Belvedere Museum @belvederemuseum.bsky.social Home to the world’s largest Gustav Klimt collection the Belvedere Museum is one of the most significant museums in the world, located in Vienna, Austria.
✨ www.belvedere.at
BLOCKALOT @blockalot.bsky.social BLOCKALOT ist die Plattform für kreatives, spielbasiertes Lernen. Hier findest du Ideen und Methoden, wie du mit Luanti Lernprozesse zukunftsorientiert gestalten kannst.
www.blockalot.de/impressum
Maximilian Csuk @maxbytes.bsky.social Game developer, working on roguelike deckbuilder "Lost For Swords": https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638050/Lost_For_Swords/
Thomas Spies @digital-stranger.bsky.social Critical Game Studies (Ph.D.) | Co-Editor of 'Spiel*Kritik: Kritische Perspektiven auf Videospiele im Kapitalismus' | Organizer of 'Let's Play Critical' | Part of the media artist formation K.o.Z. | Virtual Photography
https://thomspies.net/
Der ELMO @derelmo.bsky.social Game Studies M.A. @University of Bayreuth, former Game Dev @gameswelldone, Podcaster @GamesUndWeltPod 🎮
investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social Investigating video games, board games and other types of play in the context of their history, production and socio-cultural value 👾
🌐 http://investigate.games
✉️ investigate.games@yorksj.ac.uk
📍 York St John University, UK
TGA_UK @thegameassemblyuk.bsky.social We are The Game Assembly UK, based in Liverpool. We create game developers. Check out our course and apply to get your career started in the Game Industry.
https://thegameassembly.com/uk/
https://linktr.ee/tga_uk
Simon Wallner @simonwallner.bsky.social (Former) game designer, father of the year (runner-up), constructivist, questionable taste.
Product/UX specialist and program manager at LocalStack. Ramblings are my own and may contain bad language and typos. You can talk to me about cooking any time.
Anton Klinger @accidentlyanton.bsky.social Find me also on Mastodon https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@accidentlyAnton
I make games, like Roto Force, Blockfusion and Toni's Turbo Tunnel.
Mick Cook @mickcook.bsky.social Australian digital producer, #writer and PhD Candidate #GameDesign. Producer and host of The Dead Prussian #podcast, producer of Generals podcast.
All My Links: https://linktr.ee/MickCook
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
Caffe Neko @caffeneko.bsky.social I spend my time doing gothy things, drawing, reading, & writing. https://stanmaxx.com/caffeneko
Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social Artist, Curator, Media and Games Researcher
President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association
https://www.hughdavies.au/
Department of Historical Studies at CEU @historicalstudies.bsky.social History, literature, art history, philosophy, cultural heritage, museum studies, languages, and much more at CEU! A global department with students and faculty from more than 30 countries: https://www.ceu.edu/departments/historical-studies
Adam Riddle @realtimeriddle.bsky.social Independent games researcher (he/him)
realtimeriddle.com
Amon @amonschreibt.bsky.social he/him | Redakteur und Medien Student @HHU |
Liebt Videospiele und redet gerne drüber | ger/en
✍️ amonsgamecorner.wordpress.com
Toto @profetoto.bsky.social Tabaxi Wizard (Divination school) lvl 34.
PhD in Sociology student. Lecturer at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile.
