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Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social Creative Lead: Disney, 20th Century Games.
Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, Simpsons, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
Chris Swallow โก๏ธ When Tithes Are Due @empathchamber.bsky.social Previously Ogrehead. A swedish designer, gamer, and gamer designer. Work in digital product by day, wear the ttrpg/pbta/fitd/fate cape by night.
https://linktr.ee/empathchamber
jenn sutcliffe ๐ Serious Play Conference @jennsutcliffe.bsky.social Ed Psych/Tech Ph.D. student, MSU | Instructional Designer | TTRPG writer/designer, @ImmaterialPlane | Georgia (US) Wikimedia affiliate rep | Research: Game studies, social learning, learning communities, digital literacies ~ she/her
Academic Bullying @academicbullying.bsky.social I'm Baha Abu-Shaqra, PhD (DTI uOttawa), a CanadianโEgyptian. I blog about how I was mobbed by my PhD thesis committee, how uOttawa is trying to silence me & about academic woes. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dti-techs | https://academicbullying.wordpress.com
@gajadelchile.bsky.social @gajadelchile.bsky.social 
J. Alexander Cohen | Design and Fantasy @jalexandercohen.com Just crazy enough to work (for money).
Designer, speaker, caregiver.
https://www.jalexandercohen.com
Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social PhD researcher, Sustainability Program @ University of Sรฃo Paulo ๐ง๐ท | Water reuse, sanitation policy, water-agriculture nexus | Peruvian in Brazil
Jasper ๐ฆ @noirchivist.bsky.social Naarm | lvl25 | PhD candidate and sessional tutor at Swinburne University โจ
Adam @torontocaper.itch.io Developing game developer.
Play my games: https://torontocaper.itch.io
European Medical Journal @emjreviews.com #1 open access destination for healthcare professionals globally.
๐ emjreviews.com
Reverie @reveriestage.com A stage for GMs who run theater of the mind. Scenes, cast and audio on your players' screens.
@ozresearch.bsky.social @ozresearch.bsky.social 
Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social Writes stories, makes games, reads history.
Associate Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games.
https://mauricesuckling.com
Zรฉcca Lehn @zecca.bsky.social Venture Scale Positive Impacts ๐
www.zeccalehn.com ๐SoCal
matt @chasethematthews.bsky.social RPG enthusiast. Making bad games until a good one pops out.
https://matthewchase.itch.io
StrangerPeace @strangerpeace.bsky.social TTRPG designer / Former philosophy educator trying to get back into stability / Horror nerd / Disabled, Polyam, Bisexual, Agender / twitch.tv/strangerpeace / strangerpeace.itch.io
He/they
@pekola.bsky.social @pekola.bsky.social 
Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer.
https://linktr.ee/bobwhitaker
Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. โ๏ธ @travisdhill.bsky.social Tabletop Game Design | Educational Psychologist | Equity & Justice through Education | Coffee, Zines, Cats | he/him
Games: presspot.games
Research: travisdhill.com
Maple Tree @mapletree.bsky.social Outdoor enthusiast
Calvin Apodaca @nalvic.bsky.social Researcher, Educator, Game Designer in Seattle, Washington
https://www.calvinapodaca.com/
The Gaming Librarian @thelibgamer.bsky.social A Sage Mage of ALAโs GameRT. Librarian with diverse experience in public and academic libraries. I am now working for the Indiana State Library and living in Southern IN.
Grepehu | tabledown.net @grepehu.bsky.social Brazilian ๐ง๐ท, Bi ๐ณ๏ธโ๐, (he/they), TTRPG
Web dev by trade but not for long as I 100% reject AI.
Mastodon: @grepehu@dice.camp
Tabledown: https://tabledown.neocities.org/
Itch: https://grepehu.itch.io/
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/grepehu
WobbuPalooza @wobbupalooza.bsky.social Parlor game history, especially focused on early collaborative storytelling / roleplaying / Surrealist games but also forfeits and pre-1800 games in general:
https://wobbupalooza.neocities.org
@theodeomutts.bsky.social @theodeomutts.bsky.social https://maustoleum.itch.io/
Mar Calpena @mcalpena.bsky.social Journo/artist. Fent vida desprรฉs de moltes coses.
Matteo // Carrot @thecarrotclarinet.bsky.social King Termite On His Hill
Illustration Student
Enjoy art and ttrpgs immensely || 26 || <3 @nebulilac.bsky.social <3
https://linktr.ee/thecarrotclarinet
BR Cross @kylleran.bsky.social Father of two awesome kids.
Activist, anarchist, transhumanist and humanist.
Former: sociology professor, online wellbeing researcher, 1/4 of Posthuman Studios and co-creator of Eclipse Phase RPG.
Currently: Working on games and play at Innoplaytion.
Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Popular Culture & Film at Brock University. Personal account, reposts โ endorsements, and find me at http://karenlouisesmith.net/wp/
WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | music maker at MachinesMachines | site here: https://killjoy.bearblog.dev/
Solderlocks @solderlocks.bsky.social Serial pursuer of insurmountable hardware and software problems, armed primarily with unwarranted optimism.
https://github.com/solderlocks
Dylan Mulvin @dmulvin.bsky.social Associate Professor at the LSE. Histories of media and technology.
dylanmulvin.com
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
Jasmine Otto @jazztap.bsky.social Visualization developer, researcher, educator @ University of San Francisco.
Prev. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, UC Santa Cruz (PhD, Computational Media).
UX: jazztap.github.io | Games: jatazak.itch.io
Mario Santamarรญa @mariosantamaria.bsky.social Available 23/7
https://mariosantamaria.net
https://internetour.com/
Nicolette Little @nicolettelittle.bsky.social Researcher, author & erstwhile prof
New book ๐: From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (UBC Press, 2026)
Media activism, tech-facilitated gender-based violence & memory
McGill & UAlberta
Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social Author and journalist. Creator of the My Perfect Console podcast. www.simonparkin.com
Mathew Iantorno (he/him) @mathewiantorno.com ๐ PhD candidate at the University of Toronto (iSchool + ICCIT)
๐ค Studies the history, labour, & public impact of retail automation
๐ฐ๏ธ mathewiantorno.com
Rik Jesse @kiwicdn.bsky.social Retired Chief Deputy Superintendent | Former School Administrator | 32 Years in Education | Lifelong Advocate for Student Learning & Growth
โStay fearless and graceful under fire.โ
Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social ๐ Sociologist studying nostalgia to reimagine the future. Club Penguin, Frutiger Aero, and the "vision" & "value" of y2k-inspired thrift stores.
๐ Co-founded @nostagain.bsky.social
๐ https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home
A Gay Magikarp @masc4magikarp.bsky.social A level 5 Magikarp aspiring to be a Game Studies Scholar, interested in Interactivity, Game-Player Relations, and LGBTQ+ Storytelling
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
PB Berge ๐ @persephone.blue ๐ฅ ludoarsonist
๐น๏ธ media scholar
๐ฎ game breaker
๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ is out!!!
Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. ๐ trans play ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ TTRPGs ๐ฒ extremism ๐ & the โจunplayableโจ
๐ https://persephone.blue ๐ฒ https://gravesnail.itch.io/next-week
Enric Granzotto Llagostera @marxistpokemon.bsky.social [he/il/ele] ๐๏ธ Educator, researcher and game maker. ๐ฎ๐จ PhD on alternative controllers, experimental and critical games. ๐ https://enric.llagostera.com.br
WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ [๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐/๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ]โฃ
| ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ: Lead Game Designer @ Cat Samurai, Adjunct @ York U
| ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐ฏ: SKRUB Squad, Centauri Dark, Bombing!! series, others
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๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ: LD & Dev in industry
WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD https://store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/SKRUB_Squad/
artemis, big boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing I write about videogames. Words @ Deleted Saves, startmenu, Superjump, TIER
Big Boss @ Stop Caring
(She/her or they/them)
https://linktr.ee/artemisawormrot
@blakaligula.bsky.social @blakaligula.bsky.social 
every day is Halloween! @jennatar.bsky.social jennfrank.net โ jennfrank.bearblog.dev
Kris ๐ Lorischild @direkris.itch.io I made YOU ARE JEFF BEZOS.
no pronouns or they/them
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social โจ๐ฎHelping indie games find their players! ๐ฎโจ
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
๐
Let's chat:
https://calendly.com/accounts-astrarium/30min
Jonathan Ore @jonore.bsky.social Senior writer & editor for CBC News online. Won't stop talking about video games. One-time guest on the Giant Bomb @nite couch.
Bio & contact: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/author/jonathan-ore-1.3300194
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social PhD. youth+tech+community+design researcher, UW iSchool Postdoc, TTRPG-er, enjoyer of things. Always learning.
She/her. Profile pic by Ari!
Yes, I'm here. In the midst of job search. carolinerpitt.phd
Tumeke Studio @tumekestudio.bsky.social Tumeke Studio is a Mฤori owned, independent R&D-driven game and systems studio building the tools and stories of tomorrow.
https://www.tumekestudio.com
Three More Years @threemoreyears.bsky.social Indie Games and Neon Future Narratives.
a permanent echo - coming 2027:
https://s.team/a/3727200/
Mini Mini Golf Golf out now on Steam:
https://s.team/app/3188050/
KรรรK PEMBE KANAT @kucukpembekanat.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@suenosereno.youtube?si=200P4unYRSYiIKlA
#cat #book #love #music #kรผรงรผkpembekanat #flamingo
Phillip Brandes @litgamestudies.bsky.social cat dad
Literary- (&) Game Studies
PhD: retelling in digital games
https://phillipbrandes.de
a wear a mask iteration @an-iteration.bsky.social Eggbug veteran, still refuses to engage with numbers.
bleet > skeet
Stay masked out there. (he)
Tobias Unterhuber @letobili.bsky.social Post-Doc Uni Innsbruck// Media Culture Studies / Game Studies / Gender Studies / German Literature // Foucauldian // Co-Editor-in-Chief PAIDIA // Editor ZfF // Board Bember AKGWDS
Sascha Morlok @modgamers.bsky.social DE/GER | Nerdkram und Politik. Trรคgt schwarze T-Shirts mit Popkulturreferenzen.
