Prabhav Bhatnagar @probob.bsky.social Game Dev, Game Researcher @aalto.fi, sometimes make music.
Making ✨Aether-07 ✨- demo available now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4715830/Aether07_Demo/
Personal Site: https://prabhav2b.github.io
Find my games here: https://prabby-patty.itch.io
@edmundm.bsky.social @edmundm.bsky.social 
Conrad Roset @conradroset.bsky.social Artist / NEVA & GRIS Creative Director.
Cofounder of Nomada Studio
Emma Westecott @emmawestecott.bsky.social 
Heikka Valja @heikka.bsky.social Dad, Kendo, Cycling, Sking, Game art teacher, Gamer
Hanna Wirman @hwirman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Games and Play Design, Center for Digital Play &
Head of Study Programme of MSc in Games, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Chris O'Shea @chrisoshea.org Indie making games for the whole family to play together as Cowly Owl. @chrisoshea on Twitter
www.chrisoshea.org
Ville Autio @masterchoomba.bsky.social Old | Game dev teacher | Developer | BJJ | Motocross | Kids 
Lauri Järvilehto @laurijarvilehto.bsky.social AI | Thinking | Philosophy | Music
Shinji R. Yamane @shinjiyamane.bsky.social Game Jammer．Assoc.Professor at Yasuda Women's University in Hiroshima-city since April 2025.
IGDA Japan, HEVGA member. 近刊『ビデオゲームの心理学』『ゲーム障害再考』．ゲーム企業から資金援助は頂いてません
Toikka @tomitoikka.com Running @catland.games. Former CEO, Founder & Creative Director @ Makea Games - developer of Supermoves https://s.team/a/1959580/.
Now cooking the next big thing - don't worry about it.
Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social Senior Software Engineer, Developer Relations at Epic Games.
Former Lead Programmer on #Returnal for #PS5 @Housemarque.
https://ari.games for my presentations!
Vesa Raudasoja @vemara.bsky.social 
Jussi Kemppainen @jkemppainen.com VFX Lead Max Payne remake @ Remedy & indie solodev, founder Rovio animation studio
Games | animations
Juha Vainio @yuuhaw.bsky.social Executive Producer of CONTROL Resonant, Head of the CONTROL Franchise at Remedy Entertainment
BAFTA member
Games, Taekwon-Do, Bass, Movies, TV, Music
www.yuuhaw.com
Petri Alanko @peppepappa.bsky.social Composer (Control Resonant, Alan Wake 2, Control, Crossfire X, Quantum Break, Alan Wake 1, some pop and dance music too - among other things). Neon2. Classical Trancelations, "Lowland". Audio Branding / Sonic Identity.
info @ petrialanko . net
Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com Creating extraordinary worlds and inviting you down the rabbit hole. Making games since 1995. #CONTROLResonant coming September 24th 2026. Pre-order now! Header by @valentinapaz.com
Now working on Control RESONANT and Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake.
Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social Writer. Director. BAFTA nominated actor.
Max Payne. Alan Wake. Quantum Break. Control.
Molly Maloney @llyann.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer at Remedy. Formerly of Bad Robot, Telltale. I draw pictures sometimes.
Brooke Maggs @brookemaggs.bsky.social Principle Narrative Designer at Remedy | Fiction Writer | Cool, but goes to bed early | She/her www.brookemaggs.com
Petri Järvilehto @pjarvilehto.bsky.social Likes making games.
Led, directed and created variety of acclaimed and best selling hit titles and IP such as Max Payne, variety of Angry Birds titles and Best Fiends. Board member @ Sustainable Games Alliance. 
Antti Tiihonen @anttitiihonen.bsky.social Wishlist or playtest Reconfigure: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/Reconfigure/
Co-founder Almost Human (Legend of Grimrock) & I run Hapatus Ltd for my own games + freelancing (Noita, Control, Druidstone). Game design, gfx, synths
Denis Zlobin @dzlo.bsky.social Audio Director at Ubisoft RedLynx. A curious idiot. Opinions are my own.
I sometimes write about functional sound design in games: https://deniszlobin.medium.com/
Iiro Peltonen @iiropeltonen.bsky.social #GameDev Masters Student | Film & Video Professional | Angry Left-Wing liberal | Beer enthusiast.
Game Developer with a over decade of film & television work-experience. Open to collab & freelance!
