Nikki 'Gazelle' Crenshaw @gaiazelle.bsky.social [she/they]
Associate Principal User Researcher, Warcraft Franchise
#a11y; PhD; Druid; Social Justice Waluigi
shitposts are my own.
PFP: @flamingomymango.bsky.social
爱兰 [Ela] 🌼 @cafeela.bsky.social UX Designer in video games
speedrunner | card artist | 中文学生
Free 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩🇺🇦
she/her 🌈
Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social Gameplay Engineer and Game Designer. Loves Nintendo, Square-Enix, Sony, Jedi, Muppets, and cooking! Opinions are my own and do not represent my employers!
Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social Helping drive Accessible Design at Dell. Musician and Teaching Artist. Opinions my own. Not a fan of fascism. He/they.
James Kyle @jameskyle.bsky.social Social Action Community Coordinator @RNIB. Abertay University game dev graduate. Loves video games, game accessibility, Marvel comics and learning piano.
John Dickens @johndickens.bsky.social Senior Accessibility and User Researcher at Tencent Games. Trying to make games more accessible for every player. Music, tech, adventure cycling nerd. Views my own, obviously.
IllegallySighted @illegallysighted.bsky.social Hello, my name is Jesse Anderson, a.k.a. IllegallySighted on many areas around the Internet. By day, I am an assistive technology specialist. I am also a technology, game, and XR Accessibility advocate and consultant.
Ryan @lordatrexia.bsky.social 37. Blind 👨🦯 proud leftist 🩵 Married dad of two 🧑🧑🧒🧒 MCFC 💙 Gaming 🎮 K-Pop 💃 Poppy &Babymetal 🤘🔥 He / Him.
Tizona @tizonyan.bsky.social 📚🎮 UX and game accessibility researcher | Passionate about inclusivity and game studies
🌈 and disabled
☕ My life is full of cats, books, tea and Samus Aran
⚔️ Critically acclaimed MMORPG and speedrun enthusiast | Write and talk about games
FR/EN
Cerebral Paul | Lordsofgaming.net @cerebralpaul.bsky.social Accessibility Consultant
Xbox: CerebralPaul921
Xbox Community Champion
http://twitch.tv/cerebralpaul
Lordsofgaming.net
Veronica Ripley 🏳️⚧️ @nikatine.com Queer TTRPG / SFF Author (Issliss)
Founder - Transmission Gaming, Fablescraps
Official Twitch Ambassador
HEMA Rapier
LgbT. Chicana. She/Her
No AI!
https://nikatine.com/blog
Business/Press: nikatine@nani.gg
Project Echo FPS @projectechofps.bsky.social Reviving the greatest era of the FPS Tactical Arena Genre.
Join the community: https://discord.com/invite/jzzaP73zYQ
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@projectechofps?si=MeUd_fs_o0vAnkQL
#fps #gaming #newgame
Alive And Able @aliveandable.com Disabilities and Accessibility Advocacy
Sasha @321sasha.bsky.social
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
K.A. Merrill @kamerrill.bsky.social
Saad Hassan @saadhassan.bsky.social Assistant Professor at @tulaneu.bsky.social. Researches Accessible Computing, HCI, and Computational Social Science. he/him.
Website: saadh.info
Joe McGeoch Osborne @jubjef.bsky.social Game dev and tinkerer farting around at life from Copenhagen. I specialise in game accessibility and diving into hobbies.
Autistic & ADHD, it’s not personal if there aren’t tone tags and I didn’t get it.
Adventure To Fate @adventuretofate.bsky.social The creator of Adventure To Fate. A series of accessible (to the blind and visually impaired) Turn-based RPGs.
Bryanna Lindsey @glittervelocity.bsky.social Lead VFX artist at bad robot games, formerly insomniac, Disney, volition, ZOS, and others. VES member. Game developer, artist, accessibility advocate. I love cool explosions, neat shaders, my husband, my cat and my dog.
