World Gone Geek

Joe Stillman co-wrote “Shrek” for Dreamworks which earned him an Academy Award® nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Annie and BAFTA Awards. Other produced features are “Beavis & Butthead Do America”, “Shrek 2”, “Gulliver’s Travels”, “Planet 51” and “Joseph King Of Dreams”.

In television, he was co-producer and writer on “King of the Hill,” for which he received two Emmy Award® nominations. He was a writer and story editor for Nickelodeon’s “The Adventures of Pete and Pete” and a writer on MTV’s “Beavis and Butthead”. More recently he worked on Nickelodeon’s “Sanjay And Craig” and “Kirby Buckets” for Disney. Other TV credits include “Albert” for Nickelodeon, “The War Next Door” for the USA Network, “Clueless”, “Doug” and “Danger And Eggs” for Amazon.

Joe is currently working on a “Curious George” feature for streaming on Peacock.

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Twitter: @JoeStillman1

Chris Warner began acting professionally over two decades ago in Austin, TX. After some marked success in film, television and commercials, Chris headed for the bright lights of hollywood! Chris’ first major studio film role was in academy award nominated Alan Parker's Feature The Life of David Gale. In his most recent role, you can find him going toe-to-toe with Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage in the independent feature Willy's Wonderland. You may also recognize him opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the Academy Award-winning film No Country for Old Men or with Benicio Del Toro's Jackie Boy in the ground-breaking movie Frank Miller’s Sin City.

In addition to his successful movie roles, you might have also seen him on the television shows Prison Break, Criminal Minds, Friday Night Lights, The Event, NCIS: Los Angeles, Justified, Shut Eye, and American Auto. As one of the most respected character actors of his generation, Chris has cemented himself as an edgy, intense artist who leaves nothing to chance when he appears on-screen.

When he's not sharpening his acting chops, bangin' away at a keyboard on his next storied adventure or laying down his next Voice-over project, he can be found spending time with his queen at the beach, helping to rescue animals-in-need, supporting his beloved Texas Longhorns and leading his mission-driven brand Badass Original.

https://www.thechriswarner.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/thechriswarner

https://twitter.com/WarnerInc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswarneractorvoicetalent/

Alan J. Porter, writer, and podcaster, likes to talk about stuff and makes up stories too. With over 30 fiction and non-fiction book publishing credits and hundreds of magazine articles, he covers the worlds of Pop Culture, Comics, High-Adventure fiction, Movies, Music, Business Strategy, and more.

His pop-culture non-fiction work has featured properties such as Batman, Star Trek, The Beatles, G.I. Joe, Battlestar Galactica, and James Bond. He can also be found podcasting on a regular basis about James Bond, The Beatles, and pop-culture in general.

He has also written comics for Tokyopop, BOOM Studios, Marvel, Disney, and Kid Domino, as well as produced a series of educational comics in partnership with the University of Texas and NASA.

He has written original adventures featuring classic characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Allan Quatermain, Houdini, The Musketeers, Wild Bill Hickok, Gideon Cain, and private eye Rick Ruby; as well as his own New Pulp adventurers, The Raven and The Lotus Ronin.

His other online activities include the comics history blogs: Batman On The Cover (Tumbler and Instagram) and Racing Comics: Motor Sports In The Comics (Tumblr).

He is a regular guest and speaker at various comics, pop-culture, and science-fiction conventions.

Website: http://www.alanjporter.com/

Twitter: @alanjporter

RustBit, is a small team with a big passion for crafting experiences. Although we've only recently formed, they come to the table with over a decade of game design in both the video game world and the board game world. As well as a decade of programming and art experience.

They're building The Grip of Madness, a 4-8 cooperative FPS with betrayal mechanics.

Twitter: @RustBitStudio

Steam: steam.gripofmadness.com

The Grip of Madness Website: gripofmadness.com

Discord: discord.gripofmadness.com

RustBit Website: rustbit.com

We chat with the brains behind the Cleveland Gaming Classic which moved into its new space at the I-X Center in Cleveland this year and there are big plans for next year. We discuss the origins of this great show as well as his passion for video games and video game history.

www.gamecleveland.com

Twitter: GameonCleveland

Facebook: ClevelandGamingClassic