GBFest Hosts Announced
outside of our group of volunteers that will be making appearances through out the event. The following hosts will be driving this conference:
Passionate about open-source Nixie Pixel has been on the leading wave of advocacy for accessibility in tech through her work spanning over a decade. Demystifying coding, decoding gaming, and gamifying tech with her unique brand of approachable expertise. Taking her knack for making the inscrutable into the logical she has continued to grow her own path of bringing the often cryptic and complex world of coding to an audience of over 300,000 and growing.
In a world climate of instability, rapid change, and resource insecurity Nixie is working harder than ever to grow open-source culture and opportunity with her work.
SoldierKnowsBest - Mark Watson
I’m Mark Watson and I go by SoldierKnowsBest. I create video content covering consumer electronics from cellphones to drones to robotic vacuum cleaners. After graduating college and getting commissioned in the Army, I created my first video in my spare time in 2007 reviewing the first iPhone. Fast forward a few years later, I turned a hobby into a full-time job and have developed a community of over 1 million users across my social media accounts with around 800,000 residing on YouTube. The goal of my channel is to be able to take a piece of technology and find the good/bad about it and relay those things alongside my personal feelings about the product to my audience in a way that everyone, geek or no geek, can understand.
Thunder McFadden started casting in 2020 for Minnesota Varsity League, the premier high school esports league in Minnesota. What started with Rocket League quickly expanded to fps and other games, and he now is the host and caster for 7 different esports in the league. Thunder is also an actor, voice over artist and freelance host/caster for all things esports! If he could be anywhere in the world right now, he'd be surfing.
Notable Work: RLCS SAM, RLCS NA, NECC, MLE Flobo "Novanta"
Boyce is a Brooklyn-born, Los Angeles-based author, stand-up comedian, host, and caster. Through his digital network Knew Amsterdam Entertainment, Flobo continues to create diverse content with a comedic flair since its launch in 2017. As a caster, he's has been featured in both the RLCS NA and the RLCS SAM regions. Currently, Flobo is a co-host of the MackMania podcast, a Spotify Original series presented by the sport-centric platform, The Ringer.
Hi, I’m Dom! I love all things tech and create internet content around it. I try to convert the “bells and whistles” of tech gadgets into something that your parents would appreciate.
Shiny Tech Things is a Meganerd, I.T. Pro, Parent and husband who lives and loves all I.T.
Founded 1337Admin.org and 'Shiny Tech Things' YouTube channel to help teach technology to others and document some projects. Currently a systems analyst and volunteer on the weekends.