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!
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
Tim Garbos @timgarbos.bsky.social Awkwardly trying to make people laugh through video games. WHAT THE GAMES?
Mahdi Bahrami @bahrami.bsky.social made Engare and Tandis
George Batchelor @georgebatch.bsky.social co-founder of @milktooth.bsky.social making bad magpie
also to blame for bird alone & far from noise & hot date
georgebatchelor.com | he/him
René | Bippinbits @bippinbits.bsky.social Making games!
Made Dome Keeper.
Making PVKK - Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant, Bandwagon & others.
Jungle World @jungle.world Linke Wochenzeitung aus Berlin.
Es bleibt kompliziert.
https://jungle.world/
Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social Juniorprof für Philosophie der Technik & Information, Uni Stuttgart
Mitinitiatorin von #IchBinHanna | https://amreibahr.net | Newsletter #ArbeitInDerWiss: https://steady.page/de/arbeit-in-der-wissenschaft/ | #Top40unter40
☕️ #TeamKaffee | 🏃🏻♀️ #TeamLaufen
Jaja Verlag @jajaverlag.bsky.social Jaja was founded 2011, based in Berlin.
Jaja publishes comic books, graphic novels, art books... based in Berlin, Friesenstrasse 13, 10965
www.jajaverlag.com
@ullilust.bsky.social @ullilust.bsky.social 
Mawil @mawilsky.bsky.social Comicartist from Berlin.
www.mawil.net
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
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Weekly Newsletter: aiandgames.com
YouTube: youtube.com/@aiandgames
Game-Produktion und Management 🕹️ @hnu-gpm.bsky.social Aus Studium, Forschung und Lehre von Game-Produktion und Management an der Hochschule Neu-Ulm:
#gamedesign #gamedev #gameart #gamestudies
LÖVE Game Framework @love-framework.bsky.social LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. https://love2d.org/
FragDenStaat @fragdenstaat.de Mit Recherchen, Klagen & Anfragen bringen wir Infos ans Licht. Wir bauen Demokratie-Tools und beraten bei Druck von Rechts. fragdenstaat.de
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
Willem Hilhorst @whilhorst.bsky.social Games Preservation at Beeld & Geluid (Sound & Vision) | Associate Editor NWR | Games-Journalist | He/Him 🇳🇱
https://linktr.ee/willemh
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
ROTxBLAU | working on Grandma(88) @rotxblau.bsky.social Game Developer based in Leipzig 👋👋👋
https://www.rotxblau.de/meine-oma88/
Martin @martinsvanberg.bsky.social I make indie games & play the piano. Swede based in Berlin.
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.
444 @444.hu A 444.hu független híroldal, 9-től 99 éves korig minden magyar ezt olvassa.
https://linkin.bio/negynegynegy
Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social Website dedicated to scanning/preserving video games.
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge lost." - Harpocrates (FFXVI)
Website - https://www.gamingalexandria.com
Discord - https://discord.gg/YHZUVaAXw3
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/gamingalexandria
Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social PRONOUNS: HE/HIM
Cultural Studies/Media Studies/Far and Near Right
Author at Panzerkreuzer Rotkäppchen
Brandenburg Ultra
https://linktr.ee/simonstrick
Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social makers of Cozy Grove, Triple Town, Alphabear and now Spirit Crossing, a cozy social MMO.
+ join the public playtest on Steam for free TODAY! 🧡
✨ http://s.team/a/2321960
read our developer blogs!
🦊 spryfox.com
digitalrechte @digitalrechte.bsky.social Das Zentrum für Digitalrechte und Demokratie verbindet Aktivismus mit journalistischem Denken - faktenbasiert, konstruktiv und strategisch.
Wir stärken Demokratie und digitale Grundrechte.
Eric Chahi @ericchahi.bsky.social Stay tuned about Paper Beast, Another World, and more!
Broken Rules @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social Game studio established in 2009.
