Jameson Thatcher @sireel.itch.io Professional game programmer, dad of two. Vegetarian, jazz fan, MTG player. I like thinking about a positive eco friendly future, and learning about technology of the past
Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com Professional writer and talker; sports things & nerd stuff. Feature journalism, NFL analysis, books & stories, and my podcast about old video game magazines: @funfactorpod.com. Partnerships director @rankmivote.bsky.social. He/him. #ADHD
andrea 🔜 gamescom :) @asaraviapt.bsky.social ♨︎ building stories & communities @ atrium interactive (indie, AA, AAA and +)
⤷ narrative & comms @ deviant games
⤷ lore & adcopy @ flameborn games
⤷ narrative consulting @ [redacted]
opinions are my own~
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Lynne @overquailified.bsky.social Writer @ Red Spring Studio | prev. Bungie, Nix Hydra | they/them | no genAI/NFT/crypto/whatever
Tom Smith @thegamedesigndad.bsky.social Game designer at Roblox (ex-Disney, ex-Zynga, etc.)
Author of Anatomy of Game Design (https://a.co/d/5NQZAuK)
Opinions are my own, not any corporation's.
Riley Labrecque @rileylabrecque.com Partner Engineer at Final Strike Games with a focus on Engine Tech, Online, Build, and DevOps.
Previously wrote documentation for Valve
Once upon a time I made Steamworks.NET
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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Canadian Metis, Emmy award-winning Tech Producer / Tech Director. ex-Unity, Namco, Roadhouse, Gamedev for 25+ years... Tech Director on Adam & Baymax shorts, etc
Current: Cloudhead, Megacrush, Instructor @ VFS
In Vancouver
🖐️ DrAlanT 🎬 📚 📎 @dralant.bsky.social From Balliol/Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk 👨🎓 🇬🇧 - to teacher, lecturer, Professor. 📚 🎬
☄️ 'We must be still and still moving.' T. S. Elliot.
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Hideo Kojima @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies.
26,930 words (I'm back writing!) @legalminimum.bsky.social Now shamelessly employed but not telling you where (yet).No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social ✨ i’m like if tifa lockhart loved carbs
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Alexis Trust 🌶️ @alexistrust.bsky.social Product Lead @ Chucklefish. Lover of electricity towers, turkey twizzlers and banjos.
Bill Slavicsek @billslavicsek.bsky.social Former Project Narrative Director for The Elder Scrolls Online. I've also been a writer and game designer for Star Wars, D&D, and more. This is my personal account.
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Flip Satan @teawithphil.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ They/them
Retro and handhelds etc GamesRadar
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James Youngman @jyoungman.bsky.social He/him Game Designer, composer, writer
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/ten-lessons-over-ten-years
http://jamesyoungman.bandcamp.com
https://jyoungman.itch.io
Senior Tech Designer at Elsewhere. All opinions my own.
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Kat Welsford @popelady.bsky.social Digital Marketing Manager at Megabit Publishing
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Justina Robson @justinarobson.bsky.social I write Science Fiction; AI, transhumanism, economics, space opera and cyberpunk. I also sometimes write Fantasy and a variety of short stories. All opinions my own. She/her. Autistic (self-diagnosed).
Rachel Roberts @runrober.bsky.social Associate Professor, English education, IoE, University of Reading.
Balint Marczin 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇭🇺 @nakamurarts.eurosky.social Lead Systems Designer at Grimlore Games on Titan Quest II.
Past: Total War Warhammer 2 & 3, Halo Wars 2, Age of Mythology.
RTS Content Creator, Commentator and Tournament Host.
Hungarian in the UK. Green Party & European Movement UK member.
EU Federalist.
Axel Paris @axelparis.bsky.social Research scientist at Adobe. PhD in Computer Graphics. Founding member of Newhead Studio. Interests: large-scale environments, implicit surfaces, physics simulation, sustainability.
Web: aparis69.github.io
=> Opinions are my own.
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The Bit Bet @thebitbet.bsky.social I make games that get people thinking and laughing… though not always in this specific order. https://thebitbet.itch.io/
@mrrobsaunders.bsky.social @mrrobsaunders.bsky.social
Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social (he/him) Author, podcaster & tabletop games writer. Books: The Game Changers, Coward, The Honours & The Ice House.