Http://bryannalindsey.net
Emma Bedor Hiland, PhD @emmabedorhiland.bsky.social | thinking & writing about tech + health + media | assistant professor at SUNY Oneonta | Therapy Tech (2021) |
Ciara McCarthy @deafciara.bsky.social 19
She/They Profoundly Deaf & Disabled 📧: deafciara04@gmail.com #iwillambassador my views are not reflective of any orgs
Rich Barham @richbarham.bsky.social I love cars, especially Porsche, have worked in Video Games Leadership for over 20 years. Previously Blizzard Entertainment, ZeniMax/Bethesda, Riot Games, Square Enix/IO-Interactive & AntiMatter Games. I also write. Founder of 9 Elevenses
Jennissary @jennissary.bsky.social Producer for Live and Interactive Audio Description at Descriptive Video Works (she/her), veteran, parrot owner, #A11y #DescribeEverything
https://linktr.ee/jennissary
Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social 🎓 HCI Professor, UW CS
🛠️ Director, makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu
♿️ Co-founder, projectsidewalk.org
🤖 Visiting Researcher, Google Research
Erin Buehler @notferris.bsky.social is this where we are now?
Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com Professor of HCII and LTI at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
jeffreybigham.com
Stephen Pfohl @stephenpfohl.bsky.social Research scientist at Google. Previously Stanford Biomedical Informatics. Researching #fairness #equity #robustness #transparency #causality #healthcare
Jared Hwang @jaredhwang.bsky.social PhD Student at UW CSE @makeabilitylab.bsky.social @uwcse.bsky.social
🚃 Working on urban informatics
🔗 https://jared-hwang.github.io
Meryl Alper @merylalper.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
Garreth Tigwell @garrethtigwell.bsky.social Associate Professor in the iSchool at RIT. Research interests cover accessibility, design, HCI, and UX. http://www.garrethtigwell.com
Gaurav Jain @gauravjain13.bsky.social CS PhD Candidate @Columbia / HCI, Accessibility, Computer Vision / Prev. research intern @apple
🏠 http://gaurav1302.github.io/
Dr Anna BD @annafbd.bsky.social Cat obsessed Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media. Researching disability representation, accessibility, inclusive research methods and multimodality.
All views from inside my brain; most should have stayed there.
She/her.
YY Teng @yyteng.com learning, questioning, synthesizing, designing
PhDing@northwesternU, CS@columbia.
used to work in architecture now in exile.
#HCI
www.yyteng.com
Amy Pavel @amypavel.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin CS | Human-AI Interaction, Accessibility, Creativity | https://amypavel.com/
Shaun Kane @shaunkane.bsky.social AI for Accessibility
Jaipreet Virdi @jaivirdi.com Award-winning historian #HistSTM & #DisHist. Author of "Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History" (2020) and "Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain." Associate Professor at University of Victoria. Deaf & forever a radical
Learn more: jaivirdi.com
Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
#DisabilityJustice feed I created:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/feed/aaaba7ikg4sho
More about me
https://linktr.ee/disability_visibility
Morgan Givens 🏳️⚧️ @optimusmo.blacksky.app Husband | Writer | Editor | Gamer | 🎧 Journalist & Producer | 1st novel in progress | Rep’d by CAA | Creator of Flyest Fables | He/They | Words: https://tinyurl.com/cbu93ry3
Laura Levy @BlizzCon! 👾🔬✨ @drlauralevy.bsky.social 🔬 Lead Researcher, Overwatch | Blizzard
🎓 PhD human factors psych
🐝 Previous Amazon Games, Georgia Tech Research Scientist
👾 #GUR #HCI
🤷🏻♀️ John McCain put my first game on his "naughty list"
💬 my own thoughts/opinions
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science, Stanford - HCI & Design, Co-Founder & Co-Director Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social
gurmukh.bsky.social @gurmukh.bsky.social Sofware Engineer / UXE @ Google UK 🌈
Brendan Kearns @brendankearns.bsky.social Products that solve real problems.
