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The Nest @thenest.media The Nest is a worker-owned video game studio committed to crafting human-made experiences that are artistically and interactively innovative, as well as politically and socially conscious.
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Joseph Humfrey @joe.inkle.co Co-founder of @inkle.co, narrative game studio.
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Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games gamedev and former ssbm green dk
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Samara-Jade — Her Bloody Creature Out Now! @jadedsynic.itch.io Narrative Design/QA for games, Gothic/Urban/ParaRom (🌶️🥵) fiction. She/Her. 🖤💛❤️ 🩵🤍🩷 Creds: Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, Hard Wired Island, Victoria 3, Thousand Hells, et al. https://linktr.ee/jadedsynic.contact
Bri 💀 Williams @dazzlingcadaver.bsky.social Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment | Your Queer Goth Mom™ | She/Her or They | I write, I doodle, I'm glad you're here | Thoughts are my own | https://briwilliams.co/
Jon, from Videogames @desplesda.net words in trees, cats in phones, doctorate in jerks online; 🧶 @YarnSpinner.dev, 😿 Night in the Woods, 🚀 I Feel Fine, 🎨 Leonardo, 💼 @SecretLab.games.
Books Schwartz 📚 @sunshineduk.bsky.social Sr Narrative Designer at Microfun ✨ Prev: Drydock, Sony Santa Monica, Possibility Space, Molasses Flood/CDPR, Ubisoft, Lifeline, Wayfinder ✨ larprunner, YA writer, ADHD, queer as heck ✨ they/them
Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social freelance game writer/narrative designer (OnlyCans, Endoparasitic/Endoparasitic 2, Star Trucker, Borderlands 4, a bunch of other stuff) open to new work!! ✨ #1 Ratatouille Fan ✨ she/her
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Sabrina Mah @sabrina-rose.bsky.social Gaming Program Consultant at GLAAD. Prev. on Apex Legends, Gears of War.
Brie 🔜 SLICE @briechindeyerle.bsky.social Game dev, Chrono Trigger enthusiast, theatre kid
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Previously: Gameplay Engineering Manager @ Riot Games R&D; Halo Infinite Multiplayer Bots Lead @ 343 Industries
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Samantha Béart is cooking… @samanthabeart.bsky.social BAFTA nomined actor | Karlach in BG3 | Darth Nul in Star Wars: The Old Republic | Keleti in Marathon | One in Fading Echo | Cider in Absolum | Thomasina in Hob's Barrow | Host of It Takes a Village on YouTube 🇮🇪 🇯🇲 they/she
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Mike Futter | The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham @ PAX West @futterish.fsquared.biz Dir of Ops and Publishing, Causeway Studios. Producer, Strange Scaffold. Founder of F-Squared LLC, consultant, co-host of @VirtualEconCast.com. Author, The GameDev Business & Budgeting Handbooks
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Calliope Ryder > GAMESCOM @callioperyder.bsky.social Made that hobbit game.
Gamedev, Producer, Artist, PR
On some neat lists (hi ma!)
Now: game analytics platform director @ GYLD. Resident cozy-game-expert @ Dragon Snacks.
Prev: Lead Producer on Tales of the Shire @ Wētā Workshop, Gamerunner @Starcolt
oh no it's mayura @missmayura.bsky.social narrative writer + editor ✨ currently narrative editor @ League of Legends ✨ prev Riot Forge (The Mageseeker, Bandle Tale) ✨ biracial South Asian-American, she/her ✨opinions my own, but you may have them free of charge ✨ mayurawrites.com
AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social TV Writer - Person of Interest, Law & Order, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, etc. Proud WGA Member. Pro-Democracy. Anti-Evil.
♢ Fen ♢ @fensartden.bsky.social ✧ Art Director & 3D Generalist ✧
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The Red Terra @theredterra.bsky.social Micah War Dog. Woke socialist, Merciless Indian Savage (Mvskoke), writer/director. You know my work from television, film, videogames, graphic novels, & online political agitprop.
GameMaker @gamemaker.io Make Games Faster!
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Jeff Hamilton @jeffhamilton.bsky.social Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf President and owner of Giant Bomb
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter and proud union member at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Amity G. @amityblamity.bsky.social "Evil trans woman (lovingly)" - @doctorvenkman.com
Video game writer and narrative designer. Funny girl. Written for GG Tribune, Anime Herald, Palette Swap, and Hard Drive.
https://amitywritesgames.neocities.org/
https://cartridgepress.wordpress.com/
Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social Former game journalist, current game podcaster. Also a very good marketer, but that’s not for games. I watch a lot of TV. Fix your hearts or die.
She/her
Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social Currently: CCO Yellow Brick Games, working on Eternal Strands (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/Eternal_Strands/ ). Formerly: Lead Writer for Jade Empire; Creative Director for Dragon Age. Always: dog lover.
GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social The world's leading games industry website. Got something to tell us? Email news@gamesindustry.biz
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Lindsay 🔜 Edmonton Expo @neomeruru.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Senior writer @ Riyo Games on Threads of Time. BAFTA-losing writer of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Eisner-nominated creator of Motherlover. None gender, all beef. No TERFS, no AI/NFT/crypto.
https://lindsayishihiro.notion.site
Thinky Games @thinkygames.com Discover games you'll love to solve. 🧩 🔎 🗺️
We share new puzzly, problem-solving games.
https://thinkygames.com/
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev Video game writer and and narrative designer.