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Marcus Carter @marcuscarter.com Professor in HCI @ USYD, CEO @ Ludolio. Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social (he/him) #gamestudies, media, and culture researcher, Prof. of Game Design at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. Books http://bit.ly/3MWJ5vM and https://bit.ly/4yA52aj. Website: http://sebastianmoering.com.
Dr. Travis Faas @meanderingleaf.bsky.social Game dev professor @ Ball State University | IGDA Indianapolis chair | opinions my own | and so on.
Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social Game designer, gaming entrepreneur, game programmer, and games scholar.
(Photo: www.henrysoderlund.com)
Lina Eklund @linaeklund.bsky.social Still new and confused.
John Healy @johnnyjohns.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game design at TU Dublin | Occasional game designer | Mainly a dad.
Haron Walliander @haronwalliander.bsky.social PhD student studying Finnishness in digital games and side hustling graphics designer. Games and nerds ftw! And peace on Earth. That too.
Torill @torillelvira.bsky.social Researcher, teacher, gamer, knitter, grandmother.
Juho Karvinen @sthjs.bsky.social PhD researcher in sociology interested in sustainability and technology. Also a pirate, activist, programmer, book hoarder, gamer. Tampere. Mastodon: @sthjs@mastodontti.fi
Antti Seppänen @mielipuolijumala.bsky.social Narrative designer, storyteller and an avid game narrative researcher.
Company of Crime, Great Houses of Calderia, Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura | Finnish society for game research @pelitutkimus.fi The Finnish society for game research. Posts FIN/ENG.
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on monitieteinen pelitutkimusta edistävä yhdistys. Tältä tililtä jaamme ajankohtaista tietoa pelitutkimukseen ja pelikulttuureihin liittyen.
www.pelitutkimus.fi
Lankoski @lankoski.bsky.social Professor, D.Arts. Game researcher.
Jon Back @jonbck.bsky.social Maker of games, toys and playful interaction artifacts. Design oriented researcher with a focus on public and outdoor play.
Also kind of active on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/jonbck
Lauri Leskinen @laurileskinen.bsky.social Comms professional, likes music.
Jere Majava @jeremajava.bsky.social Pretentious procrastinator. Recovering sarcasticist. Enstranged sociologist. Craft beer communist. Borderline Buddhist. Edutech mutant.
Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social game & narrative designer, maker, writer. 1/3 of @softchaos.bsky.social. 🌈36. Queer, trans, Mi'kmaw & Eurosettler mix. Organizer of @qgcon.bsky.social & other queer COVID-cautious events.
they/them
https://softchaos.games
https://faenotype.design
Sami Marsch @samimarsu.bsky.social Finnish game art director, otaku, lover of big robots and a D&D addict.
Tuomas Tonteri @tontsa.bsky.social Pleikkari-fanipoika Jumalan tahdosta (huolimatta). KonsoliFIN-ylläpitäjä. Entinen MoonTV:n peliohjelmajuontaja. Ohjelmistotestaaja. Keravalainen perheenisä.
Dr Daisy Abbott @daisyabbott.bsky.social Playful & Game-based learning specialist. Interdisciplinary researcher. Serious games for research skills and researcher development. SFHEA, CeLP, PhD.
Büşra EREN KARALAR @berenkaralar.bsky.social Game Studies ~ Media Design (proficiency in arts student) ~ Currently studying narratives on VR and learning Unreal Engine 💃~~°
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social #academicsky HCI: boardgames & hybrids, interaction, evaluation, distanced play. Play. IGA Jury. OMG. Spiel. Shoes. Handbags. Random rants. This is all me, not work official. Dr. She. 
Riikka Aurava @riikkaaurava.bsky.social Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
Olli Oikarinen @ollioikarinen.bsky.social ollioikarinen.carrd.co
Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Books:
1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)💫
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius)
https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
zoewi @zoewi.bsky.social Zo-ii | Playful Arts & Playful Culture
✨Playful Arts Curation
🦩Program Curator A MAZE. / Berlin
🦄Curator Sickhouse / The Overkill
🫶Co-founder Playful Arts Festival
https://zo-ii.com
Wanda O Rly @wandaorly.bsky.social Co-founder & COO at Psyon Games | Chairperson at Game Business Cooperative Expa | Educator | Performer | Boot queen | Genderfluid | She/he/they
Here to participate in the digital society.
https://linktr.ee/wandaorly
Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social Reader, writer, translator, professional nerd, game scholar, larper, feminist.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade, Stalker RPG, Astraterra, Chernobyl Mon Amour
Photo by Chiara Cappiello.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Josh Call @joshcall.bsky.social English Prof. @GrandViewUniv Researching games, writing, and rhetoric. There will be food. Sweary Prof. He/Him. Lawful Good. Views are my own.
