Barrett Courtney @barrettcourtney.bsky.social Senior Technical Director at Kinda Funny
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Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host โจ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, @TheIndieCouncil.com, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
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Aaron A. Reed @aaronareed.bsky.social Maker of books, games, games about books, and books about games. Social media content syndicated to multiple platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronareed
Terror Camp @terrorcamp.bsky.social Polar Exploration Lectures & Learning โข February 6th & 7th, 2027 โข Contact: command@terror.camp
Hookshot Media @hookshot.media We love video games. Hookshot publishes leading video gaming websites @nintendolife.com, @pushsquare.com, @purexbox.com and @timeextension.com
hookshot.media
Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com Author, LARP, physics, economics. Subjective Chaos, BSFA, BFA finalist. Board @SoA, Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA.
Rep:John Baker @PFD. Writer @ (hugo winner) Nerds of a feather
stewarthotston.com
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crowbar. @crowbar.diy indies breaking industry norms.
events & occasional words.
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Nov. 16th - Nov. 23rd
๐ฆโโฌ crowbar.diy
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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.
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
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E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog Pen name. Writing and reviewing dark and challenging fiction; would write more if life weren't so dark and challenging.
Also a magpie for fine stories and essays, a snob about coffee and tea (unless desperate), a wiki and map wanderer, and a cat steward.
Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social Lever Press is a collaborative #openaccess scholarly publisher driven by the values, ambitions, and imagination of the top liberal arts colleges.
leverpress.org
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social I write mostly about video games ๐
Blog: buttonprompt.com
Words: StartMenu, Unwinnable
Contact: thebuttonprompt@gmail.com
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iโm just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social writer @kotaku.com | the ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ one @normandyfm.bsky.social | he/him | nyc | kshepard@kotaku.com
ears still ringing, arms still swinging
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social Book worker at University of Texas Press | Formerly a bookseller, at Paris Review | Occasional writing at places like Defector, LARB, Full Stop, The Millions, elsewhere | joelpinckney@gmail.com
Micaela โgrossly unremarkable ballsโ Deitz @dykedeitz.bsky.social โA girl from New Jersey, where they were not what you might call beautiful but were magnificent.โ - John Saward on James Gandolfini but if it was about me :)
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aqualounge.tv @aqualounge.tv video games for the post-gaming age. a games+music+art streaming block bringing vibe-driven games curation to twitch and youtube.
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Hourly Garth Marenghi's Darkplace @hourlydarkplace.bagpuss.org A random frame from a random Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, every hour, on the hour. Episode details in alt text.
By Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org
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Steven Stoermer @stevenstoermer.bsky.social EIC at Deleted Saves, words at Start Menu and Stop Caring.
https://www.deletedsaves.com/
Views own.
Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social Announces the next airing on Turner Classic Movies a half-hour in advance. Unofficial.
Black Pony Immersive @blackpony.com An indie studio founded by creatives from Deus Ex, Dishonored, Prey, and Just Cause. We love well-realized worlds, where your actions create memorable moments. Immersive sims forever!
vee ๐ @rabbitbrew.bsky.social ๐นญ. ๐นate 20s vaguely rabbit shaped thing โแข. .แขโ
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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com Writer | Jewish/Latino | MFA Creative Writing | Critical Error Pod | JakeNoseIt โถ๏ธ Twitch | ๐ฉJake@SteinbergDrift.com | Debut Acquired โ
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Deleted Saves @deletedsavesmag.bsky.social A quarterly publication for critical analysis of video games and their place in culture.
https://www.deletedsaves.com/
Contact us at deletedsaves at gmail dot com
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lily valeen @itsmelilyv.bsky.social - i make games about women trying their best
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- https://itsmelilyv.com
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com Writer, researcher, tech industry survivor, tennis obsessive ๐พ, and fortunate to live with Lumpy, the greatest cat in the universe
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Sagar Beroshi @sagarberoshi.bsky.social Storytelling in Games.
โ Narrative Designer / Writer for more unannounced things at The Chinese Room
โ Writer for Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest
โ Deputy Game Director for Helldivers 2
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Darby McDevitt @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social Game Developer, Writer.
Author of The Halter, Assassins Creed Black Flag, Sims 2 DS, etc.
