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
Greg Sapienza @gsapienza.bsky.social 
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
XFiles1992 @xfiles1992.bsky.social We sell items such as; phone cases, leggings, shirts, pillowcases, customize items, & more.
Our website; www.zazzle.com/store/creationsbythedragon?rf=238740721971040900
What will you buy today?
#CreationsByTheDragon #Zazzle
kristen 𖦹 @lichenlabs.bsky.social 👁 developing 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬, a MY-body-as-horror fps
📟 find my games & discord! ↯
https://linktr.ee/lichenlabsgames
🦠 26 | she/they | mfa @ au game center
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Educating designer & empirical philosopher of things playful & engaging. Professor of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Senior AE, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
Tomasz Z. Majkowski @tzmajkowski.bsky.social Game researcher from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Cath Beaton @profbeaton.bsky.social Remarkably silent, with good cause.
Rocket Lasso @rocketlasso.bsky.social Tools: rocketlasso.gumroad.com
Tutorials: youtube.com/rocketlasso
RocketLasso.com
WandaG @wandavg.bsky.social Game industry veteran turned professor, exploring tech and digital culture while wandering and teaching in Iceland. Cats and code are my companions along with an endless curiosity about how technology is shaping our reality.
Torill @torillelvira.bsky.social Researcher, teacher, gamer, knitter, grandmother.
C.C. Chapman @cc-chapman.bsky.social http://CC-Chapman.com Boston area professor, creator, digital dad. I'm trying to leave it better than I found it. Amazing Things Will Happen, Content Rules, Accident Hash, Managing the Gray, The Advanced Guard & more...
Geoffrey Long, Ph.D. @geoffreylong.bsky.social Storyteller, scholar, consultant. Loving son, husband and father. Kindhearted mischief-maker.
@chrisegert.bsky.social @chrisegert.bsky.social 
Deep Singh Badhesha @deepnotshallow.bsky.social Mostly auto-crossposts from X
Political Strategist✊🏾| Attorney⚖️| Sikh ☬ | Food Enthusiast🍽️| DSA Denver🌹| Chair: Democratic Beard Caucus🧔🏾| Co-host: LeftInTheAtticPod | All views mine
Josh Sheldon (he/him) @jsheldon.bsky.social Father.
Friend.
Educator.
Photographer of flowers.
Lindsay Grace @professorgrace.bsky.social Knight Chair and professor, artist, author, speaker, designer…lover of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Comments are my own, not employers. ProfessorGrace.com
Korrihero @nanohero.bsky.social 32
Male crossdresser and comic writer
Avatar by @pumpkinspike
https://youtube.com/@korrihero?si=8Ueezdd9D51nbPaE
@dgerouvillefarrell.bsky.social @dgerouvillefarrell.bsky.social 
Henrik Warpefelt @warpefelt.com Science mercenary and magical thinking rock enthusiast. I mostly talk about data, AI, and games.
Consulting inquiries: https://www.warpefelt.com/
Phil Lavelle @phillavelle.bsky.social Part-time freelance reporter, Part-time Personal Trainer 💪🏼 Dad (2kids, 1dog). Nice guy. Amazing joke teller.
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
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
@amybpaz.bsky.social @amybpaz.bsky.social 
Ericka Menchen-Trevino @ericka.bric.digital Co-founder and Executive Director @ BRIC (Behavioral Research Innovation Center) https://bric.digital in Chicago - Ph.D. in Media Technology & Society, Northwestern University. I'll be posting about research software, with occasional #fungifriends photos
Sarah Christina Ganzon @otomedoctor.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Simon Fraser University. She/her. Pinay Feminist Game Scholar Jedi
Jonathan M. Hollister @hollisterjm.bsky.social Associate Professor in Library, Archive & Information Studies @ Pusan National University (South Korea) | PhD+MSLIS FSU iSchool; BS Bio Sciences WMU | digital/info literacy, social info theory, QUAL, education, games, XR, graphic novels, music, cats
ALEARaulins @aleadallas.bsky.social Dallas & FMTY Mature Companion 55+ genuinely nice human.
stress management. www.k2studio.com
ph/cam model. www.wiggleworm.com
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
Glenn Platt @glennplatt.bsky.social Co-Founder (LyceumLearning.ai), Professor, Speaker, Futurist, and Advocate. C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Emerging Technology at Miami University. 