#pnp #pnpde #Shadowrun Autor fรผr @pegasusspiele.bsky.social und @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social
Verรถffentlichung: https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/55518/sascha-morlok
Stencil Chan @vurobinut.bsky.social AIvangelist
The Skybox is Falling! @theskyboxisfalling.bsky.social Feed me industry chatter, rumblings, and clickbait titles of crashes, -pocalypses, catastrophes, collapses and related hyperbolitries around games and other stupid products!
Queer Communist Game Jam โญ @queercomgames.bsky.social International Game Jam organized from Cuba ๐จ๐บ
โLetโs start a queer, communist, game industry revolution.โ
๐ฎ itch.io/jam/queercomgames2026
๐ instagram.com/queercomgames
๐พ https://discord.gg/sZkfS9NtG
Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social ๐ฃ Mental Health-LGBTQ Advocate ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Paranormal & UAP. ๐ธ Trekkie ๐ Politics. Independent News. Original: https://bsky.app/profile/dejayk.bsky.social
TVWritersVault @tvwritersvault.bsky.social Where TV/Film Producers & Execs Scout New Pitches for Film, TV & Digital. Shows Discovered & Broadcast Globally on Discovery Channel, A&E, Lifetime TV, SyFy, Velocity & Others... Visit https://www.tvwritersvault.com- C cass-danz.bsky.social @cass-danz.bsky.social
chimera*โ critical โ game โ studies @chimericosmo.bsky.social (he/they)
PhD Candidate in Political Science and Sociology
โDecolonial and transfeminist game studies
โAnthropologies from the body
Brian S. Chung @brianschung.bsky.social โญ Game Designer at @thesheepsmeow.com ๐ Director at @gdocexpo.com ๐ซ Previously: Bramble, Fantage, Sony Online Entertainment ๐ 
cyril focht @ceciltheawesome.bsky.social 
[untitled games event] Amsterdam @untitledgamesevent.bsky.social A space for experimental games and playable arts. A monthly Amsterdam-based 'book club' for games and conversation on play.
https://untitledgamesevent.nl
NEXT EDITION: 11 October
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Taylan Umut Doฤan @afriendofredjenny.bsky.social PhD student of Communication at Concordia University // Interested in digital games; in relation to worldbuilding, subjectivity, and class politics // La Dispute enjoyer // he/him - they/them.
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Javier Padilla @jpadillar.bsky.social Assoc. Professor @ Colgate Univ. interested in poetry, postcolonial, Irish, and Latin American Literatures.
Ondrej from Charles Games ๐ @charlesgames.bsky.social Prague-based studio pushing boundaries of what games can do and say. Hidden-object Velvet 89 out now, new game We Grew Up in War in the works.
www.charlesgames.net
midshipnews.org @midshipnews.org Author of Naval Fiction, Freelance Defence Journalist โ Naval & Aeronautical History
MASKIROVKA my first novel is out !
5.0 out of 5 stars: Page turner, brilliant new Cold War thriller.
Grey ships, black boats
https://www.midshipnews.org/
GSFLS | Global Summit 2026 @lgbtqstudies.bsky.social Official account of the 11th Global Summit on Feminist & LGBTQ+ Studies
Uniting global scholars and leaders in gender studies, feminism, sexuality, and social justice.
Berlin, Germany, 24โ25 Sept 2026.
https://genderandfeminist.com/
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Classic Video Game Box Art @classicboxart.bsky.social Hand-picked box art of retro video games (1977โ2006).
3 images per day from different platforms, including both console and computer games.
Gaming the System(s) Educational Collaborative @gaming-the-systems.bsky.social Gaming the System(s) is a 501c(3) charitable organization dedicated to promoting the use of games in educational & therapeutic settings. We also organize the Game-Based Education & Therapy Conference embedded in Origins Game Fair.
Noahโฆ @noahspringer.com Senior Acquisitions Editor for game studies and new media at the MIT Press | columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxd https://boxd.it/oHIf
Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. Codirector, Gaming SEL Lab. Play theorist.
NEW from The MIT Press w/ Tracy Fullerton: โThe Well-Read Gameโ a.co/d/6oAphWV
Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
She/her/hers.