FEATURED GUESTS

MARK MEER

Known worldwide for his work as Commander Shepard, the Vorcha, Blasto, Niftu Cal, and more in BioWare’s Mass Effect Trilogy- Mark Meer will be joining us in Pittsburgh for PGX 2025!

Other voice work includes Hinterland Studio’s The Long Dark, multiple editions of the Dragon Age and Baldur’s Gate series, and Starro the Conquerer in WB Games’ Gotham Knights. He stars as the vampire lord Deadalus in Beamdog's newest release, MythForce and lends his voice to the commanding officer of the upcoming Green Hawk Platoon.

Mark is a co-creator, writer, and star of the award-winning Canadian comedy series Tiny Plastic Men, (available on Amazon Prime in the UK and USA) and a longtime member of the world-renowned improv troupe, Rapid Fire Theatre.

In the tabletop role-playing game sphere, Mark has been a recurring guest on the Vampire: The Masquerade stream L.A. by Night, a frequent player on Idle Champions Presents, a regular on Pod By Night, and a core cast member and guest DM on the official Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft stream, The Black Dice Society. He serves as the Keeper of Arcane Lore on Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu mini-series, Bookshops of Arkham, and its sequel, Graveyards of Arkham. Mark has been honoured to be a frequent Dungeon Master at international D&D in a Castle events since 2019.

COURTENAY TAYLOR

Psychotic biotic? Check.

Wasteland wanderer? Check.

Elusive spy? Check.

And— that’s right -- Jack from Mass Effect, the Sole Survivor in Fallout 4 and Resident Evil 6’s Ada Wong all share the same vocal cords... that of actor Courtenay Taylor!

She’s voiced countless roles in 175+ games: Caiatl & Amanda Holliday/Destiny 2, Juhani/Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Serina in Halo Wars as well as major roles in Diablo 4, Call of Duty, and the DC and Marvel franchises. You’ve heard her as the Matron of Ravens on Critical Role’s “The Legend of Vox Machina”, KO from Cartoon Network’s “OK KO! Let’s Be Heroes!”, Starla on Regular Show and shows like American Dad, Family Guy, and X-Men ’97.

She is a voice director working on AAA game titles and is the co-founder of Nerds Vote– a nonpartisan organization that brings voter registration opportunities to pop culture conventions around the country, so get registered and hit her up for some swag!

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ASH SROKA

Ash Sroka is most adored for her work as Tali’Zorah in Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy. She has been acting professionally since she was 6 years old when she first started vo work in New York.

Ash is also known for voicing various characters in Mass Effect: Andromeda, Alicia in the AR-K trilogy written by Greg Rucka, the warrior Tiana in the rpg-fantasy game The Waylanders, and her recurring work in the anime show Blood+ on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

She has worked for Comedy Central, CBS, FOX, ABC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., as well as in countless commercials and radio spots. In addition to being a voice-over, tv, film and theatre actor, Ash is a dancer and medical clown!

ALI HILLIS

Ali Hillis is an American actress who has appeared in television and film and voices several video game characters. She is best known for her video game work as Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII series, and Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Hailing from Huntington Beach, California, Ali has appeared in TV shows such as Felicity, FreakyLinks, Undressed (2000), Naruto, JAG, Boomtown, and Less Than Perfect. Her film roles are All the Wrong Places, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Must Love Dogs, Open Water 2: Adrift, The Ultimate Gift, and The Heartbreak Kid and the Los Angeles play, A Good Soldier.

D.C. Douglas

“After 30 years in “The Biz," it's easiest to just get to the beef” — D.C. Douglas

In video games, D.C Douglas is known for: Rayvis in the new Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Svarog in Honkai: Star Rail, Albert Wesker in NINE Resident Evil games— from 2007's Umbrella Chronicles to 2019's Teppen— over a decade of badassery.

Then there's Legion in Mass Effect 2 & 3, Kamoshida in Persona 5, Pod 042 in Nier: Automata and Grimoire Noir in Nier: Replicant, G1 Michigan in Armored Core VI, Burton in Borderlands 3, Azrael in Blazblue, and Raven in Tekken 6. There’s also THE FOXY GRANDPA Gunter in Fire Emblem: Fates, 89 in AI: The Somnium Files, Rufus and Valimar in the Trails series, and many more Japanese RPGs and Indie American Games.

In anime, he’s portrayed: X Drake in One Piece, Yoshikage Kira in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Kalego in Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun, Shinji in Lycoris Recoil, Geo in Bastard!, Ryu in Shaman King 2021, The Praetorian in Super Crooks, Master in Akudama Drive, Randle in Tiger & Bunny, Edo in Netflix's Ultraman, Battuta in How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, Gekko in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Kershner in Sirius The Jaeger, Igari in Baki.

There’s also Ryu in the cult hit Backstreet Girls: Gokudolls, Kamoshida in Persona 5: The Animation, Shoot McMahon in Hunter x Hunter, Locus in Berserk, The Professor in Cyborg 009, Jasley in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blood Orphans, Vincent Pike in MSGT: Bandit Flower, Genji Kamogawa in Hajime no ippo, and many more— that only 12 people know about.

In animation, Douglas has played: Deathstroke in DC Super Hero Girls, Newton on The Rocketeer, Chase on Transformers: Rescue Bots, Colonel Rawls on the final season of Regular Show, Superman on Family Guy, Mick in The Tom and Jerry Show, and a few pilots that died lonely and unseen.

In live-action, he’s played: Pa Kettle in Z Nation, Bud in Sharknado 2, Zepht in Star Trek: Enterprise, Aiden Wexler in SyFy's Isle of the Dead, and another 200+ appearances on random shows and weird films over the last 25 years.

Check him out on IMDB and DCDouglas.com for more!