Sports Movies That Don't Suck @sportsmoviespod.bsky.social A podcast about sports movies that don't suck, from @austeng.bsky.social and @petevolk.bsky.social
Design Room @designroom.site A new website dedicated to video game oral histories from @mattleone.bsky.social. Find us at designroom.site. Logo by asawallander.se.
Russ Frushtick @russfrushtick.bsky.social now: partnerships @ kinda funny & the besties podcast - previously: co-founder of polygon
Ludwig Kietzmann @ludwigk.bsky.social Video game enjoyer and local library fan in San Francisco. Gaming comms guy and freelance writer for hire. Not actual gameplay footage. 🎮☕🍷🎥 🏳️🌈 https://www.instagram.com/ludwigk
@notisthis.bsky.social @notisthis.bsky.social Polygon, formerly Kotaku
Javy Gwaltney @jgwalt.bsky.social Lot 94. The Terror Aboard The Speedwell. Into The Doomed World. Global Product Communications Senior Manager on Battlefield. Former editor at Game Informer. Has opinions about coffee beans.
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
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https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social VP of Commercial and Portfolio Development @ Annapurna // Enjoys games, horror, and loud noises
Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social i’m thinking about cars
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
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
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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.
Jeff Ramos @jefframos.com Writing TheScanline.com, human stories between the lines of the video games we love and the culture that surrounds them. (Former Polygon.com + GamesForChange.org writer)
brian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social hello
Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social I write Extra Points, a newsletter about off-the-field stories in college sports. I also (badly) make computer games, woodworking projects, and jokes.
Chicago.
Tina Amini @tinaamini.bsky.social I produce shows at Xbox
Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social Currently: Senior TV editor, The A.V. Club
Previously: Sundance, IGN, IndieWire
Eternally: Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater
erikmadams.com / erikadamswrites@gmail.com
Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social MANDY▫️GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES▫️motorcycle & bicycle wrench
Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social cherished idiot / writer on SHŌGUN and KENNEDY (2027) and POINT BREAK (2027)
Ben Forbes @draggles.bsky.social 2XKO editor-in-chief and big robot gamer
Josh Todd @joshtodd.bsky.social Product Engineer. I’m into music, games, software, sci-fi, and the Oxford comma. Not the Buckcherry guy. (Why should I change MY name? He’s the one that sucks.)
Choire @choire.bsky.social I work at cnn where I am the guy who rakes up the extra piles of news at night
Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic (she/her) @petrana.bsky.social writer of all things but especially cartoons and crushes || ex polygon || queen of naptime || #amquerying a YA sci-fi about aliens and messy family dynamics || Tin House YA '25
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Derrik Klassen @qbklass.bsky.social One third of The Athletic Football Show. League of Legends and R6 enjoyer.
Robert Mays @robertmays.bsky.social Host of The Athletic Football Show. Formerly of Grantland and The Ringer. 
Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social ⛰ Appalachian 🛸 ATLien ✨ Aquarian
priors: EDSBS, Sports Illustrated, Grantland, MTV, assorted other dead newsrooms
now: @channel6.bsky.social, @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social, coonhound rescuing, miscellaneous hellraising. she/her
Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social Co-founder and owner of @rogue.site. Former Guides Producer at Polygon.
Lifelong KC liver.
Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site
Cass @cassmarshall.bsky.social Video game jester and co-founder of rogue.site with two rescue cats and one husband. I like to like things.
Nicole Clark @nicoleclark.bsky.social writer, editor. ✍️ in ny times, sf chron, vox, and more. past: culture editor @ polygon, contributing editor @ catapult, writer @ vice. taiwanese american. actually just two small rabbits in a trenchcoat
https://www.nicoleaclark.com/
Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social [WIP] and hired gun in the video games industry. Background in editorial, marcomm, production, and creative.