Game Studies/Estudios Lúdicos | CTS/STS | Psychology | Gamer/Ñoña
ProfNoctis @profnoctis.bsky.social I teach and play video games. I do both at the University of Alabama. | YOUTUBE | TWITCH | PROFESSOR
www.profnoctis.com
Business Inquiries: wade@profnoctis.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/profnoctis
Baha Tan Oral @bahatan.bsky.social Game Studies - Researcher
Cinematic & Game Designer
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707150/
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3668110/
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866230/
Website: https://www.bahatanoral.com
Kai Matuszkiewicz @kaimatuszkiewicz.bsky.social Media Studies | Digital Humanities | Open Science | Game Studies
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-8160
FID Media: https://fid-media.de
Open Media Studies Blog: https://mediastudies.hypotheses.org
Bettina Bódi🌿🎮 @bettibo.bsky.social 📚 Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communication - University of Birmingham, UK
✨ Working on video games | agency | cosiness | nature
🖊️ Author of Videogames and Agency (Routledge 2023) - https://tinyurl.com/3mbr8ytu
🌐 https://cozymedia.net/
Vivi | Alltägliches & Gedanken @viviliest.bsky.social 🥨 Vivi (sie/ihr)
📖 Kulturwissenschaftlerin & Kaninchenbauentdeckerin
🐌 Feminismus, Fußball, Friedhöfe
Neben meinem Studium ärgere ich gerne Männer im Internet. Lesen, Podcasts & Gaming mag ich aber auch sehr gern.
IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global sustainable development.
| Netiquette: https://blogs.idos-research.de/netiquette/
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems @unikrems.bsky.social Die Universität für Weiterbildung Krems ist die führende öffentliche Universität für Weiterbildung in Europa.
Daniel Bernsen @bernsend.bsky.social #SpielendLernen | Effzeh ⚽🐐 | Diablos Rojos Baseball ⚾️ | Board Games 🎲 | Centropa 🕍 | Metality🤘 | Antifaschist | https://linktr.ee/danielbernsen- M Martin Mühl @muehlmartin.bsky.social
Finn Dawson @antipollution.bsky.social PhD @ USYD — Games, World-building and Capitalism — he/him
Frank Mondelli @frankmondelli.bsky.social Cultural historian of technology, media, and disability in modern Japan. Assistant Professor and Chair of Japanese Studies at the University of Delaware.
雯出理フランク。日本の技術・メディア・障害史。 デラウェア大学の言語・文学・文化学部の日本語学科長。助教授 。
David Matencio @davidmatendur.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Picaresque, rogues and RPGs.
Webpage: https://davidmatencioduran.carrd.co/
Recent publications:
https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120241293523
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003399957-15
Kauweloa, Ph.D. @kauweloa.bsky.social The University of Hawaii 🌈 -- interdisciplinary Studies/Island Researcher-- Digital Cultures, Video Games(esports),Games Infrastructures, and Disability
#academicsky #indigenousresearch #gamestudies #STS #Disability
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
Waldritter Berlin e.V. @waldritter-berlin.bsky.social Spielerisch und kreativ lernen ist unser Motto. #Rollenspiele + #Pädagogik verbinden wir mit politischer Bildung.
Besucht uns auf www.Waldritter-Berlin.de
#pnpde #DnD #eduRPG #Larp #PolBil
Lillian McIntyre @lillianmcintyre.com PhD student at Yale University. Studying Japanese video games in the EALL department. イェール大学博士課程、デジタルゲーム研究。🏳️🌈 lillianmcintyre.com
Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social Making big waves in Game Studies research, Game Design, and AI from a tiny, Mediterranean island | Check us out: https://www.um.edu.mt/digitalgames/ | Hosts of DiGRA 2025
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!
Edwige Lelievre @edwigelel.bsky.social Game director of "The Abbess Garden", a cozy & historical gardening game🌿
Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/The_Abbess_Garden/
Newsletter https://mdstudiogames.com/newsletter/
Dr and researcher CHCSC lab, Univ of Versailles 📚
(she/her)
Lesley Willard @lesleyawillard.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Emerson College. UT Austin alum. I spend my time yelling about platforms & capitalism. Unionize.
