2021 Guests to Be Announced Soon
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2020 Guest Rates
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cast Reunion
Autograph: $30
Selfie: $20
Combo: $40
Autograph: $30
Selfie: $20
Combo: $40
Autograph: $20
Selfie: $20
Combo: $30
Autograph: $20
Selfie: $20
Combo: $30
Autograph: $20
Selfie: $20
Combo: $30
*Voice Acting Workshop: $75
(Limited to 50 Tickets)
Initial Cost: $40
Additional Guests: $10
Initial cost includes two guests and a digital photograph taken by the 2D Con photographer.
ENTERTAINMENT
Nur-D
NUR-D, real name Matt Allen is a hip-hop artist from Rosemount, MN. With smooth vocal stylings and constant pop-culture references Nur-D raps about his passions such as playing games, reading comics, mental illness and injustice.
Nur-D is an advocate for body positivity, Black Lives Matter, and the LGBTQ+ community.
In 2019 his album "Songs About Stuff" was named one of the top 10 albums by the Star Tribune. The album focuses on his trauma, relationships, and what he describes as "stuff". The same year City Pages voted him as Minnesota's Best New Musical Act.
After winning multiple open mic-competitions Nur-D was invited to perform at Soundset, one of the largest independent hip-hop festivals in the nation. He has toured with Brother Ali and MC Chris. His goal is to be your 7th favorite rapper of all time and to spread positivity through the power of song and dance.
Nur-D
Twin Cities Brass Band
The Twin Cities Brass Band is an English-style brass band based in the heart of Minnesota. The TCBB has performed at various music festivals around the Twin Cities Metro, as well as at educational events. We put on traditional concerts throughout the year, bringing the grandeur and virtuosity of brass band music to audiences both young and old.
The Twin Cities Brass Band will be performing video game covers and inspired music.
Twin Cities Brass Band
Video Game Music – Brass Band
Fistful of Datas
A Minneapolis band that happens to play songs written by other bands between 1990 and 1999, and yes, their name is a Star Trek TNG episode.
Fistful of Datas
90s Nerd Cover Band
INDUSTRY
Sean Chiplock
Long before Sean Chiplock understood what voiceover was, he was already practicing the craft without even realizing it. Growing up in the prime era of Nintendo 64 and similar consoles/games that featured expressive characters but no voices, he and his younger brother would often 'mock-dub' entire games as they played, assigning roles and portraying a plethora of different vocal archetypes to enhance their gaming experience. Now, many years later, Sean adds an ever-growing resume of professional performances to his (continuing) hobby of voicing the voiceless in his spare time. After becoming both the youngest winner to-date - and first male Champion - of BangZoom!'s "AX Idol" voiceover
competition in 2009, Sean finished up his education at Western Michigan University until 2012 before moving out shortly afterwards to develop himself further in California.
From there, his dedication to self-improvement - alongside several years of patient progress - combined with his passion for the craft to expand his portfolio farther than he ever thought possible. His current most notable accomplishment includes becoming the voices of Revali, Teba, and Deku Tree in Nintendo's critically acclaimed hit The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but it is far from his only success; projects like Re:Zero (Subaru Natsuki), Persona 5 (Mishima Yuuki), DanganRonpa V3 (Monotaro), Maplestory (Male Cadena), Trails of Cold Steel (Rean Schwarzer), and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Hummel) can also be found on his resume, as well as big-name clients like Microsoft, PepsiCo., GAMESTOP, Mattel, and Disney-Pixar/Disney Parks. He is now represented by SBV Talent, and has been
cast in commercial advertisements and social-media videos for Disney, Mattel, ABC Family, and more. Online, he may be known for his Undertale-related 'parody projects' such as Papyrus Makes a Mixtape, Skelemoon, Pafriskus, etc.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the love of gaming never left, and Sean continues to enjoy an active community role in games such as Super Smash Bros. (as one of the nation's top-performing Mega Man players) while also regularly sharing his love for series like Battle Network, Etrian Odyssey, and pretty much every dungeon crawler or Monster Collection game on the market.
With a soft spot for animals, and a hard work ethic, Sean spends each day looking for that prime balance of Professionalism vs. Play - and always keeps at least one eye open for that next voiceover opportunity.
