Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com Freelance Tool Design Director, Workflow Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Hytale, Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
I get really excited about workflows!
eben (躺平; Tang-Ping era) @automax.bsky.social hi i’m Eben; a wife-guy; i’m here to put my special touch on things
‘First as awkwardness* then as epilepsy’
*major depressive disorder, art college
Ariel Emerald @archangel.film filmmaker/dancer
DEEPDiVE host
28 she/they
archangel.film
Keith Bradner @keithbradner.bsky.social VR at Valve. they/them
Tony Cox @tonycoxphoto.bsky.social Ancient software engineer at Meta. Previously: Valve, Microsoft, Bullfrog. Gaming, photography, maths, aviation, and music nerd. (You can also find me on Threads.)
Mike Harrington @mikehar.bsky.social Living the nomadic life on a trawler.
Seán O Sullivan @seanos.net Systems Engineer at Valve; gameservers, datacenter infrastructure…
Previously Demonware (Activision), doing large-scale backend infrastructure for Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and others
Mastodon: seanos@mastodon.seanos.net
Website: https://seanos.photo
Katie Casper @katiecasper.bsky.social - Dogs, video games, storytelling, music
- Currently @ Wizards working on Magic and Secret Lair and...
- Previously created and wrote stuff for Valve and Nintendo
https://linktr.ee/katiecasper
Chris Carollo @crazytalk.bsky.social Developer on L4D2, Dota 2, and Steam at Valve. Thief and DX:IW before that. Gameplay and machine learning.
Comments my own.
BLM
Accountability in Policing
@drewgottlieb.bsky.social @drewgottlieb.bsky.social Making things at Valve.
Seattle
Josh Weier @jweier.bsky.social I worked at Valve for quite a while and made games like HL2 and Portal 2. Now I'm heading up @impersonalcomputer.bsky.social
Cassie Murphy @casscolors.bsky.social An Art Director at Wizards of the Coast, formerly a Designer at Valve and Steam. Technical Writer. Illustrator. Views are my own. Www.cassiemurphy.coM
Colby Sieber @colbysieber.bsky.social Software Engineer @ Valve
Alden Kroll @aldenkroll.bsky.social Product Designer. UI Designer. Biz dev. Marketing. Developer Outreach. Whatever else. At Valve, working mostly on Steam.
Kim Swift @k2theswift.bsky.social Game Creative and Business Strategist. Ex- Xbox/Google/EA/Amazon/Valve.
Paris Stacy @pascalplus.bsky.social Level Designer at Valve | Previously: Arkane Austin, Arbitrary Metric
Sean Vanaman @vanaman.bsky.social writer and game developer at valve
worked on: half life: alyx, aghanim's labyrinth, firewatch, the walking dead s1, tales of monkey island, puzzle agent, poker night, in the valley of gods trailer
https://seanvanaman.substack.com/
Fletcher Dunn @zpostfacto.bsky.social Engineer at Valve | Free 3D Math book: gamemath.com | GameNetworkingSockets: github.com/ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets | NOT doing support on discord!
Lawrence Yang @lawrenceyang.bsky.social Design and many other hats at Valve, currently working on Steam Deck and Steam. Previously design at Apple. Sometimes art. 
Ben Jones @bagelbeard.bsky.social Head of Games at Range Media Partners
Formerly: Zenimax, Sony, EA/DICE, Valve, others…
These are my personal ramblings 🤪
tom @tom.games (previously supermoof)
game developer, friend, idiot. 50% British, 50% American, 100% dad
ben burbank @bburbank.bsky.social video game programmer at valve; ex-campo santo, double fine, ea. I believe in you, so go for it.
エンディングまで泣くんじゃない。
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Pierre-Loup Griffais @plagman.bsky.social Valve coder. Currently working on Steam Deck.
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
Robbie Trevino @robbietrevino.bsky.social Lead Artist at Netflix Games. Past: Lucasfilm, Valve, NetEase, Wizards Of The Coast, ArenaNet, Blur, Xbox, Mondo, DeadMau5, Tool
https://cara.app/robbietrevino
https://www.instagram.com/robbietrevinoart?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Kevin VanOrd 🏳️🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best
Steam / PlayStation / Xbox Live: fiddlecub
Signal: fiddlecub.85
Cian Maher @cianmaher0.bsky.social Franchise & Lore Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Once won a pub quiz with a team called Geralt of Trivia
Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv video essay person and writer and what not, idk I mainly just post about my hyperfixations
http://youtube.com/ladyemilypresents
Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social Playful.
elizabethsampat.com
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee. 
