Jas Purewal @jaspurewal.bsky.social Lover of stories. Apprentice in slow living. Former Chairman of Facepunch, former video games lawyer. Angel investor.
Ted Theisinger @tedtheisinger.com PhD Environmental History
Rรฉmi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
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Ukie @ukieofficial.bsky.social We are the trade body for the UK games and interactive entertainment industry. Our mission is to supercharge the future of the UK video games industry.
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Leo Zullo | Mr Z @leozullo.bsky.social Co-founder of Wired Productions | Co-founder of Black Razor Records |
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Sammy Andrews @sammyandrews.bsky.social CEO Deviate Digital
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Margaret Robertson @ranarama.bsky.social Games, in Tokyo
Chella Ramanan ๐ฌ๐ฉ @chellaramanan.bsky.social Games Writer: Massive Entertainment #AvatarFrontiersofPandora
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Natasha Carolan @natashacarolan.bsky.social Furniture at bothy.studio. | Previously @HighWireDTC | @DigitalFabricat | @Makielab | cรบpla focail | She/her ๐ช๐บ
UK Games Fund @ukgamesfund.bsky.social Working to support the UKโs early-stage games development community.
Maraoke @singmaraoke.bsky.social We rewrite karaoke songs with jokes about videogames and sing them with you! (Since 2011!) ๐ค๐ฎ
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Ste Curran (https://mindset.game ๐จ๐บ๐ต) @stecurran.bsky.social Game Designer, speaker, presenter. Host @onelifeleft.com and @singmaraoke.bsky.social. Once investigated by the ICC for playing Pokรฉmon Go at The Oval. Currently working on Mindset ๐จ๐บ๐ต.
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Joanna Orland ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง @jodot.bsky.social sound design. lecturing. journalism. pop culture. shameless self-promotion. #gameaudio
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paula 8) @paulaledieu.bsky.social Still trying
RichTea @imrichtea.bsky.social Book reader, cat feeder and Gym Leader. Senior Manager EMEA PR @Pokemon
Jayesh Kotecha @jayeshkotecha.bsky.social Father of two. Lover of Pizza and Coffee.
Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social academic research & industrial application - film, risk, philosophy, economics, market devices | personal acct | https://ciciexeter.org/ | https://britishscreenforum.co.uk/film-data-initiative-pilot/ | https://mcbfranklin.com/
Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social CEO of Fairly Trained / Composer. Working towards fairer training data practices in generative AI.
Rachel Clarke @rachelclarke.bsky.social My ongoing challenge is to walk up big hills. Random thoughts. Old school, the banality of life. occasional breakfast tweets. rachelc at flickr blog.bibrik.com Works in British baseball/softball
Cat Burton @gothbosscat.bsky.social ๐ฎ Games Industry Consultant & Podcast Host
๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ผ Work with me: https://www.gothboss.co.uk
GLITCHERS @glitchers.bsky.social Edinburgh based game studio working at the intersection of gaming and science ๐ง
glitchers.com
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Brandon Boyer @brandonnn.bsky.social Professional good thing liker.
http://brandonnn.com
Kosso @kosso.co.uk 30+ years web/mobile/tv/iot/music/news/comms application development.
Currently โโing the โโโโ to โโโโ the โโโโ โโ โโers.
Nobody reads this...
Bristol, UK.
Alice Taylor @wonderlandblog.bsky.social Down the rabbit hole.
Roberto Neri @robertoneri.bsky.social CEO - @ivorsacademy, Director- @uk_music, Trustee - @music4mymind
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
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Elisha Cole @notoriouselb.bsky.social Global Social Media Manager at @ 2K. Comic books, horror films and fighting games ๐๐๐
Robert McGovern @robertmcgovern.com Dubliner in London since 2022 after 11 years in Dubai, UAE.
robertmcgovern.com
Steffan Powell @steffanpowell.bsky.social Presenter + Journalist | Doctor Who Unleashed BBC Three | Press X to Continue podcast | 5Live | S4C | ex BBC Gaming + Culture Correspondent | R1 Newsbeat | Cymro ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
revdancatt @revdancatt.com Contemporary printmaker ๐ฌ๐ง pen plotters & algorithms.
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Chris @antimega.bsky.social art and courgettes ๐
https://www.anti-mega.com
Steve Bunce @stevebunce.bsky.social Sleep Education Researcher. Apple Professional Learning Specialist. ADE, Sphero Hero! LEGO Education Academy Cert. Trainer, Google Innovator. Digital Storytelling, Play & Fun. A drummer at the very beginning of learning.
