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Alexander Ross @alexross73.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UBC's School of Information. Media theory, political economy, and digital platforms. Mi'kmaw (Millbrook First Nation). Opinions are my own.
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Unabandonware @unabandonware.bsky.social Sharing info and footage about unabandoned games. I mostly focus on Japanese feature phones. Join Keitai World discord (previously Keitai Wiki discord) for more info about these games!
Jeffrey @geoffwhill.bsky.social Ugly bag of mostly water. he/him. Aussie in London!
UM CVGA @umcvga.bsky.social The Computer and Video Game Archive at the University of Michigan Library collects materials relating to games for the purpose of academic inquiry.
Dan Gardner @dangphd.bsky.social Lecturer at Robert Gordon Uni. I study inequitable interactions, interfaces, and infrastructures, often through co-design. "Boring Things" scholar. My book, Thresholds of Digital Gameplay, open access @ MIT Press. See more at my https://dang.page
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.
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scrmbl @scrmbl.com The intersection of Japanese pop-culture.
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Christine Tomlinson, PhD @socstudygames.bsky.social Interdisciplinary researcher studying video games, players, and esports. Formerly @ Activision. Current Assistant Professor of Games and Esports. 
CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com CASCADE CASCADE is a collective publishing twice-weekly essays, deep dives, and other good-ass writing about Magic: The Gathering.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
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Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com Founder + EIC: non-trivial.games
YouTube: TheCrossoverAppeal.
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Games writing, music writing. Formerly games studies.
Bylines: Pixelbyte Gaming, JetsonPlaysGames, Exploits, Uppercut, Barely Textual.
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DH ten Cate @dhtencate.bsky.social PhD Candidate at DMRC - Queensland University of Technology
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
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social Award-winning reporter. News editor at Game Developer.
Previously seen in Edge, Stuff, and Wireframe.
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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social Trans. Tall. Tired | Writer w/ bylines @ Polygon, Kotaku, AV Club, and more | Host @ Girl Mode | she/her | email: willa.d.rowe@gmail.com
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
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Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
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Sam Eng @bysameng.com solo game developer
SKATE STORY @skatestory.com
published by @devolverdigital.com
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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social Research: Japanese Role-Playing Games and Otaku Culture
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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social Freelance critic for games, TV, & movies with bylines at Slant Magazine, Edge, Polygon, IGN, Boston Globe, Fanbyte, Buzzfeed News, etc.
Writing FAITH: Design Works.
Midwest library person. He/him.
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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social she/her ✨ Assistant Prof in Political Studies - Gender, Sexualities and Social Justice at USask✨ Interdisciplinary legal/pornography/games studies scholar working on sex in video games ⚖️💦🎮 The Pornography, Platforms and Play Project www.pppproject.com 🅿️
Obsolete Sony @obsoletesony.com Embark on a journey through the obscure world of forgotten, odd, and obsolete Sony devices.
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
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Jon Doyle @jondoyledesign.bsky.social Founded @lostincult.co.uk || Physical media enthusiast || Opinions are my own. Jon@lostincult.co.uk 📧
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com podcasts at abnormal mapping, posting here these days
Andi Hamilton @andihamilton.com This world is fucked, but I'm still looking up.
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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of York. Director of the Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab & Centre for Digital Heritage.
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
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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.
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Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Elijah Gonzalez @elijahgonzalez.bsky.social News Contributor @ Polygon. Formerly: Associate Editor @ The A.V Club, Assistant Editor @ Paste Magazine. Bylines: GameSpot, Game Informer, Fanbyte, The Gamer, Unwinnable, Uppercut Crit, But Why Tho?, etc. TCA member, Rotten Tomato-approved critic. he/him
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
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Rogue @rogue.site A video game website run by humans.
Sarah Thwaites @sarahathwaites.bsky.social freelance writer & consultant | seen @ Game Informer, IGN, Polygon, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Edge, Tech Radar, NME + more | she/they | 🇦🇺 in ? ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
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Ana Diaz @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
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