Follow for music clips, literary quotes, Assassinโs Creed trolling.
darbymcdevitt.com
โง GIVE UP THE GHOST โง @playgiveuptheghost.bsky.social KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. ๐๏ธ WISHLIST ON STEAM
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jeeyon shim ์ฌ์ง์ฐ @jeeyon.bsky.social Writer and game designer, former outdoor educator, multidisciplinary artist, mushroom forager in the wintertime. Winner of Diana Jones Emerging Designer Award and co-winner of Indiecade Best Live Game.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha ๐ฆ
moryan.com ๐
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Iโm writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. Iโve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above ๐ธ Abolish ICE
KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social writer & editor, open for work! kmnelsonmail (at) gmail (dot) com // managing editor, @deletedsavesmag.bsky.social and @startmenu.bsky.social // editor/QA, Interstate 35, @radiantarray.bsky.social // she/they
Cristina Ramos @saffroncr.bsky.social Gamedev, RPGs, retro gaming, electronics, boxing, and trolling
๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉโ๐งโก๐ฅ๏ธ
Making a metroidbrainia game about the end of the world before the end of the world
Itch: https://saffroncr.itch.io/katavatis
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4843670/KATAVATIS/
Jacek Wesoลowski @jzwesolowski.bsky.social Game designer, mostly. Knows how to make a custom editor in Unreal, write jokes in a foreign language, track police movements across a large city, and publicly scold an abusive party leader.
R25th ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ is trying its best @r25th.bsky.social - alt game developer (ctrl & otherwise)
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- it/she
- warning: bad words -
Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social They/Them
Author of A Dream of Saints
I thirst trap award winning authors
patreon.com/doriandawes
Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
please listen to my actual play podcast @el3phantbird.bsky.social professional embroiderer ๐งต actual play performer โจ i like cosplaying mentally ill women that kill people ๐ธ host on @storyplayerspod.bsky.social ๐ฑ she/they โจ cosplay@elephant-bird.com
figura @figurashape.net no me griteeees
Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social Paradox's spookiest Content Designer
๐ Stellaris
๐ Afterworld
http://giadazavarise.com/ | https://cheerfulgoth.itch.io/ | https://cheerfulgoth.bearblog.dev/
Petros Anastasiadis @ghoulbossgames.bsky.social Game Developer | Technical Designer
I make games about hell and guts and stuff
Groningen, The Netherlands
Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social Making trailers. Making comics. She/her
Comic: https://iteatsplanets.com/
Trailer Portfolio & Contact: https://sammgreer.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sammgreer
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/samanthamackgreer
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SamMGreer
Chris H. ๐๐ @sutexii.bsky.social freelance illustration & character design โฆ she/he lesbian โฆ 28 โฆ AuDHD โฆ mushroom, horror, and monster lover ๐ป
โฆ sutexii.art
โฆ patreon.com/sutexii
โฆ inprnt.com/gallery/sutexii/
โฆ chrisutexii@gmail.com
#art | #commission | #oc
Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social Author of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
Principal Apps and Games Writer at PCMag
Union guy, Black guy, fake Street Sharks guy
https://www.jordanwminor.com/
Lady Nerevar @ladynerevar.bsky.social Internet-Ancient Elder Scrolls Nerd | Imperial Library admin | Not employed by Bethesda/ZOS
www.ladynerevar.com
Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social A worker-owned horror culture magazine.
www.darkertimes.com
Tom O @vgtomo.bsky.social My site: https://www.respec.net/
My newsletter: https://lowpolymess.com/
Former Editorial Director @eurogamer @vg247, USGamer managing editor, @vg247 Editor-in-chief, founder of VideoGamer.com. GOAT (He/him) tom dot orry at gmail dot com
Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social Co-Editor of @PodCastle.org
VA with narrations at Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Far-Fetched Fables
Had post-viral fatigue since before it got 'popular' #MECFS
Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE โก๏ธ BostonFIG @pizzapranks.bsky.social Top (& only) Guy at Indiepocalypse | Home for the Unmarketable | indie games' most widely known person of zero importance
http://indiepocalypse.com
Starter Guide http://indiepocalypse.com/starter
http://indiepocalypse.com/patreon
indiepocalypse@gmail.com
Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social SFF enthusiast, hobby-collector, blogger, shouter-at-the-internet. Editor at Ignyte and Hugo winner Nerds of a Feather, along with reviews elsewhere. 2026 Hugo Fan Writer finalist. All links here: https://linktr.ee/roseanna.pendlebury (she/her).