Often working on 0→1.
Ex big tech, former studio founder, and now mostly mercenary.R&D
📕‘Everything is a Prototype’ out in May 2025. Pre-order here 👉 https://amzn.eu/d/eA50k9B
The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social Two days of talks and networking exploring accessibility for disabled players, hosted by the IGDA'S accessibility SIG. #GAconf
Bryce Johnson @brycej.bsky.social Designer, Microsoft Windows + Devices. Co-Inventor of the XAC. Spoke at the UN once😏 Toured with Bad Brains once 🤘 Co-Founder Inclusive Tech Lab. He\Him
Bob De Schutter @bobdeschutter.be Professor at Northeastern University • award-winning indie game dev • PhD in game design, aging, motivation & learning • helps game devs to be mindful of older players
Giselle Rosman @jazzrozz.bsky.social She/her
Naarm, Tantalus/Keywords Australia. Game dev mum , mum worried about the death of the planet. I like birds, trees, and kindness. Former GGJ and IGDA Melbourne Lead
Alexandria Neonakis @beavs.bsky.social Concept Artist in Games. Illustrator. Horse Girl. Plays WoW too much.
Looking for freelance work!
Portfolio: https://alexneonakis.com
Socials: https://direct.me/alexneonakis
Emilia Schatz @thegreatbluebit.bsky.social Principal Game Designer at Naughty Dog. Tools dev, Accessibility! Level design hotshot and mom. Mandolinist. she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏻
OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social Accessible Gaming, switch access, accessible gaming history. Bits and bobs.
OneSwitch.org.uk
Chris R. (DeafGamersTV) @deafgamerstv.bsky.social Black Deaf Diabetic Gamer | ASL | Deaf Awareness | Game Accessibility Consultant | FGC ASL Commentator | TGA Future Class 2021 |
Powered by Elgato, LogitechG, Ubisoft & Capcom Creators
🍂 aderyn 🪶 @aderyn.bsky.social [he/him] smol bird. accessibility design lead 4 cool team on big games (ubisoft) • game designer • artist. existentialist. curious. compassion+
welsh. autistic • 🌈
Doug Pennant @ludiotic.bsky.social Senior Producer at Infinity Ward | He/Him | Colour-blind |
Author of "Pocket Mentor for Game Production"
Jamie And Lion (aka, SpacedOutSmiles) @jamieandlion.bsky.social Monotropic semi speaking adult writing about neurodivergent play & adventures. MTB, digital a11y, AAC user, podcast host & lion tamer (he/him)
Carlos Coronado @carlosgamedev.bsky.social GameDev and uni Teacher. Scuba diver. Sailor. Evil Nun TBM Dev. Creator of HORROR TALES, KORAL, INFERNIUM, Annie Amber, MIND: Path to Thalamus and Warcelona.
Steve Saylor @stevesaylor.net BLIND GAMER | Creator/Host | Available for Accessibility Consulting | Twitch Ambassador | #AMDAmbassador | Future Class 2020 | Biz: steve@stevesaylor.net
stevesaylor.net/links
Voiced Gaming @voicedgaming.bsky.social Researcher of gaming via voice commands.
Dual-wields RSI. Other neurological health.
(he/him)
https://www.youtube.com/c/VoicedGaming
Gareth Ford Williams @garethfw.bsky.social Accessibility Old Timer, ex-BBC Head of UX/Accessibility, Web/Mobile/Games/Fonts/Design Systems.
Has #Dyslexia and #ADHD.