Berk Dönmez @berkdonmez.bsky.social Game Researcher
Leighton Evans @leightonevans.bsky.social Going on about media, philosophy, politics and sport. Swansea City. Academic. Gamer. 🏴. ADHD. Personal views only. My books: https://amzn.to/2QmYuqC
Simone Kriglstein @skriglstein.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Masaryk University, @hcilabmuni | Visit. Prof. at University for Continuing Education Krems |Researcher at AIT Austrian Insititute of Technology | Research: #HCI #Games #GamesUR #Visualization
Megan @meganbeetle.bsky.social Books, Games, Games about Books, and Books about Games
River Vondi @rivondi.bsky.social they/them
Game Design student at Lindenwood University
previously worked on Transmogrify
James Manning @jimaroonie.bsky.social Videogames, digital cultural heritage and digital play cultures researcher. Lecturer, RMIT University. Co-Chair, Freeplay.net.au. Board member, DiGRAA. Managing Editor, Journal of Games Criticism.
Helios 01 @helios01.bsky.social Comics Nerd, Video Game Nerd, Political Science/Public Policy Major, History Minor. Mass hole, Yeah, I'm entertaining at parties...
He/Him
Henry Jooste @hfjooste.bsky.social 🎮 Full time game developer based in South Africa
🤓 C++, Python and Unreal Engine
https://linktr.ee/hfjooste
Blanca López (Nuclear Wolf) @nuclearwolf.bsky.social Narrative and video game researcher and professor at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco. Professional immoralist.
Helene Sinnreich @helenesinnreich.bsky.social Holocaust scholar, mom of boys, cats and a dog. Foodie. All options are my own. 
Tianyi ZhangShao @tianyizhangshao.bsky.social PhD at USYD | Researching Chinese game monetisation | Nintendo fans and Whales in Arknights
LeChuckPPAT @lechuck.bsky.social
Science, Politics, History, current events, counterculture, based in Vienna,
Background in Polsci, STS and Social Work.
Lefty till I die.
Member of the Pirate Party of Austria.
Posting and reposting in german or english.
Michael Huber @hubertsn.bsky.social Co-Founder of @FollowFeathers.
🎮GameDesigner & Programmer of
#WeavingTides:
⭐️Steam https://t.co/KPRwQybWQM
⭐️Switch https://t.co/qzYNVNZXWM?amp=1
Irene @irenereko.bsky.social Unity Dev, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Freelancer, UI package creator
https://reko3d.com
Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social @investigatedot.bsky.social 🧡
Social Sciences AA and PhD researcher at York St John 🎓 interested in the spatial construction of social video game experiences, online identity & digital culture w/ a lil bit of death studies on the side🦕👾💀
Jim Malazita @jmalazita.bsky.social Associate Prof of Games & Experiential Media at RPI. STS scholar. Author of "Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine" from the MIT Press. DiGRA Board Member.
@jzimm.bsky.social @jzimm.bsky.social Games and community researcher, teacher. Constantly grading, when not distracted by funny dog videos. 
Nina Lorenzoni @lorenzoninina.bsky.social 🔎 research focus: crisis management, participatory research, healthcare, SciComm
🎓 Post-Doc
@UMIT university for health sciences and - technology
🧩explains research in pictures on Insta: @lorenzoni_nina
likes 🍰& 📚&🐶&☕
🌐 www.ninalorenzoni.com
pxl_moon @pxlmoon.bsky.social Twitch Affiliate | Schichtarbeiter | Student Game Design | Art-/Animation Absolvent | Game-News/Artwork Reposter
die quati @katquat.at online-redakteurin für die vielen. unionize! zeitgeschichte und medien. social media in theorie & praxis. noricum-skandal-aficionada. manchmal shitposting. hierprivatdiesdas. host von @oesterreichwtf.bsky.social
Johannes Bernhardt @jobernha.bsky.social Cultural historian | Museum Studies, Participation, Digital Transformation | Platforms, Games, AI | @uni-konstanz | Views my own https://konstanz.academia.edu/JohannesBernhardt
Simon Burr @simonburr.bsky.social Game developer, narrative designer and writer. Studying MA Indie Game Development at Falmouth University. 10-years' experience in marketing most recently in the entertainment industry. Portfolio: https://www.simonburr.work/narrative-design-games-writing
Alex Bacalja @alexbacalja.bsky.social Digital Game Literacies - Critical Pedagogies - English Language Arts - Youth Literacies - Critical EdTech - Postdigital research. The University of Melbourne.