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, VITRIOL, ELOH, Old Man‘s Journey, CHESTO, Secrets of Raetikon, Chasing Aurora, And Yet It Moves
Robin / koffeinvampir @robygon.bsky.social Making a Game about Making Games, that you will make games in it's The Games You Make: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852750
Filippo Beck Peccoz @fbeckpeccoz.bsky.social I make music for games I love, and also founded my own studio in 2025! https://linktr.ee/fbeckpeccoz
👁️🗨️ Wishlist Imprinted!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3980340/Imprinted/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=evergreen&utm_content=bio
Johannes Roth @coreproduction.de Founded Mimimi Games, 2008-2023.
Now working on personal projects.
Currently focusing on Bowl Timer: an elegant, distraction-free meditation timer app.
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Simon Cutajar @sc.mt Programmer, gamedev, Maltese 🇲🇹 immigrant in Sweden 🇸🇪. (Previously 🇬🇧🇩🇰)
VR/AR game programmer @resolutiongames.bsky.social
PhD in procedurally generated music for games.
Talk to me about games, TTRPGs, folklore, music, film, writing, ice-cream
simon.com.mt
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.
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social Vagabond game maker. TIGSource, Gametrekking, Loneliness, Game Poems, etc. https://jordanmagnuson.itch.io/
Brackeys @brackeys.com Learn to make games! 🕹️ http://youtube.com/brackeys/
Gilda Sahebi @gildasahebi.bsky.social Journalistin/Politikwissenschaftlerin/Ärztin
Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com Perfect Tides - http://tinyurl.com/vbf9wzab
Perfect Tides: Station to Station - OUT NOW! https://tinyurl.com/34f4m9jy
Comics @ http://www.octopuspie.com
Does it play? @doesitplay.org Working to ensure games and hardware remain accessible now and always. Testing games fully offline for the sake of preservation.
Website, Patreon & more: https://linktr.ee/doesitplay
SummoningSalt @summoningsalt.bsky.social Speedrun World Record Histories
Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com Great books on classic video games.
bossfightbooks.com
Latest:
● Dragon Age II by Charlotte Reber
● Life is Strange by Kaitlin Tremblay
● Legend of the River King by Alexander B. Joy
● DDR by Jessica Doyle & Jordan Ferguson
Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social Game designer making mathematics and science interactive. I also do the All the Adventures project where I play and write about every adventure game ever made in chronological order.
http://bluerenga.blog
Norman Caruso @gaminghistorian.bsky.social Creator of The Gaming Historian YouTube Channel. Co-host of An Old Timey Podcast. I also enjoy woodworking!
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!"
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
insert credit @insertcredit.com The only show about video games. W/ @frankcifaldi.bsky.social
@adashtra.bsky.social
@brandon.insertcredit.com
host @alexjaffe.bsky.social
editor @esper.bsky.social
https://patreon.com/insertcredit
https://forums.insertcredit.com
https://insertcredit.com
Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social Video game historian who uncovers lost video games and other curiosities. Makes videos for DYKG. Freelance writer. I was @doctor_cupcakes on Twitter.
Links to my stuff: https://linktr.ee/liamrobertson
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
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social Gentleman Sleuth
Bob Blume @netzlehrer.bsky.social Lehrer, Blogger des Jahres, SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autor (@PenguinRandomDe), Host @swr DSB, Kolumne bei t-online und @schulportal http://linktr.ee/Netzlehrer
Wis @wis-wis.bsky.social I make games.
Idk what to say, see for yourself: https://wiswis.itch.io/
Wishlist my latest game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5126620/With_a_HEART_and_a_GUN_you__ASCENDed__to_the_status_of_the_Beholder_Applaud_Praise__SHOOT_or_DIE/
Happy Broccoli Games @happybroccoligames.bsky.social Indiedevs of Duck Detective: The Secret Salami and Apple Crumble!
(Berlin, Germany)
Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social He/him. Sr. Game Designer. Prev: Epic, Bungie, Turbine, more.
