic, musician, voice actress, and online personality. When not producing shows for her day job, you can catch Elisa on Monday nights playing Rocksmith and performing acoustic originals and covers on her "ElisaRockDoc" Twitch channel. You can also watch along as she tries to find the joy in bad movies with the rest of her castmates on DEEP DIVE, a series on the FilmJoy YouTube channel.
Elisa hit the voice acting scene in 2019 with her credits in BORDERLANDS 2's latest DLC, COMMANDER LILITH AND THE FIGHT FOR SANCTUARY as the "Hot Mama" gun, and you can hear her making mayhem as head baddie Tyreen Calypso in BORDERLANDS 3.
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Harumi Fujita started her career at SNK in 1984 with Mad Crasher, but her following years at Capcom ended up defining her as a stellar composer. She was one of the few who worked on the NES, arcade, and the Game Boy simultaneously, contributing to games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Bionic Commando, Strider, 1943 Kai, Final Fight, and most famously Gargoyle’s Quest. She was part of Capcom’s in-house band Alph Lyla alongside Manami Matsumae (of Mega Man 1) and Yasuaki ‘Bun Bun’ Fujita (Mega Man 3) among others, and ended up composing ‘Needle Man’, ‘Gemini Man’ and ‘Staff Roll’ for Mega Man 3 before passing the rest of the composition on to Bun Bun. In the past few years she has composed and arranged music for various theatrical productions, and now Brave Wave welcomes her arrival to video games once again.
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Latin Dancing for Nerds’ mission: bring Latin dance to a group of humans who want to learn how to Lead or Follow in a social setting. Dancing is a skill! And like with any skill, you must level it up.
We are excited to be adding Salsa lessons this year! The lessons are always beginner-friendly and, regardless of who you're cosplaying as, all you need to pick is one of two roles/classes: Lead or Follow. We will be listening to remixes that fit the mood, as well as traditional Bachata and Salsa tracks.
Steph & Aldo have been teaching Bachata lessons at Magfest since 2018. Steph won the Female Instructor of the Year at the DCBX Awards in 2019 and she teaches at events all over the DC area. Aldo has been teaching for 5 years and is now focusing on Latin Ballroom dances. Maybe we will dance Rumba someday!
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Allan Cecil (dwangoAC) is the President of the North Bay Linux Users' Group and is a published author, patent holder, and accomplished public speaker. He acts as an ambassador for TASVideos.org, a website devoted to using emulators to complete video games as quickly as the hardware allows. As keeper of TASBot he is a Twitch partner at Twitch.tv/dwangoAC and a YouTube partner at YouTube.com/dwangoAC supported by a vibrant Discord.TAS.Bot community. He participates in Games Done Quick and other charity speedrunning marathons using TASBot to entertain viewers with never-before-seen glitches in games. By day he is a Sr. Security Analyst at Bishop Fox.
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Danielle Foley is a 500-hr yoga instructor, IAYT certified yoga therapist, and fundamental nerd. Although she games less often in recent years, she has a nostalgic love for the classics, an appreciation for game design and story, and passion for the ambiance and power of video game music to paint a scene. The Yoga for Gamers project started back in 2013 and continues to grow; its goal is to help gamers become aware of the skills they already have, and utilize them for good in their lives both on and off the screen.
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Jesse Cox is a gaming creator, personality and producer with over a decade of experience. Jesse’s work includes producing the hit indie game Monster Prom, and also a creator and executive producer of the YouTube Red esports comedy Good Game alongside Dan Harmon’s Starburns. He also podcasts, let's plays, reviews, and ruins his friends videos.
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Jeff Brenneman and Lauren "the Flute" Liebowitz are a two-person superteam of FRIENDSHIP. They both enjoy video games and snoring cats, which obviously is about as solid a foundation as a FRIENDSHIP can have. If they were cartoon characters, they would definitely both be in their own 90's show about FRIENDSHIP. They are here at MAGFest on a mission to spread FRIENDSHIP to everyone!
Antipode is an eccentric dance group that has combined their love of video game/nerd culture with their love of belly dancing to create a unique form of dance known as geek belly dancing. Antipode performs throughout the year at numerous conventions. They were founded in 2006 and have performed all over the United States and even in the United Kingdom.
The group is currently made up of six dancers: co-directors Ayla, the choreographer; and Merika, the costumer; with members Kaiya, Termariel, Eirwen, and Calixta Starr. Though primarily the six, Antipode has had multiple guest dancers grace their shows.
Fusing the theatrics of acting with a mix of cosplay, pop-culture, and off- beat humor Antipode brings the audience not just dance, but full geek entertainment.
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Created in 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland by artists Jamie Noguchi and Nick DiFabbio, Super Art Fight has grown over the past decade into an absolutely can't miss live event, mixing elements of pro-wrestling styled storytelling and character work, live art, and improvised humor.
To date, Super Art Fight has produced hundreds of live events, including shows across the United States and into Canada; appearances at such big conventions as Otakon, Anime Expo, MAGFest, and Awesome Con; features in the pages of The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and Wired; and regular engagements at such legendary rock-and-roll venues as Baltimore's Ottobar and Washington DC's The Black Cat.
Want to see artists collide in one-on-one or tag-team action? Can they stand tall against the ridiculous topics from the crowd-sourced Wheel of Death? Are you ready to cheer your favorites on to victory?
There's only one way to get started...
3-2-1...ART FIGHT!
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Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is a community dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans. In 2016, OC ReMix officially moved under the umbrella and sponsorship of Game Music Initiative, Inc, a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization.
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