Lover of dogs, music, video games, geeky shit, cannabis, my biofamily, my chosen family, mental health, and kindness.
wherewasigoing.pika.page
Pirate Software @piratesoftware.live Game Dev - Streamer 💛 Go Make Games - https://develop.games 💜 Ferret Rescue - https://ferrets.live 💛 Business: Pirate@sidequestmedia.com
Zosha Millman @zosha.bsky.social Former Polygon TV editor; currently work for hire. Contact me: zoshawrites at gmail | zosha.co
Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social Writer, Curator, Cultural Omnivore | 1/3 of http://reframenewsletter.online/ | Author of Amnesia: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk // I mostly retweet games + art. Opinions are my own. He/Him | PFP: Kara Xu (Helium Raven) Header: Dima Goryainov
Ana D. @pokachee.bsky.social games and internet culture writer at teen vogue, npr, wired, the verge, game informer and lots of other places | 😈🏳️🌈 - looking for work - anadiazwrites@gmail[dot]com
julia @hardykiwi.bsky.social (puts past self into a wood-chipper) (watches my hands fade from existence) man i dont even care anymore
Steve Yedlin @steveyedlin.bsky.social Cameraperson
Justin McElroy @justinmcelroy.bsky.social I love books
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Tyler Schirado @tyrawrrnosaurus.bsky.social I’m with PR. Movie Addict. Pokémon Master. Geriatric Emo. Horror Enthusiast. Anime! TV Enjoyer. Photographer? He/Him. Trying my best 🤷🏻♂️
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Cinema Vision @cinemavision.bsky.social Cinema owner, Developer, Immersive Entertainment, Film Fan & Place Maker
Johnny Yu @jawkneeyou.bsky.social Guides writer/editor @ Polygon
Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social ✊🏾 formerly & forever Vox Union | 📝 past life: @polygon.com, next thing: TBD | ⁉️ proud @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social loser | reading, writing, playing, watching, sleeping | he/him
John Drake @johndrake.bsky.social |General Manager, 20th Century Games |
|VP, Business Dev for Disney/Pixar, Lucas & 20C Games |
|Ex-PlayStation, Ex-Harmonix // Ex-The Main Drag Drummer|
Luckily in the right place/right time for a few big games.
Loves games, music, TV, my wife & kid.
Patrick Scarborough @scarizard.bsky.social design, divination, dopamine & donkey kong. professional friend. they/he.
Nate Tice @natetice.bsky.social I host a podcast called Football 301 that’s been described as “…entertaining with a slightly degenerate charm…”
It's always a good day for an elbow drop.
Is Butterbean OK?
nateticefootball at gmail
Mitchell Schwartz @mitchschwartz71.bsky.social 4x All-Pro Offensive Tackle, Super Bowl LIV Champ
Devan Scott @dagscott.bsky.social Cinematographer | Colourist | Professor | Director [Vancouver, BC]
Host of 'How Would Lubitsch Do It'
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karen han @karenhan.bsky.social 🍒 screenwriter and culture writer
🍊 author of BONG JOON HO: DISSIDENT CINEMA
🍋 reps: lit entertainment/uta
🍐 krnyhan@gmail.com
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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social Freelance editor/writer. Former editor at Polygon, Verge, The Dissolve, A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her.
Letterboxd.com/tasharobinson
Goodreads.com/user/show/10244904-tasha-robinson
Nextpictureshow.net
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social Painter (instagram.com/pragmagic), editor/writer, founder of Polygon dot com and someone who's consulted on lots of games you liked and more you probably didn't. Tech-fixated, compulsively acquiring 4k physical media.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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https://linktr.ee/drilreal
PoorQuentyn @poorquentyn.bsky.social podcast husband
http://patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF
https://letterboxd.com/poorquentyn/
Brandon Streussnig 📽️ @brndnstrssng.bsky.social Bylines: Vulture, The Ringer, GQ, Inverse, Men's & Women's Health, Letterboxd Journal, The Playlist, Polygon, Fangoria, Paste, The Film Stage, AwardsWatch
Booklet essays: Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Arrow
Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social Film Critic (Film Comment, Reverse Shot, Criterion). GALECA.