Ian Froeb @ianfroeb.bsky.social St. Louis Post-Dispatch restaurant critic. Sailor in a big green boat. Orioles fan. Dad. Progress, not perfection.
Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social Newsletters on classic video games and sports labor, regular at Baseball Prospectus, ex-Paste, A.V. Club, etc. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him
https://retroxp.beehiiv.com
https://marcnormandin.com
https://www.avclub.com/author/marc-normandin
Unusual Efforts @unusualefforts.bsky.social Smashing the โฝ๏ธ patriarchy one post at a time!
nat / bird king @ play my yuri vn @birdking.bsky.social nat/bird | 30 | any pronouns idc ๐
working on #mixedmediavnjam
๐ชก marle, angel's egg
#Cosplay | #Art | #Nier
Brianna Lei @briannalei.bsky.social I made Butterfly Soup 1+2 and Pom Gets Wi-Fi!
Please wishlist my new game, The Crane Rider's Tale!! ๐
briannalei.carrd.co/
loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online i host a low key video game show called into the aether, write and make videos at wavelengths, manage overworld, and take photos! wow!
https://wavelengths.online
https://overworld.vg
Warp Point @warppoint.games https://warppoint.games
A directory and old school webring for independent and personal gaming blogs and newsletters.
suzanne @binarypartitioned.space โ binarypartitioned.space
โ level/environment designer ๐จ
โ previous work: Skin Deep ๐๐ฐ
โ current work: Sleight of Hand ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐
โ hitscanner apologist โก
โ tired trans woman โง๏ธโฃ
โ ๐ @maddievivrose.bsky.social
โ ๐ Melbourne, Australia
@tameflowers.bsky.social @tameflowers.bsky.social I MAKE LITTLE GUYS (the guys are ceramic) LIKE IM A LITTLE GUY PIZZA RESTAURANT (the kiln is very hot)
im "kilncreatures" on tumblr, "tamedflowers" on instagrumble
Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social ๐ Founder of http://blendogames.com
๐ Most recent release: SKIN DEEP http://blendogames.com/skindeep
๐ Co-founder https://glitch.city
Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
Lรฉon ๐งฉ Looking for Fael is OUT! @leonardbertos.bsky.social ๐ฆSr. Writer, Narrative designer. Lead & teacher.
๐ Games; Infamous Keepers, Stardream, Sandwalkers, Looking for Fael, The Merlies...
๐ชน Fantasy novels; La Quรชte de Midas, Le Journal de Fersac...
๐ #Modding #Fantasy #Gamedev #Queer #Indie
๐ En & Fr. He
Rรฉmi Verschelde @akien.bsky.social @godotengine.org project maintainer & @w4games.com co-founder (he/him).
Free and #opensource software advocate. #indiedev and #Linux gaming. Frenchman in Copenhagen.
Also on: @akien@mastodon.gamedev.place.
sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social critic and cultural historian of genre fantasies / senior acquiring editor @leverpress.bsky.social / associate editor of sf @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social / read more: seanguynes.com
Gio :โพ @im.giovanh.com cryptid โข writer โข legendary archivist โข universal constant โข edge case โข cyber artisan
let's be fans of each other
https://im.giovanh.com
every usps @everylot-usps.bsky.social Every USPS every half hour, by @fishmanpet.bajurny.us, based on work by @fitnr.bsky.social, not affiliated with the USPS
Jon Irwin @winwinirwin.bsky.social Writer/Teacher.
