Doug North Cook @dnorco.bsky.social Currently: Creative Director & CEO at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social .
Scholar is residence at NYU, running immersive Design Residency at the Fallingwater Institute.
Former: Robot Teddy, Chatham University + more
Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social CNET - future tech, VR/AR, wearables, games, immersive, existential dread/whimsy. Looking in weeds for little frogs. The Intertwixt is my free newsletter about strange overlaps https://intertwixt.beehiiv.com
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Noel Llopis @noel-llopis.bsky.social Making games since 1985: World of Goo 2, Subterfuge, Casey's Contraptions, Flower Garden and AAA games before that. Runner. Cyclist. Swimmer. Board game addict. Avid reader.
My retro computer channel @noelsretrolab.com
Scott Hayden @vrbosenet.bsky.social Editor @RtoVR | mango enthusiast | rad profile background by Studio Ghibli
TREBUCHET @trebuchetvr.bsky.social Montreal-based VR devs.
Creators of Prison Boss, Broken Edge, Winds & Leaves, and Jousting Time.
Prison Boss: Prohibition is now OUT NOW on Steam/Meta Quest! Join us on Discord. 👇
https://linktr.ee/prisonboss
Bobby Blackwolf @bobbyblackwolf.com Host of "The Bobby Blackwolf Show" podcast about the Video Game Industry since 2005, recording LIVE Sundays 8PM ET/5PM PT on VOGNetwork Twitch
Twitch Affiliate
Panel Moderator and Event Host
Software Developer (not in gaming)
biz at bobbyblackwolf dot com
Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com Founder of @NoProscenium.com: The Guide to Everything Immersive & co-founder of @immersiveexperience.org
Ex-public media. Current CalArts faculty.
Mapper of the Immersive Cosmos.
BlueskyUser #499 (Post count includes Twitter imports.)
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
eddybox (hemisphere games) @eddybox.bsky.social Osmos and Karmaka creator (www.hemispheregames.com)
Most recently collaborated on Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (http://apple.co/-Gibbon) w @brokenrulesgames.bsky.social
Living in the alpine meadow...
Cix @cix.bsky.social Built a bunch of XR companies. Working on “AI” fitness games. Interested in robotics.
Andy Bauch @andybauch.bsky.social Co-founder https://morty.app — find every immersive experience.
Visual artist working with LEGO bricks https://andybauch.com
Prev. 4x CTO (1 exit).
White Door Games @whitedoorgames.com Independent game developer behind Dreadhalls (a horror dungeon crawler for VR), and Cosmodread (a VR survival horror roguelike).
Brian Hart @bbhart.com Software eng manager | Ex-GlossGenius, LinkedIn/Microsoft and some other places | Holly Springs, NC (Raleigh-Durham area)
michael carriere @michael.carriere.org chief beard at @zapdot.com
geek. dad. designer. developer. perfunctory pun factory.
on the infinite road to better!
Jamie Feltham @jamiefeltham.bsky.social Creator & Host of VR Games Showcase, formerly HTC Vive, Fast Travel Games, UploadVR. Supporter of the arts, adventures and fine libations.
Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social Exec Producer/Creative Director, Neighborhoods
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/Neighborhoods/
Past: Never Alone 2, Weird West. Prey (2017), Skulls of the Shogun...
Brian Cronin @briangcronin.bsky.social Game dev working on Slumber Realm 🎲💤 @chuggagames.bsky.social
Formerly Monster Train, Natural Selection 2, Inkbound
Nathan Fouts, ChainStaff is Out Now @mommysbestgames.bsky.social #GameDev since 1994. I do action mechanics with a twist!
Made "ChainStaff" https://tinyurl.com/chainstaff
Made Shoot 1UP, Serious Sam DD, Pig Eat Ball, Bumpy Grumpy. Worked on POSTAL, Resistance Fall of Man, Ratchet n Clank.
http://www.mommysbestgames.com
Niv Fisher @nivf.bsky.social Video game developer.
Currently doing VR at One Hamsa (UNDERDOGS, Racket: Nx)
Chaim Gingold @chaimg.bsky.social Text box, pixels, colors, some words, countless abstractions.
Social media averse designer, papa, and author of Building SimCity.
https://chaim.io
Skarredghost @skarredghost.bsky.social #AR #VR developer, consultant, blogger.
I love #gamedev, #China, and the Zergs' #QueenOfBlades.
Most of the time I've no idea what I'm doing.
dtrebella @dtrebella.bsky.social Founder of Spoke & Wheel Strategy. PR/marketing for indie games, tech & startups. Theatre lover, chocolate eater & dog snuggler. Dana@spokeandwheelstrategy.com
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social Ophthalmologist. Comedian. Speaker. Jonathan.
Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Messages with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story.
Sam Harsimony @harsimony.bsky.social I write about opportunities in science, space, and policy here: https://splittinginfinity.substack.com/
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Jack @tracewoodgrains.bsky.social Storyteller. Romantic. Pursue excellence.
Chris Pruett @cpruett.bsky.social Director of Games @meta. Thirty years of game dev, incl. Dead Secret, Wind-up Knight, and sick Hypercard stacks. I am a walking encyclopedia of horror games.
Jake Sones @jakeson.es Prinicpal Game Designer @ https://Board.fun
Formerly of WB Games, Sony, Blizzard, Insomniac
https://jakeson.es
Basic Cable Cody @basiccable.games // (Former) Senior Hard Surface Specialist @ Bungie
// Founder @ Basic Cable Games
// UE Game Dev Generalist
// (Un)professional hot sauce critic
Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social Director of Engineering @ Creature working on Starship Home;
Also Dev @ Rust LTD working on H3VR 2!
