Yi-Ling Liu @yilingliu95.bsky.social writer & editor covering China | journalist-in-residence
@tarbellcenter | writing a book on the Chinese Internet for
@AAKnopf
https://www.yi-lingliu.com/
Lockwood Immersive @lockwoodimmersive.com Immersive adventures in Toronto and beyond. Our new escape room, SHADES OF GREY, is available now.
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
@katrinewind.bsky.social @katrinewind.bsky.social 
susie @susepicious.bsky.social producer and social media menace for Bad Magpie with @milktooth.bsky.social 🦷 creative producer, curator, facilitator, performance artist 🤠 1/5 director of biome collective ✨
linktr.ee/susepicious
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetière @agaitcheson.bsky.social 🎭 Let's get creative together, on a stage!
✨ Drag clown and videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive artmaking + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
Buddy Toledo @jessefuchs.bsky.social the biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface
Tom Black @tomblack.uk We are all in the gutter, but some of us are screaming directly into the gutter
he/him
C̵̡̡͇͍̦͕͓̮͉͆̿̿̾͌̐a̸̡̨̟͖̱̮͖̤͎͕̫̼̲̟͐̓̔̈́͐̃̇̏̚͠͝m̴̡̙͉͖̙̹̭̯̘̟͙̟̣͙̮̺̳̗̱̐̑̔͋̌̒̈́͒̿̄̉̋̃̔̑̊͐̇̑̓̕͠͠͝ͅê̷͇̽̈́̿̉͋́̂̑̋̈́̏̈̋̃͂̃͒̀̔͌̓͋͘ơ̶̢̺̪͆̋́̈́̓͆͒͗̒͂͑͌̀̀́̏̚͝ͅ ̶̨̺̹̲̘͍͖͔̣̐̔́͐̆̈́̈̐̀̽͂Ẃ̸̨̛̆̐̇̈́́́͑̽̎̀̏̏̇͋̋̑͂̕̚͝o̷̥̲̝͚̪̹̻̣̝͌͐̐̇͌̆̀̂̈́̐̂̌̈́́͆͠͝͝ǫ̴̧̡̡̛̘̘̣͇̻̮̩̙͕̦̠̩̻͓̞̖͓̟̱̓͗̐̽͌̿̍̇͋͗́̑̔̀̊̈́̒͊͠͠͠ͅd̷̨̜͚̳̠͓̖̰͔̳͎̙̩̟̪͚̜͗́͌̔̎͊͛͛̌̑̉̾̇̑̽̀̾̌̄̐͑͋͆͜͝͝͝ @cameowood.com Work: @CharmingStranger.com
Buy: https://PointReyesMyriorama.com
Watch: https://RealArtists.Film
BBC In Our Time - Coffee or Tea? @bbc-beverage.bsky.social A feed dedicated to answering the question: Did the guests (and host Melvyn Bragg) on BBC In Our Time request coffee or tea from producer Simon Tillotson?
Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
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
Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social Game designer, gaming entrepreneur, game programmer, and games scholar.
(Photo: www.henrysoderlund.com)
Jini Maxwell @astroblob.bsky.social Curator of videogames for work and queer films for fun | they/them 
Tassos Stevens @tassosstevens.bsky.social Playmaking to spark change, formerly representing Coney
ARGNet @argn.bsky.social ARGN.com - covering alternate reality games, immersive theater, escape rooms LARPs, and more.
Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social Putting the Rowan in Rowan, Rook and Decard since 2017. Green Party in Sheffield. They/them.
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
Louise Richardson @lourichardson.bsky.social Audiobook girlie. CR: Bewilderment by Richard Powers 📖 CL: Reynard the Fox by Anne Louise Avery 🎧
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
📕https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
📘https://mybook.to/taminggaming
🎯http://www.ludocene.com
🔎http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
Seb Chan @sebchan.bsky.social Museums|music|media|monsters|mayhem - https://linktr.ee/sebchan
Jen Tan @djientan.bsky.social Director | Nadia & Jody in Zombies, Run! | Geek | I like food and kicking things.
nolen @itseieio.bsky.social the internet can still be fun!
https://onemillioncheckboxes.com • http://eieio.games • https://everyuuid.com • https://onemillionchessboards.com
Aleena Chia @aleenachia.bsky.social 谢能安 Lecturer in Game Studies & Media Studies at Goldsmiths UoL. Research on videogame production and digital wellness: how media technologies automate work, optimise life, and shape inequalities. http://www.aleenachia.org
Kol Ford @kolford.bsky.social Beltane born word wrangler & trouble maker. Creative type at Omen Star.
