Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social Online May 22-23, 2026! A new game industry event by and for the countless workers who make this massively influential industry and artistic medium succeed.
Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
The Last Nordic Tribe @thelastnordictribe.bsky.social The Last Nordic Tribe Game Account
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3435710/The_Last_Nordic_Tribe
Developer and Publisher: Never Say Never
Ali Gundam @aligundam.bsky.social Definitely a Raven | ENNIE award-winning tabletop RPG developer | Horror Author | Scottish Goth-Punk | Gundam Builder | World of Darkness Nerd | Former Forever GM | Burned Out Wreck | Perpetually Unimpressed
Markus Elvig @vongnome.bsky.social They/them. PhD Student, cooking enjoyer, haunted by affordance theory and generally interested in the history of game studies, queer theory and other chthonic topics.
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Mariana J López @marianajlopez.bsky.social Professor in Sound Production and Post Production, Sound Designer, Educator. Researcher in acoustical heritage and accessibility through sound design. Zumba instructor. Latina. She/Her https://marianajlopez.com/
Union of Tenure-System Faculty at MSU @utsfmsu.bsky.social Respect. Fairness. A Voice. We are UTSF, the Union of Tenure-System Faculty at Michigan State University. #UnionStrong
Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social Tampere University Game Research Lab, officially established in 2002, is a leading centre for multidisciplinary research into games, play, and their numerous applications. Read more about us: https://gameresearchlab.tuni.fi
Usva Friman @usvaf.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them.
Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social OA, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of social media and its implications for society. Follow for cutting edge trends in this emerging field. Read more at journals.sagepub.com/home/SMS
Joost van Dreunen @superjoost.bsky.social Subscribe: superjoost.substack.com (over 14,000 subs!)
Academic and entrepreneur with expertise in video games • Author of ONE UP • Advisor @ Makers Fund • Teaches @NYUStern • Hosts @UNBOXINGpod
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
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
WedgeBeard @wedgebeard.bsky.social 
SCAMP Lab @scamplab.bsky.social Social Cognition and Media Psychology Lab run by David Ewoldsen and Nancy Rhodes @ Michigan State
https://www.scamp-lab.com/home
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.
Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social Professor of Communications, Glendon College, York University
Sarah Fox @perhaxis.bsky.social Assistant Professor at CMU HCII | Director of https://techsolidaritylab.com/
Chris BØLT @bolttracks.bsky.social Audio Implementer at @suckerpunchprod.bsky.social
Sound designer. REAPER nerd.
@Gameaudioboston.bsky.social organizer.
Northampton, MA. 🇩🇪🏳️🌈
[ [ opinions are my own ] ] { he/him } #QuitGPT
https://bolttracks.com
Terhi Mölsä @terhimolsa.bsky.social #InternationalRelations, #ScienceDiplomacy, #ExchangeDiplomacy | CEO Fulbright Finland Foundation
Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge @fearandloathing.bsky.social Despite the constant negative press covfefe
Laureline Chiapello @laurelinemhc.bsky.social Game Designer | Narrative Design Professor at NAD-UQAC
Research-creation, inclusive games, and cultural citizenship. 🎮🧁
🔗 laulgame.itch.io
🔗 https://cltrs.start.page
☕ support me: https://ko-fi.com/laurelinemhc
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
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/
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.
Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social Experimental gamemaker, captured media superfan, wanderer in forests. OCAD University/kokoromi (she/them)
Olli Sotamaa @sotamaa.bsky.social proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere män
@c-adams.bsky.social @c-adams.bsky.social 
@sashaospina.bsky.social @sashaospina.bsky.social 
Aphra Kerr @aphrak.bsky.social Prof Digital Media & Communication, University College Dublin, Ireland. Co- PI ADAPT Research Centre & Algowatch project. Researching people & games, tech & AI.
David H. Price @dhprice.bsky.social Anthropologist, FOIA scholar, & sometimes historian of anthropology. I mostly write about FBI, CIA, and DoD efforts to undermine democratic movements at home and abroad.
Every billionaire is a policy failure.
davidhprice.com
🏳️⚧️ dammit Liesl 🏳️🌈 @dammitliesl.bsky.social Non-binary queer disabled artist/designer who loves performing weddings.
