Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair 
Alexandra T. @alexandrato.bsky.social Associate Prof @Northeastern | CMU HCII, Stanford SymSys alum | Racial Justice, Transformational Game Design, Identity, Critical Design, and Human-Computer Interaction | she/her | mixed | 🩷💜💙
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social _Prof. for Game Design & Game Studies (HNU)
_PhD Triforce Holder
_Podcast Founder "Game Studies" (NBN)
_Editor "Games" (TITEL kulturmagazin)
_Expert Advisor "Games" (DFJV)
_Xbox: Inderst1978
_Former Int. Community Strategist (Koch Media)
shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social Award-winning (2x Indiecade, Eisner, Ignatz, National Book Award finalist, etc) game designer, cartoonist, and puppet filmmaker in the practice of marionettes, fortune cabinets, kind rabblerousing, and Paul Bunyan facts. Little guy enjoyer. (they/them)
Elina Koskinen @elinako.bsky.social Game studies scholar 👾
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-6582
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YjdTawkAAAAJ
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
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
Nele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Tilburg University • working on (interactive) fiction, imagination, and virtual reality
Emile Parchliniak @emilparchy.bsky.social Medievalism in Fantasy RPGs | Gacha Games | Sorbonne Paris Nord
UCLA Game Lab @uclagames.bsky.social We are an experimental research & development lab that fosters the development of computer games and game-related research at UCLA.
The Last Nordic Tribe @thelastnordictribe.bsky.social The Last Nordic Tribe Game Account
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3435710/The_Last_Nordic_Tribe
Developer and Publisher: Never Say Never
Rutxi García @rutxigarcia.bsky.social Profesora en la UCLM. Investigadora en videojuegos, arte, historia y educación. Integrante de @antifaeduca
Lecturer at the UCLM. Video game, Art, History and Education Scholar. Memeber of @antifaeduca
#gamestudies
Jaroslav Švelch @electroslav.bsky.social game scholar and historian at Charles University
vocalist and lyricist at Rest in Haste
svelch.com
Ludomusicology Research Group @ludomusicology.bsky.social The Ludomusicology Research Group. Interested in #gamemusic, #vgm, #gameaudio? This is your place! #Gamedev & #gamestudies welcome! Tweets mostly by M. Fritsch.
www.ludomusicology.org
www.sssmg.org
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
Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social Associate Professor / Creative Industries R&I Lead @ University of South Wales. @fanstudies.bsky.social Board Member. Transmedia Tourism • Theme Parks • Disney • Participatory Cultures • Media Endings
💻 https://linktr.ee/drrebeccawilliams
William Huber @whuber.bsky.social Associate professor of game studies @ Falmouth University. Californian living in the UK. The dude abides.
Iro V @irovy.bsky.social game based learning, game studies, digital storytelling, digital literacy, AI in education, ICTs in education
researcher, educator
Anastasios(Tasos) Theodoropoulos @anatheodor.bsky.social Games Scholar
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
Nikki Snaxx @toitle.bsky.social This is my personal social media account. My opinions are my own.
Jon Ritter @jonritter.bsky.social Game things since 2013.
J. J. Aumercier @jeanju.bsky.social Prof de philo (lycée Ella Fitzgerald à Saint Romain en Gal) et doctorant (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ISJPS) sur les liens entre jeu vidéo et pensée morale.
https://theses.fr/s385320
Kickstarter @kickstarter.com Here to make the world a more creative place. Discover new projects to back—or launch your own. Games, tech, fashion, art, film, comics, music, and more.
MJ Weise @mjweise.bsky.social Principal Writer / Narrative Designer of Chaos Gate: Deathwatch. Worked at MIT, Harmonix, Eko, and others. Lifelong cinephile. Horror influencer.
(previously @sajon77 on Twitter)
Annakaisa Kultima @aakoo.bsky.social Game scholar, game design praxiologist, ludic gallerist. And other things.
Janet H Murray @janethmurray.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Digital Media, Georgia Tech, graduate of Bx Science HS, author "Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace" (MIT Press updated edition 2017) . Current book in progress:"Digital Delusions" .
Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social Associate Professor of #Philosophy at the University of Bergen. 🇳🇴 Various philosophical interests. Kant’s theoretical philosophy is my field of specialty. Other interests: arts, science, music, literature, photography, and travels.
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura | Finnish society for game research @pelitutkimus.fi The Finnish society for game research. Posts FIN/ENG.