Joseph Labrecque @josephlabrecque.com Associate Teaching Professor, University of Colorado Boulder / Adobe Faculty Leader / Adobe Community Expert
Author: LinkedIn Learning / Peachpit / Apress / Packt
https://x.com/JosephLabrecque
Games User Research @gamesur.bsky.social Games User Research (#GamesUR): making video games better by understanding players 🧠 and play 🎮.
A volunteer-run IGDA SIG. Sharing articles, blogs & events!
@whppearls.bsky.social @whppearls.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Newbury @enewb.bsky.social Dogs. Coffee. Games. All views are my own. Engagement=/=endorsement. #seriousgames #esports #edtech #scicomm #womenintech She/her
Robert @robertopia.com Is
College lecturer
Non-rev traveler
Rochester, New Yorker
Colin Doody @iamacolin.bsky.social Technical Director at Camouflaj. Lots of experience with Unity. Formerly Darkwind Media co-founder. RIT alum.
Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. Codirector, Gaming SEL Lab. Play theorist.
NEW from The MIT Press w/ Tracy Fullerton: “The Well-Read Game” a.co/d/6oAphWV
Kelli Dunlap, PsyD @kellidunlap.bsky.social aka Dr Goose. Clinical psychologist. Game designer. Research Affiliate at AU Game Center. She/her.
Berrick Abramson @berrickabramson.bsky.social Facilitator, Negotiator, Strategist & Executive Coach.
President Confluence Policy & Strategy Group.
Skydiver, Adventure Racer & Open H20 Paddler.
Not letting #Crohns slow me.
https://bsky.app/profile/confluencepsg.bsky.social
Stephen T. Slota @steveslota.bsky.social Co-author of The Worldbuilding Workshop: Teaching Critical Thinking and Empathy Through World Modeling, Simulation, and Play
Learning Scientist, EdTech Expert, Instructional Designer, GameDev, Former K12 Teacher
They|Them 🏳️🌈🎮 https://www.steveslota.com/
Danner @dannerclaflin.bsky.social Treat people like people.
Engineer of all sorts - software, mechanical, electrical, automotive, audio, and more.
You might also know me as Boardwalk, DJ DSCVR, or The Team :-)
Bart Simon @bartsimon.bsky.social Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends @totter87.bsky.social Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/
Grace Collins 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @mxcollins.bsky.social TTRPG Author ; Attorney ; Gamer ; Educator
Former Smithsonian | ED44
Founder @snowbrightstudio.bsky.social
#ttrpg #rpg #gbl #tabletop #boardgames
Gooblythe @gooblythe.bsky.social Marketing / Comms in ad tech • Former video game writer • MFA @columbia film • BA @AU_SOC 📺📽✍️🎼⚾️🪡❄️☔️👽☕️ 🐶 • opinions R my own
Cliff Lampe @clifflampe.bsky.social 
Ian Usher @iusher.bsky.social Digital learning, creativity, edtech.
Ex-LA adviser / Learning Pool / Modern Governor / HFL
Helping you do the interesting stuff, sometimes using technology.
Experienced school governor, hybrid-closed looping #T1D, stand-up paddling on the sea near you.
@stevecoallier.bsky.social @stevecoallier.bsky.social 
Alex Dunn @axelofthekey.northsky.social Big dumb nerd baby
(he/him/cis)
I am an adult
https://linktr.ee/axelofthekey
@mitrasevic.bsky.social @mitrasevic.bsky.social 👨👩👦👦🇷🇸🇬🇧⚡🏀🎢
Shane Brennan ⚙️ @sebrennan.com @Turing_Machine on bird site. AI privacy tinkerer. Building fun things with folks smarter than me. Currently in Center City, #Philly. Go 🦅
Marcelo Careaga @marcelocareaga.bsky.social Studio Manager at Ubisoft Halifax. Formerly at Miniclip, Zynga, Tencent. Culture, storytelling, leftist politics, social justice and harm reduction. My opinions are mine. You hear?? MINE!!
He/him
Richard Wetzel @herr-wetzel.bsky.social Associate Professor in Game Design at DePaul University; PhD; Serious Games; AR/VR; HCI; design ideation; he/him. https://hexlab.cdm.depaul.edu/
Josh Wade @joshwade.xyz Working on Coven of the Chicken Foot!
Programmer & Tools Engineer w/ Wildflower Interactive.
Previously at Iron Galaxy and Big Huge Games.
