Adam @torontocaper.itch.io Developing game developer.
Play my games: https://torontocaper.itch.io
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.
Ludolio - The platform helping libraries lend games @ludolio.com 🚀 Games belong in libraries.
🎮 We support digital game lending for university and school libraries.
📚 Supporting teaching, research & student engagement through play
✨ Building the future of game access
👋 account run by @marcuscarter.com
Paolino Caputo @magnolienne.bsky.social Your new fav fag.
Professional dilettante
Art — RPGs — Design — Sex
magnolienne.carrd.co
Raluca Fratiloiu @raluca.bsky.social College Prof. || Media Studies teacher || Experimental game designer
Lauren Taylor @laurenmt1.bsky.social Co-Founder of Snappy Gurus.
Supporting entry level talent moving into games and relevent roles!
My email: lauren@snappygurus.com
MrAlexBethke @mralexbethke.bsky.social I make games for fun. I make games for profit. I've made 130+ games over the last 20 years. When I'm not making games I'm living that sweet parent life.
Javier Ponce @rolfo012345.bsky.social 
Reginald T. Gardner, back in NYC @higheredgaming.bsky.social Independent academic in and around Game Studies, digital culture & media. Researcher, educator, and player writing about games, communities, and the cultures we build around play.
Now Playing: ZZZ, NTE, Big Walk, Tokon, Palworld, Forza6 & Valheim
Jennifer Gable @jennifergable.bsky.social 🌎🏟️🎪🎫Touring Headliner Viral🦠Comedian, Lol0nKillTony,Funny0r😵,Special ‘6 DRINK MINIMUM’ 300K+ Views on YouTube!🤣🫳🎤JenniferGableOfficial.com PHILLY 10/29! FL 4 Shows! Denver 5 Shows! 🎟️🎫& Subscribe: https://bnds.us/4otirb 2nd📺🃏🍿⛲️
J. Isaac Gadient (they/them) @jisaacgadient.bsky.social Game Writer–Narrative Designer 📚🎮✍🏻
PORTFOLIO: http://jisaacgadient.com
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/jisaacgadient
GAMERella @gamerella.bsky.social GAMERella is the world’s longest running annual game jam and workshop series focusing on supporting marginalized game creators and aspiring game makers.
https://linktr.ee/GAMERella
Corey Wesley @coreyforyourloss.bsky.social 
Dyllistan @dyllistan.bsky.social Ruffling some feathers
Aromantic
Filmmaker & Video Essayist
friendOWO🏳️⚧️ || GET ME SPIDERS OF PICTURE MAN @friend0w0.bsky.social Trans Enby
Comedian, Conversationalist, and Youtuber (soon)
Comic, Former Wrassler, Currently probably dating your dad.
Non-Binary Broque Bitch
Minors will be blocked
KOFI https://ko-fi.com/friend0w0 🙏💕🏳️⚧️💸 Any Tips appreciated- T @travis-finley.bsky.social @travis-finley.bsky.social
Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com Founder + EIC: non-trivial.games
YouTube: TheCrossoverAppeal.
thecrossoverappeal.com for recs + essays
Games writing, music writing. Formerly games studies.
Bylines: Pixelbyte Gaming, JetsonPlaysGames, Exploits, Uppercut, Barely Textual.
🏳️🌈🇲🇽
Keyang Zheng @albsun.bsky.social VAP for Data Science @ Gettysburg College | PhD | HCI | I love playing games and studying how people play games. | SciFi Fan
Klara Sterczewska @klarast.bsky.social PhD in game studies, main interest: games and memory cultures. script writer for the game Mr. Prepper. formerly known as @frenolestes (and that one other thing). from Poland, living in Leipzig. always antifascist.
she/her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Maxwell Foxman @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media and Game Studies
Co-author of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism
🧵: sushilovinfun
🐘: maxwellfoxman@mastodon.social
🐦: maxwellfoxman
Krista Elliott @kristaelliott.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Not famous, just opinionated. Serial dabbler in hobbies and music genres. Will eat all your potato chips. Carried a Nobel Peace Prize medallion in my purse for a month. Writes about quantum. Personal account, not at ALL representative of my employer.
David Waddington @waddington.bsky.social Professor of Education, Concordia University
New book: The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games (McGill-Queens University Press)
Ryan Richard Overbey @overbey.bsky.social Buddhology, &c.