[ttrpg, larp, immersive events, nerdy shit, rave, alt, goth, lgbtqa+, boardgames and videogames]
[He/Him]
🌹💀🌹
Marie Foulston @tigershungry.co.uk Creative director and playful curator.
Studio lead at Good Afternoon
https://linktr.ee/tigershungry
(a brummie, not an aussie)
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Brian Baglow @brianbaglow.bsky.social Games generalist. Scottish specialist. Writing the First National strategy for games.
@alphabird18.bsky.social @alphabird18.bsky.social 
Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social Championing stories and storytellers.
This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368)
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social Egyptologist by training. Principal Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean at National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh. Researching inequality in ancient Egypt and histories of excavation/collecting/museums. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/eloquentpeasant
Zombies, Run! @zombiesrunofficial.bsky.social Run in the real world, become a hero in another. Zombies, Run! is the ultimate immersive fitness experience. Available on iPhone and Android.
Alex @x13n.com 
Adam Knight @addyknight.bsky.social Optimistic humanist, socialist and tech geek. Freelance videographer 🎥 and LGBTQ+ campaigner 🏳️🌈. https://www.knightlight.video
Juhana Pettersson @juhanaonparas.bsky.social Writer, roleplaying game and larp designer. Former Lead Developer for World of Darkness releases at Renegade Game Studio, now off to new, as of yet unannounced projects.
www.juhanapettersson.com
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social Senior reviewer and author of the Optimizer newsletter for The Verge. I write about wearables, health tech, the wellness wild west, and other gadgets. Previously: Gizmodo, PCMag, Yomiuri Shimbun.
Signal: @vicmsong.14
Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
Blank Check with Griffin & David @blankcheck.bsky.social Sometimes those checks clear, and sometimes they bounce, baby! Your favorite movie podcast's favorite movie podcast, hosted by Griffin Newman and David Sims.
melos han-tani (Danchi Days out Oct 29!!) @hantani.bsky.social Hello I am making music/games like anodyne, angeline era and @danchidays.bsky.social
email analgesicproductions at gmail
blog: https://buttondown.com/melodicambient/
They/them
thisisstar @thisisstar.bsky.social thisisstar.com // A tornado disguised as a girl. // Art & Creative Direction. UI/UX. Illustration. Animation. 3D. Game trailers. // Aconite & Goodbyeworld & Inkle. // HoloVista, Slime in the Ice Machine, The Forever Labyrinth, and more!
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
mattbrown @mattnworb.bsky.social 
bijan @bijan.bsky.social
writer. music critic @thenation.com, playing characters on @funcityventures.bsky.social, making @dearannagame.bsky.social | prev. @compulsiongames.bsky.social @valvesoftware.com
got writing work? inquire within:
bijanstephen.blog/about
Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social game-designer / performer / creative technician. Agender (they/he/she). Sometime organiser of community funding dinners
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net 🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com Founder of @NoProscenium.com: The Guide to Everything Immersive & co-founder of @immersiveexperience.org
Ex-public media. Current CalArts faculty.
Mapper of the Immersive Cosmos.
BlueskyUser #499 (Post count includes Twitter imports.)
Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social CNET - future tech, VR/AR, wearables, games, immersive, existential dread/whimsy. Looking in weeds for little frogs. The Intertwixt is my free newsletter about strange overlaps https://intertwixt.beehiiv.com
Todd Martens @toddmartens.bsky.social Columnist for LA Times | I cover video games, immersive entertainment & theme parks. | I take a lot bad pics of Disneyland | I also like cats | Todd.martens@latimes.com
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. I develop & write tv and videogames, and direct and cast voice actors for various different places. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
@cameo.bsky.social @cameo.bsky.social - G @guyp.bsky.social @guyp.bsky.social
Jey Biddulph @jeyb.bsky.social Immersive, games and narrative are some words I like. 
Elan Lee @elanlee.bsky.social It’s not rocket surgery
Www.elanlee.com/links
Roo Reynolds @rooreynolds.bsky.social Quite tall. Social justice worrier.
Rachel Clarke @rachelclarke.bsky.social My ongoing challenge is to walk up big hills. Random thoughts. Old school, the banality of life. occasional breakfast tweets. rachelc at flickr blog.bibrik.com Works in British baseball/softball
Phil Gyford @phil.gyford.com More active on Mastodon. Can't read DMs on here, but you can email me at phil@gyford.com
At https://www.gyford.com
In Herefordshire, UK.
Also runs @samuelpepys.bsky.social and @ooh.directory- M Marc McGinley @marcmcg.bsky.social Game Director @Animoca Brands. Formerly Quantic Dream, Ubisoft
- N Nicholas Fortugno @nickfortugno.bsky.social Director of Digital Game Development Program at City College of NY, playmatician, interactive narrative critic at large
Doctoe @doctoe.bsky.social CEO of the BPI. Former CEO of Ukie. Scottish. 