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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social Indie game dev behind Duskers & A Virus Named TOM (formerly Bad Robot, Dreamworks Animation, Rainbow Studios)
info@ http://misfitsattic.com
Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social Children’s comic artist/writer.
Bumble & Snug graphic novels published by Hachette!
Represented by Lydia Silver of the Soho Agency.
Talks about comics a *lot*.
Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Doug Naylor @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social Red Dwarf co-creator and writer/co-writer of all 74 Red Dwarf eps.
Author of Sin Bin Island. Represented by @pbjmanagement
https://linktr.ee/DougNaylorRD
Alison Lührs @alisontheperson.bsky.social Narrative Director at Bungie. Personal account.
alisonluhrs.com
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social Aberystwyth-based writer, researcher & critic. Author: Culture Wars in Britain (May, 2026). Columnist at Vector. Incoming editor of Foundation.
Nonbinary (they/them)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️.
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Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social SFF enthusiast, hobby-collector, blogger, shouter-at-the-internet. Editor at Ignyte and Hugo winner Nerds of a Feather, along with reviews elsewhere. 2026 Hugo Fan Writer finalist. All links here: https://linktr.ee/roseanna.pendlebury (she/her).
Martin Lefebvre @martinmerlan.bsky.social Ludiste gauche
https://merlanfrit.net/ - en stase
https://discord.gg/Vg4PxQV7qu - Discord Merlanfriture, jeu numérique et analogique, agriculture générale et shitpost.
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
dani dee⁷ @ writing trash women @epistellar.bsky.social current: narrative on unannounced IP + south of midnight at @compulsiongames.bsky.social | former: narrative @ viewfinder + armatus | indie studio projects galore | email: dee @ epistellar . net | Anti-GenAI
David Stark - Zarkonnen @zarkonnen.bsky.social I make games about bad things happening to tiny simulated people and help run the Zurich gamedev community. He/him.
Website: https://zarkonnen.com/
Games: https://zarkonnen.itch.io/
Game Hub: https://www.swissgamehub.com/
Bearwaves @bearwaves.com We made Feud and now we’re making Dave’s Word Game - out now at https://www.playdwg.com !
Run by humans! Not bears! Sorry!
🕹 Play Feud: https://store.steampowered.com/app/863400/Feud/
💬 Talk to us: http://discord.gg/Bearwaves
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social ✏️ Comics writer and artist
🍩 Creator of AWARD-WINNING and/or BEST-SELLING comics such as MEGA ROBO BROS and DONUT SQUAD!
🤖 buy books & ticket links: www.linktree.com/neillcameron
🍩 www.neillcameron.com
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
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✅ all work completely human made
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social I am the features editor at Edge magazine and one of the co-founders and co-editors of Bullet Points Monthly.
Mike Straw | Insider-Gaming.com @mikestrawmedia.com 🎮Executive Editor for @insider-gaming.com
DMs Open; signal: mikestraw.15
Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social Mobile games industry news and insights.
Jade King @konayma6.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Lead Features Editor at TheGamer/Video game, animation, and queer culture critic. Fruity. Email: jade.k@thegamer.com. She/They.
I’m doing everything in my power to destroy video games.
Dibely 🐙 @dibely.bsky.social Lead Unity developer @ Nomad Games | Ex EA, Chillingo, TootleGames, Eurocom
Game dev | VR | Retro games | Boardgames | D&D | Miniature painting | Space LEGO | Electronics | Robotics | Films | Anime | Niwaki | DCFC
Views are my own
http://dibely.com
💛Magda Teter🟦📖 @mteter-historian.bsky.social Historian/author: "Blood Libels, Hostile Archives"/"Christian Supremacy"/"Blood Libel"/"Sinners on Trial"/"Jews&Heretics" Fordham; NYRB
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social TV Writer: Dinosaurs, Buffy, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, The OC, Gilmore Girls, Once Upon a Time, Jessica Jones, Foundation, Artful Dodger, Fallout...