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social ✨🎮Helping indie games find their players! 🎮✨
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
📅 Let's chat:
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📍NSFW 🌈 MYOB 🏳️🌈 IMRU12? @mattachineman.bsky.social Love=Love He/him U=U 📍69
Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social Lived many lives: Video Game Director. Game Play Designer. Art Director. Concept Artist. Comic Artist/Writer. Illustrator. Script Writer. Bum.
‘An engaging lad’ : The Dark Side Magazine. 💀
@lindalv01.bsky.social @lindalv01.bsky.social 
Enric Granzotto Llagostera @marxistpokemon.bsky.social [he/il/ele] 👁️ Educator, researcher and game maker. 🎮🔨 PhD on alternative controllers, experimental and critical games. 🌐 https://enric.llagostera.com.br
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
Alexander Ross @alexross73.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UBC's School of Information. Media theory, political economy, and digital platforms. Mi'kmaw (Millbrook First Nation). Opinions are my own.
Researcher & Kindle Writer @diagarchbooks.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHY17TQL
Dornath. @dornath.bsky.social No.
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
https://charliehallwriter.com/
Charles Meyer @metaperi.bsky.social MCF en Nouvelles Écritures Audiovisuelles - Université Côte d'Azur
Membre du LIRCES (UPR 3159) et Membre Associé de MARGE (EA3712)
Président de l'Observatoire des Mondes Numériques en Sciences Humaines (OMNSH)
Docteur en Art & Sciences de l'Art - Arts PhD
Matt @millertone.bsky.social Game Audio Sound Designer | Composer
Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
ROCKY LASTER🌱🦍 @rockylaster.bsky.social Feral Alaskan Hoosier. 17% Sasquatch DNA. High Priestess of the Leguminati 🫘. Allegedly Afraid of🐀 Mice. Watermelon Enthusiast 🍉. Awesome Dad🎖. Adoring Husband. Impossibly Humble. Susceptible to Flattery, 🥑's, and Wizardry. Balding Vegan Earthling 🌎
Gabrielle Huston @talktogabrielle.bsky.social CBC Journalist 🍁 Ottawa/Sudbury
She/They 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇿🇦🏳️🌈
gabrielle.huston@cbc.ca
📚 Journalism & Humanities at @carleton.ca Alumna
Katara Kamen @katarakamen.bsky.social Best-selling #author passionate about #fairytale retellings! Check out the Twisted Fairytales Collection! B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/KuroKoneko%20Kamen Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KataraKamen DMs r off
Kyle 🇨🇦 @planetkyle.bsky.social Educated Canadian egalitarian, environmental steward and activist. Unhesitatingly vulgar without remorse. #FuckinEH #Flames #Resist
Jay @jaydenjamess.bsky.social ATL
Sinéad McDevitt @neadiegirl.bsky.social Freelance journalist, JRPG expert, fully time info-dumper.
You can see my latest work at https://lnk.bio/somcdevitt
Niema Moshiri @niema.net Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego, consulting for PlayStation and Blizzard, Bioinformatician by training, SD-raised. https://niema.net
melian dialogue tree @vogontheater.bsky.social Wordsman, gameswright. || Narrative Designer [Intern] @ Behaviour || Designer of Shadow Doge || Youtube: Vogon Theater || stephenfriedrich.com || He/er/il || Views are yours
One standard Dave @onestandarddave.bsky.social A normal guy.
Samuel Heine @sadmediahistorian.bsky.social Canadian researcher and lecturer in media and game history or spaces.
I tend to write about representations, histories, identities, politics, video games and role-playing games.
There will be typos.
Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social Poet and #SSHRC Postdoc at @uw-english.bsky.social exploring women's writing and publishing technologies (feminist media & lit studies, STS, DH). Interested in social media, public policy, and tech that benefits the world.
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I make games. I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social I am a helpful honking goose that loves game studies. I'll help you appreciate game studies through many memes of varying quality.
JR McCormick @oldcinnamon.bsky.social Director at Felbryn Studios 🗡️
Showrunner at The Bad Articles 🗞️
Eejit with Belly Belly Improv 🎭
🪑 Improviser
🎙️ Voice Actor
🥬 Foley Artist
✍️ Silly Writer
🎹 Composer
🎲 TTRPG Player
(he/him)
No DMs
contact: JR@felbrynstudios.com
🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🇮🇪🏳️🌈
Very Ok Vinyl @veryokvinyl.com Niche Music Label (VGM + vtubers + other)
Canadian eh 🍁🍁
what are we calling bluesky posts
Samuel Pizelo @spizelo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Game Studies at ICCIT, U Toronto Mississauga. Researches games, systems, AI/ML, and digital media. www.samuelpizelo.com
Brendan Allen @brendanallen.bsky.social poet / little gamemaker / doctoral student
"bibliomancer" when wearing my gamer pants
https://bibliomancer.itch.io/
https://brendan-allen.com/- M Michael Nixon @mnixon.bsky.social Associate Professor, teaching stream
university of Toronto Mississauga
Digital media & game studies
Callum Laing @callumlaing.bsky.social I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Let's get more entrepreneurs and builders on bsky!
