Maura Philippone (she/her), M.A., CCC-SLP @mauraeileen13.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Michigan State University 💚🤍
Exploring ways to 🎮 level up 🎮 SLP voice/speech practices and pedagogy
📚 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maura-Philippone
🌐 www.mauraphilippone.com
evan @eseguirant.bsky.social Exploring games system design, currently prototyping an asymmetric 1v1 faction game. Coupled scoring mechanics inspired by Terra Mystica & Scythe, documenting the process here.
https://substack.com/@eseguirant
doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social the statues are bleeding green
iggi phd student @ uni of york
researching game design & player creativity
sound toys & playful tools
[website] fuzul.bearblog.dev
[games & zines] fuzul.itch.io
Rui Torres @telepoesis.bsky.social Professor & researcher in electronic literature, digital culture & experimental poetics. Digital poet.
iko huuhtanen @ikowho.bsky.social Fiction set in reality, puzzling stories, unconventional media, and similar exciting things! They/them. Helsinki.
#unfiction #ARG #immersive #interactivefiction #puzzlegames
buttonmasherco.bsky.social @buttonmasherco.bsky.social 🎮 Button Masher Co. | Gaming Designs & Gifts
Funny gamer shirts, gaming-inspired apparel, mugs, posters & gifts for video game lovers. Discover unique designs made for gamers, casual players, and gaming fans. 🕹️
Laurie, PhD @laurieplays.bsky.social 🎮 Game studies researcher exploring why games make us feel the way they do. Deep dives into games, affect, and the experiences that stay with us.
https://laurieplays.com/
Shinji R. Yamane @shinjiyamane.bsky.social Game Jammer．Assoc.Professor at Yasuda Women's University in Hiroshima-city since April 2025.
IGDA Japan, HEVGA member. 近刊『ビデオゲームの心理学』『ゲーム障害再考』．ゲーム企業から資金援助は頂いてません
Melissa Song Loong @melissasl.bsky.social Storyteller, strategic/tactical marketer (print, stand up comedy, larp), ex-journalist - Pardon my vocabulary, I care. ENTJ 4w3- V Ville Kankainen @villekaa.wsocial.eu
Ryan Richard Overbey @overbey.bsky.social Buddhology, &c.
Maria K. Alberto, Ph.D (✍️🏼 book proposal!) @mariakalberto.bsky.social Assistant Professor of English, Richland Community College || she/her 🏳️🌈 || 📚 canon, genre, analog games, fan studies, platforms || currently ✍️🏼 sword&sorcery + TSR novels, fans + TTRPGs || header: galxrax (Unsplash)
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Richard @richardlopatina.bsky.social H̴̡̳͔͖̭̟͖̔̀̌ǫ̶̺̹̝͖͑w̶͇̲̬̓́͌̔̋͒̃̕͘̕ͅ ̷̮̣̦̟̥͕̰̄͑̈́̈͆͊͠ẁ̴̭̼̦̏̈͠͝o̷̧̧̱͎̟̜̔̏́͆̂ũ̵̧̻͉͉͈̥͔͖̲̮̈́̑̃̓͛͛̑͠͠l̸̡͍̤̗̫̓̇̑̓͂͂̊͠d̶̨̢̰͉̰̠̜̻̫̽̀͛̓͆̕ ̷̧͉͚̩̲͋͑̓̋͠ả̵̢͍̝̩͉̺̫͚́͐̋̔̿̓͛̏͘ ̷͎̻̯͈̱͓͎͕͚̻́͒͂̌̑̓m̵̢͕͇̟̩̼̬̝̪̈̓ḙ̴̡̨̭͉͓̈́̃̎̌̓͝ͅͅl̵̛͕͈̎͛̇͑̏̊̀o̶̢̦̪̟̬̱͉̔̋̀̑̎̎ḑ̸̢̯̰̞̋̿̈́̚ỹ̴̠̰̫̋̀ ̸̫̝̍͜d̶̡̟̰͚͔̱͇̳̽͊̂̓̌̈́͜͠͝͝ḙ̵̳̮̱̌̈̎̀̐̚͠ş̴͔͖͇̞̼̲̝̒̆̓͋͌̾c̴̡̮̣͎͚̩̠̱̦̅̒͠r̵͈̃̌i̴̛̟̦̗͚͂̔͂̏̑̈́̇̔b̴̧̨̡̗͈̲͍̖͚̝̀ė̸̡̲̪̗͕ ̷̠͔̗̭̟͓̲̹͎̽͊̌̋̀̕͠i̵̲̳̮͉͖̳̐̀́͑͌̄t̴̮͆̋̐͝s̴̛̙̱͓̙͉͌̏̕͠ę̵̝͔̭̣͙̦̹̞̖͆͋́̅̐̀̇͘͝͠ḷ̷̛͙̈́̿̀̓̊͜f̴̠̲̺̉̄̄̄̈́̍̊̕͠ͅ ̷̜̖͖͚̑́̇̓̕͝w̸̘͊͝h̴̥̣͌̉̈́̔̕͠͠e̷̟̝̥̲̬̰̟̎n̷̡̯̗̗͙͚̼̣̯̹̄͠ ̶͇͖̭̯͇̫̀̓͛̓̈́̑͐͛̇͜å̴͓̹̖̫͚͗̿̽s̸̛̝̯̺̼̟̗̗̄̉̋k̸͙̰̤̺̻̠̻̙̜̭͛̈́̚ȩ̶͚̪͕͓͕͊͐̈́d̷̘̭̺̤͙͍̰̥͕̠̉͝?̷̛̺͆̐̂́̓̄͆̌͠
[THEY/HE]
Gender Studies junior, horror reader, RPG enjoyer
Obsessed with larp studies
Neurodivergent queer immigrant tired of masking to fit in
Use my pronouns or I'll bite you
📍UAB
Antti Jauhiainen @anttiveikko.bsky.social Väitöskirjatutkija Itä-Suomen yliopistossa, aikuiskasvatustiede ja demokratiatutkimus; tietokirjailija ja luokanopettaja. // Doctoral researcher at University of Eastern Finland, adult education and democracy.