Pronouns: xey/xem/xeirs
CB Burns @cbburns.bsky.social Hi. I’m your nice friend.
Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one Taiwan-based anthropologist.
人類學家與台灣新住民。
https://kerim.one
My Triptych newsletter:
https://triptych.oxus.net/
Danielle Norton @daniellentk.bsky.social 
Nathaniel Poor @natpoor.bsky.social Internet sociologist, games scholar, in the non-profit sector.
Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social http://paoloruffino.com
Senior Lecturer at Dept. Digital Humanities - King's College London / Artist at IOCOSE / Current project: Videogames for the Post-Anthropocene
Dr. Ruth, PhD @networkedtogether.bsky.social Educator, researcher, grad department director. Maximizing benefits and minimizing harms of technology. Human factors of cybersecurity. Views are my own.
Bobby Blackwolf @bobbyblackwolf.com Host of "The Bobby Blackwolf Show" podcast about the Video Game Industry since 2005, recording LIVE Sundays 8PM ET/5PM PT on VOGNetwork Twitch
Twitch Affiliate
Panel Moderator and Event Host
Software Developer (not in gaming)
biz at bobbyblackwolf dot com
Ryan Thompson @bardicknowledge.bsky.social Game audio professor and radio host (Monday 7:00 PM, wkar.org) at Michigan State. Musicology via game studies. Go green! Thompson.RyanC@gmail.com
Watch me and my best friends stream Thursday evenings 9-11 PM Eastern at Twitch.tv/BardicKnowledge
Mark, the Oni @markmaletska.bsky.social Hi, I’m Mark Maletska (he/him), game studies scholar working in queer/trans game studies!
Bibi Reisdorf, PhD (she/her) @bibireisdorf.bsky.social Professor @ UNC Charlotte; Gremlin-raiser; #firstgen college graduate; digital inequality researcher; animal lover
Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
Alex Halavais @halavais.bsky.social flâneur, bricoleur, professor of wisdom, master of none, seeker of autonomy
Valheim @valheimgame.bsky.social • The official Valheim account
• Available on Humble, Microsoft, Mac, Xbox & Steam
• Made something? #ValheimFanart #ValheimBotM
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
Peter Christiansen @theturnipmaster.bsky.social Technology Writer, Videogame Researcher, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd. (He/Him)
Solip Park @solippark.bsky.social Game researcher (Doctor of Arts) at Aalto University and University of Jyväskylä. Researching migrants in the game industry and gamer & game dev culture in Korea and Finland :)
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
Department of Media & Information at Michigan State University @mediainfomsu.bsky.social We offer an interdisciplinary and energetic learning environment united by a passion for media and information. In our state-of-the-art labs, we research new avenues of communication technology and computer-centered interaction.
https://mi.msu.edu
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.
Briana Morgan @brianamorganbooks.bsky.social ✍️ Writing horror for weird girls
🐅 HOW TO ESCAPE A TIGER CULT (Out 10/6)
💀 Reviewer @cemeterydancepub
💌 brianamorganbooks@gmail.com
Hanna Wirman @hwirman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Games and Play Design, Center for Digital Play &
Head of Study Programme of MSc in Games, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Katharine Neil @katharineneil.bsky.social Games writer, narrative designer, game design tool developer. Occasional waster of time on social media. @haikus_by_KN in the bad place. J'habite en région parisienne; parfois je m'exprime en français.
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
Mark Danger Chen @mcdanger.bsky.social Games scholar, academic editor and coach, book cover illustrator, webmaster, PC builder, and Assistant Teaching Professor at Appalachian State U. Need input on a project? Hire me!
Letters to students: https://markdangerchen.net/letters/
Nick LaLone @nicklalone.com Applied researcher in emergency management, workforce development, and vintage tech.
Currently working on some #ttrpg research to better emergency management workforce development in #wargames and #seriousgames
Jonah Magar @octopusjones.bsky.social Serial iterator. Musical orchestrator. Library game collector / services promulgator.
Streaming the Game Studies Guild at twitch.tv/gsgmsu
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.
Phill Penix-Tadsen @penixtadsen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Spanish and Game Studies & Esports at the University of Delaware
Author of 'Cultural Code: Video Games and Latin America' + Editor of 'Video Games and the Global South'
https://sites.udel.edu/ptpt
Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
She/her/hers.