@iekman.bsky.social @iekman.bsky.social 
Perttu Hämäläinen @perttu-h.bsky.social Researching and building games/VR/XR/HCI/AI. Assoc. Prof. @AaltoUniversity. Advisor @valomotion, @HypeHypeInc. Student of human movement (dance,🧗♂️,🤸♂️,🥋…)
Suhaib Rehman Khan @zer0chi.bsky.social Professional Game Dev • Game Dev Consultant • Lecturer • Avid RPer • Fighting Games • Variety Streamer • Co-Creator of Rundown Universe
taina myöhänen @tainam.bsky.social Researching diversity in the game industry for work and learning traditional renovation techniques for fun. Chopping wood when thinking is too much.
Work:
https://projects.tuni.fi/pegasus-fi/
https://coe-gamecult.org/
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social Play scholar, among other things
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
Hartmut Koenitz @hkoenitz.bsky.social Scholar, designer, artist. Working on interactive digital narrative and how to understand our complex world. Professor and student in the subject of life
President of ARDIN.
book: Understanding
Interactive Digital Narrative (2023): https://amzn.to/3OUEj32
Casey O'Donnell [he/him] @caseyod.bsky.social (Anthropologist/Researcher of)Game Developer(s)
Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Nia 'Wormella' Wearn @wormella.bsky.social Game Dev Producer @ Dambuster Studios, post academic, "Project Nerd", collector of books, Zombie wrangler, drinker of wine - happy to be here.
https://linktr.ee/wormella
Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social Historian @ ESHCC | History & Games | Public History | Memory | Digital Humanities | Historical Theory | Finalist Young Historian of the Year 2019 | 🇧🇪 in 🇳🇱 | He/him | Opinions are my own
Check out my dissertation: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/134918
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com 📚Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at University College Dublin.
🕹️Studying videogame history and creative industry labour.
Chride Lassheikki ✨ @classheikki.bsky.social Sr. Narrative & Game Designer @NitroGames. ✨ Probably a bard 🎹 Game jam, karaoke & waffle enthusiast 🧇 Aalto uni alumni ✨🌈🎮 they/she ✨ Opinions my own
Jepu Ahlapuro @jepu.bsky.social Comms & media relations in tech & games. Painting, occult & weird shit. Punk, metal & parenting. She/her 𖤐
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
William Huber @whuber.bsky.social Associate professor of game studies @ Falmouth University. Californian living in the UK. The dude abides.
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
Kelly Boudreau @velixious.bsky.social professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
GamerAnthro @gameranthro.bsky.social Anthropology PhD, game scholar, designer, gamer - since my work is play, I play by fixing and restoring old stuff. 
valerie @vfo.northsky.social Academic librarian @CUNY ~ Web Services + Media Literacy | AuDHD | In my Molly Grue era | GLAMS feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rea3amxwqfkfzhilivubtrib/feed/aaabfz334lr66
Mika Lammi @mikalammi.bsky.social Jeesus sentään näitä itsensäkuvailulaatikoita. 
Ciro Durán 🎏 @chiguire.ciroduran.com I play music and I code videogames // Un amor de cosas bellas
📍 Brighton and Hove, UK
🔗 https://www.ciroduran.com/links
🕹️ https://chiguire.itch.io
🐘 http://mastodon.social/@chiguire
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social (♡°◡°) Kindness is free spread that s♡*t like confetti!
Producer • Studio Founder • Bizdev • Accessibility • Award-winning Games Industry Consultant • BAFTA Member • Disabled, Autistic
tarjaporkkakontturi[at]gmail.com
linktr.ee/tarja_pk
Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social 📖Research: planetary boundaries, apples, orchards, sustainable food systems
🌍Interests: European heatwaves, deep ecology, biodiversity loss, GCR and ER, ecological economics
🚶♂️Outside: Scandinavia, archipelagos, glaciers
🍰Food: lussekatter, semla, tosca
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.