CVG Guests of Honor

Come on out to former GoH Dr. Jim’s (@jimkakalios.bsky.social’s) book launch! Superheroes + Physics = fun for everyone!

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Writer and Actor Strikes - CONvergence 2024

Last for this thread, a panel from #CVG2024 with a 2021 Guest of Honor, T. Aaron Cisco, Writer and Actor Strikes: youtu.be/YYwXQH1RGMo?...

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) "Gargoyles" Radio Play (2024) - CONvergence 2024

And #CVG2024 's Gargoyles Radio Play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kkr...

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Sports Fandom as Fandom with Guest of Honor Chris Kluwe [CONvergence 2025]

Sports Fandom as Fandom with @chriswarcraft.bsky.social #CVG2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jq...

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Gargoyles in Comic Books with Guest of Honor Greg Weisman - CONvergence 2024

One from #CVG2024, Gargoyles in Comic Books with @christopherjonesart.com and Greg Weisman: youtu.be/Ug37VuwlYKs

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) WHAT THE FILK?! SFF Music and Theater [CONvergence 2025]

What the Filk?! with @csecooney.bsky.social and Carlos Hernandez #CVG2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niRK...

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Religious Trauma in Gaming [CONvergence 2025]

Our Video department has been busy! How about another thread of panels? #CVG2025 #CVG2024 Here's one to start: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyB3... Religious Trauma in Gaming, with Jules Porter

CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Your official source for catching various CVG panels and presentations you might have missed from past CONvergence conventions! All of our content should be considered 13+. Mature Language and Swear...

You can find other panels on that channel (youtube.com/@convergence...), including one on Sinners (the movie) and one about Romantasy, but we're the Guests of Honor department, so I'm highlighting those. #CVG2025

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Parasocial Relationships with Tanya DePass and Chris Kluwe [CONvergence 2025]

Another panel up! Parasocial Relationships with @cypheroftyr.bsky.social and @chriswarcraft.bsky.social ! #CVG2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC_B...

Can confirm! He mentioned multiple times that Chicago wind sucks @convergencecon.bsky.social (amongst some other creative commentary on kicking) #CVG2025

CONvergence 2025: The Physics of Kicking a Football YouTube video by CVG-TV CONvergence Television

And, of course, The Physics of Kicking a Football with @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and @jimkakalios.bsky.social ! #CVG2025 www.youtube.com/live/6LS68go...

CONvergence 2025: Live Dungeons and Dragons RPG! YouTube video by CVG-TV CONvergence Television

And of course on our other channel, if you go through the Live tab, you can find great things like the Live D&D game, with @csecooney.bsky.social @chriswarcraft.bsky.social @missshannan.bsky.social @cmfvoices.bsky.social @kbdekker.bsky.social #CVG2025 www.youtube.com/live/w1lcnL9...

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Games as a Teaching Tool, with Guest of Honor Jules Porter [CONvergence 2025]

Here's Games as Teaching Tools, with Jules Porter! #CVG2025 youtu.be/PJnDAEM-VVk

YouTube video by CONvergenceTube (CVG Tube) Dragon Age: Veilguard Fan Panel, with Guest of Honor Tanya DePass [CONvergence 2025]

Here's the Dragon Age: Veilguard fan panel with @cypheroftyr.bsky.social ! youtu.be/KOalejT3X_M #CVG2025

We're starting to get some panels on YouTube! How about a thread? #CVG2025

Jules Porter, a Black woman with short hair, in a gold and black Afrofuturistic costume. She has gold rings around her neck and a giant gold triangle image on her chest. There's also a spiderweb sort of piece on her head, and goggles around her neck

Jules Porter, a Black woman with short hair, in the same Afrofuturistic costume from the previous picture, with a lot of gold accents, but the goggles are on her eyes now. They're blue-green and the lenses seem faceted.