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social When the revolution comes I'll be in bed reading or playing a video game. Lecturer in film & media, writer, editor, feminist (NOT a terf), UCU rep. She/her
#WIASN #WalkingSimulators
Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social The future of interactive entertainment
DevGAMM @devgamm.bsky.social Game Conference with heart 🧡
🇷🇸 Belgrade: September 29-30, 2026
🇵🇹 Lisbon: November 17-18, 2026
🏆 Awards: November 18
Tickets & info: https://devgamm.com
Justin Đoàn @soundaholism.bsky.social Technical Experience Designer @ Apex Legends. Principal Diaper Tech Operator @ Home. Dancer and DJ sometimes. Will like all of your cat photos. He/him. Dad of 2. 🇻🇳🇸🇬🇺🇸
https://justindxln.github.io/
https://www.mixcloud.com/jztn/
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West
Ben 🦇🥌 @ben.batst.one Pro Game Designer, amateur hole digger. Building social/systems at Dropfake working on @play-dcko.bsky.social. Prev: Linden Lab, Disney, Foxglove, Midwinter, Akili. Trying to build a better pig pen.
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube ⚔️
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond ✨👑
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Canard PC @canardpc.com Le magazine officiel du jeu vidéo et de la mauvaise foi. Tous les mois en kiosques, et en ligne sur http://canardpc.com
Nicole "not like Supernatural" Winchester @noizangel.bsky.social aspiring Doctor of D&D @ YorkU (on leave) • coined 'D&D industrial complex' • STS/Coms • recovering larp burnout • i love pizza & cats
videos & cards: https://www.youtube.com/@noizangel
https://linktr.ee/nicolewinchester
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LLaura Aurealis @llauraaurealis.bsky.social personal account. 🇮🇪🏳️⚧️ making indie games since 2010 @ dreamfeel. writer, designer, director, artist. works w/ lots of nice people and sometimes just herself. anti-cool. a better world is screaming, it's impossibly close. all flourishing can be mutual.
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
@hugobille.bsky.social @hugobille.bsky.social Game designer & developer currently working on All Will Rise.
Previously Ultros, Fe, Stick It to the Man, They Breathe
The Game Business @thegamebusiness.com
Vintage Bookkeeper @vintagebookkeeper.bsky.social 25 year old stuck in 1949. I post about the past, collect vintage books and watch vintage films, with a particular interest in the 1940s. Please do not engage me in politics.
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming Sept 2027…
Taage Storey @storeytell.bsky.social Formerly: Game Writer for #playchoices #chapters. Currently: Senior Narrative Designer for TBA Cyberpunk cRPG.
Storey by name, story by trade. ✍️
Portfolio: http://taagestorey.carbonmade.com
Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
Bright / flotter.io @flotterio.bsky.social Building Flotter.io — narrative tool for story-driven game creators. Localization-first.
Pillars of Eternity / Witcher 3 / Disco Elysium / Divinity: OS | BG3 fan.
From Seoul. ESL — short posts, real talk.
→ app.flotter.io (super early build, landing soon)
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Diane Purkiss @janetanderson.bsky.social I love books, reading, eating, cooking, and my French bulldog Bunty. I write history and I teach English at Oxford University.
Adrien Poncet ⚔️ Game Director @ledrien.bsky.social Game Director & Designer 🤠
⚔️ En Garde! the swashbuckler action game
http://bit.ly/EnGardeSteam
🌊 Tides of Tomorrow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2678080/Tides_of_Tomorrow/
Eve @evegoldenwoods.bsky.social Award-winning writer, game designer (both video and ttrpg). evelorien.itch.io One half of @makingheyer.bsky.social
Former writer/producer for Dreamfeel. Worked on If Found. Was part of the Voltage Organised Writers strike, still proud of that. She/her.
Bill Freakin’ Roper @billfreakinroper.bsky.social He/Him | I make Video Games, Voice Act, and Stream TTRPGs and game content | x-Disney x-Blizzard x-Cryptic x-Flagship | Portfolio and more at https://www.youtube.com/@billfreakinroper
Atozi 🟡 @atozi.bsky.social Game/Narrative designer ◈ Content Creator
Jeux vidéo, JDR, Fiction interactive 🪴
atozi.blog
Jump The Track : https://shorturl.at/HzBr8
Je fais de la vulga ND sur Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@atozi_nd
Alan Wolfe @demofox.bsky.social Invented spatiotemporal blue noise, created Gigi rapid graphics prototyping & dev platform.
https://github.com/electronicarts/gigi
25+ year game dev, and graphics researcher.
Tech blog:
https://blog.demofox.org/
emmatonkin.bsky.social @emmatonkin.bsky.social Researcher, sometimes lecture - currently digital health, data ethics, misc other. Charity swimathons. Ink, fiction, occasional yarn. Zombologiste à temps partiel. Citoyenne de nulle part. Franglaise. πόλλ’ ἠπίστατο ἔργα, κακῶς δ’ ἠπίστατο πάντα.