Director of Ab11y.com and A11yQuest.com #a11y #UXDesign #accessibility
Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social Blind activist, Mama, accessibility professional and Londoner. Guided by the Diva Retriever. Sharing my blurry world view
ShirAboutThat @shiroby.bsky.social Andrew Bromilow. Disability gaming manager for the charity Everyone Can. Assistive technology Assessor
Charles McGregor @charlesamcgregor.com Founder of Tribe Games and creator of HyperDot
Working on:
Screenbound (@screenbound.bsky.social)
Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! (@strangescaffold.bsky.social)
I also make game dev videos! https://www.youtube.com/@charlesamcgregor
Prof @wertle.bsky.social I've been a Game Designer for 18 years! Also I self-published a fantasy novel, write MHA fanfiction, cosplay, and make bat plushies!
https://wertle.carrd.co/
RossMinor - Game Accessibility @rossminor.bsky.social Multi-award winning #blind #accessibility professional, consultant, and content creator with a passion for gaming and tech! \ rossaminor@gmail.com \ RossMinor.com
Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social Deaf dev who loves coffee 🤗♥️
Accessibility Development Director @ EA
she/they • coda mom • my views ♿️✨
pfp by D.SLOOGS 🥹⚡️
Nate McDorman @natemcd.bsky.social #GameDev programmer, UX and Accessibility advocate, animal enthusiast
Senior Gameplay Engineer @ Blizzard
Former Lightspeed LA & Obsidian
Zoë Curnoe @amazoe.bsky.social exec & leadership coach. founder www.lumina-leadership.com
mngmnt & ops consultant.
x-xbox/riot/ea | x-founder & studio director timbre games.
cats | food | travel | art | science | still fighting the a11y & inclusion fight.
vancouver|canadian.
Anna Waismeyer @risukora.bsky.social (She/Her) Accessibility Research Lead @ Xbox. Neurodivergent and passionate about game inclusion and accessibility
Opinions are my own.
David Tisserand @tisseranddavid.bsky.social Director of #a11y @Ubisoft | Former #GamesUR on
@AssassinsCreed and @PlayStation games & hardware | Trust the process | DMs open | Words are mine | He/Him
Clinton Lexa is looking for work @halfcoordinated.bsky.social Accessibility Design Specialist | Former Ubisoft | retired speedrunner | ADHD and mild hemiparetic cerebral palsy | bi, nonbinary, they/them
Matthew Gallant @gangles.bsky.social Game Director at Naughty Dog • Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet • Worked on The Last of Us Part I & II, Uncharted 4 • Accessibility tinkerer • ⚜️QC🇨🇦CA http://gangles.ca/
Thomas Altenburger @thomas.flying-oak.com Directing stuff at @flying-oak.com (ScourgeBringer,
NeuroVoider...)
Currently working on Knuckle Paradise with @arteinteractive.bsky.social
Wishlist and other links: https://flyingoakgames.carrd.co/
Post in French at times
📌 Presentation pinned
Chris Goodyear @cgoodyear.bsky.social Many Cats person.
@manycatsstudios.bsky.social
Accessibility, solving it for publishers and devs.
Disability Advocate. Deaf/Hard of Hearing. MS person.
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 WIG Journalism Impact + 2024 GAConf Best PR / Comms Winner.
LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com
Stacey Jenkins @hereliesstacey.bsky.social 🎮♿ Senior Accessibility Design Specialist @ Ubisoft • #TGA Future Class '22 • Retired Twitch Partner • Disabled • Queer • Spooky Goblin • they/them
Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org Head of Digital & Adoption - BDO. #EdTech. Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert & Microbit Champion.
Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social Professor at KIT, Germany (http://hci.iar.kit.edu). Research on human-computer interaction, accessibility, VR, and games (preferably Quake 3). ERC StG AccessVR and Real-World Lab Accessibility (http://accessibility.kit.edu). she/her
Noumenie - Busy Bee with AuDHD🧠 @noumenie.bsky.social President of Push Start #GamedevFR cluster
Soon to be PhD "BizDev" student
Works w/ studios, CNRS, Brassart School, Bertie Formation...
#UR #A11Y Consultant
Former Knowledge Manager DON'T NOD
Speaker: CapGame, GaConf, WiGFR...