Sean Chiplock
Voice Actor – Legend of Zelda: BOTW
Joe Hernandez
Joe Hernandez is an LA based Voice Actor with nearly 10 years experience in the business. A graduate of Cal State Fullerton’s Theater department, Joe would go on to to voice the Goron Champion Daruk as well as Yunobo in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Other notable video game credits include Shenmue 3, Kingdom Hearts 3, World War Z and Gears Tactics. In anime Joe has worked on such series as Beserk, Kengan Ashura, and most recently can be heard on Toonami as the voice of Pesci in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
When he’s not doing voice work in LA, Joe has been providing character voices at Disney’s California Adventure theme park in Anaheim for the past 15 years.
Joe Hernandez
Voice Actor – Legend of Zelda: BOTW
Jamie Mortellaro
Long before voicing the role of Prince Sidon in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, James D. Mortellaro spent his college internships at the Oprah Winfrey Show and Harpo Productions where he booked audience members and guests for the show. His duties also included writing and producing promotional segments for the Oprah Winfrey Show and the show’s affiliates.
He was then recruited as a producer and then copywriter at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago, Illinois. During his ten years there he established campaigns for many companies including; Miller Brewing, Proctor & Gamble, Kraft, McDonalds, GM, Reebok, and Nintendo to name a few. James is a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and has directed numerous live action commercials for high profile companies such as Disney, Nintendo, FOX Television, McDonalds, Orbitz, DeLL, Kellogg's, and Reebok.
Along with commercials, James has directed some of the most successful billion dollar video game franchises in the world. He has cast, directed motion capture and voice-over for franchises such as the Halo 4 & 5, Hitman Absolution & Hitman 2016, Final Fantasy 13.3, 14, Mobius and Kingsglaive, along with his latest games Horizon Zero Dawn and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. He also has game writing credits for the Hitman franchise, Let it Die, and a two more soon to be released titles.
In addition to advertising and directing, James has an extensive improv background having graduated from the prestigious Second City Improvisational Center in Chicago. He was also a founding member of Theater Sports in Chicago. On the feature film front, James wrote and directed two straight to video/DVD feature films. The first, a mockumentary, ‘Murder in the Heartland: The search for Video X.’ The second, a reality thriller, ‘Video X: The Dwayne and Darla-Jean Story.’ James also co-wrote and was a producer on the theatrically released animated feature film ‘Back to the Sea’ produced in China for worldwide distribution.
Jamie Mortellaro
Voice Actor – Legend of Zelda: BOTW
Elizabeth Maxwell
Canadian American actor Patricia Summersett recently became the voice of Princess Zelda in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, making her the first official voice of Zelda in the game's thirty-year franchise. The launch title for the Nintendo Switch, 'Breath of the Wild' became 'Game of the Year' around the world with almost 200 GOTY awards.
Patricia has also provided full performance capture for two assassins in Ubisoft's Assassin’s Creed Franchise (Hope Jensen- AC Rogue/Galina Voronina-AC Syndicate) as well as for 'Ash' in the popular Esports title Rainbow Six: Siege.
Some other games: Blade 2: The Return of Evil/Kakao, For Honor and Far Cry: Primal / Ubisoft; Deus Ex: Mankind Divided/Eidos, Suikoden Tierkreis/Konami, CardCaptor Sakura/Funimation, VR game Lucky Night: Texas Hold'em/Tencent, and indie RPG Omensight/Spearhead Games.
Patricia has appeared in films such as Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! and was the onset puppeteer/voice of Smurfette, Vexy and Clumsy during the making of Sony’s Smurfs II. She's worked on several tv shows including Syfy’s Helix by Ron Moore, The Bold Type (Freeform/ABC) and Bellevue starring Anna Paquin (CBC).
Patricia Summersett
Voice Actor – Legend of Zelda: BOTW
Elizabeth Maxwell
ELIZABETH MAXWELL is an accomplished actress, award-winning voice over artist, and lifelong lover of all things geek.
She made her debut in the dubbing world on the runaway hit anime series Attack on Titan (Ymir) and soon after took on the most recent incarnation of The Major in Ghost in the Shell:Arise (Motoko Kusanagi).
