Tag Archives: Ellen McLain

Ellen gets nominated for a VGA award, Part 2: On to L.A.!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by john

Off to Los Angeles!  We flew down with Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton and his wife and Josh Weier and his wife, all Valve denizens who were up for awards, too.  Party plane!  Well, not really.  I mean, it was a … Continue reading →

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Ellen gets nominated for a VGA award! Part 1

Posted on December 14, 2011 by john

My beautiful and talented wife, Ellen McLain, was nominated for Best Performance by a Human Female at the Video Game Awards this year for her performance as GLaDOS in Portal 2.  This was fun news to receive.  I mean, how … Continue reading →

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A great day in Gig Harbor

Posted on September 11, 2011 by john

    Ellen (GLaDOS) and I had a wonderful time yesterday at Mostly Books in Gig Harbor, WA. The historic downtown section of Gig Harbor is a beautiful, quiet village on a picturesque inlet filled with sailboats and surrounded by … Continue reading →

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Anime Midwest!

Posted on July 18, 2011 by john

Ellen and I are attending our first FanCon: Anime Midwest, just outside of Chicago.  The fans are really great.  Wonderful costumes and incredible youthful energy.  It just does my heart good to see the computer games we are a part … Continue reading →

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