What does it mean to be an artist with the rise of AI? How do you protect your work? How do you market your skills against a machine? Participants: Geoffrey D Williams, Charles Urbach, Amber Raden (mod)
What's the appeal of TV and films that never end? How much is our need to ease into a familiar place without a season of worldbuilding and how much of it is about a shared social experience? What are other reasons we like long-lived shows and franchises? Participants: Nathan Michael Anderson, Wes Huntington, Randee Dawn, Assad Khaishgi (mod), Janelle Kloth
What makes readers love a character? Let's discuss some of our favorite stories and why the characters live on in our minds. Are series characters more likely to stand out? Participants: Jaymie Delia Wagner, Barbara Gregorich, Randee Dawn (mod), C.S.E. Cooney, Prof Brown
Are you an Avatar fan? No, not the blue people one--Avatar: the last Airbender. Cartoons, comics, books, and the live action...but not *that live action! Get together will other fans and discuss what you like about the series and hope to see! Participants: Samuel T. Weston, Lisa Marie Deguiseppi, Cetius d'Raven (mod), Michael S Shappe
From the original manga to the new Cosmos movies, it's the series that keeps on giving! Which generation of fan are you? Let's take a quick trip through the legendary series that introduced so many of us to anime. Participants: Heather Bufkin
Bienvenue! Do you think you know the most about our grump and not so grump? Then come on down to the 2nd Annual Game Grumps Jeopardy! This lighthearted game will feature questions for old and new fans alike! Participation is not required! Participants: Tabitha Moore, Link Christianson
Can you dip like Dio? Are your knees as strong as Jonathan's...fists? Does your spine bend like Old Man Joseph when he sees a pretty lady? Come and try your best to pose like Jojo characters! Prizes will be awarded! Participants: Ian Cross, Laine Schierman, Ellie Lockman, Thomas Lockman, Amaya Park-Goldsmith
Come hear about the exciting Europa Clipper mission that launched last year. The talk will cover the spacecraft, its instruments, and the fascinating questions it seeks to answer. Participants: Bridget Landry
Ryan Coogler and company gave us a vampire movie that incorporates lore and ties it in with American experiences of "the other", assimilation, and resistance. Let's talk about this ish! Participants: Gregory Parks (mod), T. Aaron Cisco, Lathan Murrell, Damarra Atkins, Charlene Holm
Friday July 4, 2025 11:30pm - Saturday July 5, 2025 12:30am CDT Hyatt 2 Greenway FGH
