Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com Posts by @itshannahflynn.bluesky.com, communications director. Mandrake is a narrative rural life sim, coming to Steam Early Access. Also Fallen London, Sunless Sea, etc. Press: press at failbettergames.com
Big Bad Game-a-thon @bigbadgameathon.bsky.social Since 2017, Big Bad Game-a-thon has been hosting a yearly online/remote event presenting speedruns, superplays, and showcases of kusoge, bakage, and strange, weird, and underappreciated games.
See you Sep. 25-27 for BBG 10!
https://bigbadgameathon.com
Steam Hype @steamhype.com Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
https://www.steamhype.com
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I make games. I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
MS-DOS Games, Programs, Trivia, Pixels, Grog @scumm-bar.bsky.social Screenshots & videos by the Scumm Bartender
Boxart pictures from MobyGames
Location: QWERTZ
✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social Video Game Composer・Sound Engineer・Gameboy Musician・Producer・Performer・
Best known for Super Hexagon, Spectra, Dicey Dungeons, JSAB, Cadence of Hyrule DLC
🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇵🇸
🌐 https://linktr.ee/chipzel
.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social :: lead dev @ darkwebSTREAMER @darkwebSTREAMER.bsky.social
::: anthropologist|englishslit🌱
👁️🗨️ darkwebSTREAMER: tinyurl.com/darkwebstreamer
👂 podcast: directional.show
✉️ chantal @ whalitfdotcom
Enrique Colinet 'Baxayaun' @enriquecoli.net Lead Level Designer at @TheGameKitchen.com . Former Yager & PyroStudios dev. Ex-berliner. Worked on #SpecOpsTheLine, #DeadIsland2 (Cancelled), #Blasphemous I & II and #TheStoneOfMadness!
BLOG: http://enriquecoli.net
PORTFOLIO: http://www.sdk-project.com
Badger Punch Games @badgerpunch.com We’re two old school Norwegian gamedevs with a passion for creating new games for retro & modern platforms.
#C64, #Amiga, #evercade, PC and more 🕹️
www.badgerpunch.com
Wishlist Roguecraft DX: http://thalamus.link/roguecraft
#gamedev #indiegamedev #c64
Pretty Soon @prettysoongames.bsky.social Pretty Soon is an indie games publisher on a simple mission: to be the best choice for solo developers and small teams.
https://prettysoon.games
https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/prettysoon
Santa Ragione @santaragione.com The Righeira of Video Games. https://www.santaragione.com
Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/rsuwh9HbPJ
Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of games, the Cold War, nuclear stuff, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar
Words of Magic @wordsofmagic.bsky.social Localizing video games into French since 1998 and still having fun doing it + part of a network of indie translators. In our banner, a few games that we translated. **AI-free zone.**
Fawzi Mesmar (فوزي) @fawzi.zone Creative Director on BGE2 @Ubisoft Award winning game designer, author, public speaker, serial expat, 1 of @thehabibis.show opinions are my own. he/him. 日本語OK🙆♂️
Robb from 8/16/32bit @81632bitretro.com Official BlueSky account for 81632bit Retro.
Games, Sport & Politics.
In a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
https://www.youtube.com/@81632bit
https://www.patreon.com/81632bit
https://ko-fi.com/8_16_32bit
Email: robb.hitchen@81632bitretro.com
Goati_ @goatistream.bsky.social Mega Drive hero
twitch.tv/goati_
https://www.youtube.com/@Goati_
danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, Volunteer EMT in NYC, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork. Post-bac science student with medical aspirations! She/her.
Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas. He/him.
www.unet.fi
www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)
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
Stay Forever Podcast @stayforever.de Wir machen einen Podcast über Retrogames.
www.stayforever.de
John | Video Game Canon @videogamecanon.bsky.social Amateur game historian and cataloger of links to great writing about games.
💻 videogamecanon.com
➡️ Video Game Canon Top 1000
➡️ Various Bits of Game History
💻 videogameresearchlibrary.com
➡️ Video Game Research Library
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, Nighthawks and more! Working on: Gilt, [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social 🎨 Senior game artist and art director with 20 years of experience | 🎮 Pixel artist & gamedev | Playdate dev | ⚧️⚢
🍉 🇵🇸
Clients: Mojang (Minecraft), WB Games, Hasbro, SEGA, Panic, Unity, IDW
📬 christina.neofotistou@gmail.com
🎨 castpixel.artstation.com
Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social art, motion graphics, hobby gamedev -
working on Tiny Tires in my free time 🏁🚗
full-time work at framebyframe.dk
🚗 tinytires.com
🌐 kristinsson.dk
✏️ pointclicking.com
SEGA-16 @sega-16.bsky.social http://Sega-16.com is the premier resource for articles on Sega's hardware legacy! "Sega Goes Handheld: A History of the Game Gear & Its Games" available now at Amazon!
