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David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
@amyran.bsky.social @amyran.bsky.social
Oxfordshire History Centre @oxhistcentre.bsky.social We are part of Oxfordshire County Council - we're the archive and local studies for the county, including photographic collections
Website - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory
Catalogue - https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/
Whores of Yore @whoresofyore.bsky.social Sex History. "A Catalogue of Jilts, Cracks, Nightwalkers, Whores, She-Friends, Kind Women & Others of the Linen-Lifting Tribe”
Pulp Librarian @pulplibrarian.bsky.social Curator of the art, history and fiction of old dreams.
NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social We celebrate games as a creative practice & offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form.
https://linktr.ee/nyugamecenter
Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer.
https://linktr.ee/bobwhitaker
@gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social
Aleena Chia @aleenachia.bsky.social 谢能安 Lecturer in Game Studies & Media Studies at Goldsmiths UoL. Research on videogame production and digital wellness: how media technologies automate work, optimise life, and shape inequalities. http://www.aleenachia.org
Dr Ian Sturrock @sturrock.bsky.social Researcher into game studies, game histories, motivation for play, ethics of game design, creativity and world-building. Capoeirista, HEMA practitioner, larper, TTRPG designer/publisher. HE teacher and UCU activist but my views represent only me.
Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social Award winning Games Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney.
ALT: GAMES curatorial lead.
Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay.
Indie game lover. Pokemon freak.
linktr.ee/chloeappleby
Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com Videogame emulation newsletter - readonlymemo.com
PC Gamer magazine
Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong National Museum of Play. Video games. "They are going for the Physical Challenge!"
Willem Hilhorst @whilhorst.bsky.social Games Preservation at Beeld & Geluid (Sound & Vision) | Associate Editor NWR | Games-Journalist | He/Him 🇳🇱
https://linktr.ee/willemh
revolver ocelthot @rnaboursiii.bsky.social anime ephemera archivist - written work and videos sometimes about weeb stuff and video games at http://beyondelectricsheep.com - he/him/they/them - linktr.ee/rnaboursiii for more stuff
Matt Voigts, PhD @mattvoigts.bsky.social Anthropology & policy - open culture, copyright for the public interest, privacy & asylum. https://copyrightnews.substack.com/
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 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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
Garrett Fredley @somecronzaguy.bsky.social Staff Archive Engineer, IP Preservation @PlayStation,
Cosplayer & Prop Maker, Hobbyist Artist, Visual Novel Enthusiast, Cynical Optimist
Hit Save! @hitsave.org Hit Save is a nonprofit dedicated to video game preservation, with specific focuses on fostering community involvement and championing the stories of small developers.
Visit us at www.hitsave.org
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/TCKT6uA
Delisted Games @delistedgames.com Even in the age of digital, nothing lasts forever.
Find out which games are gone and what's leaving soon at delistedgames.com
Press Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed journal run by and for students that publishes academic research on Game Studies.
Website: press-start.gla.ac.uk
Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social Professor of Virtual Heritage & Interactive History, Adelaide University. Researching serious games for heritage & history. https://erikchampion.wordpress.com/ OR https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-champion/
Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor | Blood Bowl enthusiast
Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… https://www.forgottenworlds.net
💽🕹
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
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Ross Fifield @rossfifield.bsky.social Game Designer. Lecturer. User Researcher. PhD Researcher iGGi York.
https://linktr.ee/rossfifield
Play History @playhistory.bsky.social Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history!
Patreon: http://tinyurl.com/pdp5pdrj
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos
Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Editor of Gaming Alexandria
Sahar Mirhadi @saharmirhadi.bsky.social Heard before being seen
Magic: The Gathering Eternal Format specialist
PhD Researcher on Video Games, Coping and Wellbeing @iggi-phd.bsky.social
linktr.ee/saharmirhadi
inquiries: sahar.mirhadi@gmail.com
Nick Webber @doktornick.bsky.social Games and history researcher, BCU. Co-convenor of @historygamesnet.bsky.social. Views my own. He/him.
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social “Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
Obsolete Sony @obsoletesony.com Embark on a journey through the obscure world of forgotten, odd, and obsolete Sony devices.
WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | music maker at MachinesMachines | site here: https://killjoy.bearblog.dev/
Retromags @retromags.com Digitally preserving the past for the future since 2005!
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org
Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
New books added daily.
• Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n
• Support: https://thevideogamelibrary.substack
Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social We give gaming's history the respect it deserves. Devs of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Tetris Forever, Wizardry: PGMO, Atari 50, TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, & more. Disney Afternoon Collection OUT NOW.
Visit us at digitaleclipse.com!
RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social Upcoming Show: Oct 9-11, 2026, Portland, OR.
Portland Retro Gaming Expo is a 501(c)4 non-profit dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through retro gaming events.
