Adel Faure ⏚🍉 @adelfaure.bsky.social ASCII artist and live coding performer trying to make video games
He/him
https://www.adelfaure.net/
Cookie Collective, Mistigris, Textmode Friends
Support me on https://ko-fi.com/adelfaure
Game History Association @hernihistorie.cz Nonprofit organization Herní historie, z.s.
🌐 We bring you old games & We care for Czech and Slovak videogame history.
💸 herohero.co/hernihistorie
🎮 retroherna.org
📦 herniarchiv.cz
The Skybox is Falling! @theskyboxisfalling.bsky.social Feed me industry chatter and rumblings of crashes, -pocalypses, catastrophes, collapses and related hyperbolitries around games and other stupid products!
Sham Mountebank @shammountebank.bsky.social My blog, Where Were They Now? Tracking down the offices of Britain's pioneering video games houses https://whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/
Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social Play scholar, among other things
Wildebeast Art @wildebeastimages.bsky.social Fine Art, Nude, Erotica, and Creative Portrait photographer St. Louis, MO, USA
https://www.patreon.com/cw/wildebeastart
https://www.youtube.com/@WILDEBEASTart
https://x.com/wildebeastphoto
https://youpic.com/mikemacnamara
Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co Hey, I'm a climate and energy writer / data analyst who focuses on corporate + govt accountability
Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/
Based in Oslo but write about US, Europe, Aus too - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
Anastasios(Tasos) Theodoropoulos @anatheodor.bsky.social Games Scholar
Dr Kieran Nolan @kierannolan.bsky.social Artist, Researcher & Lecturer | Co-Director, Creative Arts Research Centre, DkIT | WG1 Lead, Grassroots of Digital Europe (COST) | Co-President, History of Games International Conference (@historyofgames.bsky.social) - kierannolan.com
Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social (he/him) #gamestudies, media, and culture researcher, Prof. of Game Design at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. Books http://bit.ly/3MWJ5vM and https://bit.ly/4yA52aj. Website: http://sebastianmoering.com.
Risolvi Productions @risolvipro.bsky.social Indie software developer.
🧢 Super Agent (Playdate)
🏎️ P-Racing (Playdate)
📱 Collections Database (iOS)
Veli-Matti Karhulahti @mkarhulahti.bsky.social science, gaming, art (senior researcher at university of jyväskylä)
deka @dekadeka.bsky.social getting phd in videogames + influencers @ uchicago
pettka @pettka.bsky.social Petr Kolář - Warhorse Studios
Kübra @mostlyindie.com Games/media/American Studies scholar, lecturer @uni-freiburg.de. PhD on books in games. Currently studying video game remakes, reboots, and adaptations.
Read my blog (new posts approx. every two years): https://mostlyindie.com/
Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social Makes tiny games. Currently in grad school to be a librarian. Helps organize local game dev stuff near Detroit. they/them
https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/
https://virtualmoose.org/
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
Federico Alvarez Igarzábal @federicoalvarez.bsky.social Prof. of Digital Media & Game Studies at HBK Essen. I research the aesthetics of games and play combining theoretical and experimental approaches.
Book: "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cogntive-Formalist Approach" http://bit.ly/3iiMEk8
Leni Krsová 🐺⚔️ @lenikrsova.bsky.social living world designer • formerly a gamedev & voice over director on KCDII • game design lecturer • sharing bits from video games industry & pop culture
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
GAME-INDEX @game-index.bsky.social The ERC Consolidator project GAMEINDEX: Politics and aesthetics of indexical representation in digital games and VR (2025-2030).
More here: https://gameproductionstudies.fsv.cuni.cz/gameindex/
Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social Game Scholar, narrative designer, consultant.
Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese | Games Outreach for Kickstarter |Vice President of DiGRA.
Pierre-Yves Hurel @pyhurel.bsky.social Postdoc researcher in Lausanne, Switzerland
Video game history & hobbyists
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
cobalt @cobalt.tools save what you love without bullshit. cobalt is free and open for everyone, forever.
cobalt.tools is made with love by imput.net (@wukko.me & @jj.ax)
source code at github.com/imputnet/cobalt
Andrei Nae @andrei-nae.bsky.social ✔️ andrei-nae.com
✔️ Lecturer in game studies and English literature
✔️ Author of 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴
Veronika Hanakova @veronikahanakova.bsky.social AV essayist exploring New Media & Digital Culture ~ Media Archaeology ~ Researcher of gimmicky artifacts: from Star Wipe to my latest obsession the DVD ~ Member of Grassroots of Digital Europe ~ Curator for Marienbad Film Festival & Artycok.TV
Nele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Tilburg University • working on (interactive) fiction, imagination, and virtual reality
Honza Švelch @svelch-honza.bsky.social video game production scholar at https://gameproductionstudies.fsv.cuni.cz/ / guitarist at restinhaste.com / profile picture by https://www.luisblackaller.com/
Martin Schovanec @schovanec.bsky.social Entrepreneur, co-owner of http://xzone.cz, father, traveler, runner, reader, gamer... Czech Republic, Louny.
Jana Václavíková @janavacl.bsky.social Journo. Taiwan, China, climate, etc.