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Scott Lowe @scottmlowe.bsky.social Purveyor of lukewarm takes. You may remember me from such games companies as Naughty Dog, Activision, That's No Moon, Firewalk, IGN, etc. https://solo.to/scottlowe
dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com award-nominated senior writer/narrative designer 🎮📝
presently: Meow Wolf 🩷🧩
previously: Blizzard 💛⚔️ Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀
english lit phd 🎓🗡 personal account 🍞🌹 she/her 🌑✨
nyc 🍕🐁 to atx 🌻🦇
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
Ted DiNola 🔜 NZGDC, MIGW @esdin.net Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
Adam Orth @adamorth.bsky.social COO Midwest Games. Host AIAS Game Maker’s Notebook Podcast. xSony Music xMicrosoft xLucasfilm xSony Santa Monica xElectronic Arts xInterscope etc. Created ADR1FT. Musician. Guitar is life.
www.adamorth.com
Laralyn McWilliams @laralyn.bsky.social Game designer and leader since 1994: Free Realms, Full Spectrum Warrior. Many awards including Lifetime Achievement. Also speaks about game dev wellness.
Malindy @yourkyotowife.bsky.social News Ed Germany @ Crunchyroll
Wrote on: Wax Heads, Oddsparks, Mythwrecked & more
Wrote for: IGN, Eurogamer, PLAY, The Guardian & more
I love Japan, Ace Attorney professional roadcycling & F1!!
Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social Indie dev making games & chatting about the games industry. ex Rockstar & Activision, now MD of https://bsky.app/profile/ant-workshop.com
Our latest game: https://bsky.app/profile/tonygowland.bsky.social/post/3lp7gpkckgc24
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
LewieP @lewiep.bsky.social BizDev Exec for Develop:Brighton.
Formerly of NSPCC, Lionbridge & Fanatical. SavyGamer Founder.
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com
Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social 🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴
💙 Patreon.com/Hbomb
📩 Enquiries to contact@hbomb.zone
Harris Foster @harris.zone Community Strategist - @devolverdigital.com | Award-losing video games Comms Manager | G4TV commercial contest winner, 2004ish | Name frequently misspelled for comedic effect. (he/him) | Austin, TX
Anna Megill @annamegill.com Lead Writer on Cyberpunk 2 at @CDPROJEKTRED • Fable • CONTROL • Dishonored: DoTO • Avatar: FoP • Guild Wars 2 • Award-winning game writer & author • The Threshold Kids are my fault, sorry • www.annamegill.com
Caretaker of HiMirri.bsky.social
Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Glenn White @justicar.xyz Director of Player Engagement Services at Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios. Former: Bungie, Epic Games, EA, Wunderman. #EBFG. @justicar. Marketing/Martech. Soccer. Video Games. He/Him. Vaccinated. Etsy: http://justgeekery.com
Amy Hennig @amyhennig.bsky.social Co-President, New Media, Skydance Media – MARVEL 1943: RISE OF HYDRA and STAR WARS. Formerly Director / Writer, UNCHARTED franchise, and LEGACY OF KAIN / SOUL REAVER series.
J. "null" Thomas @nullspeak.bsky.social Lead Writer / VO director of @thekillingstone.com, The Blackout Club 🔦 Creative Director, Bioshock 2. Designer, Bioshock: Fort Frolic, Thief 3: The Cradle. Eyeball enthusiast? | he/him
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/The_Killing_Stone/
Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social Art director and concept artist, currently designing vampires at Netflix. Previously at Cyan, Valve, Campo Santo, HBO. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion. | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social founder and studio creative director at The Outsiders. New Yorker. Made some games, wrote some games. Battlefield Bad Company 1/2, BF3, Killzone 2, Mirror’s Edge, Payday 2, Metal Hellsinger, others. Making (redacted) : a new game.
tomg @tomgiardino.bsky.social Generally games, generally Steam. Business at Valve.
Kevin D Schmitt @kevindschmitt.bsky.social Former Senior Designer, Core Team Disney collab @Epic Games.
Prev: Senior/Lead Designer, 343i (Halo), LucasArts (Rogue Squadron, Republic Commando), Rockstar (Bully), Zipper (SOCOM4)
Will Goldstone @willgoldstone.bsky.social Snr Design Director @unitygames Unity nerd since 2006. Indie Dev, Delorean nerd, Author, SYNTHWΔVE artist. Views mine! he/him. @willgoldstone on the twits.
