Kyle McLain @farmboyinjapan.bsky.social Tokyo based menswear and gaming enthusiast.
New York Games Week @nygamesweek.bsky.social New York's week for games. Developers, studios, students, and industry pros; all in one city, all week long.
October 4–11, 2026 🍎
leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social video games & music writing in 48 hills, the singles jukebox, stop caring, superjump
music making at humblepopstar.bandcamp.com
i'm just chilling in the panopticon
Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social ✨ i’m like if tifa lockhart loved carbs
☕️ features editor @gamespot.com
🌙 into grand stories, rpgs, mtg, anime, coffee & esoterica
🔮 as seen at giant bomb, kinda funny, game informer, the av club, collider, uproxx & uppercut
aqualounge.tv @aqualounge.tv video games for the post-gaming age. a games+music+art streaming block bringing vibe-driven games curation to twitch and youtube.
http://linktr.ee/aqualounge.tv (discord, youtube, calendar updates and more)
admin: @maxkriegervg.bsky.social
Set Margins’ Publications (Freek Lomme) @freeklomme.bsky.social As a support structure, a platform for production, a network and publisher, Set Margins’ frames current impulses with particular focus for communication, forms of cooperation, and involved politics.
setmargins.press
Julie Bjørnskov - working on Escape the Baby Alarm @juliebjornskov.bsky.social Indie Game Developer - Artist
Steam - Escape the Baby Alarm
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3723710/Escape_the_Baby_Alarm/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&utm_source=steamwidget
W. David Marx @wdavidmarx.bsky.social Author of Blank Space, Ametora, and Status and Culture. Newsletter at http://culture.ghost.io. Tokyo, Japan.
KMO! @ offszn @kmchro.bsky.social at least three dunkin donuts cups in my car at any given time // kmchro everywhere // old // kmodraws@gmail
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
@dhnow.bsky.social @dhnow.bsky.social 
Onion Games @oniongames.bsky.social We are an indie dev from Tokyo! We've made games like moon, Chulip, Little King's Story, Rule of Rose, Million Onion Hotel, Black Bird, Dandy Dungeon, Mon Amour, and have just released Stray Children, our brand new RPG!
https://oniongames.jp
PopMatters @popmatters.com Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999. Independent and women-owned.
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有限会社エムツー M2 Co., Ltd. @mtwo-game.bsky.social Welcome to the Official Bluesky of M2 Co., Ltd.
ゲーム制作会社エムツーの公式アカウントです！
〽️ax krieger enters phase 2 @maxkriegervg.bsky.social Max! He/him. Game dev. Loves design, culture, cooking. Aromantic/enm. Games: CROSSNIQ+, Among Us VR. Runs @aqualounge.tv. Next: more games!
Javier Alemán 🇮🇨🇵🇸 @javieraleman.bsky.social коммунист
Chris Tapsell @christapsell.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Eurogamer. He/him.
For tips & confidential chat: Signal - @EGChris.99
Tokyo Game Life @tokyogamelife.bsky.social Tokyo based video game podcast focusing on Nintendo and gaming culture in Japan’s capital. Available on your favorite podcast app!
https://tokyogamelife.com
Giuseppe Navarria @techdesign.rocks Tired of the AAA industry. Started a new london-based indie studio @weareunderdog.bsky.social
| prev. Splash Damage / Gears Tactics, Gears of War franchise. Passionate retrogamer. He\Him.
Amanda Hudgins @barelyconcealed.bsky.social Columnist at Unwinnable / alt ctrl developer/ very tired 
Jenny | Kimchica 🌻🔜 PAX West & Twitchcon @kimchica.bsky.social 🩷💙💜 Currently @ Wholesome Games, Soft Not Weak 🌱 Check out my game discussion club, @geeksandgrounds.bsky.social! Part of @theindiecouncil.com 🎮 loves to talk indie games, journaling, and dance.