Jack Reed @drjackreed.bsky.social Interested in nature recovery, regional development and environmental sociology | Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Exeter | Views my own
HagermanHour @hagermanhour.bsky.social Independent Developer | Building Mods since 2001 | Twitch Affiliate | Streams Game Development (Top 10% 2023, 2024)
https://hagermanhour.itch.io/roguemelee
https://linktr.ee/hagermanhour
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev
Andrei Zanescu @andreizanescu.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow in Communication Studies + Socio/Anthro @Concordia
Blockbuster & Cultural Resonance & Prestige in AAA Games, Film & Awards Shows
Streaming by the Rest of Us (2025, MIT Press)
www.andreizanescu.com
GM Lindsay✨Duke @lindsayduke.bsky.social Storyteller. Currently working in film & gaming academia. Freelance writer of articles, screenplays, reviews, etc. Podcast host & guest. Avid D&D enthusiast, crafter, and a friend to all corgis. Texas 🔵
“Open your heart to chaos.” GM/DM for hire.
Swenja🌻💚🌈 @dracenjadreamer.bsky.social Vermisst Twitter | Rundgangsreferentin an einer KZ-Gedenkstätte | Masterstudentin emp. Kulturwissenschaft | Faible für Ludwig II | hobby writer | sucht Inspiration für MA-Arbeit (Erinnerungskultureller Mehrwert von Videogames) | she/her
Jef Bryan @jsbryan1.bsky.social Digital Arts and Media Studies Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Theorist, and Karaoke Enthusiast.
Adjunct Professor @ USC & Saddleback
Gabor Østerreicher @primarg.bsky.social Professor :: Computer Science & Information Security
University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten :: https://www.ustp.at
❤️ #privacy
🧡 #music
💛 #infosec
💚 #nature
💙 #science
💜 #diversity
Tungill @tungill.com Game Designer and Playtester from Western Europe.
My links: https://www.tungill.com/
Game design analysis: https://www.gamedynamics.fr/
Jurate @raguocius.bsky.social Game designer from Lithuania
Nicole Davisson @nic-davisson.bsky.social Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 www.lavienouveaudecorshoppe.com
Kati Alha @katialha.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game studies. Gardening and woodworking enthusiast. Devourer of video games and audiobooks. Wife to my wife. She/they.
@inmapm.bsky.social @inmapm.bsky.social PhD researcher (Universidad de Murcia) Sci-Fi & New Media 🤖🧟👽👾🌲💃🧗⛰️
@amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies // Game Culture Studies // Human-Technology-Interaction // Neo-Baroque Media
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University
Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
Archiv der Zeitgenossen @adz-krems.bsky.social Sammlung künstlerischer Vor- und Nachlässe an der Universität für Weiterbildung Krems @unikrems.bsky.social
www.archivderzeitgenossen.at
Klara Sterczewska @klarast.bsky.social PhD in game studies, main interest: games and memory cultures. script writer for the game Mr. Prepper. formerly known as @frenolestes (and that one other thing). from Poland, living in Leipzig. always antifascist.
she/her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Tim Bryant (he/they) @timbryant.bsky.social gamer • writer • teacher • husband • dad
Silver Rat Studios @silverratstudios.bsky.social Boston-based indie developer of Grey Block, a story-rich, 3rd-person, cinematic, stealth, puzzle/shooter game.