I run @HyruleInterviews.bsky.social
Blog: namelessquality.com
Portfolio: maxnicholsdesign.com
John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social FPS is my DNA. Working on a new shooter. Find Romero Games at https://t.co/d7iJN1tvGy
Stu Horvath @stuhorvath.com "All powerful brain-in-a-jar" | Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social Dec 2026 | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
Lea Irion @komplexikon.bsky.social Die einzig wahre Pokémon-Spezialexpertin
Manuspielt @insertmoin.de Freier Spielejournalist und Podcaster bei Insert Moin, Chef-Redakteur IGN Deutschland, Jury-Mitglied bei »Spiel des Jahres«, Vater, Bartträger & Brettspiel-Geek (he/him) / Avatar by mexer
Michael Wieczorek @avavii.bsky.social Journalist für Videospiel-Kultur, Retro-Connoisseur, Podcaster (Insert Moin) und Kopf des Avaversums (Streams & Discord), Dozent bei Ampuls Hameln-Pyrmont
Decode @decodepodcast.bsky.social Videospiel-Journalismus, der mehr wissen will
Hier zu sehen und zu hören: linktr.ee/decodepod
M10Z @m10z.bsky.social M10Z ist ein offener Kanal für Videospielcontent und das Drumherum.
M10Z.de
https://linktr.ee/m10z
Nina Kiel @beurkeek.bsky.social Game developer, journalist, podcaster, researcher, diversity and inclusion advocate, IGF finalist
Research fellow at FH Dortmund (project KoSpiRIT)
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them, sier/sien
Anjin Anhut / available for freelance @anjinanhut.bsky.social http://www.anjinanhut.com he/him, Game Director. Art Director. Artist. Part-time anarchist. Art and Animation Obsessive. 18+ only. Lives in Germany. NO AI / FREE PALESTINE / TRANS RIGHTS / REFUGEES WELCOME /FCKAFD
Debuff @debuff.de Dein halbjährlich erscheinendes Online-Zine über Games und das, was Spiele selbst nicht erzählen.
Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social The UK trade union for writers in TV, film, theatre, audio, books, poetry, comedy, animation and videogames
Join us! www.writersguild.org.uk
*MACHT*Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft 2025 @machtgfm.bsky.social 16.-19. September 2025@Universität Paderborn
https://blogs.uni-paderborn.de/gfm2025/
Amon @amonschreibt.bsky.social he/him | Redakteur und Medien Student @HHU |
Liebt Videospiele und redet gerne drüber | ger/en
✍️ amonsgamecorner.wordpress.com
Warp Door @warpdoor.com 🚪 An observatory in the middle of nowhere 🚪
📧 warpdoor@gmail.com
Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism @gamesbeyond.bsky.social Conference taking place at the University of Konstanz, Germany on 4-5 Sept. 2025. Conference website: www.gamesbeyond.org.
Narranauten @narranauten.bsky.social Wir lieben Games, Narrative Design und interaktive Stories. 🎮❤️ Wir wollen dich unterstützen, das alles selbst umzusetzen. 🥰
📍Mitteldeutschland | narranauten.com
Andre Meister @andre.netzpolitik.org Investigativer Journalist @netzpolitik.org. Mitgründer @freiheitsrechte.org und digitalegesellschaft.de. Beobachter edri.org. Beirat @cdteu.org. Mitglied @ccc.de. Freund @fragdenstaat.de. Lieber auf https://chaos.social/@andre_meister.
Jens Andersson @llerd.bsky.social Level 19 multi-class gamedev who likes to build stuff. Credits: Riddick EFBB, The Darkness, Yoku's Island Express, Colors!, Indy Great Circle and now (redacted)
Katja Berlin @katjaberlin.bsky.social Chefin und Autorin
Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social letibus.com
blazgracar.com/blaz
Herd out now!