Co-Author of CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS
Currently writing a book about TWIN PEAKS
Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social “Just a guy who likes movies” - Writer/Sometimes Editor/Podcaster/Gif Maker. Licensed counselor. Pretty much always tired.
Press contact: WheelsCritic@gmail.com
Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/wheelscritic/portfolio
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
largest rodent @capybaroness.bsky.social the honorable one on The Lost Broadcasts, cohost of Get Cynical, words @ Little White Lies / Reverse Shot / rogerebert.com / Men's Health / Vinegar Syndrome, i have met two capybaras in real life
Zito @zeets.bsky.social “It is my image that I want to multiply, but not out of narcissism or megalomania, as could all too easily be believed: on the contrary, I want to conceal, in the midst of so many illusory ghosts of myself, the true me, who makes them move.“
Danny Bowes @dannybowes.bsky.social Serious intellectual. Gentleman of substance.
Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi - Co-host @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social and @vbs.bsky.social
- Author of The Athletic's college football newsletter
- Author of this USAT Best-Selling novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Is_a_World_Without_You
Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social Your third favorite cousin. DO NOT SEND ME LINKS
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social culture writer | wrote a book about Jeopardy! | geist that could've been polter along with zeit
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If you don’t follow me, I don’t care. Nice peach. 3 Dollars Please.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
ChristianV (Genre Film Addict) @genrefilmaddict.bsky.social Lean mean genre films are my jam | Addicted to Hong Kong action and SOV splatter
Tristan Willis @tristanbwillis.bsky.social I make plays, distanced/digital theatre & performances, and games (they/he)
tristanbwillis.com | feelingfickle.itch.io
whitney m @itswhitney.bsky.social 📍Indianapolis
💻 @homefield.bsky.social
Graham MacAree @grahammacaree.com internet person. irish-chinese. he/him. grahammacaree.com
Action For Everyone @a4epodcast.bsky.social Home of the bozos of action, the Action For Everyone podcast.
Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social
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michelob ultra instinct @taylorcocke.bsky.social honestly dude i mostly just play magic the gathering and paint miniatures. used to work in the games industry, work in the anime mines now
writing about wargames here: https://amateurhourwar.games/subscribe
Pete Volk @petevolk.bsky.social I write about action movies and other cool things and talk to the people who make them: https://pvguide.ghost.io/
host: @sportsmoviespod.bsky.social
DC-based editor/writer for hire. contact: petevolk91 @ gmail
https://letterboxd.com/Pete_Volk/
he/they
Julia Alexander @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social i do words at puck. i sometimes blog at posting nexus on substack. i think about how attention is a disease. a lot.
https://posting-nexus.substack.com
Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social I used to work for Uproxx, HuffPost, Movieline. I’ve written for New York, Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and Empire
"He’s fairly normal” — Reddit user CaptainPhantasma21
My newsletter: www.thehardpass.net
contact: michaelwilliamryan at gmail
Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social Senior Editor, Tech & Policy, The Verge
Chris Grant @charstring.com Now: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Then:
VP @fandom.com // @gamespot.com @tvguide.com @metacritic.com and friends
SVP @voxmedia.com // @polygon.com @theverge.com
Always: A dork
In: PHL
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Alex Cranz @cranz.bsky.social laser bong lyricist. tech critic.
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Chris Welch @welch.bsky.social Reporter and photographer at Bloomberg
The Verge for a long time before that
chris-welch.com
Signal: 845.445.8455
@chriswelch elsewhere
Dieter Bohn @backlon.com Currently working at Google. Formerly Verge, Android Central, PreCentral, iMore, etc. Posts about bikes, tech, and whether or not today is Friday.
Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg.bsky.social Now: News Literacy Project. Then: WSJ tech columnist, AllThingsD, Recode, D & Code conferences, Verge, CTRL-WALT-DELETE. Opinions are purely personal.
David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
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