Other popular anime titles include Dragon Ball Super (Caulifla/Kefla), My Hero Academia (Midnight), Fruits Basket (Arisa Uotani), Noragami (Bishamon), Fairy Tail (Jenny Realight), Overlord (Albedo), Soul Eater Not! (Shaula Gorgon), Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (Frances Midford), and Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (Ayano Kosaka). Elizabeth has also
lent her voice to a number of Rooster Teeth’s most popular 2D shows, such as RWBY (Winter Schnee), Camp Camp (Nikki), Nomad of Nowhere (Skout), and Red vs. Blue (Agent Ohio).
She has also worked extensively in games, most recently in Nintendo’s highly lauded The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Urbosa/Riju). Other notable titles include Atlus’s Persona 5 (Sae Niijima), Avalanche’s Just Cause 4 (Mira Morales), Square Enix’s The Secret of Mana (Scorpion Boss), Bandai Namco’s Tales of Berseria (Grimoire) and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Caulifla/Kefla), Warner Bros.’s LEGO Marvel’s
Avengers (Jane Foster/Thor), Gearbox’s Battleborn (Phoebe), and Capcom’s Street Fighter V (Juli).
You can find Elizabeth’s voice AND face on such TV shows as Criminal Minds, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and Lost Tapes, and in the big screen psychological thriller A Perfect Getaway. She is also a regular fixture in the indie genre film world, with starring roles in such films as Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains, Hollow Scream, Little Woods, A Place of Madness, Tip Your Waitress, and Focus Puller. When she's not behind a camera or mic, Elizabeth enjoys super hero training (aka kickboxing and stunt fighting), watching John Carpenter and Miyazaki movies, reading fantasy novels, playing RRGs, and planning for the zombie apocalypse.
For a full list of credits, visit www.imdb.me/elizabethmaxwell. More info can also be found at www.aboutelizabethmaxwell.com, and you can stay in touch on Twitter (@AboutElizabethM) or Instagram (@elizabethmaxwell).
Elizabeth Maxwell
Voice Actor – Legend of Zelda: BOTW
COSPLAY AND CRAFTING
KikiCraft
A full-time graphic artist with a Bachelors Degree in Video Game Design. She was voted “Best Costumer” by CityPages in 2016, featured on the cover of a local magazine and has been part of the cosplay scene for several years.
In her free time she enjoys attending cons, crafting and using her artist powers by participating in game-jams, doing commissions and various side-projects with friends. She has several artistic credits in published board/video games, sells custom art/cosplay at conventions and online!
KikiCraft
Cosplayer
ONLINE GAMING PERSONALITIES
NSquared
Nathan and Natasha are collectively NSquared, and have been broadcasting on Twitch for the last 4 years. Joined by their endearingly talkative cat Felix, they broadcast a variety of Nintendo games.
They enjoy playing everything from the latest Mario game to the many unique Nindies available. They especially Pokémon and Splatoon! In their spare time, they enjoy attending conventions, watching wrestling, and being typical Minnesotans.
They are both lifelong gamers, and love sharing their passion for everything geeky with the gaming community!
NSquared
Twitch Streaming Duo
Mega Dads
Mega Dads was created in March 2014 as a gaming community dedicated to and created by those of us who balance our love of video games with the responsibilities of adulthood. Spouses, children and careers take up a considerable amount of time and trying to fit a time consuming hobby into your day can be quite a challenge. Mega Dads presents a humorous look at that life. Mega Dads isn’t just for parents though, we provide a look at the video game industry that hopefully will be funny and informative to everybody!
JOHN WAHL is the co-creator and Executive Editor of Mega Dads and serves as producer and co-host of the podcasts Mega Dads Live & Mega Dads X. He is also a writer and produces a variety of features on the site including Gamer Spotlight, Family Game Night, and more. He’s been playing video games for over 3 decades and isn’t too proud to admit that he has attended a Xena: Warrior Princess convention. He lives in Crystal, MN with his wife and two daughters.
ADAM LEONHARDT is co-creator and Art Director of Mega Dads as well as producer and co-host of Mega Dads Live and Mega Dads X. He created the webcomic Mega Dads 2D and is an accomplished graphic designer and artist, with his work being featured on a variety of websites. He has also self published a pair of children’s books. In addition to these accomplishments he at one point owned a Starfleet Officers uniform… so there’s that. He lives in Champlin, MN with his wife and children.