💌 Personal Biz: jenny@kimchica.com
🫶🏼 She/her
Adlan Ramly アドラン @adlanar.bsky.social Eternal Outsider
Creative Director of Dark Science & UX/UI Technical Designer | AAA, Indie, R&D projects | UX Researcher, Hobbyist Artist, Gamedev in 東京-🇮🇩🇺🇸🇯🇵🌏
NO GEN-Al TRAINING 🚫
Web: https://adlanramly.com
WISHLIST: http://bit.ly/projectanomaly
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
tante @tante.cc De-Evangelist, writer and speaker. Communist. Feminist. Antifascist. Luddite. He/him. Email: tante@tante.cc | Masto: @tante@tldr.nettime.org
(Don't always see DMs cause my client can't show them since they are proprietary extensions of the protocol)
Yiyi @yiyiwzhang.bsky.social Community & PR, Heart Machine | Vice President, Arcade Commons | Director, Gumbo Collective | Founder, Women in Games NYC | Graphic Designer, Qweerty Gamers | Immigration Attorney 
M. Paul @mpaulweeks.com Creator of Scramble Heart City. Co-creator of Tough Love Arena. Indie game dev, FGC, and teaching in NYC.
Chris Kindred @chriskindred.com Narrative Designer, Educator, Illustrator, DJ, Something or Other
chris@chriskindred.com
Noa Beazley @noabeazley.bsky.social Composer: Re:Awaken, Phosfi, Protodroid DeLTA, A Token War | Professor of Game Scoring at Berklee College of Music | Boston Game Dev board of directors
noabeazley.com/portfolio
Beau @bo-po.bsky.social 🎮 Indie game fan
💜 Streamer of indies at Twitch.tv/Bo__Po
🤹🏻♂️ Juggler
🎙️ Previous: co-host of @UnderplayedPod.bsky.social
Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info Visit mta.info for service information.
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Turbo @makegamesfast.bsky.social Next-gen 2D game engine built for making games fast 🎮🚀 - Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/makegamesfast
Vivarium by Studio Meadowflower @vivarium-game.bsky.social Studio Meadowflower is making Vivarium — a cel-anime game set inside a mysterious terrarium!
Wishlist:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4735760/Vivarium/
Brin @beingbrin.bsky.social they/them
game designer of ONE BTN BOSSSS, gardener, occasional teacher at ALUO, anarchist, sellout
brin.neocities.org
Y/CJ/Y @ycjygames.bsky.social I IF II I T I I ( xxxx ) II Y I FI T II
#seasalt #postvoid #taaotlh
#KeepDriving
https://linktr.ee/ycjygames
Cave Hikers @cavehikers.bsky.social An underground puzzle-adventure video game with silly characters and many caves to explore.
jie en lee @frogfungus.bsky.social 
Mortis Ghost @mortisghost.bsky.social Comics and video games creator. I hate rich people.
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Designer of Root, Oath, Arcs, and lots of historical games. Focuses on strategy games with strong emergent narratives and responsive systems. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Tom Caswell @tomcaswell.games “And other person who will be fired and sent to the front lines as fodder for world war 3”
Video @gamespot.com
James Batchelor @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social Comms Manager at @digitalbandidos.bsky.social. Runs Non-Violent Game of the Day (@nvgotd.bsky.social). Former journalist
Author (The Best Non-Violent Video Games, Wandless, Blow The House Down) www.jamesbatchelor.me
Father. Gamer. Soundtrack Nerd
Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com "Bad games" apologists / enthusiasts. Not necessarily always talking about bad video games!
badgamehalloffame.com
twitch.tv/badgamehalloffame
youtube.com/@badgamehalloffame
James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social Reviews Editor & Features: @ThisWeekInVideoGames.com
Personal Blog: https://jameswould.pika.page/
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/omgmorejames
He/him 🏳️🌈
Lewis Packwood @lewispackwood.bsky.social Features Editor for GamesIndustry.biz. Author of Curious Video Game Machines and The Art of Still Wakes the Deep. Previously freelancer for The Guardian, Edge, Retro Gamer, etc. Portfolio: https://lewispackwood.com
uvula @uvula.jp to a T https://store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/to_a_T/
left-turn depression indicator @phantomcobra.bsky.social writer and critic (Paste+Endless Mode, Vague Visages, Blood Knife, People’s World, Baseball Prospectus, Dangerous to Go Alone, Movie Jawn, The Imaginary Engine Review); a better world is possible (socialist). he/him pcvulpes.wordpress.com
Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social Head of Student Programs, @scholarslab. DH, pedagogy, videogames. Co-VP @ach.bsky.social.
_Embedded Pedagogies: Digital Humanities Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change_ is out and OA! https://buff.ly/kQau5oV
More info at walshbr.com.
Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social “Hey man I noticed you picked yoshi. Do you mind letting me have him or else.” -@pjayevans
https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/
sharon zhang @sharonzhang.bsky.social union chair and newswriter on international affairs, climate, labor, politics, etc @truthout.bsky.social
Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social (he/him) Designer, amateur toy art critic, goofball. Columnist and Exploits Games Editor at Unwinnable.
BLM + ACAB
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RobsteinOne
UW Stuff: https://unwinnable.com/author/rob-rich/
SCMS Critical Media Pedagogies SIG @scmspedagogy.bsky.social Official page for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group
Nostalgium Arcanum @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social We’re a podcast that looks back at the movies, tv, music, games and phenomena that our guests are still obsessed with decades later.
https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/
Deleted Saves @deletedsavesmag.bsky.social A quarterly publication for critical analysis of video games and their place in culture.
https://www.deletedsaves.com/
Contact us at deletedsaves at gmail dot com
pfp by toddrichter.photo
The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social 📖🎙️📺 New writing and conversations on capitalism, nature and the climate 🌎 Hosted by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
linktr.ee/breakdownradio
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Mer @drowwpoison.bsky.social (she/her) I write about art and games 👾 nyc 👾
words at GameObserver, Unwinnable, IMPULSE, Art Spiel, Critic's Chronicle, and more
https://mariamora.cargo.site/
Micaela “grossly unremarkable balls” Deitz @dykedeitz.bsky.social “A girl from New Jersey, where they were not what you might call beautiful but were magnificent.” - John Saward on James Gandolfini but if it was about me :)
Trans Critic & Editor & Essayist & Author & Poet
✍️ @ Stop Caring, Polygon, Paste, Uppercut, etc
Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left.
Subscribe today!
jewishcurrents.org/subscribe
Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social finance, energy, climate, geopolitics, industrial policy
@thepolycrisis.bsky.social
in Australia -> DMs hard to retrieve, best to email
The Maybe @themaybe.org The Maybe is a media studio, collective, and consultancy challenging the power and politics of tech.
Home to the Computer Says Maybe podcast.
J.M. Henson @jhensliterature.bsky.social Indie Author... Burgeoning Video Essayist. Proud member of the Friendslop 24.
Semi-frequent contributor for Unwinnable.com
ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social The independent critical voice in contemporary art since 1949.
Sign up to our newsletter: https://artreview.com/newsletters/
Shop: https://shop.artreview.com
Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social Research: Japanese Role-Playing Games and Otaku Culture
Blog: https://ogrerun.com/
Support: https://www.patreon.com/OgreRun
Contact: OgreRun@protonmail.com
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
AUTOMATON WEST @automatonwest.bsky.social Official AUTOMATON English account. Bringing video game and internet culture-related news from Japan!
Find us at: https://automaton-media.com/en/
Japanese account: @automaton-media.com
AUTOMATON（オートマトン） @automaton-media.com AUTOMATON（オートマトン）は、今話題のニュースやコミュニティ発のトピックを深掘りし、Veracity in Gaming、すなわち「ゲームと誠実に向き合い、正しく伝えること」をコンセプトとするゲーム情報サイトです。
https://automaton-media.com/
AUTOMATON WEST (EN): @automatonwest.bsky.social
Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social An Independent RPG Video Game Podcast
Hosted by Eric Van Allen, Nadia Oxford, and Victor Hunter.
Web: https://bloodgodpod.com.
AD-FREE and bonus episodes at: http://patreon.com/bloodgodpod
Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development.
I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://thepolycrisis.org/
Jennifer Juniper Stratford @telefantasytv.bsky.social Off Hollywood Creative +Video Art Studio broadcasting to the outer limits😵💫🛰️💅
Director, Cinematographer, Co-Creator of Blippo+
📡📺📡📺📡📺📡📺📡📺📡
https://www.telefantasystudios.com
lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz | EIC at startmenu.co.uk | Gay Idiot | (she/they) | Might have seen me on: Giant Bomb, ShackNews, GamerGuides, Restart, Waypoint, Fanbyte, PLAY Magazine, TheGamer, and PushSquare | Signal Username: BasicalliLexi.57
tate maigret @strida.bsky.social editor at bullet points. horror writer in MEGADAMAGE, the new lesbian pulp, BOMB. live at the death factory. worked on roman sands & paratopic overdub w arbitrary metric.
writing:
astridannerose.gumroad.com/
astridannerose.itch.io/
Ache @acheunderscore.bsky.social She/her - gamedev - youtubeuse askip. Était AcheUnderscore_ sur l'autre réseau.