Dan Olson 🔜 Saskatchewan @foldablehuman.bsky.social Documentarian
Seth Rosen @sirrosen.bsky.social Burned out. Nectar Vector next. Before: Game Director + Lead Designer on Pacific Drive, Designer on Bioshock Infinite, various Don't Starve things, and Mafia 3. Liked Movie. Boston area. he/him
Lee Kirton @leekirton.bsky.social Director, Creative Producer working with great people. music/movies/games - Unreal, Enter The Matrix to Elden Ring. Ex GT Interactive, Infogrames, ATARI, Bandai Namco.
megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social freelance journalist | previously wired, axios, the verge | seen in nyt, 404 media | nyc | signal meganfarokhmanesh.76 | face god and walk backwards into hell
Develop:Brighton 2026 @developconference.com Develop:Brighton 2026 - 14-16 July | The UK's biggest game developer conference. Bringing together the European game dev community from global superstars to micro indies - since 2006
Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social Comics Creator/ Special thanks Jinxworld.com @darkhorse.com
#Phenomena @abramscomicarts.bsky.social
Co-creator #MilesMorales #IronHeart #JessicaJones #Powers #Jinx #Masterpiece #Murderinc. #Pearl #TheOnes jinxworld.com
Rep: Jim Ehrich of RBEL
Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social Art Director at id Software | DOOM The Dark Ages
Creator of @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social
Artbook available now!
https://tinyurl.com/yc55ws34
Prev: DOOM: The Dark Ages, DOOM Eternal, DOOM (2016), Transformers, WH40K
GERA @gera.bsky.social Senior Writer | Working with @larianstudios on Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin - The Boardgame, and beyond
| Low life, high tech | Vancouver, BC
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Krys Loh @pseudomachine.bsky.social producer @ Innersloth for Among Us Story: On Guard (they/them) 🌈
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.
Kurt Margenau @kurtmargenau.bsky.social Game Director at Naughty Dog, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, The Last of Us Part II, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Kenneled over 18 years. He/him.
Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social The future of interactive entertainment
Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social Artist & developer making a cool thing with cool people. Prev: Riot, Blizzard, Epic, Heart Machine, Phoenix Labs, Wildlife, FRD. Inventor of the Crumpwich.
Jason Bergman @jasonxbergman.com Husband, father, Director of Production at Gearbox Entertainment, pie enthusiast, infrequent contributor to The Comics Journal, and unapologetic nerd.
#pieforthepiegods
https://jasonxbergman.com/
(Profile pic from PVP by @scottkurtz.bsky.social)
Andrew Fray Helps Automate Video Games @andrewfray.dev Ex: Roll7, Spry Fox. Now: helping teams ship faster with test automation, also Brum Indies.
https://automatedaf.dev https://atig.dev
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
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/
Andrew Goldfarb @garfep.bsky.social senior communications manager at Sucker Punch. previously at IGN and Gearbox. usually tired.
Taylor Kurosaki @taylorkurosaki.bsky.social CEO, Creative Director, That’s No Moon. Formerly: Call of Duty, Uncharted, Jak, Crash
Seb Downie-Blackwell @downieseb.bsky.social Games Industry Veteran of 27.2 years & 100+ games
Partner/Head of Production at Remote Control Productions
Managing Director at It Matters Games
Owner of NOTHING MATTERS
"Mr Gamescom" - Linkedin
Star of "Seb Simulator 25"
Your new dad.
Nathan Vig @thevig.bsky.social Vidja game production @bigfangames.com x @devolverdigital.com | TTRPG enthusiast | secret beep boop maker | classically tired
Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Kotaku
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
📧: aparrish@kotaku.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
📍Northeast Ohio
🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠
She/her
gril @funambulism.com Stories, games, philosophy. Jew.
Currently: Total War 40K, (TBA), ZEPHON, 40K: Gladius
Previously: PUBG: Black Budget, Tides of Tomorrow, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Absolver...
https://linktr.ee/griddleoctopus
caitlin @caitlinst.bsky.social 🌷 games marketer • she/her • uk
📍 Bithell Games & Lunar Division • The Arq Grid, The Banished Vault, Amberspire, Vampirium: 1997
Vida Starčević @vidaisonline.bsky.social 🌼 senior community manager @remedygames.com
🌼 time zone hater, horror stan, weeping dipshit
🌼 she/her
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
🐘 idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke
🕸️ rodkin.online
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Play Watch Listen @playwatchlisten.bsky.social A YouTube podcast network featuring game devs (Play, Watch, Listen), actors (We’re Voice Actors), and film fans (MovieHaus)! Entirely independent, supported by Patreon: https://m.youtube.com/@PlayWatchListen/videos
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
www.cecianasta.com
Discord: ehvee
Signal: Cecilia.01
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social Chug Jug With You (Number One Victory Royale)
Josh Chambers @mrchambers.bsky.social Animator, co-developer of Layers Deep
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Rogue @rogue.site A video game website run by humans.
Lyndy Bailey @lyndyb.bsky.social Outdated enthusiast
Studio Coordinator at Ground Shatter
2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces out Now! 👊🏼
Cat Burton @gothbosscat.bsky.social 🎮 Games Industry Consultant & Podcast Host
👩🏻💼 Work with me: https://www.gothboss.co.uk
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.
IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk The largest union for game devs in the UK.
Work in game dev or TTRPG? Join the union: https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley.bsky.social @thegameawards.com and Summer Game Fest and more. Now official account.