Previous: SUPERHOT VR, Laser Dance;
Made Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze & Gravity Lab;
DICE & Proto Award Winner
DMs always open!
Leigh Momii @jetleigh.bsky.social here and there and everywhere, all around the world. food motivated. sport lover. gamer. 🇬🇧
Sam W @vr-sam.bsky.social Supporting game dev studio relations | 20+ years in games industry, 10+ years in #VR / #AR / #MR / #xR / #SpatialComputing + rando #beer #cats #boardgames #games #food https://linktr.ee/vrsam- C John Rittenhouse @cryect.bsky.social VR Software developer for past ten years currently working at OssoVR on surgical training
Philip Williams @philipwilliams.bsky.social Musician; Gamer; Librarian; PhD candidate - Presence in VR; Complex Adaptive Systems explorer; Ally in training; he/him
Ben @h0lder.bsky.social — VR, AR, XR @ mixed-news.com
— AI @ the-decoder.com
— Gaming @ space4games
— Marketing & Communication @ deep-content.io
A N T O N @a-n-t-o-n.bsky.social Indie Game Developer Currently working on a mistake /// former Lead Game Designer, project leader and 3D Artist /// 🇳🇱/🇺🇦
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social
Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Andrew Eiche @buddingmonkey.bsky.social CEO (Chief Executive Owl)
@owlchemylabs.com
Kyle Riesenbeck @reverendkjr.bsky.social Operations Manager & Journalist at @UploadVR. "Cool Uncle of the Metaverse" Spatial Computing Expert #VR #AR #MR #XR Opinions are my own.
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social * CEO/CCO VR/XR person www.cloudheadgames.com (2013-present)
* https://tinyurl.com/Pistol-Whip , Valve Aperture Hand Lab, Call of the Starseed, Heart of the Emberstone
Ed Lago @edlago.dev 👾 Label Director at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social
🥽 Festival Manager at @vr-forever.com
👻 Board of Directors Member at @babyghosts.fund
🧠 Mentor at Game Production Guild
🔫 Former Executive Producer on Pistol Whip
Chris 🧠 talk with humans @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
David Jagneaux @davidjagneaux.bsky.social 💻 Head of 80 Level
🕹️ #RetroGaming Enjoyer
📩 Work: d.jagneaux@80.lv
🗣️ All opinions mine alone
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Greg Rice @gregrice.bsky.social @PlayStation, @dayofthedevs, prev @DoubleFine
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production, photos. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Ian @ianhamilton.net Chronicling VR makers and discoveries in virtual reality. https://www.goodvirtualreality.com
https://linktr.ee/hamiltonian
Callum Uwunderwood @callum.uwu.biz Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive💃
Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow
Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT VR, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com 🎬 Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com Voices of VR Podcast host: Insatiably curious, XR oral historian, & aspiring philosopher.
Exploring Tech Ethics, AI, XR, & Emerging Tech.
Patreon at http://patreon.com/voicesofvr
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I make games. I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Devin Reimer @devinreimer.bsky.social Founder/CEO @AstroBeam.com & ‘Reimer Family Climate Crisis Fund’
Co-founder/former CEOwl Owlchemy Labs (acq by Google). Co-creator of Job Simulator #VR
Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room/Riot.
mastodon.gamedev.place/web/@TomF
Asher Vollmer @ashervo.bsky.social Recovering game developer. Made Threes + Beast Breaker. he/him
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Kyle Orland @kyleor.land Senior Gaming Editor, Ars Technica / The guy who LITERALLY wrote the book on Minesweeper -- https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland
Signal: kyleorl.31
Ben Lang @ben.roadtovr.com Reporting on XR for a decade+, Co-founder of leading independent VR news pub RoadtoVR.com. Journalist & analyst, not evangelist.
Twitter https://twitter.com/benz145
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase
https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social Queer af founder of Glass Bottom Games. BAFTA Breakthrough. Working on Verminsteel! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/Verminsteel/ (prev: SkateBIRD, Hot Tin Roof, etc). She/Her 🏳️⚧️
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com Client Manager @FutureFriendsGames.com. Former Senior Editor at UploadVR, BAFTA Connect member, co-host for @CrossButtonVR.bsky.social. Will likely talk about F1, RPGs, VR, and Nintendo (he/him)
https://linktr.ee/terranauts
UploadVR @uploadvr.com VR & AR news, reviews, and industry analysis.
https://www.uploadvr.com/
Adriel Wallick @msminotaur.bsky.social I make games
she/her
Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social Creator of the Falconeer,, Bulwark, Shipshaper and the Moonpath SKyrim Mods, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Chaotic Creative Dad Game Dev, working on Ancient Waves. Creative Cockroach most comfortable behind the fridge.
Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social I've been here long enough where a lot of you don't even know where I come from and I kinda find that delightful.
But I'm glad you're here! How are you?
Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
tylerglaiel.com
Hard Drive @hard-drive.net We are Hard Drive. Bum ba dum bum bum bum bum
Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social Game designer. I post a lot of brunch photos. she/her.
Shane Nilsson @shanenilsson.bsky.social XR developer and educator. Cofounder of Coal Car Studio. www.coalcar.ca
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of 🔥 IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge 🔥 HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! → PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, art, trailers + more
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar Games/MLB
25+ years in games
#blackgamedev ✊🏽 they/them 💛🤍💜🖤
beatdowncity.com
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.
Kelly S @kelofkells.bsky.social Source of corgi pics. They/She 🏳️🌈
Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social Making silly games like Slap Out Of It! and Floor Plan at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. (he/him)