Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. Parliamentary candidate for the Clacton By-Election, 2026. Sane.
Promoted by Count Binface, at PO Box 818, Tonbridge, TN9 9YF
Andreas Lieberoth @lieberoth.bsky.social Researcher, dad, author. Associate professor in educational psychology and digital technology at Aarhus University, Denmark, studying how tech affects thinking, learning, work, play, wellbeing. At one point I studied brains.
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
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social Raised gifted; non-practicing.
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
๐ productpicnic.beehiiv.com ๐ผ UX Design ๐ฆ Sick of rectangles ๐ง he/him
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlitโฆthe usual).
Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games Indie narrative games publisher. Host of #LudoNarraCon. On a journey to discover innovative story-driven games.
๐ https://linktr.ee/fellowtravellergames
Ben Recht @beenwrekt.bsky.social Blog: https://argmin.substack.com/
Webpage: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/
The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us. (Princeton) https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691272443/the-irrational-decision
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Franziska Brรคndle @frabraendle.bsky.social PostDoc at University of Oxford.
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants and others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services and better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com.
sotf.org.uk
Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io Meta-scientist and psychologist. Senior lecturer @unibe.chโฌ. Chief recommender @error.reviews. "Jumped up punk who hasn't earned his stripes." All views a product of my learning history. If behaviorism did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.
Martina Di Simplicio @martidisi.bsky.social Imperial College London, psychiatry, cognitive science, mental imagery, youth mental health, digital tools.
Amy J. Ko @amyko.phd Professor @ University of Washington Information School. Computing, learning, design, justice, kitties, tacos, coffee, gender, politics, and transit. I write at amyjko.medium.com. I maintain wordplay.dev, bookish.press, adminima.app, reciprocal.reviews.
Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org The world's largest professional organization advancing #computing as a science and profession. Also on Mastodon | LinkedIn | Meta | YouTube | Instagram.
Noahโฆ @noahspringer.com Senior Acquisitions Editor for game studies and new media at the MIT Press | columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxd https://boxd.it/oHIf
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow โ No trackers, no aโฆ @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy ๐ bridged from ๐ https://pluralistic.net/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/pluralistic.net
Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social Psychology & behavior genetics. Author of THE GENETIC LOTTERY (2021) and ORIGINAL SIN (2026). Speaking as an individual.
Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social NLP, cultural analytics. Assistant Professor of CS at University of Colorado Boulder. Books, bikes, games, art. https://maria-antoniak.github.io
J. Walton @ludopolitics.bsky.social He/they. I teach about Game Design, Technoscience, & East Asia at Carnegie Mellon. Indie game designer -- Indie RPG Award (2006), IndieCade Night Games (2015), Ennie Judge's Spotlight (2026). Comments my own.
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media ๐ฆ NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls ๐ฆ also, how can I put this: sports
https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. Iโm still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social Artist, author of New Dark Age (2018) and Ways of Being (2022). Free Palestine, Protect Trans Kids, for ever and ever. https://mastodon.social/@jamesbridle / jamesbridle.com
Robert Ashley @robertashley.bsky.social A Life Well Wasted, I Come to Shanghai, always in the kitchen. Music, books, and games. Lexington, VA. www.alifewellwasted.com
https://icometoshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/low-pressure
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
Party In The Front - Comms Closed @partyinthefront.bsky.social Visual funkateer
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/luis_melo/
www.partyinthefront.com
https://www.behance.net/partyinthefront
Society for Mathematical Psychology @mathpsych.org At the 1976 meeting of the Board, it was decided that a formal organization of a Society for Mathematical Psychology was desirable.
Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance) (MIT)
ecfriedman.com
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
SciBeh.org @scibeh.bsky.social Official account of SciBeh.org - we are an academic volunteer organisation drawing on behavioral science to build better digital tools for science and foster a collective intelligence approach to science communication with policy makers and the public.
Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social Research Scientist at the University of Washington based in Brooklyn. Also: SFI External Applied Fellow, Harvard BKC affiliate. Collective Behavior, Statistics, etc..
Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN) @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social We are the leading international network for scholars and practitioners dedicated to advancing sustainability transitions research.
Follow our page to stay updated on the latest research, events, and insights!
https://transitionsnetwork.org/
Chris Wilson @chriswilsonart.bsky.social Artist, Matte Painter, Goblin Artificer.
Queer ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ADHDโจ He/Him
Tip jar: ko-fi.com/chriswilsonart
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter: https://adalovelaceinstitute.org//newsletter-subscribe
The Safe Room @thesaferoom.bsky.social A horror game club podcast hosted by @gracemachine.bsky.social and @bluestrose.bsky.social
http://spookygame.club
Anke Aphasia @ankeaphasia.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher | HCI | more the quiet observer type ๐
Ozan Vardal @ozvardal.bsky.social Neuroscience postdoc | ISTBI, Fudan University #shanghai | Studying learning & naturalistic decision-making | video games + neuroimaging + computational modeling
@acmgames.bsky.social @acmgames.bsky.social
blackle mori @blackle.bsky.social I do a lot of stuff because my brain has too many chemicals. 1994 โง it/its
I have 12 birthdays a year because of a medical mishap: https://youtu.be/OEirbqQjynU
https://suricrasia.online/
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
UK Tabletop Industry Network (UK TIN) @UKGE: 3-510 @uktin.bsky.social A networking and knowledge-sharing organisation for the UK tabletop gaming industry. Established professionals and aspiring contributors welcome!
Find more information and sign up for our newsletter here: https://uktin.carrd.co/
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
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
Ben Shapiro (he/him) @benshapi.ro Prof @ University of Washington
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Joel Chan @joelchan86.bsky.social (Associately??) Professing #hci #creativity #toolsforthought #metascience at UMD INFO and HCIL
#immigrant (๐ฒ๐พ โก๏ธ ๐บ๐ธ ) #firstgen academic
Building @discoursegraphs.bsky.social #atproto ๐ค #openscience
https://joelchan.me
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
๐พ florencesmithnicholls.com
Christoph Salge @christophsalge.bsky.social Maker of Artificial Intelligence, Player of Games, Citizen of the World, Student of Philosophy, Writer of Pretentious Lists.
Reader in AI in Games at the University of Hertfordshire.
Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social Research Director, Citizens and Technology Lab, Cornell University, r/AskHistorians moderator
I study how to make the internet freer and saferโ and how to help the helpers on the ground making that possible. She/her
https://citizensandtech.org/
@ozresearch.bsky.social @ozresearch.bsky.social
Misha V. @pixelightflower.bsky.social Game dev hobbyist and pixel artist. Attempting to be an academic in games, equity and transhuman identity. No genAI is used in any art I produce. (She/They)
Immersive Arts UK @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social A brand new funding and support programme for UK-based artists, designed to help them develop their art by using immersive technologies. https://immersivearts.uk/
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer @pyoudeyer.bsky.social Research director @Inria, Head of @flowersInria
lab, prev. @MSFTResearch @SonyCSLParis
Artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, sciences of curiosity, language, self-organization, autotelic agents, education, AI and society
http://www.pyoudeyer.com
Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social ๐งฉ Marketing @draknek.bsky.social
๐ Co-host @indieventurepodcast.co.uk
๐ Author of COCOON: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
๐ Tired ex-journo @ Thinky Games, PC Gamer, RPS, GamesRadar+, Edge etc.
๐ง rachelwatts150[a]gmail.com
she/her/ace
Elena Kononenko @kononenko.bsky.social I'm an artist, love graphic, fairy tales and northern forest.
https://www.patreon.com/KononenkoElena โจ
replaylab @replaylab.bsky.social The rePLAY Lab is committed to the advancement of digital games & entertainment technology through user research. Director:
@wallnergue.bsky.social
#gamesUR #gameAnalytics
Jo Wood @jwolondon.bsky.social Professor of Visual Analytics who does datavis, visualization storytelling and natural travel. Did I mention visualization?- A @alxbutterworth.bsky.social @alxbutterworth.bsky.social
Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social A Canadian cartoonist/filmmaker, Mr. Annable is the creator of the Grickle Channel, and co-director of Laikaโs The Boxtrolls. Represented by Hansen Literary.
Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social Worked on games like The Suffering, The Church in the Darkness, and Homeworld: Vast Reaches. Wrote Game Design: Theory & Practice. Now Studio Creative Director at FarBridge on dark new things.
Richard Lemarchand @rich-lem.bsky.social Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
@danielequercia.bsky.social @danielequercia.bsky.social
Becky Stewart @theleadingzero.com textiles + crafts + wearable tech + audio
Associate Prof at Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London.
Steffen P Walz @playbe.bsky.social
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Ben Davies-Romano @bendaviesromano.bsky.social UX, Product, AI ๐ช Currently a Group AI Content Design Lead in FinTech. Opinions are my own and questionable.
Found in central London, wearing velvet clothing, and spilling coffee everywhere. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ and ๐ด
#contentdesign #productmanagement #ux #tech
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social I make roleplaying games, toy soldiers, and bad decisions.
rrdgames.com
AI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry.
http://www.aiandgamesconference.com
AI and Games Conference is organised by Game AI Events CIC: a UK-based non-profit that hosts events for game AI developers in Europe.
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, associate professor at Aarhus University.
Predictive Processing, Emotion, Play, Recreational Fear, Cognitive Development.
Freddie Page @fourier.space Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dyson School of Design Engineering
Imperial College London
https://fourier.space
Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician.
David Melhart @davidmelhart.bsky.social ๐ PhD in Games and Affective Computing | ๐ฎ Assistant Professor @ SDU Metaverse Lab [https://gdlt.sdu.dk/staff/] | ๐ฒ game goblin [http://goblingoulash.com] | ๐ he/they
Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social English technologist, founder and product designer living in San Francisco. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded things too. Currently trying to find something to get excited rather than angry about. http://www.plasticbag.org
clurr @clurr.bsky.social Product & innovation for IoT & clean energy tech. Works at @energysyscat.bluesky.social (views my own). Lead author of Designing Connected Products (O'Reilly). She/her
Torill @torillelvira.bsky.social Researcher, teacher, gamer, knitter, grandmother.
Professor_Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social President of DiGRA, NYU Game Center Prof, Author. ๐Play Like a Fan Girl out Oct 13 2026
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.
Esther MacCallum-Stewart @neveahfs.bsky.social
Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social Experimental gamemaker, captured media superfan, wanderer in forests. OCAD University/kokoromi (she/them)
Kelly Boudreau @velixious.bsky.social professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
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.
Andy Phelps @andymphelps.bsky.social Professor at @AU_SOC, Director at @AUGameCenter, President at @theHEVGA. Personal acct. he/him
Annakaisa Kultima @aakoo.bsky.social Game scholar, game design praxiologist, ludic gallerist. And other things.
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much.
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
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
T.L. Taylor @tltaylor.bsky.social Not sure I'm ready for another platform but let's see.
Theme park play research these days (yup, Disney).
tltaylor.com (links to most of my work, inc books) & instagram.com/ybikapix (for the fun stuff!)
Janet H Murray @janethmurray.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Digital Media, Georgia Tech, graduate of Bx Science HS, author "Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace" (MIT Press updated edition 2017) . Current book in progress:"Digital Delusions" .
Olli Sotamaa @sotamaa.bsky.social proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere mรคn
Tomasz Z. Majkowski @tzmajkowski.bsky.social Game researcher from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Max Read @maxread.info http://maxread.email
Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social Communication science, media psychology, and game studies at the University of Twente. He/him