#Queer #TransIsBeautiful
Ben Bayliss @benbayliss.bsky.social Senior Production Coordinator: Accessibility @ R* | Former EiC | Opinions mine | Deaf 🦻🏻 (he/him)
Nickie Harper-Williams @heytalvi.bsky.social Photographer, music lover, cat lover. Paints landscapes when she has time.
Lifelong Warcraft fan and has big Labrador energy :D
Mainly on Threads - fantasticophotography
Vida Starčević @vidaisonline.bsky.social 🌼 senior community manager @remedygames.com
🌼 time zone hater, horror stan, weeping dipshit
🌼 she/her
Paul Amadeus Lane @paulamadeuslane.bsky.social #A11y Junkie, Storyteller, Amb. @android @QuantumRehab & @AbilitiesExpo & 2x Award winning Gaming #a11y consultant
LittleNavi @littlenavi.bsky.social
Daretti_IRL @darettiirl.bsky.social C6 Quadriplegic | Wheely Chill Guy | Disabled Veteran | Goblinmaxxing | MTG is hand therapy | Girudo Ambassador | #goadvibes #goadvibesonly | mikethequad@gmail.com
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Tabby Rose @tabbyrose.bsky.social UX Director, Mighty Yell Studios. Accessibility Advocate. she/her
#tabbymakesart #tabbyjournals
Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social Gaming Accessibility Person. she/her
Worked on ⚛️ Atomfall, 🔫 Sniper Elite and 🐉 Skye Tales.
Witch who crafts, owns an unhealthy amount of board games and has a black cat called Toothless.
Teal Bald @tealgamemaster.bsky.social Let's Player, Essayist & Voice Actor on YouTube/Twitch. I play A LOT of games, and yet, not enough.
Business enquiries: Tealgamemaster@gmail.com
Melly @mellymaeh.de Ich liebe Geschichten - in Games, #Musicals, #Büchern. Darum setze ich mich für #Inklusion und #Accessibility ein. Botschafterin für das Projekt " #Gaming ohne Grenzen".
Socials & Stuff: links.mellymaeh.de
Pronomen | Pronouns: sie/ihr | she/her
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Kelli Dunlap, PsyD @kellidunlap.bsky.social aka Dr Goose. Clinical psychologist. Game designer. Research Affiliate at AU Game Center. She/her.
Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social Award-winning disability reporter | Words:
CanIPlayThat, Fanbyte, IGN, LauncherWP, WIRED etc. | email: Grantthedisabledgamer@gmail.com (he/him)
Newsletter: https://accessgranted.ghost.io
Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/grant-stoner-1
Riley Cran @rileycran.bsky.social Designer / Developer | I make fonts at Lettermatic | 🔠 He/Him 🔤
Lettermatic.com
JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. 💜
britt dye @britstrike.bsky.social Games accessibility advocate, lifelong learner, and indie dev cheerleader. Games Accessibility Lead at Easy Surf.
Caleb Kraft @calebkraft.bsky.social Illustration, Fiction, 3d modeling. I run www.thecontrollerproject.com, providing 3dprinted parts to help gamers with disabilities.
Spoonie 🔮 @spoonienet.com artist, game dev, writer
audhd queer disabled baddie
they/them · horror · accessibility
involved with: sony, the horror game awards, impact (manycats), ig50, DARK
✉️ li@spoonienet.com
🔗 www.spoonienet.com
📺 youtube.com/@spoonienet
📽️ twitch.tv/spoonienet
It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io Joy finder && software developer.
Accessibility, videogames, webdev, cloud, gardening, birding, gratitude.
he/him 🏳🌈🌎
Working at @Rare.co.uk on @SeaOfThieves.com and beyond~
https://topher.io
Antonio I. Martinez @black1976.bsky.social Disabled Gamer | SMA Type 3 | Accessibility advocate & consultant | Editor-In-Chief and Mobility Editor at GameAccessibilityNexus.com | #Accessibility is a necessity #a11y