Icon by patreon.com/ICELEVEL
He/Him, 29
https://linktr.ee/heyjoshwade
Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
Jorge Albor @jalbor.bsky.social Sr. Brand Manager @ ArenaNet. EXP Podcast host and former games critic. Maker/Hater/Lover of things. Thoughts are my own. he/him
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Amit Ray @amitorit.bsky.social Associate Professor of English at Rochester Institute of Technology. Currently working on Agnotology and AI.
Michelle @wmichellewho.blacksky.app Pixel thrower, avocado fan, slacker, cis she/her
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social 🎮33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Christine Tomlinson, PhD @socstudygames.bsky.social Interdisciplinary researcher studying video games, players, and esports. Formerly @ Activision. Current Assistant Professor of Games and Esports. 
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
William Huber @whuber.bsky.social Associate professor of game studies @ Falmouth University. Californian living in the UK. The dude abides.
Mark DeLoura @markdeloura.bsky.social A CTO in Seattle | Former Obama WH | Gamedev | EdTech | Frenchies
james @roleplayingjames.net I'm on Blue Sky now.
Zala 🇵🇸 زالا @zalahabib.bsky.social Lead Systems Designer @ Summerfall Studios
Core Team @ Accessibility Unlocked🔑
Prev: Dinosaur Polo Club 🦖, RiffRaffDev 🦅 
Waffledog @waffledog.bsky.social Technical artist, born in the 80s, breakfast enthusiast, one-time happy meal toy designer (accidental)
waffledog.carrd.co cherryswizzle.com/booru
terrehbyte 🚃🔍 @terrehbyte.com Game Programmer / Cosplayer / Hoyoverse Gamer
💻 Indie Game Prog + Instructor at @aieedu.bsky.social
💼 Prev. @ SJ, IGDA Seattle, Vextar, Litesprite
🕹️ Playing Genshin / ZZZ / Star Rail
📺 Watching Dooby3D / Hololive (🚃/🔍)
🌐 https://terrehbyte.com
Bertie @bertiebellnger.bsky.social Apple Lover (Company) Duolingo Lover 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Renske van Enschot 🟥 @renskevanenschot.bsky.social Assistant prof digital strategic storytelling - interactive narratives - narrative interventions - narrative persuasion - visual metaphor - text analysis - @tilburg-university.bsky.social 🇳🇱 | r.vanenschot@tilburguniversity.edu | she/her
Darrel Plant @darrelplant.bsky.social I was never enough of a been to be a has-been.
darrelplant.com
Forrest Z Shooster - A.K.A. Argzero @forrest.argzero.org Perpetually perplexed person. Student of many languages and topics. Access advocate. Opinions are my own. Feel free to say hi :)
Reuben Brenner-Adams @kangareuben.bsky.social He/him. Former game design & development engineer at Originator. Crossword puzzle constructor. Creator of The Spicecast. Has tasted over 5000 different beers brewed in over 200 countries. Opinions are my own.
Portfolio: reubenbrenneradams.com
John Sorensen @johncsorensen.bsky.social Doc filmmaker, I make podcasts and nonfiction stuff, usually about #policy, #history, #defense, #natsec, #cocktails, #movies. Snark is my own. Dog is my copilot.
Jere Majava @jeremajava.bsky.social Pretentious procrastinator. Recovering sarcasticist. Enstranged sociologist. Craft beer communist. Borderline Buddhist. Edutech mutant.
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
Xan Smith @bumblegumbees.bsky.social Fake gamer | PhD | they/he | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 🥁 drummer | #gamesUR | The x makes a 'z' sound | Secretly Canadian
ed @edmorrell.com educational edlord
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social Behaviour Change (and) Design – Applied and fundamental research meets practice – Radboudumc and OnePlanet Research Centre, Nijmegen, NL – he/him/his – EN/NL/DE
Steven Dashiell PhD @dashiellsteven.bsky.social Research Asst Prof at Morgan State University - social scientist who studies discourse, masculinity, and disparities, specifically in male-dominated subcultures (like game communities and social media). Army veteran. UMBC grad.
Rich Durham @richdurham.itch.io Aotearoa/NZ based. Education and game/play design, often at the same time.
Also @richdurham@mastodon.nz
@richdurham on Threads
Trent Hergenrader @thergenrader.bsky.social 
Florence Chee @cheeflo.bsky.social Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274