Chris Taylor @holmfirthlawyer.bsky.social UK Video Games & Commercial Contracts Lawyer with Eaton Smith LLP.
Games info at: https://bit.ly/VidGameLaw
@kensweeney @kensweeney.bsky.social Jangly guitars File under Brian
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BPI (British Phonographic Industry) @bpimusic.bsky.social Promoting British music. We represent UK record labels, organise the BRITs, Mercury Prize & more, co-own @officialcharts.bsky.social & run #BRITcertified ๐ถ
Digital Schoolhouse @digitalschoolhouse.bsky.social A not-for-profit transforming computing education through play.
Powered by Ukie, together with Nintendo.
https://www.digitalschoolhouse.org.uk/
Katy Lindemann @katylindemann.bsky.social 
Laura Dilloway @lauradilloway.bsky.social Art Manager @ Airship. Prev: Roll7, inkle, Guerrilla/Sony Cambridge. GI100 2019. Game Dev Hero 2021.
BAFTA member. Games Eden / Game Anglia / Gamebridge Festival organiser. Views my own.
Sam Michel @toodlepip.bsky.social Inquisitive. Hopeful. Jovial. Exploring creative industries, immersive, tech, biz, startups & society. In front of a screen or being dragged around by a furry friend. Work: @beyondconference.org @beyondstudio.info but posts just mine
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.
BAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social BAPAM (British Association for Performing Arts Medicine) is the UK medical charity for the performing arts.
www.bapam.org.uk
info@bapam.org.uk
Sunny @sunnysjwinter.bsky.social ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป Manager, Sony Music (KNR)
๐ฅ Interviewer, Creator & Host
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SightlessKombat Not at #Gamescom this year @sightlesskombat.com UK-based, award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and content creator. Certified audio describer, voice actor and BAFTA member. All with no sight whatsoever.
Always happy to talk and share my personal perspective!
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Satish Shewhorak @asianastroboy.bsky.social ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง Dr. of Performance Capture. POC in Play. DVRS Games Festival Director
iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social Based at Uni of York, Queen Mary Uni of London, Goldsmiths, and Essex, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games & Game Intelligence (iGGi) is the world's largest PhD programme for research in games.
More info: https://www.iggi-phd.org/
Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social Director โข Casting Director โข #TheFirstDescendant #Valorant #BaldursGate3 #Fortnite #SplinterCellDeathwatch #TheQuietThings #CallOfDuty โข Dialogue Producer โข Games + Animation + Audio โข #BAFTABreakthrough โข Kiwi โข She/Her www.soundswilde.com
PRELOADED @preloaded-studio.bsky.social LATEST: ๐ LEGOยฎ Smoothie Odyssey #UEFN | A BAFTA-winning games studio inventing new ways to play for everyone. We make Play with Purposeยฎ.
Ewan McIntosh @ewanmcintosh.bsky.social I help people find focus and design clear strategy for their school. Founder @NoTosh.
doubledotes (she/her) @doubledotes.bsky.social Twin Maaaa-mmy โก
Giving power to working musicians.
Ticketmaster Verified @pink fan
@confidencemanTM stan
#ceasefirenow
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views are all mine
Ally Mitchell @itsallstar.bsky.social Award winning Content Specialist & #Accessibility Champion, formerly at Media Molecule & Playstation.
Also semi-pro lawn bowler, ex sports journo, ex studio artist & former head editor of the worlds leading braille newspaper
https://linktr.ee/itsallstar
Joe Frankland @joefrankland.bsky.social CEO, @prsfoundation.bsky.social - supporting new music and talent development through timely investment in music creators, professionals and organisations. And proudly involved in Keychange & Power Up
GeoffG2 @geoffg2.bsky.social Credited with making the image of video games older, edgy & โcoolโ with #Playstation #ps1. Worked in #videogames #tech & #marketing , now in #AI driven games research & insights. #ADHD is my special power. Father of 5, passionate gamer for 40yrs.
Jim Greer @jimg.bsky.social Engineering leader for creator tools at Roblox. Also co-founded
Kongregate. I have two kids and a wife (@daphnek.bsky.social)
Thedearfairy @thedearfairy.bsky.social Work in govt supporting creative industries, exporting, inward investment creative industries, tech, space and advanced manufacturing.
CITIB - Creative Industries Trade & Investment Board. (U.K.)