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too
The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social The NVM's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret videogames for everyone. Forever. 🎮🕹▶️ #PlayTheMuseum
https://thenvm.org/
Embracer Games Archive @embracergamesarchive.com The official Bluesky account for the Embracer Games Archive. We believe that games carry a heritage worth celebrating and safeguarding for the future.
https://embracergamesarchive.com/
Video Game Preservation Museum @vgpm.org Video Game Preservation Museum is a Non-Profit dedicated to preserving Video Game History, and unreleased consoles & developer game consoles.
UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social World-leading @ucl.ac.uk research and teaching in education, culture, psychology and social science, right here in the heart of London and beyond.
ucl.ac.uk/ioe
#WeAreIOE
Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) Scotland @cahgscotland.bsky.social - A self-sustaining network of community archive groups within Scotland
- Collaboration and mutual support
- Celebrating and highlighting its diversity
https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/community-archives/community-archives-and-heritage-group-scotland
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk Video Game Culture, Preserved. Award Winning Creative Studio & No.1 Bestselling Book Publisher Est. 2020.
lostincult.co.uk
Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social 💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU
🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org
🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
https://linktr.ee/lainenooney
they/them
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories // www.romchip.org
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Editors:
@lainenooney.bsky.social
@daveparisi.bsky.social
@liebenwalde.bsky.social
Soraya Murray
Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
We're not age verified (!) so we can't see DMs.
Relayed from Mastodon by Skymoth
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
National Science and Media Museum @mediamuseum.bsky.social Exploring the science and culture of image and sound technologies. Home to @picturevillecinema.bsky.social. Based in Bradford. 🎥
Plan your next visit: scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
Andy Jackson @anj.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy A tech nerd at the Digital Preservation Coalition - data joiner, digital preserver, entropy buster, partial physicist, geek. Searching for the charismatic megafauna of the […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://digipres.club/@anj, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Cynde Moya @cyndemoya.bsky.social Eclectic feminist pioneer. Training Australian GLAMs in disk imaging and emulation using EAASI.
Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d.bsky.social 🕹️ Curator at National Science and Media Museum + Yorkshire Games Festival
🖼️ Former video games artist and lecturer
🎭 BAFTA Connect member
ACMI Labs @handle.invalid Experiments, research and insights in media, technology and user experience from inside ACMI, Melbourne
@acmimuseum.bsky.social
Archives of IT @archivesofit.bsky.social UK Charity capturing the stories of tech pioneers & inspiring future #STEM leaders. Online archive of oral history interviews with tech leaders from 1950s to today & free computing curriculum resources for teachers.
#HistTech #EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
Jason Scott @textfiles.com Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
Andrea Andiloro, PhD @aandiloro.bsky.social Lecturer - Games and Interactivity @Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
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
Kay Savetz @savetz.bsky.social Atari 8-bit historian, Internet Archive ham radio archivist, interactive fiction podcaster. Portland Oregon.
Webrecorder @webrecorder.net Web Archiving for All!
https://webrecorder.net
Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine.
Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social The Sussex Digital Humanities Lab investigates the interactions between technology, culture, society and environment toward sustainable & just futures for all.
@shl@h-net.social
@SussexHumsLab
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.
Stephen McConnachie @mcnatch.bsky.social Head of Data and Digital Preservation at #BFINationalArchive @BFI
#digipres #digitalpreservation #avarchiving
Opinions my own
CRT Pixels @crtpixels.bsky.social Celebrating and comparing retro games on the displays they were designed for! Have fun, be nice, play how you like. by @jackal27.bsky.social | FAQ: http://bit.ly/3wceznw
Help us fight Mitzi’s cancer: https://gofund.me/177ca33f
Natalie D Kane @ndkane.bsky.social Curator of Digital Design at V&A. Trustee - The National Videogame Museum. Curator - Design and Disability (opening V&A Dundee June 2026). Councillor, Brixton Acre Lane @lambethgreenparty
media archaeology lab @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social past solutions for present problems since 2009 // resting on traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations
website: www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/
calendar: mediaarchaeologylab.neocities.org/
news: mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
William Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social ... mostly about digital preservation but also everything else too. Works for the Digital Preservation Coalition. Occasionally Professor at Glasgow Univ. Personal opinions.
Euan Cochrane @euanc.bsky.social
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Sharon McMeekin @sharonmcmeekin.bsky.social Digital preservation consultant with @preservetogether.bsky.social. Posts about digital preservation, archives, training, nerdy shiz, and photos of my pets, Pretzel, Ted and Finbar. #ActuallyAutistic Website: www.preservetogether.com
Jenny Mitcham @jennymitcham.bsky.social Chief Digital Preservation Officer at the Digital Preservation Coalition.
Eu. Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects @efgamp.bsky.social Founded 2012 EFGAMP (European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects) represents more than 20 cultural heritage institutions and other organisations collecting and preserving digital games heritage
> www.efgamp.eu
Melanie Swalwell @melswal.bsky.social Prof of Digital Media Heritage, Swinburne University. #AusEAASI Project Lead. 🖤💛❤️ ally, living and working on Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung lands.