Cobra Commanda @cobracommanda.bsky.social Xennial amazon still living in the 90s. Twitch partner streaming retro variety: @cobracommanda
Business inquiry 📧: cobra@cobracommanda.com
D.J. Tatsujin ➡️ www.gemubaka.com @djtatsujin.bsky.social Archive writer at Gemubaka, cataloging information on overlooked video games - latest feature is Mambo a Go Go (Arcade). Also livestreams and records gaming reference videos. For business only: GemuBaka at gmail
(He/him)
https://gemubaka.com/about-2/
ᑎEOᑎ @neonarcade.bsky.social | Cathode Ray Cultist | Retro Twitch Partner | Obsolete Technician | Arcade Collector and Historian | NEON Director | Lo-Res Culture | Garfield Phone Owner | Veteran of the Psychic Wars | contact@neon.fm | neonarcade.tv
Will Bateman @willbatemancrc.bsky.social Commissioning Editor for Games and Animation books at CRC Press 🎮📚
Got a book idea? Get in touch 👉will.bateman@tandf.co.uk
He/him. Views my own.
Chris Johnston, aka “CJ” @superpac.bsky.social Product Manager at Enhance (Lumines Arise, HUMANITY, Tetris Effect: Connected, Rez Infinite). Player One Podcast producer/host. Formerly Adult Swim Games, Newtype USA, EGM. Bi guy. 💖💜💙
Retro Titans Podcast @retrotitans.com A podcast featuring the giants of retro and indie gaming in conversation. Featuring developers, producers, designers and everyone involved in keeping old-school gaming alive.
Ralph Barbagallo @flarb.com Founder FLARB. DEMON’S TILT, XENOTILT, VR, AR, XR! #gamedevelopment #pinball #virtualreality #augmentedreality #mixedreality
Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social Coffee-powered optimist. Lover of family and video games. Super Famicom hoarder, SNK nut, likes old JRPGs and box art. 🦑
From Liverpool. He/him
Goloso Games @golosogames.bsky.social Inspector Waffles, Playdate games and more!
http://www.golosogames.com
Wishlist Antenna Dilemma: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3853730/Antenna_Dilemma
Discord: http://discord.gg/GJrnmFN
contact@golosogames.com
Alessandro Cossidente @acossidente.bsky.social 🧔🏽 Freelance Games Marketing, PR and Comms Consultant.
🖥️ Running my own thing at acossidente.com. Before: Atari, Firesquid, Raw Fury, Critical Reflex and more!
📧 hello@acossidente.com
Fabio Santana @fabiosantana79.bsky.social Profissional de comunicação. Atual: Level Infinite (Tencent). Antes: Capcom, PlayStation. Antes: editor das revistas Gamers, SuperDicas PlayStation, EGM Brasil, Edge.
Também: colecionador, preservacionista, pesquisador, curioso.
Dou pilão sem pular.
Michel Ziegler @dasmirts.bsky.social aka Hidden Fields. Made that game Mundaun. Working on game 2, a Philip K. Dickensian Immersive Sim. 0451
Join my Discord to see how the game takes shape: discord.gg/TP8zxSWv
Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social Editor @filmstories magazine. Pro void shouter. Author: Geek's Guide To SF Cinema. Former dep ed Den of Geek UK, ex-editor Wireframe mag. Style boy 4 life.
Erik Robson @erikrobson.net Game/level designer | LFW | Valve (Portal 2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact) | Double Fine (Psychonauts, Brutal Legend) | 3DO ()
25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47
Husband, father, PNW, living through Interesting Times
kheehoon chan Still Needs Work @crapstacular.bsky.social freelance writer/editor //
author of Mouthwashing: Design Works, contributor @rascal.news, Wand Report //
NYVGCC award, TGA Future Class '21 //
https://linktr.ee/kheehoonchan //
#freepalestine #milkteaalliance #六月四号 //
they/them
Julien Wera @werejul.bsky.social 🎮 COO @ Shiro Games
🔨 Working on Wartales, SpaceCraft, Farever, Frostrail, and more
🌐 Previously: Moon Rover, Battlefield, Mirror's Edge, Crusader Kings, Plants vs. Zombies, and a whole lot more.
🇫🇷🇸🇪 Frenchman lost in Sweden.
