“I was a huge fan of video games; I wanted to write something, and I saw the tools at my fingertips to upload a video to my audience, and that's why I'm here today. I think that freedom and the lack of gatekeepers, combined with people's passion, is what really the true spirit of Internet geekdom is about.”

American actress, singer, writer, and web series creator

Felicia Day is an American actress, singer, writer, and web series creator. She is best known for creating and starring in The Guild, the web series that ran from 2007 to 2013 and drew on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and starred in Dragon Age: Redemption in 2011. Day co-founded Geek & Sundry, an online media company, and hosted Critical Role there from 2015 to 2019. She also served on the board of the International Academy of Web Television from December 2009 to August 2012.