Game designer of LOK, LOK Digital, Abdec, Workworkwork, Herd, All Is Bomb // Making music for theatre, keyboardist, electronic producer as Blaž // Some other stuff as well // he/him
AvantBeetle @avantbeetle.bsky.social Atlanta based gallery for experimental/alternative/weird games. Bridging the gap between local arts and videogame scenes
Protest Games Jam: https://itch.io/jam/avantbeetles-protest-games-jam
Discord: https://discord.gg/NuXh64rQS7
Playables @playables.net We make playable things.
playables.net
Michael Frei 🪰 @michaelfrei.io Makes games and animated films with his finger
https://michaelfrei.io
Made a video game called Time Flies https://timeflies.buzz
Arcane Cabinet @arcanecabinet.bsky.social Small in scope, great in visuals, made in Berlin.
🌱Wishlist Pibcremental: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4573090/Pibcremental/?utm_source=Bluesky
🎮 Play Swimpossible: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3819490/Swimpossible/?utm_source=Bluesky
Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Florian Smolka @smou.bsky.social Senior Vfx/Tech
Prev: Maschinen-Mensch, Mimimi Games
❤️ for Spacestuff, science, equality and humans collaborating to achieve a common goal
Alien Bob but also @jeremyoduber.com I write love letters to games you've never heard of at youtube.com/@alien_bob
He\they. 🇦🇼 in 🇳🇱
twitch.tv/alienbob
Admin of theunderscore.xyz
Playdate @play.date A brand new handheld video game system from Panic.
➡️ Available at https://play.date
💬 Need help? Go to https://help.play.date
House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social UK-based, two-person indie studio making games full of satire, whimsy, and unapologetically leftist politics.
Makers of Behind The Hydra's Eyes, now available to wishlist on Steam!
@dragosf.bsky.social
@onperambulation.bsky.social
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net Pixels and Polygons: Home of original podcasts, books, and zines! www.pixelsandpolygons.net
Run by @darrenhupke.bsky.social
Part of @soundstone.network
soundstone.network
Webstore links and more below!👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Beat ‘Em Up, Pixels and Polygons Quarterly). Writer. Podcast host (Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Ben Kirman @ben.kirman.org Postdisciplinary games academic: Make/study/teach the playful, weird, wonderful and radical. (he/him)
#criticaldesign #speculativedesign #designfiction #gamedesign
Projects:
https://ben.kirman.org
Unwinnable @unwinnable.com A place for stories | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1VQ9omB | Pitch: http://bit.ly/3oBCo5z
Schleuder Games✨ Creators of Space Sprouts🌱 @schleudergames.bsky.social Launch into cozy cosmic chaos: solve puzzles, bend physics, and experiment with weird gadgets! How much will you discover before you arrive home? 🌱✨
🚀Out now!
🌟Get it on Steam: https://tinyurl.com/SpaceSprouts
👾Discord: discord.gg/kWupKv9WGd
@moderngraphics.bsky.social @moderngraphics.bsky.social Der Comicshop in Berlin Kreuzberg, Charlottenburg und Prenzlberg!
modern-graphics.de
Comic Invasion Berlin @comicinvasion.bsky.social ✨ 9-10 May, 2026 at Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
Berlin‘s most colourful comic festival for everyone and for free!
• comicinvasion.berlin
• linktr.ee/comicinvasion
Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social Journalist investigating Central Europe 🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰🇨🇿 at VSquare.org. Corruption, illiberalism, 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 meddling.
🙏 buymeacoffee.com/szabolcspanyi
📝 panyiszabolcs.substack.com
🗞️ vsquare.org/newsletter
✉️ szabolcs.panyi@vsquare.org
increpare @increpare.bsky.social Game developer in Berlin, innit.
www.increpare.com
INIT HELLO @init-hello.org You have a diskette, and you want to start fresh. So you run “INIT HELLO” on your Apple II and you get a clean slate.
INIT HELLO, V2 is coming to the System Source Computer Museum north of Baltimore, Maryland, June 19–21, 2026.
Ethical Games @ethicalgames.org Building a code of ethics for the game industry. Account managed by Celia Hodent.
ethicalgames.org
ARG Digest @arg-digest.bsky.social The first dedicated Alternative Reality magazine.
"Observe the world beyond your own."
Website: argdigest.com – Read current and past issues for free, or buy a physical copy on Amazon.
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com