La chaine : YouTube.com/@AcheUnderscore
Tous les autres liens : acheunderscore.carrd.co/
Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone visual designer, music composer
he/him — Seattle, WA
prev:
senior brand designer @ epic
visual designer @ bungie
works:
elmore.design
satellitesound.net
shows:
youtube.com/@mythicresonance
@silentdiscographer.com | @extendti.me | @caneandrinse.com
zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social At @picopicocafe.bsky.social Making fantasy consoles and trying to make my way back to userland. #pico8 #voxatron #picotron
🦣 mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social Queer neurodivergent dweeb. That super textured voice on Pixel Spectrum and Castle Bravo. Trying my best, despite all odds. Links: https://linktr.ee/derbycityderek
Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social - Activist, artist, gamer ♡
- please support my survival at
patreon.com/leftistgamermemes
- item shop: leftistgamermemes.square.site
- streams: twitch.tv/leftistgamermemes
Victor Moisan @victormoisan.bsky.social Writer (English) | Forestrike @forestrike.bsky.social @devolverdigital.com
Articles | Le Monde @pixelsfr.bsky.social
Books | L'Histoire de FromSoftware | Zelda : Le Jardin et le Monde | La Saga Yakuza
Podcast | Ori·ori @origami.ng
Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social writer & editor, open for work! kmnelsonmail (at) gmail (dot) com // managing editor, @deletedsavesmag.bsky.social and @startmenu.bsky.social // editor/QA, Interstate 35, @radiantarray.bsky.social // she/they
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Eteo Games @eteogames.bsky.social • Independent game studio, creating worlds of mystery and mischief
• Read Eteo Archetypes: https://www.eteogames.com/
Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social Vagabond game maker. TIGSource, Gametrekking, Loneliness, Game Poems, etc. https://jordanmagnuson.itch.io/
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
C4AC - a cube charity event @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com A recurring event based in Brooklyn, New York at Brooklyn Game Night for those interested in Magic: The Gathering.
We run Cube For A Cause - a twice a year for charity cube event.
Started by @scottmirts
http://upkeepnewyork.com
Lotus Bloom @lotusbloomnyc.bsky.social We are a New York City-based community dedicated to uplifting and supporting Magic: The Gathering-playing LGBTQ+ people!
Selkie Harbour @selkieharbour.com Tandem indie studio crafting off-beat games with a deeply personal artistic approach.
🟥 Virtue and a Sledgehammer - Coming 2026
🌠 Many Nights a Whisper
👨💻 @llikdowk.selkieharbour.com
👩🎨 @sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com
🦭 selkieharbour.com
Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com cryptid • writer • legendary archivist • universal constant • edge case • cyber artisan
let's be fans of each other
https://im.giovanh.com
KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com Worker-run game studio. Young Suns 🪐, Goodbye Volcano High 🦕, Ridiculous Fishing EX 🎣, Winding Worlds 🐛, GNOG 🤖
linktr.ee/koopmode
Elena C. Alonso @pieldelibelula.bsky.social 🌀 Escribo siempre, y a veces en Revista LOOP, Anait Games, Terebi Magazine y EFE Cultura.
@melindacooper.bsky.social @melindacooper.bsky.social 
The Dig @thedigradio.bsky.social Daniel Denvir’s Jacobin podcast on politics, history, and economics everywhere.
Host: @danieldenvir.bsky.social
Producer: @alexjrlewis.bsky.social
Listen at http://thedigradio.com
Give $$ http://patreon.com/user?u=4839800
Hyper Games | Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth OUT NOW @hypergames.no Indie game studio behind Moomintroll, Snufkin, Mørkredd, Eggggg ++
moomintroll.game/ | Moomintroll Bugs and Support: https://www.moomintroll.game/support
𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄 @funland.itch.io now you're playing with power / http://patreon.com/funlandmag / https://linktr.ee/funlandmag
This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com No ads. No AI. Just videogame coverage that matters.
Fully independent, commercial free, and reader-funded.
https://thisweekinvideogames.com/
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Dragon Quest FM @dragonquest.fm We are a weekly Dragon Quest podcast, where we talk about all things DQ and our love for RPGs. Check out Dragonquest.fm or Patreon.com/DragonQuestFM for more!