Words in Kill Screen, Paste, Men's Health, The Atlantic, Billboard, Variety, Washington Post, Inverse and more.
https://about.me/jonirwinis
andrea @asaraviapt.bsky.social โจ๏ธ building stories & communities @ atrium interactive (indie, AA, AAA and +)
โคท narrative & comms @ deviant games
โคท lore & adcopy @ flameborn games
โคท narrative consulting @ [redacted]
opinions are my own~
https://asaraviapt.wixsite.about/
scumhead @scumhead.bsky.social game dev
making Ringwyrm
made Mohrta w/ Osiol
I made Franzen, Angel's Gear, Vomitoreum, Shrine, etc
้ฎ @sweetfish.site i make things (allegedly)
website ๐ https://sweetfish.site/
games ๐ https://sweetfish.itch.io/
art account ๐ @sweetfishes.bsky.social
Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social Producer at EA SPORTS
Games researcher
Former game development instructor
Tabletop game designer
Occasional poet
steinea.ca / steinea.fyi
Global Voices Lingua @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social The Lingua project works to bring down barriers to understanding through mission-driven translation. Our hundreds of volunteers make @globalvoices.org stories available in dozens of languages.
Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social Norwegian medievalist, bibliophile, music lover and art enthusiast.
[Header: Valenciennes - BM - ms. 0320, f.120v]
Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social reader, critic, fan, he/him
The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social Magazine of social-political and progressive speculative fiction, feminist SF, queer SF, eco SF, world SF and cyberpunk. (Bleets by Djibril.)
https://futurefire.net/
Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com Trans Queerdo. He/Him. Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Nebula, Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe). No AI. Fuck ICE.
L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app SFF writer/editor/publisher. ATL/SEA.
Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ YEAR OF THE MER (Saga/Titan, OUT NOW). Ldlewiswrites.com
But Why Tho? @butwhytho.net Butwhytho.net is an independent media outlet covering video games, film, TV, anime, and comics.
๐ฌ Film/TV reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
๐ฎ Game reviews on Metacritic, Open Critic, and CriticDB
Email us: info@butwhytho.net
Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social (she/her)
Berlin based writer, Granta Workshop Alum, words in Strange Horizons, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Wigleaf & more.
๐ฟ๐๐๐โจ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Rep'd: @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social
My website! tyndall.earth
B. Pladek @bpladek.bsky.social Ben. Literature scholar & writer; Ass. Prof. of English at Marquette University. He/him, boring transsexual. DRY LAND (2023, UWP): https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/D/Dry-Land; other stuff elsewhere.
website: bpladek.net
Isaac Fellman @isaac-fellman.bsky.social Writer and archivist. NOTES FROM A REGICIDE (Spring '25), THE TWO DOCTORS GรRSKI (Fall '22), DEAD COLLECTIONS (Spring '22), THE BREATH OF THE SUN ('18, Lambda winner). He/him. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Rep Kate McKean.
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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | โ๏ธ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal | UIC English MA student | Rep: Sara Megibow
Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ช๐บ | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025)
https://readspaceboy.com/portfolio/the-inescapable-march/
Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://eliaseells.com/
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at GamesBeat, Game Informer, Kinda Funny, Restart Dot Run, Fanbyte full time; IGN, Kotaku, Washington Post, basically everywhere freelance. Contact: imran@prosekhans.com. He/him.
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
www.cecianasta.com
Discord: ehvee
Signal: Cecilia.01
Overworld @overworld.vg Overworld: A wider view of video game news.
https://overworld.vg
Hira โจ๐๐๐๐ (she/they) @heartofhiraeth.net Language nerd โข โ๏ธ @thinkygames.com + @warpdoor.com + narrative games โข Aventurine main โข Pet mum โข Always be kind โค๏ธ
Always looking for work where I can craft worlds and expand lore ๐๏ธ
๐: https://heartofhiraeth.net/
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Filipe Urriรงa @filipeurrica.bsky.social Writing about how games are made.
Interviews, systems, decisions most players never notice.
๐จ Systems of Play
Dragon Wasabi Potato ใใฉใดใณใฏใตใใใใ @dragonwasabipotato.bsky.social writer, streamer | creating TELE @telegame.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/dragonwasabipotato
contributor @warpdoor.com
ambassador @safeinourworld.org
operator at Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver.ฮฒ
https://dawn2021.orylab.com
Louise Koren @loukoren.bsky.social Linguist, editor, and avid crafter.
๐ฑ๐ง๐ธ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐ฆ
Managing editor @talesfeathers.bsky.social with @augursociety.bsky.social
louisekoren.ca
Bex @bexsaltsman.bsky.social CEO + co-founder of FinjiCo. 
Joshua Wolens @joshuawolens.bsky.social i have a high reading level for my age