Available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1821070/Gr…
Olivia Montoya | Metaparadox @metaparadox.bsky.social She/they. 34, CT, USA. Queer, ace, Autistic, ADHD, Latine, larper, larp writer + organizer, indie ttrpg hobbyist, programmer of games and tools for analog games, zinester, artist. Ask me about online larp and asexual history! www.oliviamontoya.com
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Erasmus Rotterdam University - Lecturer -
Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism
Manuel Sousa Oliveira @msousaoliveira.bsky.social PhD candidate | lit | ethics | utopia | environment
he/they
https://up-pt.academia.edu/ManuelSOUSAOLIVEIRA
Perttu Hämäläinen @perttu-h.bsky.social Researching and building games/VR/XR/HCI/AI. Assoc. Prof. @AaltoUniversity. Advisor @valomotion, @HypeHypeInc. Student of human movement (dance,🧗♂️,🤸♂️,🥋…)
Michael @michab0103.bsky.social - Editor @ntower.bsky.social
- Project Coordinator @ Tradewind Pictures
- Media Studies @ Stockholm University, research on ludo-hermeneutics
- he/him
Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸 @jaredchansen.bsky.social Assistant Professor Game Design, Iowa State University Gamer, scholar, author, hobbyist dev. Research interests include game cultures, video game history, and archeogaming. Gen AI is theft. 🏳️⚧️🤝🏳️⚧️
Dr. Shannon @recoveringmuse.bsky.social English education and adolescent literacy professor, Gen X mom of two, video game and politics junkie, reader of banned books and supporter of public schools.
Forging the rebellion over a plate of homemade cinnamon rolls.
MultiPlay Network @multiplaynetwork.bsky.social A multidisciplinary network supporting research in video games and digital play.
https://multiplaynetwork.org/
https://discord.gg/YaXkTxHj
Jens Bonk-Wiltfang @derbonk.eurosky.social Works in higher education, somewhere between teacher support and digital anything. Studied popular culture and copyright in a former life, but still thinks about it all the time. Plays too little, types too much. Eternally too online.
Laura Levy, PhDemocracy 👾🔬✨ @drlauralevy.bsky.social 🔬 Games User Researcher, 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
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at Offizieller Account der Uni Wien / Official account of University of Vienna.
Es postet http://communications.univie.ac.at 💬
Impressum: http://go.univie.ac.at/impressum Netiquette: http://go.univie.ac.at/netiquette
Things Too Ugly 💾 @professorspacegames.com Kevin, he/him 🤖
#GameDev 😱 Asst. Professor, Digital Media Arts
Things Too Ugly ⏰ #indiegame
Midwestern, psychological horror, corporate labor, science-fiction, 1986, story-rich, puzzle game
Play on Steam: https://tinyurl.com/ThingsTooUgly
Anna-Maria Jung @annamariajung.bsky.social I am an Austrian based illustrator who loves creating cute and nerdy illustrations for children's books, games and licensing - published by Macmillan, Workman, Epic! and Insight Editions - more via https://www.annamariajung.com/
Wien Energie @wienenergie.at Wir versorgen euch mit energiegeladenen News aus aller Welt.
Gerne kümmern wir uns auch um eure Servicefragen.
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
Katharina Röder (she/her) @katandthetexts.bsky.social PhD candidate at TU Dortmund || interested in gender, queerness, witches, media, and popular culture.
Brooke Thomas-Hollahan @medievalappalachia.bsky.social PhD Candidate in medieval literature at CUNY Grad Center | writing a dissertation on medieval romance, game studies, and premodern race
She/her
🌺 Okinawan/Ryukyuan diaspora
✨Professional Yapper
👩🏫 Dork Academia
Samuel Heine @sadmediahistorian.bsky.social Canadian researcher and lecturer in media and game history or spaces.
I tend to write about representations, histories, identities, politics, video games and role-playing games.
There will be typos.
Daniel Cloutier 🕹️🎙️🎧 🎹 @danielcloutier.bsky.social Podcaster bei Nerdwelten, Redakteur bei RETURN Magazin, Musik als velvedecay. https://velvedecay.bandcamp.com
Jen @jens246.bsky.social Classroom teacher, writer, poet. Committed to public schools, all students, all books.