Ted Litchfield @dilfpatrol.bsky.social On my court eunuch grind but I got a grand vizier mindset. Associate editor at PC Gamer. He/him. https://www.pcgamer.com/author/glen-litchfield/
WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | music maker at MachinesMachines | site here: https://killjoy.bearblog.dev/
Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social Former game critic who can't find his niche. Interests include retro / obscure / arcade games, music (Mostly VGM & Prince), and whatever catches my eye (even if it's just for a moment). 1981 he/him
Paul Murphy @pmurphy1978.bsky.social Pretends to write. Owner, Ninty Media. Long time Spurs sufferer, amiibo collector, retro Nintendo fanatic. Liable to moan, swear or talk too much about the gym. Sorry.
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Paul Douglas @cnhyv.bsky.social I developed games and other less serious things.
Co-created Tomb Raider half a lifetime ago.
Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social The only account dedicated to letting people know what's fresh and new in the world of Nintendo 64 and Quest 64, a game that hasn't changed for 20+ years.
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Dave Jackson | Tales from the Backlog @realdavejackson.bsky.social He/him. Games critic and Tales from the Backlog podcast host- one game per episode, in depth, no spoilers until we warn you.
Podcast/YouTube- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog
Support- Patreon.com/realdavejackson
jasmine james 🔜 Barcelona Game Fest @jasmo.bsky.social Indie game marketing. Account Director @ Two Frogs in a Trenchcoat.
🐸: jasmine@twofrogs.biz
I bring a kind of clown reaction photos and bad dad jokes vibe to the party that everybody loves actually (she/her)
Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS
spielkult.hypotheses.org
Christopher Patrick @blankshore.bsky.social 📌Southampton, UK
Probably at the movies! Follow me on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/PF9V
Previously Head of Comms @ Mooncat Games
Previously 📽️ @ Southampton FC
SailorTabbyCat ♡s TV★( ˘ ³˘)📺 @sailortabbycat.bsky.social She/her✧32 🏳️🌈🇵🇷
Award-Nominated US/UK PR Manager for @owlcatgames.bsky.social 🦉
📧: t.beidleman@owlcat.games
Opinions mine!
https://linktr.ee/SailorTabbyCat
RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social I’m the editor of @retrogamermag.bsky.social and a collector of far, far too many things, from retro games, to trading cards and 1/6 and 1/12 action figures. He/him, autistic.
My Abandonware @myabandonware.com Retro website with tons of abandonware DOS / Windows / PC / Console games. We release new games every week.
Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com Retro YouTube nerd, author, streamer, occasionally.
🔗 nerdl.ink
mooware @mooware.bsky.social (he/him) cow on the internet, in this place mostly to talk and hear about videogames. also at https://twitch.tv/mooware and https://youtube.com/@mooware, and rarely writes at https://read.mooware.at/. rip cohost.
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social Sonic the Comic the Podcast, it's about how we were kids in the 90s. https://stctp.zone
Mastodon: https://speedlines.stctp.zone/@demontomatodave
Youtube: https://youtube.com/demontomatodave
In the dead place I was @demontomatodave
Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social “Make way for Superman!” said Superman as he punched everyone at the Coffee Bean. He/him. Los Angeles. Dog. Mustache.
Gayest Episode Ever: https://gayestepisodeever.com
Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games: https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
RoseTintedSpectrum @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social It's me, the YouTube Man.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/rosetintedspectrum
Bandcamp: https://rosetintedspectrum.bandcamp.com/
Patreon: www.patreon.com/rosetintedspectrum
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/rosetintedspectrum
Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social Irish, Jewish, autistic, trans, retro enthusiast, I wrote that article you never read about the thing you have no interest in.
https://medium.com/@karajane1138
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social 🍹 an aperol spritz in human form 🍹
📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
(views expressed are mine alone)
Damien McFerran @damienmcferran.bsky.social Co-owner of Hookshot Media: Nintendo Life, Push Square, Pure Xbox, Time Extension, Steam Hype
https://muckrack.com/damien-mcferran
Ragnar Tørnquist @ragso.bsky.social Writer and director of video games you probably haven’t heard of, including Dustborn, Draugen and Dreamfall. (Also, in a previous life, The Longest Journey and The Secret World, etc.) Creative person at @redthreadgames.bsky.social Making hellosunshine.app
Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social Writer for Nintendo Force - https://www.nintendoforcemagazine.com/
Maximum Utmost - https://maxutmost.com/
And many other things! Also running the Talking to Women about Videogames podcast network! - https://anchor.fm/jonathan-c-holmes
Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca Game history, programming, nonsense.