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Char @alphachar.bsky.social making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com
United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA.
JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
Manda Farough | The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham @ PAX Rising! @amandafarough.ca Dir. of Production, Causeway. Executive Producer & Writer (Truck-kun, TMNT: Tactical Takedown), Strange Scaffold. Principal narrative (Terrible Lizards, GNAW). Award-nominated Multiclasser. @virtualeconcast.com cohost. Queer mama. amandafarough.ca 🇨🇦
The Game Awards @thegameawards.com Celebrating the best in video game games and revealing what’s next. Official verified account.
Tyler J. Hutchison 🔜 GDC @awfultyler.bsky.social Narrative Director at Heart Machine Games
Writer - Possessor(s), Solar Ash
Director - Dream Daddy
Sometimes hanging out at Glitch City L.A.
I used to make comics…
Kelly Tran @kellymtran.bsky.social Senior Systems Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Formerly Believer, Mobile Game Doctor, Evolved Play.
Designer, writer, Ph.D. and former Assistant Professor of Game Design.
Rolling Hills 🍣 | Fetch my Blade 🐕 🗡️
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandma’s Boy
Patrick Kemp @patkemp.bsky.social Father. Game designer at Spry Fox (Netflix Games). Weekend side project noodler. He/him. https://patkemp.itch.io/ 🥑🍣🍜🥟🍛🌯
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
jason grinblat @jfg.land creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social Doing a year for space contempt.
Qualifications: Vanderbilt J.D.
Official Capacity: Just Some Guy
Admissions: only when in a contemplative mood.
NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Inspiring challenges for storytellers. Next up is the Rhyming Story Challenge on September 15th at https://nycmidnight.com/rhyme.
Cristina Amaya @silcris.bsky.social Gaming and stuff
kuraine @lena.fyi creator of music & games
"verified" lena raine (that @kuraine)
see what i've done at: http://radicaldream.land
stay tuned for "ANOTHEREAL" coming 202X
Darrin Loeliger @darrin.bsky.team Designer @bsky.app ✏️ aka Mr. Numa🔥
Product, XR, Motion, 3D
Appreciator of beautiful things
Quest complete: My friend Grace makes the prefect salad.
darrinloeliger.com
Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social World Design Director on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at Naughty Dog fae Dundee, Scotland.
linktr.ee/michaelbarclay
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social The name says it all really 
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social Technical system designer, proc gen ranger/druid, Roguelike Celebration MC, kaiju groupie (she/her)
phubans @phubans.bsky.social Indie Game Developer, Lover of Cult Films and Vintage Anime
https://madhouse.game/
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Natalie Checo @heartimecia.bsky.social yennefer + judy alvarez + caleb propaganda machine | writing, community, socials in games | game design consultant | GLAAD QED '26 | GDoC scholar '24 | future class ‘20 | she/her
Polaris Game Design @polarisgamedesign.com Solving the toughest problems in game design. Mostly a yearly weekend retreat for professional game designers. https://polarisgamedesign.com/
Jana Reinhardt🧹⚔️Mops & Mobs @ratqueen.bsky.social Game dev at RAT KING working on MOPS & MOBS // Blender, Godot & Unity / 🎶 Game Sountrack Show "Hey Listen" on Radio Corax // ✒️⚔️ Pen & Paper Enthusiast // Tea connoisseur 🍵
Gregory Louden @gregorylouden.bsky.social Creative Director @Housemarque & @ConvictGames. Art Life 🖼 Projects: #SAROS #Returnal, #BurnGame, STONE, CTRL, QB & more.
garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social boy from maryland, making art, games, apps and creative ephemera, big-time dad, in carrboro nc
starfriends is out now!
https://starfriends.online/
MOSS studio is coming this fall to iPhone + iPad
https://moss.town
co-founder, @brainfruit.bsky.social
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Keano Raubun @keano.bsky.social 🇳🇱✨️Creative Director & Founder @veelpoot.com. Currently working on [REDACTED]. Senior Game & Narrative Designer. Marvel's Avengers, [NDA], Lordbound. Prev: Nixxes Software
✨ Legacy of Orsinium is OUT NOW: www.veelpoot.com/skyrim
Kenneth Mayer @kcmayeriii.bsky.social Game Developer, Storyteller, Definitely Not a Muppet. He/Him
Paul ✍🏻 Dean @paullicino.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer/games designer in Vancouver, BC - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, Maia etc. Did acres of crit/journalism. NDP volunteer.
He/him.🏳️🌈🍉I don't regularly check notifs, email in Linktree!
linktr.ee/paullicino
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social Senior Writer/Narrative Designer/Consultant for Games | Horizon Forbidden West | Destiny 1/2 | IRON MAN VR | Atomic Heart | Guild Wars 2 | Forza 7 | Fable 2 | Lily's Garden. Husband, Marathoner, Cat Wrangler, BAFTA/SWFA member. johnryanwrites.com
J. Isaac Gadient (they/them) @jisaacgadient.bsky.social Game Writer–Narrative Designer 📗📕📘
README: http://jisaacgadient.com
🌐 🔗 https://linktr.ee/jisaacgadient
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.