Florida Supercon will once again expand our video game track. This years show will include more video game industry guests, a bigger gaming area, more tournaments and more industry panels. The first thing we can report is that the video game area will be moved into the ballrooms in the Doubletree Hotel. This will give us a much larger area for gaming, as well as a more comfortable setting. Stay tuned for more exciting news!

When not trying to boost his Xbox Gamerscore, Avery Alix is a Sr. Product Manager at Z2 Games with experience from Xbox, Microsoft Game Studios, and PopCap Games. How he ended up working in the games industry after completing an academic master’s degree is still a mystery, but he loves to blend critical navel gazing with game design and analytics to help make tough calls about what features and games to work on next. Also, he likes to party on, Wayne.

Tony Bedard is well known in the comic book world, especially for his recent runs as the writer of the NEW 52 relaunches of Green Lantern: New Guardians and Blue Beetle. In addition to his work in comics, Tony is currently working with Volition Games as a writer on numerous projects, including the upcoming Saints Row 4.

Tony's immense credits as a comic book writer include: Blue Beetle, Green Lantern Corps, DC Universe Online, DC Universe Online: Legends, Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps, Brightest Day, Adventure Comics,  Batman Confidential, Birds of Prey, Black Canary, Blackest Night: JSA, Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns, Catwoman, Countdown, Crossgen Chronicles, DC Infinite Halloween Special, Exiles, Gotham City Sirens, JSA: Classified, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Magnus Robot Fighter, Mystic, Negation, Oracle: The Cure, Outsiders, R.E.B.E.L.S., Rogue, Supergirl, Spider-Man: Breakout, Starman/Congorilla, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Uncanny X-Men, Wonder Girl, X-Men, X-Men Unlimited and X-Men: Age of Apocalypse. Tony's credits as an editor include: Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, Aquaman, Codename: Knockout, DC One Million, Fallen Empires on the World of Magic: The Gathering, H.A.R.D. Corps, Harbinger, Hellblazer, Hourman, JLA, JLA/Witchblade, The Kingdom, Legends of the DC Universe, Lobo, Magnus Robot Fighter, Martian, The Spectre, Starman, Transmetropolitan & Wonder Woman.

Mr. Bedard will be located at Booth #804. He will be in attendance on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Gregg Berger has amassed an incredible amount of credits over the past 30 years in the world of animation, video games, television and film! With his credits numbering in the hundreds, Gregg is best known for his roles as Grimlock in The Transformers, Odie in Garfield, Cornfed Pig in Duckman, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Jedi Master Plo Koon in the video-games Jedi Power Battles and Star Wars: Obi-Wan, Darth Maul in Jedi Power Battles, Kalani in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Agent Kay in Men in Black: The Series, Eeyore in Kingdom Hearts, The Thing in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Jecht in Final Fantasy and his roles in G.I. Joe (Spirit, Cutter, Firefly, Ripcord, Sparks, Motorviper and Col. Brekhov) and much, much more!

His video game credits include: Jecht in Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, plus roles in: Halo Wars (Captain Cutter), Avatar: The Game (RDA), X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Spider-Man: Battle for New York, Kingdom Hearts II (Eeyore),  Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (Eeyore), Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, X-Men (Beast), Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (The Pain),  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II, Dead Rising (Brock Mason), Age of Empires III (Frederick the Great), Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (The Pain), EverQuest II (Riason Hanagom/Barbarian Knight/Ugarian Farwind/Sir Antylus Teraeth & more!), Call of Duty (Sgt. Moody), Rise to Honor, Command & Conquer, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, 007: Nightfire (Q), Superman: Shadow of Apokolips, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Star Wars: Obi-Wan, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, Star Wars: Episode I - Racer, Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, Star Wars: Episode I - Jedi Power Battles (Jedi Master Plo Koon, Darth Maul), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Darth Maul), Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Infamous, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

Ed Lima is a thirteen-year veteran of the video game industry, having garnered countless awards and nominations for his work in music, sound design, and dialogue and voice production. Ed has directed audio development for developers like Gearbox Software, id Software, and Human Head Studios. He currently resides in Los Angeles, where he is audio lead on Respawn Entertainment's unannounced debut title. Some of the games Ed has worked on include: Duke Nukem Forever, DOOM, RAGE, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Infinity Blade, Splode, Borderlands, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, Prey, Doom 3, 007 Nightfire, Empire Earth and Biography.

Yvonna Lynn has acted in over 40 films in Europe, Asia, and America. Combining a passion for video games with a career in modeling and acting, Yvonna built the Charisma+2 agency for talent who share that enthusiasm for gaming. She has organized, participated, and organized gaming events at E3, GDC, PAX, and other large and small scale gaming events for 6 years. Her direct and agency gaming credits include Duke Nukem Forever, Doom 4, Halo: Reach, Bioshock 2, Starcraft 2, Rage, Borderlands, QuakeLive, Nickelodeon Fit, New Carnival, Nocturne, Dragonball Z, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and several unannounced games.

Danielle Mackey is a gamer, game reviewer, vlogger and reality TV personality, known for her "Trade Chat" YouTube videos, which she produces under the name "Panser", and for her appearances on the reality TV shows The Tester and King of the Nerds. Her YouTube channel has attracted 190,000 subscribers. She also hosts the WoW Insider Weekly Recap for Joystiq and was a finalist in Maxim's "Gamer Girl" competition.

In 2010 she participated in Season 2 of the reality show The Tester, as War Princess. In 2013, she was a contestant in the first season of the TBS reality TV series King of the Nerds, as a member of the Servants of the Forsaken Orb team (formerly the Orange Team). Check her out online at

http://www.youtube.com/tradechat,

https://www.facebook.com/TradeChatonYouTube

http://www.youtube.com/randompanser

Danielle will be in attendance on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Jonboy Meyers is an illustrator and concept designer working in the animation, videogames and comic books. He Currently works on New IP development, Publishing and Character design as Senior Artist for Riot Games on the widely popular MOBA game “League of Legends".

Some of his comic art credits include:  Araña, Battle Pope, Danger Girl: Body Shots, DC Holiday Special '09, DCU Halloween Special '09, Decoy: Menagerie, Fall of the Hulks: The Savage She-Hulks, G.I. Joe, Gen13: Armageddon, GeNext: United, Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files, Hulk: Broken Worlds, Inkpunks Quarterly, Justice League of America, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004), Marvel Age: Spider-Man Team-Up, Masters of the Universe, Masters of the Universe: Rise of the Snake Men, The Necromancer: Pilot Season, The New Dynamix, Ninja Scroll, Noble Causes: Extended Family, Pilot Season, She-Hulk Sensational, Spider-Man & Araña Special: The Hunter Revealed, Spider-Man Magazine, Spider-Man: Black & Blue and more! Jonboy's other credits include Generator Rex (animation), Twisted Metal World Games, Motor Storm Apocalypse (videogames) and World of Warcraft TCG (illustration).

Eric is a Game Designer who has worked for both Verant Interactive and Sony Online Entertainment in San Diego, California. While at SOE, Eric worked on the development of several EverQuest games, which were released between 2002 and 2004. He went on to work in many roles, including Public Relations, Information Technology, Development, Quality Assurance, Level Design, Storyboarding, Game Master and EverQuest Expert.

Florida Supercon is proud to announce the Arcade and Pinball Expo as our arcade gaming sponsor! Come check out their passion for the golden days of the arcade. Don't forget to check out their site at www.floridaape.org/‎ and be sure to drop by the Arcade and Pinball Expo in 2014!