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social Artist, author of New Dark Age (2018) and Ways of Being (2022). Free Palestine, Protect Trans Kids, for ever and ever. https://mastodon.social/@jamesbridle / jamesbridle.com
Tom Chatfield @tomchatfield.bsky.social Tech philosopher, author, dad. Critical thinking, AI ethics, future skills. Latest book: Wise Animals (Picador) https://tinyurl.com/WiseAnimals Views mine
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
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly
info: http://hollygramazio.net
ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/
pic: Diana Patient
Sara Thacher @thacher.bsky.social Experience Designer, Social Practitioner, Imagineer, Explainer of Jokes, Adventurer, erstwhile Jejune Institute Co-creator, and former Vacation Surrogate
John Siracusa @siracusa.social Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: about.danhon.com
work: verylittlegravitas.com/
show: verylittlegravitas.com/how-people-work/live
newsletter: thingsthatcaughtmyattention.com
i made: donotreply.cards
DM or Signal danhon.1701
Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social Stares at numbers at Simon and Schuster, runs ARGN.com - more ARGs, escape rooms, immersive theater, and puzzle stuff than you probably want to hear
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
https://charliehallwriter.com/
Dan Franklin @therealdanfranklin.bsky.social The Franklin of Country duo Franklin Wall.
Musician, Actor, Songwriter, Producer.
maxi boch @maxiboch.bsky.social 
Vinay Patel @vinaypatel.bsky.social Writes scripts, feeds cats, tries to not fuck up that thing you love | Murdered By My Father, Doctor Who, One Day | Associate Playwright, Royal Court Theatre
Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social features editor at the verge. author of ‘new waves’ and ‘mỹ documents’ https://knguyen.org
Giles Thompson @gilesthompson.co.nz 
Sisi Wei @sisiwei.bsky.social Chief impact officer at @themarkup.org and @calmatters.org- S @squidmania.bsky.social @squidmania.bsky.social
Sue Gyford @suegyford.bsky.social Escaped hack. Now of Edinburgh, previously of Essex, Estonia & Falkland Islands.
Henry Cooke @prehensile.bsky.social Creative technlologist, producer, researcher. Occasional artist and artistic collaborator. Tinkerer. Part-time futurist. Kindness enthusiast. Not a kiwi journalist, sorry.
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social Latin America correspondent for the @guardian based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 via London 🇬🇧, Beijing 🇨🇳 and Mexico City 🇲🇽 Say hello: tom.phillips@theguardian.com
demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon.bsky.social no thanks
Stephanie Liu @stephliu.bsky.social 
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Helen Zaltzman @helenzaltzman.bsky.social Podcaster from The Allusionist, Answer Me This and Veronica Mars Investigations. Pronouns she/they (TBH I think 'they' should be the default and we opt in to gendered pronouns/gender). linktr.ee/helenzaltzman
Playdate @play.date A brand new handheld video game system from Panic.
➡️ Available at https://play.date
💬 Need help? Go to https://help.play.date
Laura Hudson @laurahudson.bsky.social I write comics and video games and stuff. Sometimes journo/editor, formerly @ Wired, The Verge, Offworld, ComicsAlliance; @laura_hudson on bird. Chaotic good, optimistic cynic, total champ.
Here to eat trash and be free
Ranjani @tharkuri.bsky.social Writer prone to typos
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
📍Portland, OR
Michael Tsai @mjtsai.bsky.social Mac Software Developer at @ccommand.bsky.social building @dropdmg.bsky.social, @eaglefiler.bsky.social, @spamsieve.bsky.social, and @toothfairymac.bsky.social.
https://mastodon.social/@mjtsai
https://mjtsai.com/blog
Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com 🙋 Co-founder of @icopartners.com | @crowdfunding-agency.com | @mightymerch.store
👾Supporting self-publishing game companies (Strategy | Marketing | PR)
🙆♂️Crowdfunding specialist (Kickstarter Community Advisory Council member)
Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social Art Director making games ✦ Making Bad Magpie ✦ Art for The Mermaid Mask ✦ BAFTA Breakthrough ✦ She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/Catherineunger
Elle Osili-Wood @elleosiliwood.bsky.social TV presenter talking film, arts, & games. Named a BAFTA Breakthrough in TV, called “one of the most influential women in games” by Google. Rep: ITG
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Lizzy @lizzycampbell.bsky.social Professional book nerd working in publishing. Fangirl. Northerner. Singer. Cyclist. Occasional Elizabeth. Never Liz. She/her. 🏳️🌈 💜🖤🩶