Annika Waern @wanais.bsky.social Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, Larp scholar, Music lover and Musician.
Deciduous Tree Rex @deciduoustreerex.bsky.social Collector of academic degrees and chronic illnesses. Mom. Creator of dust-gathering wonders. Cripplingly incapable of participating in capitalism.
Angela K. VandenBroek, PhD @akvbroek.bsky.social Anthropologist of Innovation (and all the hype that entails) | Asst Prof of Anthro, TXST | Director of InnoAnth Lab | CASTAC Web Producer | She/Her | ak.vbroek.org | All Opinions My Own
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com Neurospicy disabled trans girl, Ph.Dyke
Writes with @drtanenbaumii.bsky.social, @catblackard.bsky.social, & @jessicamudd.bsky.social
EggPrimeDirective.com
Music—Books—Games—Poetry MothMother.com
Ink—Art CauldronFireStudios.com
Theory TessTanen.com
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
M.Brückner @mellowne.bsky.social Game spaces & production environments, DEI, players of games, media anthropology.
Game Scholar & Instructional Designer
From: 🇩🇪 - Currently: 🇫🇮
Fox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social Games scholar, college professor, freelance writer, deeply tired all the time
Was laevantine/arcanistfox on Twitter
Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).
Aasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social PHD Researcher @ Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. AoS Worlds '26 Team Finland. Warhammer researcher. Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 34
https://medium.com/@warhammerscholar
Profile pic: teafordragon
@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
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/
Noah Wardrip-Fruin @n-w-f.bsky.social UC Santa Cruz professor; makes/studies games, elit, AI, etc; co-editor MIT Press Software Studies series; parent; Quaker; Henson/Muppet fan; disabled; he/him
New book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Personal website: http://www.noahwf.com
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland. 
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!
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura | Finnish society for game research @pelitutkimus.fi The Finnish society for game research. Posts FIN/ENG.
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on monitieteinen pelitutkimusta edistävä yhdistys. Tältä tililtä jaamme ajankohtaista tietoa pelitutkimukseen ja pelikulttuureihin liittyen.
www.pelitutkimus.fi
Torill @torillelvira.bsky.social Researcher, teacher, gamer, knitter, grandmother.
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Holly Green @winnersusedrugs.bsky.social Snacks, sneakers, Seattle, sideo games.
Former: Game Developer, Paste Games, Unwinnable, Polygon and others. Current: Founder and creative director at Tenuous Studios.
Mahli-Ann Butt @mahliann.bsky.social Game Studies’ Feminist Killjoy | she/her
Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social Reader, writer, translator, professional nerd, game scholar, larper, feminist.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade, Stalker RPG, Astraterra, Chernobyl Mon Amour
Photo by Chiara Cappiello.
taina myöhänen @tainam.bsky.social Researching diversity in the game industry for work and learning traditional renovation techniques for fun. Chopping wood when thinking is too much.
Work:
https://projects.tuni.fi/pegasus-fi/
https://coe-gamecult.org/
Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social Play scholar, among other things
Riikka Aurava @riikkaaurava.bsky.social Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Books:
1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)💫
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius)
https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social Professor Bridget "Why wouldn't I open the Ark of the Covenant and look directly into it?" Blodgett, personal Tumblr curator. Games, Feminism, and Design Scholar. 
Ville Kankainen @vkankainen.bsky.social PhD. Game scholar and designer out for new opportunities.
Game studies, game design, games and learning, board games, TTG, 4x, pc, ps4, crpg, ttrpg, history, politics, geeking, music, djing, goth, post-punk
Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social 📖Research: planetary boundaries, apples, orchards, sustainable food systems
🌍Interests: European heatwaves, deep ecology, biodiversity loss, GCR and ER, ecological economics
🚶♂️Outside: Scandinavia, archipelagos, glaciers
🍰Food: lussekatter, semla, tosca
Hartmut Koenitz @hkoenitz.bsky.social Scholar, designer, artist. Working on interactive digital narrative and how to understand our complex world. Professor and student in the subject of life
President of ARDIN.
book: Understanding
Interactive Digital Narrative (2023): https://amzn.to/3OUEj32
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io