Love drinking tea, politics, ๐ญ ๐ฆ ๐ถ and my ๐ถ
Michael French @michaelfrench.bsky.social London Games Festival. Successfully not in any starter packs
Tracey "Tam" McGarrigan @ansiblecomms.com Marketing strategic advisor & boss lady for interactive tech, video games & the creative arts AKA "The Queen of making stuff all okay!"
Laura Kidd ๐ Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social ๐ธ Sad songs to make you feel better.
๐งถ Craft, music and adventure.
๐ Do Stuff โด Stuff Happens.
I love typewriters.
๐งญ Nottingham, UK.
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London Games Festival @londongamesfest.bsky.social 
Mark Iddon @markiddon.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor Comedy TV Producer #DavidMitchellsOutsiders #BattleInTheBox BAFTA winning #BigZuusBigEats - IMDB can bore you with more details! - linktr.ee/markiddon
Danai Kokogia @danaikokogia.bsky.social Film & video game composer: danaikokogia.com
๐ธComposerโs Assistant - Disney Illusion Island
๐ธFCL Mentor - Royal Scottish National Orchestra
๐ธBAFTA Games 2024 Music Juror
Twitter @danaikokogia
David Statter @statter.bsky.social Comics๐Games๐ฎMedia๐ฌTechโ๏ธScience๐
Founder of VirtuIRL
| Ex-Talewind & @playAdoptMe |
Building long-lasting brands on @Roblox https://VirtuIRL.com
Prev. @mcmcomiccon
Sally Da Costa @sallythebutcher.bsky.social Trained FPS operative, legendary mother & wife of a wildling warrior. Head of Community @ Raftur Games - ex Ubisoft & Jagex
HeyStephenHey @heystephenhey.bsky.social Head of Publishing @RadicalForge
Board member of Manchester Game Network @Gameopolis
Side gig - https://www.unseen-galaxy.com
@SpecialEffect Ambassador
Member of @BAFTAgames
Proud Mancunian
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Alex Rigby @riggers.bsky.social Creative Director & Game Designer. Currently @ForthStar
Previously Co-Founder Playdemic๐ฆ of Golf Clash. BAFTA ๐
UTFR๐ด
Tom de Grunwald @tdg.me Forward Democracy @FWDDEM.com
Stop Reform @StopReform.bsky.social
Swap My Vote @SwapMyVote.bsky.social
Music, Tennis, Gardens.
Lone father, ex-carer.
Before: Good Law Project, Open Rights Group, Wellcome Trust, Democracy Club, Channel 4
Rachael Rose @rae-ami.bsky.social Senior Producer at No More Robots โข Prev: PlayStation, Bithell Games, Roll7 โข BAFTA Member โข Develop 30 under 30 โข GI.Biz 100 โข Women in Games Ambassador
Robin Gray @thatrobingray.bsky.social Co-Founder of Gray Jones Media - LGBTQ media for the 21st Century. Founder of Gayming Magazine - he/him
@gaymingmag.bsky.social
Neil McKenna @neilmckenna.bsky.social Lead External Producer at Slitherine. Donโt get mad at them if I say something dumb though.
Richard @canaryworf.bsky.social Big Dad Energy
Runner (5k 18:37 10k 40:36 HM 1:33:19) Ex-BBC
He/him
Martijn van Zwieten @mvavz.bsky.social ๐ฎ business coach helping videogame founders build better studios
15+ years in games | executive MBA
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Andrew Wilson @aigwilson.bsky.social Hold Fast
Working for a better, prosperous, peaceful, greener independent Scotland.
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Jo Summers @profaniti.bsky.social ๐ Branch Organiser for game workers at IWGB ๐ Ex-Program Manager at Unity ๐ Ex-Tech Producer for Now Play This ๐
Board member: Global Game Jam and Games Anglia ๐ Ex-Rep at UTAW.tech ๐ Drummer in Extinction Rebellion ๐ Volunteer at cowley.club ๐
Kevin Marks @kevinmarks.com Reading your thoughts, as long as you tell me where you're writing them first this week. https://xoxo.zone/@kevinmarks
Sheffield, UK - Don't try direct messaging as I am blocked by daft UK legislation unless I'm on a VPN.