Author of 4 best selling business books
Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Poet, Mother, Southerner
📜Archives, Material Media Studies, American Poetry, Artists’ Books
🎓MA, MLS, MAE, MFA, ABD PhD (C&IS)
👩🏼🏫Teach: Typography, Games, Poetry, Gender Studies
🌐 https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
🤐Posts don’t reflect my institutions
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
KittyByte Games🏳️⚧️ @kittybytegames.bsky.social Kittybyte is a indie game development studio.
Kittybyte Games Community Discord Link
https://discord.gg/rPTecnkYXQ
Patreon Link
patreon.com/KittyByteGames
Veblen Director Programme @veblendirectors.bsky.social Helping ambitious people get their first board seats. Regardless of your background.
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
Phil Russell @3dsisqo.bsky.social Black writer. Currently @ Sonos. Prev: Narrative on Thirsty Suitors. Host of Origin Story podcast. Writing all over the internet. www.philrussell.me
Greg @gregorylepers.bsky.social Hi! I'm Greg, an #IndieGame enthusiast, dad of 2, even #IndieDev sometimes! 🎮😎
My itch https://los-geekos-studio.itch.io/
My YT https://www.youtube.com/@LosGeekosStudio
Nat (she/they) 🤧 after gamescom @murderveggie.bsky.social 🎮 Community Builder | now @byterockers.games, prev. Godot Engine
🎬 Content Creator? twitch.tv/murderveggie
🏳️🌈 Obnoxiously queer
🥨 Munich, Germany
🔗 bio.link/murderveggie
💌 murderveggie@gmail.com
⚠️ personal account, views are my own
Alonso Rosado @alonso-r.bsky.social I like painting pixels on screens and seeing them move. C++ programmer by choice although I can’t shake off the feeling it’s Stockholm syndrome. Casual Zig enjoyer. Senior Programmer @ IOI. My opinions are my own.
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
@veronicajan.bsky.social @veronicajan.bsky.social 
Will🇨🇦🍁 @barbsbilly.bsky.social Nasty Canadian, Nurse, Cyclist, Human rights, climate change, Ukraine, BLM, First Nation respect, Never Conservative, Antifa, 2 cats. Sardonist at heart.
Adam @mrfaceplant.bsky.social Yes, it’s me Adam.
I make games and teach game design.
Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.social Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social Official account for the Queerness and Games Conference #QGCon established in 2013. QGCon is a registered nonprofit based in Montreal, Canada.
Stay tuned for news on presenting at or attending the next QGCon!
https://www.qgcon.org/
RupertDEV @coryrupert.bsky.social Indie Game Designer making the Horror Game Anthology Series B10CK
https://strangepixelstudio.itch.io/b10ck
Live Operations Specialist working on Marvel Contest of Champions
(My views are my own and don't reflect Kabam)
A!Kat ai @a-katai.com We make custom AI Assistants/Companions/Instructors/etc with heart! 🩷
https://a-katai.com
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Woman-owned ♀️ LGBTQ+-owned 🏳️🌈
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
@seanpurdy0.bsky.social @seanpurdy0.bsky.social 
@bigtopchronicles.bsky.social @bigtopchronicles.bsky.social The Big Top Chronicles documents the Circus! 🎪
I am a resister account on Bluesky!
#resist 🌊
Daviau @daviau.dev 
Simon "Darkside" Jackson @simondarksidej.bsky.social Indie community developer for the new world order. Best selling author, Windows MVP & Xbox Game Dev ambassador UK and Master Chief of @Zenith_Moon studios.
Board member of the MonoGame Foundation building.
🇨🇦 CCUTTRPG @ccuttrpg.ca Our Mission: Amplify each other's voices through collaboration, resource sharing, and promotion.
Notre Mission: Amplifier les voix des uns et des autres par la collaboration, le partage de ressources et la promotion.
www.ccuttrpg.ca
macabrett @macabrett.com Game developer, writer, and musician working on Macabre2D, Cosmic Jam, Comet Overdrive, and all sorts of other stuff. I don't use AI.
Anytime I'm wrong, it's actually parody and you're wrong for pointing it out.
https://www.macabrett.com/
he/him