Oh!! I forgot to post these absolutely amazing pictures of our GOH Jules Porter in her Afro-futuristic outfit!! If you're ever a GOH at @convergencecon.bsky.social, you don't need to be professional! Wear what you want, and we encourage outfits like this! #CVG2025

A huge thank you to all of fabulous volunteers that make @convergencecon.bsky.social happen, but special love goes out to our amazing liaisons who made sure our Guests of Honor were fed, watered, & made it to everywhere they needed to be! #CVG2025

The screen on Mainstage at CONvergence at the end of Closing Ceremonies. On a black and purple circuit board background, it says: Hyatt Regency Minneapolis CONvergence 2026: The Geek in the Machine A celebration of robots, cyborgs, and androids

Thank you!! That's a wrap on #CVG2025! We'll continue posting, obviously, but not at this volume, until #CVG2026 — The Geek in the Machine. Our first Guest of Honor is Christine Galey, also known as R2D2!! www.imdb.com/name/nm13567...

Prof Brown accepting their award in front off an image of them, holding up two fingers in a peace sign.

Tanya DePass in an action shot in front of their image. They have the award in their hand, showing it off.

Guests of Honor accepting their awards, part 2 @wertle.bsky.social @cypheroftyr.bsky.social #CVG2025

Chris Kluwe on a stage with his image behind him. He's holding a crystal teardrop shaped award

C.S.E. Cooney, one leg kicked up, holding her award. On the screen behind her is her image again.

Jules Porter, holding her award in one hand as she does the Wakanda salute. Her image is also behind her.

Our Guests accepting their awards! @chriswarcraft.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social Jules Porter #CVG2025

Stage with CONvergence logo and the words closing ceremony

Closing Ceremonies time! @convergencecon.bsky.social #CVG2025

Five people at a table in a panel room--Chris Kluwe, Prof Brown, Tanya Brody, Jules Porter, and Tanya DePass, from left to right.

Apparently @chriswarcraft.bsky.social already has everyone laughing #CVG2025 (Chris, @wertle.bsky.social, moderator Tanya Brody, Jules Porter, and @cypheroftyr.bsky.social)

Just about to start!! #CVG2025

Green background, CVG GOH logo in purple and green and computer board pattern, CONvergence logo at the bottom in purple, and in white text, Guest of Honor Panel Best Intentions: Unexpected Triumphs and Cautionary Tales with Tanya DePass, Jules Porter, Prof Brown, and Chris Kluwe

Almost your last opportunity to see the Guests of Honor, and it's four of them at once!! Join @cypheroftyr.bsky.social, Jules Porter, @wertle.bsky.social, and @chriswarcraft.bsky.social in talking about the twists and turns of their careers in Greenway FGH at 2pm! #CVG2025

Green background, CVG GOH logo in purple and green and computer board pattern, CONvergence logo at the bottom in purple, and in white text, Guest of Honor Panel Brainhacks and Burnout: an Author's Musing on the Writing Craft with CSE Cooney

This panel also just started!! Join @csecooney.bsky.social in Lakeshore A!! #CVG2025

Green background, CVG GOH logo in purple and green and computer board pattern, CONvergence logo at the bottom in purple, and in white text, Guest of Honor Panel Fighting Censorship in Fandom Spaces with Jules Porter

Jules Porter on the panel, sitting at a table.

"Fighting Censorship in Fandom Spaces is going on right now! It just started at 12:30. Come join Jules Porter in Greenway BCDE! #CVG2025

Green background, CVG GOH logo in purple and green and computer board pattern, CONvergence logo at the bottom in purple, and in white text, Guest of Honor Panel How to Have a Hobby Without Turning It Into a Hustle with Prof Brown

Let's discuss the value in engaging in creative projects without the end goal of turning them into a money-making enterprise, whether it be a full-time career or a side-hustle. Come see @wertle.bsky.social in Greenway FGH at 11am! #CVG2025 convergence2025.sched.com/event/22GBF/...

They're... Badging.
#CVG2025

Jules Porter in red blazer next to CONvergence banner discussing his he future of the world

Jules Porter at @convergencecon.bsky.social's panel "Where Are We Going?" discussing the future of the world as we know it #CVG2025

Also Jules has freebies!! #CVG2025