Special Guests

Jennie Kwan

Jennie is known primarily for her voice work as Suki in Avatar: The Last Airbender, or as Chun-Li in the 2023 Street Fighter 6. She's also known for her role as Samantha "Sam" Woo in California Dreams during the mid 90's.

Jennie has also lent her voice to Thirteen/“Scissor Seven”, Mayuko Nise / “High Rise Invasion”, Inosuke’s Mother, Kakushi Soldier Demon Slayer, Tsukuyo Amane/ Magia Record, Aqua Current/ “Accel World”, Sakuya/”Eureka Seven”, Sonoko Suzuki/”Case Closed: Episode One-The Great Detective Turned Small”, Ayako Mitsuzuri and Otoko Hotaruzuka/”Fate Stay Night”, Soatoko Hojo/”When They Cry”, Nori Sakurada/”Rozen Maiden”. As well as Jubilee/MARVEL Super War: Jubilee Build and Power Core, Aina/”.hack//G.U.: Last Recode”, Eunice/”Rune Factory: Frontier”. And these are just to name a few!

Noah Fleder

Noah is an American actor and martial artist who has lent his talents to a number of characters in both video games and film.

Most notably, he is the face model for Kenshi Takahashi in Mortal Kombat 1. He also did the motion capture for Kenshi Takahashi, Smoke, Liu Kang, Reptile, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Kung Lao.

NomVirus

Janell Hensley, or NomVirus, is a Korean/Hispanic cosplayer born and raised in California.

She has a rich history of cosplay competition and has been featured on national television for her handmade props. She also has had several guesting experiences among working numerous night club events. She is currently a promoter for ClubKaiju, an anime themed night club.

She has played video games since 1996 and is currently a Twitch affiliate, pushing for more love in classic gaming and niche environments. She loves to express herself through gaming and her costumes, and is always happy to 1v1 someone in some Mortal Kombat!

Venomous FX & Cosplay

Venomous has been cosplaying since 2011, and has been doing so professionally since 2015. He has been published on five separate occasions and has won multiple awards. He is a 20-year Air Force veteran and now a full-time creator.

He loves to bring characters to life via cosplay, or through paint work on busts and statues. As a huge comic and sci-fi fan, some of his favorite cosplays have been his award-winning The Batman Who Laughs, The Joker, Gunslinger Spawn, and Captain Venom. His dream cosplay would be the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise.

Brett Weiss

Journalist and pop culture historian Brett Weiss has been a gamer since 1975 and a professional gaming writer since 1997. He is the author of 13 books, including The NES Omnibus, The SNES Omnibus, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977–1987, and his latest volume, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988–1998. Through his Classic Home Video Games series, he created the world’s first complete guides to numerous consoles, including the Atari 5200 and 7800, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Vectrex, Odyssey2, NES, Sega Master System, Neo Geo, TurboGrafx-16, and Sega Genesis, and he also penned the first and only encyclopedia dedicated to the rock band KISS.

A frequent guest at video game and pop culture conventions nationwide, Weiss appeared in the 2021 documentary Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story and on The History Channel’s The Toys That Built America: Snack Sized (Nintendo episode). His work has been featured in numerous publications, including Game Informer, Fangoria, Filmfax, Robot Magazine, The Writer, Mystery Scene, The Comics Buyer’s Guide, Alter Ego, Back Issue, AntiqueWeek, Video Game Collector, Video Game Trader, Classic Gamer Magazine, Game Room, The Pingame Journal, and Old School Gamer Magazine. In addition, he has worked for AtGames and Opcode Games, and he hosts the YouTube series, Tales from a Retro Gamer, which you can check out here!