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on monitieteinen pelitutkimusta edistävä yhdistys. Tältä tililtä jaamme ajankohtaista tietoa pelitutkimukseen ja pelikulttuureihin liittyen.
www.pelitutkimus.fi
Womenize! @womenize.bsky.social Founded in 2015. Initiative to amplify marginalized voices, foster inclusion and diversity in the games industry.
Next event in Berlin:
June 3, 2026
Indie Games Developer Magazine @igdmag.com The Original Indie Games Developer Magazine - We're going back to our roots to complete our legacy. Games, Magazine, Awards, Events, Outreach, Publisher
Our website: www.indiegamesdeveloper.com
#indiegame #indiegamedev #magazine #marketing #publishing
The Crowdfunding Agency @crowdfunding-agency.com Our mission: empower tabletop games creators and support their crowdfunding campaigns.
Press Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed journal run by and for students that publishes academic research on Game Studies.
Website: press-start.gla.ac.uk
Garry Crawford @cultsociologist.bsky.social Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Salford. FAcSS, PFHEA.
Born in Wolverhampton 🐺. Lives in Sale.
Co-lead of #GAMEHEARTS project.
James Manning @jimaroonie.bsky.social Videogames, digital cultural heritage and digital play cultures researcher. Lecturer, RMIT University. Co-Chair, Freeplay.net.au. Board member, DiGRAA. Managing Editor, Journal of Games Criticism.
Agata Waszkiewicz @agatawaszkiewicz.bsky.social Game scholar, therapist in training, mental health advocate. Makes art on the side.
Renata Ntelia (she/her) @renatadrlove.bsky.social Academic in Games and HCI. Mostly interested in love and death. Assistant Professor at University of Lincoln. https://renatantelia.dfs.gr/
Robin L. Zingarelli @BDiGRA26 @robinzingarelli.bsky.social Doctoral researcher working on transgender representations in video games, game designer, London based coffee enthusiast.
Leon Xiao @handle.invalid Assistant Professor @ CityUHK | Loot Boxes; Video Game Law 🎮🎰 | Empirical Legal & Policy Research | Pro Screenshotter 📱📸 | leonxiao.com
Hartmut Koenitz @hkoenitz.bsky.social Scholar, designer, artist. Working on interactive digital narrative and how to understand our complex world. Professor and student in the subject of life
President of ARDIN.
book: Understanding
Interactive Digital Narrative (2023): https://amzn.to/3OUEj32
Kelly Boudreau @velixious.bsky.social professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
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)
Florence Chee @cheeflo.bsky.social Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
Daniel Muriel @danimuriel.bsky.social Sociologist, PhD. Lecturer and Researcher at the University of the Basque Country
TinyGaming @tiny-gaming.net >>> https://www.tiny-gaming.net/ || Little Games, Little Time, Big Fun || A blog dedicated to tiny gaming - Indie games that can be completed in one sitting or played in short sessions!
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https://ko-fi.com/tinygaming >>> Support us! <3
DIGAREC - Digital Games Research Center @digarec.bsky.social Digital Games Research Center / Zentrum für Computerspielforschung
@unipotsdam.bsky.social // Streams on Twitch http://twitch.tv/digarec // Website: https://digarec.philfak.uni-potsdam.de
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. 
Simon Bachelier @blackcorn.bsky.social Director of Operations > Firesquid #TactiCon.
Cofounder of the collective Sous les néons.
Former Producer of Accidental Queens.
Video games by day. Other things by night.
👤📷 by @kehmyludie.bsky.social
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
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
Author of strange literary fictions ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/
Bart Simon @bartsimon.bsky.social Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
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
Marie Foulston @tigershungry.co.uk Creative director and playful curator.
Studio lead at Good Afternoon
https://linktr.ee/tigershungry
(a brummie, not an aussie)
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
Tobias Kopka @dedux101.bsky.social Programme Director & curator connecting games, culture & XR. Leads curatomic & VR Dance Club, co‑initiated European Game Showcase & #ArtOfCoding, and curates gamescom congress. Systemic coach.
Lisbeth Klastrup @klast.bsky.social External lecturer at Uni of Cph, Copenhagen Business School & Roskilde University. Digital media scholar, part-time nerd, full-time mum, born again catlover and impatient IPhone-photographer. Trying to update a book (in Danish) on social media.
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
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.