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Matt Biddulph @biddul.ph AI at io
Robert @bad-cabledotmgmt.bsky.social Creative, Design type. Vehemently Anti-AI. 28/HimThing
/หkษหหteษชkษ/ โ ๐ซโ๏ธ๐ฆ๐๏ธ๐ง
https://bad-cable.management
Willow Morris @willowrosedawn.bsky.social Level Designer II @ Playground Games on Fable. Non binary(?) trans-fem, She/Her, They/Them ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Secretly a deer ๐ฆ. Mum. Opinions are my own.
susie @susepicious.bsky.social producer and social media menace for Bad Magpie with @milktooth.bsky.social ๐ฆท creative producer, curator, facilitator, performance artist ๐ค 1/5 director of biome collective โจ
linktr.ee/susepicious
๐ Now on vinyl | The Wild At Heart ๐ณ๐ช๐๐ณ SFR12A @stumpyfrog.bsky.social Indie video game music label. Released IGF grand prize winners A Short Hike & Umurangi Generation on vinyl. Proudly presses to wax whatever's good. StumpyFrog.com
Katy Beale @katybeale.bsky.social Cycling, running, raving.
Ceramics.
Local gov, tech for good & public purpose.
Design and digital.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Currently: CDEO, Westminster City Council
Previously: Hackney Council, DHSC, Equal Experts, Yodomo, Caper.
Gemma Cooper @xgemgem.bsky.social Gaming Director @ DDA PR ๐ฎ
Ex Media Molecule, Bandai Namco, Creative Assembly, Warner Bros.
SCP 100 | MCV 30u30 | GIBiz 100 |
Travel, Disney, F1 and LFC fangirl โฅ๏ธโจ
Adam Campbell @ac-revolution.bsky.social Program Manager
Co-founder @ pocplay.org
Oliver Cragg @olliecragg.bsky.social Tech/games/ents journalist. Content Director @ Authority Media (@androidauthority.com, SoundGuys, others). Previously The Independent, Newsweek Media. He/Him
Tom Hughes @tomhughesdesign.bsky.social Lead Narrative Designer at Great Ape Games | Prev. Senior Games Designer at Supermassive Games | Beard Enthusiast | Views my own | He/Him
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social ๐ฎ33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
๐Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
๐ฌCXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
๐Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
โ๏ธEvent/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Martha Henson @marthasadie.bsky.social Digital producer/consultant/product manager/mentor/user researcher/game mechanic. Eclectic. Nature nerd. Proto yoga studies scholar. Isle of Wight Biosphere. Old Internet Person (the title of my newsletter) www.marthahenson.com
Mark DeLoura @markdeloura.bsky.social A CTO in Seattle | Former Obama WH | Gamedev | EdTech | Frenchies
Soph @serknowles.bsky.social Soph/Green | Lead Artist at Sad Owl Studios, working on Viewfinder | BAFTA Breakthrough UK 2024 | London UK | She/Her
Will Luton @willluton.bsky.social Game product/design person.
Ex Rovio & SEGA.
Founder @ Village Studio & Department of Play.
ADHD. Serial hobbyist.
Nicole Lazzaro ๐ฐ ๐น๏ธ โ๐ @nicolelazzaro.bsky.social XR Hall of Fame | Designed 1st iPhone Game | 4 Keys 2 Fun. Unlocking human potential through play. Developer of Follow the White Rabbit Tales an XR mystery adventure you play in the real world with your real friends. Now soft launched on ๐ Vision Pro!
Siobhan @siobhanreddy.bsky.social 
Tamsinol @tamsinol.bsky.social Chief People Officer
People and Culture
nDreams and Game Dev
Cats and Dogs
Tea and cake
Annie @agirl404.bsky.social Lead Game Designer at Radical Forge // Views my own
Game Republic @gamerepublic.bsky.social Game Republic is the largest games network supporting growth & success for #gamedevs, affiliates & unis/colleges, running GaMaYo and #GRNewHorizons- visit gamerepublic.net or join The Great Northern Games Discord here -> https://discord.gg/y52sj4yMGn
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
Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social Game Developer/Electromagician/Cat Master ๐น
Epic Megagrant 2022 Recipient
BAFTAConnect 22/23/24
IGDA Foundation Next-Gen Leader 2022
Currently working on Rogue Eclipse!
Wishlist Here!
https://bit.ly/4bRLumD
Views expressed here are my own ๐
Alan Gardiner @alangardiner.bsky.social Managing cool projects, events and partnerships in sports, video games and social impact
Gamepopper @gamepopper.bsky.social Furry Historian (Author of Furtannia: The History of the Furry Fandom in the United Kingdom)
Games Programmer
I enjoy animation, video games, long walks, and pretending to be a masked feline vigilante!
He/him and sometimes a cat!