James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social Columnist at The Times
Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social Writeroonie
Nathan Day @nthndy.bsky.social cell biology // image analysis // deep learning // object tracking
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I'm working on the single-cell heterogeneity of Tuberculosis infection at The Francis Crick Institute
Gregg @geggis.bsky.social
Jeffrey Lerman @snakester95.bsky.social Game journalist across all sorts of media | Owner of
@slythergames.com | Bylines: IGN, MMORPGcom, Rock Paper Shotgun, IndieGameWeb, GameSpace | jeff@slythergames.com (he/him)
lex luddy @lexluddy.xyz | EIC at startmenu.co.uk | Gay Idiot | (she/they) | Might have seen me on: Giant Bomb, ShackNews, GamerGuides, Restart, Waypoint, Fanbyte, PLAY Magazine, TheGamer, and PushSquare | Signal Username: BasicalliLexi.57
The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social Official account for The Open University.
Open to people, places, methods and ideas. The Open University provides high-quality university education to all.
Tag us or use #OpenUniversity
Ash Gwinnell @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social 🧰 Indie game marketing tools guy – making impress.games toolkit!
😸 Press Kitty — free press kits
🤖 Coverage Bot — pr/influencer/streamer alerts
🚀 Launchpad — creator discovery & key distribution
🎓 Academy — marketing guides
He/him
Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social [WIP] and hired gun in the video games industry. Background in editorial, marcomm, production, and creative.
Lover of dogs, music, video games, geeky shit, cannabis, my biofamily, my chosen family, mental health, and kindness.
wherewasigoing.pika.page
Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former newshound gamesindustry.biz. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. 🏳️🌈
Will @will.bearwaves.com 🇮🇪☪️🇵🇸
🐻👋 bearwaves.com
Dave's Word Game: playdwg.com
Opinions are mine, you can't have em
Mark Choi @choiby.bsky.social 🎵 Ivor Novello-nominated Video Game Composer
🎮 BAFTA Breakthrough 2025
🎹 Arranger + Pianist [BAFTA Games Awards, Golden Joysticks, Baldur's Gate 3 Vinyl]
🎭 Resident Composer @ Whole Hog Theatre [言の葉の庭]
🎼 Rep: The Composerworks
https://bio.site/choiby
Marta da Silva @martadasilva.bsky.social Actor and VA with pro home studio | Polyglot
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇯🇵
Proud Nerd, Geek, Gamer, Foodie & Traveller | She/Her
BAFTA Connect | Spotlight 6539-7865-3910 | @VoiceFox_Agency
@TheSiltVerses | Sherlock & co. | The Road of Shadows
Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social Illustration, zines, fortunes, playing with metal sometimes
Seattle
Pamwishbow.com
Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social Creative Director, TPCi. #PokemonEmployee. Author, Design Beyond Devices & Game Development Strategy Guide. Adjunct @ Carnegie Mellon. Ex-Riot Games, Scopely, MSFT, AMZN, EA, Disney. EDS 🥄. Owner of @ideaplatz.com. Ideas my own. 🏠 https://Cherylplatz.com
Ewan Aiton @ewanaiton52.bsky.social Retired chef, game dev, amateur Robert Plant impersonator. Scottish. 🏴
Jim Ashilevi @jim-ash.bsky.social ✏️ VO Director/Writer: Zero Parades
🎭 VO Director: Disco Elysium
🎙️ Co-host of @popkulturistid.bsky.social
🕳️ Ambassador of Messier 87’s supermassive black hole
🌩️ jimashilevi.com
Tim Stobo @eeoor.bsky.social
Brandon Wu @thebrandonwu.bsky.social Decades in Video Games 🎮, Months in TTRPG 🎲
⚔️ Building BattleTabs.com
🧑💻 Creative studio pepwuper.com
🎙 BAFTA member, Ex-Sony EA
🎲 Journey to TTRPG sessionzero.substack.com
#TurnBasedThursday - Turn-Based Game Showcases @turnbasedthursday.bsky.social We support turn-based games! Showcase threads with tons of support, The Turn-Based Games Discord (https://discord.gg/zfmrtb2FkQ), TurnBasedFest.com festival & Steam sale, and more.
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