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
Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
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
Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social Making big waves in Game Studies research, Game Design, and AI from a tiny, Mediterranean island | Check us out: https://www.um.edu.mt/digitalgames/ | Hosts of DiGRA 2025
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Hanna Wirman @hwirman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Games and Play Design, Center for Digital Play &
Head of Study Programme of MSc in Games, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - Summer break - Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
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
United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA.
JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
De Gruyter Brill Philosophy @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social Philosophy editors at academic publisher @degruyterbrill.bsky.social.
Connect with us here for information on our latest scholarly publications, news and developments in the field. #philsky
Nice new books -> http://tiny.cc/ldm4001
Aphra Kerr @aphrak.bsky.social Prof Digital Media & Communication, University College Dublin, Ireland. Co- PI ADAPT Research Centre & Algowatch project. Researching people & games, tech & AI.
Klara Sterczewska @klarast.bsky.social PhD in game studies, main interest: games and memory cultures. script writer for the game Mr. Prepper. formerly known as @frenolestes (and that one other thing). from Poland, living in Leipzig. always antifascist.
she/her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
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
Michael 🤠 Liebe @michaelliebe.bsky.social Connecting Business, Technology and Culture || Fundraising & Strategy Consultant || University Lecturer || Keynote Speaker || Founder of Booster Space || Outreach Games Europe for Kickstarter
Currently refurbishing a 1980ies GDR original sail boat
Polygon @polygon.com Covering video games, entertainment, and the culture around them. We find, share, and investigate the things you love and the people who make and enjoy them.
Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com 🙋 Co-founder of @icopartners.com | @crowdfunding-agency.com | @mightymerch.store
👾Supporting self-publishing game companies (Strategy | Marketing | PR)
🙆♂️Crowdfunding specialist (Kickstarter Community Advisory Council member)
Eira Brand @eirabrand.com Writer of Cyberpunk, Gothic Fantasy, and Horror. Tabletop RPG developer, layout designer.
Run Like Hell is now available on Bookshop.org, Kobo, and Amazon! (She/Her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
💙📚🪐🩸📚🌈
George Rohac @georgerohac.com Do way too much crowdfunding.
Currently at OrganizedHavoc.com &
2025 Kickstarter Community Advisory Council!
Previously: Breadpig, Oni Press.
pfp by Escher Cattle. He/They.
Annette Azan @avapele.bsky.social Warrior for human rights, lover of nature and. Founder of a badass women’s brand Nuudii System! #woolfer #bluewave #feminist #nuudiisystem
Allison O'Toole @allisonmotoole.bsky.social Editor of Ignatz & Eisner award-winning books. Publisher of @balustradepress.bsky.social. Kickstarter Community Advisory Council Member. She/her.
icon by @sophiepaaslang.bsky.social, banner art by @mkchibs.bsky.social | learn more: www.allisonotoole.com
Creepy Kawaii @creepykawaii.bsky.social The official Creepy Kawaii Bluesky page! Creepy cute original designs featuring collectible plush dolls, stickers, enamel pins, and more!
They/Them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Web: Creepykawaii.com
Philomena @philomenaschwab.bsky.social Co-Founder of Stray Fawn Studio & Publishing
Making Wandering Village + Dungeon Clawler
Council Member at Wings Fund
#30under30 #SwissGames #indiedev
Contact: hi@philo.me
@philipjreed.bsky.social @philipjreed.bsky.social 
REEKON Tools @reekontools.bsky.social The REEKON Tools Digital Construction ecosystem allows seamless data sharing across job sites (big and small) enabling professionals to complete their work faster, more accurately, and with lower needed training.
Anthea Sharp @antheasharp.bsky.social USA Today bestselling fantasy author, Kickstarter enthusiast, word nerd, Celtic fiddler
@directordaddy.bsky.social @directordaddy.bsky.social 
Ivan Askwith @ivanovitch.bsky.social Helped resurrect a few things you loved the first time around. Ran digital at Lucasfilm & strategy at bigspaceship. Fandom + UXD. He/him.
Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social RINGO WINNING Comic Writer | Bylines Popverse, Newsarama, IGN | MFA in TV Writing | Kickstarter Advisory Council | comicunoheroes@yahoo.com
https://lifelinecomics.com/
Krystal Banner @krystalbanner.bsky.social visual artist | author | creative | entrepreneur
founder of kaleidadope.com
www.krystalbanner.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Steam @steampowered.com Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform.
For support: http://help.steampowered.com/en/