Multimedia blog: https://cdrom.ca
Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social obscene low follower count boy
https://youtube.com/@danieldouglas
Chris Arneil @chrisarneil.bsky.social professional(?) video game archivist @ the national film and sound archive of australia
Sonneveld @sonneveld.bsky.social Software engineer. He/Him. Game dev, reverse engineering, stream retro games!
twitch https://twitch.tv/sonneveld
mastodon @sonneveld@mastodon.social
twitter https://twitter.com/sonneveld
agi http://agidev.com
donkey island https://donkeyisland.zip
Aurelia Brandenburg @hekabeohnename.bsky.social Historian somewhere between Game Studies, Gender Studies and Digital Humanities. | Doing a PhD about German Games Journalism 1980-2000 @chludens.bsky.social | Board Member @akgwds.bsky.social | http://aureliabrandenburg.de/links | she/her
Luke Hinton @lukeh38.bsky.social Senior Journalist at BBC News. 27. Cardiff. Film nerd and Arsenal fan. He/him
Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social Cool and fun video game box art, promo material, etc. brought to you by twitter.com/87th and twitter.com/letshugbro
FAQ: http://pastebin.com/t9FA3dc0
AdventureGameGeek @adventuregamegeek.bsky.social Adventure gamer, YouTuber and loyal citizen of Daventry
www.youtube.com/adventuregamegeek
Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social BBC journo interested in gaming, tech and culture | ⭐ MCV Women in Games 2026 Journalism Impact Nominee | 🕹️ Adventure game lover and streamer! twitch.tv/cressup | https://linktr.ee/lauracress | Work email: firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk
Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social This is the official editorial account of Retro Gamer magazine. All posts are from the mag team. Get a sub at bit.ly/subto_Retro_Gamer
Time Extension @timeextension.com Breathing new life into old games. Retro gaming news, reviews and features from the lovely people behind @nintendolife.com
@pushsquare.com and @purexbox.com
www.timeextension.com
Helm @helmll.bsky.social makes videogames, makes comics, makes records - perennial pixel artist - dedicated to Heavy Metal Lightning Steel
Steve Ince @steve-ince.bsky.social Writer, artist and hobby woodworker. Retired game writer and designer. #cartoon #humour #woodworking #writing #art
Against the use of AI in art and writing.
Tony Warriner @tonywarriner.bsky.social Game dev, coder: Brazen Gameplay, prev Revolution. UrbX Warriors, Broken Sword, Steel Sky
Check out my Revolution Software memoir 👉 https://ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
More socials 👉 linktr.ee/tonywarriner
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Public Historian & #StarWars author. Rep'd Justin Nash of @katenashagent.bsky.social. Visiting Senior Research Fellow @warstudieskcl.bsky.social. Fellow @ihr.bsky.social. Historian @blackmillgames.bsky.social. He/him
https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
dash. @dashiellwood.com Voted the 43rd most famous employee at TechRadar. Words in magazines like PLAY, PC Gamer, EDGE, and SFX. NUJ member.
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
Jack Yarwood @jackgyarwood.bsky.social Staff writer @TimeExtension.com
Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net https://jaytholen.net lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Clickteam software oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
Space Quest Historian @spacequesthistorian.com Adventure game aficionado with a foul mouth.
YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthistorian
PeerTube: spectra.video/c/spacequesthistorian
Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthistorian
Mastodon: dosgame.club/@sqhistorian
Tom Hopkins @tomhopkins9.bsky.social Editor at PCGamesN | Ex-Managing Editor Twinfinite & GameSkinny | Prev. Editor in Chief Gfinity | Arsenal Season Ticket Holder | 🤠 tomhopkins100@gmail.com
Damianus de Renzach @rhuantavan.bsky.social Indie game developer working on @callofsaregnar.bsky.social, an old-school RPG inspired by Betrayal at Krondor.
🔗 https://damjanmozetic.si/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174510/Call_of_Saregnar/
Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social Hello, I'm Richard. I write games. Please like them and also me. http://www.thecuriosityengine.com
Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social MS-DOS gaming enthusiast, YouTuber, admirer of cats, RU in NY.
Ask me about DOS games! Tell me your DOS game memories!
I repost and swear a lot.
(He/Him)
YouTube: youtube.com/dosnostalgic
Web: dosnostalgia.com
Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/dosnostalgic
Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… https://www.forgottenworlds.net
💽🕹
Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
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.
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
GameMistresss @gamemistress.bsky.social Hi I'm Theresa!
Twitch partner & youtuber. Retro gamer & collector who streams everything retro together with her cats. Mental Health Advocate.
Email: gamemistresseu@gmail.com
Timothy and the Mysterious Forest DX @timothyforestdx.bsky.social Action/adventure #indiegame. A mix of old Zelda games, old NES Metal Gear games and a bit of Banjo-Kazooie's gameplay!