Olli Sotamaa @sotamaa.bsky.social proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere män
Tomasz Z. Majkowski @tzmajkowski.bsky.social Game researcher from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Jan Modrák @bludr.bsky.social HRY! 20 let ve Score, pak Re-Play a Vortex, teď Modrák & Friends. Podcast http://modrak.podbean.com. Podpořit (s benefity) můžete na https://herohero.co/modrak.
Rob Gallagher @gealga.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, King's College London. Co-director MA Digital Futures. Author of Videogames, Identity & Digital Subjectivity (Routledge 2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (Palgrave 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/9783032044341
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland.
Univerzita Karlova @unikarlova.cuni.cz Univerzita Karlova byla založena v roce 1348 a patří mezi nejstarší světové univerzity. V současnosti má 17 fakult (14 v Praze, 2 v Hradci Králové a 1 v Plzni).
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking only for myself and in my own capacity here.
Rude people are blocked.
Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the stories of his culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
Wishlist Dreams on a Pillow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/Dreams_on_a_Pillow/
Petr Szczepanik @petrszczepanik.bsky.social Media industries in East Central Europe | streaming platforms | production studies | Assoc. Prof. at Charles University, Prague
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
Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social Digital Cultures and Arts | UZH & ZHdK | operative images, synthetic media and visual culture
@digitalculturesandarts.ch
https://digitalculturesandarts.ch/
https://linktr.ee/bildoperationen
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
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
David Fox💙🫘🇺🇦 @davidbfox.com Lead game programmer: ThimbleweedPark2 ReturnToMonkeyIsland
Designer/Project Lead at LucasfilmGames/LucasArts: Fractalus Labyrinth ZakMcKracken Indy3
ManiacMansion
VR XR EV GameDev
Handpan newbie
❤️ @anniefox.com
@RubeWorks.com
https://linktr.ee/davidbfox
Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.
Solip Park @solippark.bsky.social Game researcher (Doctor of Arts) at Aalto University and University of Jyväskylä. Researching migrants in the game industry and gamer & game dev culture in Korea and Finland :)
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
📍Portland, OR
Lukáš Grygar @thunderocean.bsky.social The satellites are out tonight. // Editor @ Voxpot.cz
Marie Hermanova @mariher.bsky.social 📝anthropologist of social media and influencer cultures
🎓MSCA/UKRI fellow at UCL Anthropology
🎓Fulbright alumna at UNC-CITAP
💮reader & writer, silly little mental health walks enthusiast
📍between London & Prague
Aleena Chia @aleenachia.bsky.social 谢能安 Lecturer in Game Studies & Media Studies at Goldsmiths UoL. Research on videogame production and digital wellness: how media technologies automate work, optimise life, and shape inequalities. http://www.aleenachia.org
miloš hroch @miloshroch.bsky.social sonic nurse • the wire magazine • the quietus • respekt ❘ media studies at charles university ❘ nadšením nájem nezaplatíš
フラジークHLADÍK・ラジムRadim @hlageek.bsky.social Sociologist at @flu-cas.bsky.social / @czechacademy.bsky.social interested in computational approaches to science, culture, knowledge, and communication. #rstats
@requal.bsky.social developer
Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social Irrepressible MS-DOS Game Archaeologist
(Silly Aussie DOS Freak)
https://czecha.boo 🦘
Shoot me an email if you need a quick response!
A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social Writer, editor, digital programmer, sometimes movie critic. CMS@MIT, CRC@NYU. Editorial/programming: @TEDTalks, @io9, @slant_magazine, @livemint, @SundayGuardian. NYC/Kolkata.
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Hidetaka SWERY SueHERO @swery65.bsky.social CEO of White Owls Inc.
I'm creating unique, spirited work based on the slogan: From Osaka to all of YOU around the world!
大阪から世界中のあなたへ!
Unseen Histories @unseenhistories.com The Past, Fully Present. Find out about the very best new history books, read author interviews and long-form pieces by the world’s leading historians.
Editor – Peter Moore
Creative Director – @jordanacosta.co
https://www.unseenhistories.com/
Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social Gaming historian / digital archeologist @ https://genesistemple.com
Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/trKjYjtnjP
Twitch streamer/podcaster - https://www.twitch.tv/thegenesistemple
Unemployed gaming journalist - support https://ko-fi.com/thegenesistemple
Nick Webber @doktornick.bsky.social Games and history researcher, BCU. Co-convenor of @historygamesnet.bsky.social. Views my own. He/him.
Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social Videogame historian extraordinaire
FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation
CGSA Francophone Rep
Creator of Deadplay podcast
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at Birmingham City University. Author of Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities. Researcher in #posthumanism #posthuman #subjectivity #digital #cultures #media #games #gamestudies #zombies.
Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social The Ween Of American Rock Critics. Author of six books. My book on The Strokes is out 9/8/26. Indiecast dude. Writing at Evil Speakers: https://stevenhyden.substack.com
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
blackaller @blackaller.bsky.social Cartoons and Cinema from a non-euclidean dimension
https://luisblackaller.com
Cartoon Distortion @cartoondistortion.bsky.social Cartoons and Cinema from a non-euclidean dimension
Self-proclaimed Luddite 🤖🔨💟
https://cartoondistortion.com
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