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social ✨🎮Helping indie games find their players! 🎮✨
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
📅 Let's chat:
https://calendly.com/accounts-astrarium/30min
André Almo @andrealmo.bsky.social Scientist interested in communication, art, games and education. 👻👾 | He/Him. | Art account: @almoghost.bsky.social
Patrick Garrett @blackndecker.bsky.social 
Sarah Trottier @trotties.bsky.social Human person. PhD researcher & lecturer @ Utrecht Uni. Video games, digital culture, anti-colonial/decolonial/settler colonial studies & more 💫
🇵🇸Free Palestine🇵🇸
M.Brückner @mellowne.bsky.social Game spaces & production environments, DEI, players of games, media anthropology.
Game Scholar & Instructional Designer
From: 🇩🇪 - Currently: 🇫🇮
@klaakso.bsky.social @klaakso.bsky.social 
Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social 🎮Assistant Professor, Game Studies, Brock University
📚"Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (2025) and "Feminism in Play" (2018).
End the Genocide. Free Palestine 🍉
Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸 @jaredchansen.bsky.social Assistant Professor Game Design, Iowa State University Gamer, scholar, author, hobbyist dev. Research interests include game cultures, video game history, and archeogaming. Gen AI is theft. 🏳️⚧️🤝🏳️⚧️
Digital Humanities at Brock University @brock-ddh.bsky.social The Department of Digital Humanities is a teaching and research unit that focuses on the intersection of interactive technologies and the humanities.
brocku.ca/dh
✨ [anon phd student] @surejandotgif101.bsky.social aaa, ba, ma, phd student
she/her
pet haver
~comm studies~
*endo, health, media/pop culture, AuDHD*
Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
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
matildastahl.bsky.social @matildastahl.bsky.social University Lecturer in Education at Åbo Akademi University, also affiliated with the Game Research Lab, Tampere University.
The banner is for the SURVIVE-project (by Ludwig Sandbacka) where we explore intersections between survival games and survivalism.
Ville Kankainen @vkankainen.bsky.social PhD. Game scholar and designer out for new opportunities.
Game studies, game design, games and learning, board games, TTG, 4x, pc, ps4, crpg, ttrpg, history, politics, geeking, music, djing, goth, post-punk
pretensão giroscópica @i-use-gyro-btw.bsky.social oi
(ele/he)
Johan @joohhan.bsky.social 
@alyssyorick.bsky.social @alyssyorick.bsky.social Here to read, not to post.
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
vv @varismaa.bsky.social I like cardgames, fanfiction and writing 🌸 she/her
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
Krissi Levan @krissipocalypse.bsky.social Avid reader. Criminologist (cultural criminology, game studies, prison culture, and violence). Gamer (video, card, board).Cat aficionado. follow my research on my newly created IG page @drkristinelevan
Sami Nyyssölä @designyyssola.bsky.social Comic artist and graphic designer
Pokuto ry, @sarjakupla.bsky.social
Mielenkiinnon kohteita: #sarjakuvat #videopelit #taide #tiede #semiotiikka #filosofia #todellisuus- A @alahaitu.bsky.social @alahaitu.bsky.social
Sami Saari @softfingersam.bsky.social Creative games marketing guy currently looking for new things to get excited about. Used to dabble in techno back in the day. Reliable mediocrity in all things since the mid 1980s.
NessunDove @nessundovelab.bsky.social Lost stories, found games
Italian RPG design & localization lab(yrinth)
https://linktr.ee/nessundove
@thefrboardgamer.bsky.social @thefrboardgamer.bsky.social 
Paul Franke @paulfrahistory.bsky.social Historian Philipps University Marburg | Interested in (il)legal Economies, Art & Antiquities Market, Gambling and Gamblers, Napoleon | Probably looking for a Coffee right now
Kritisches Gaming @kritischesgaming.bsky.social Arbeitskreis aus Gaming-, Tabletop- und Brettspielfans, die sich kritisch mit ihrem Lieblingsmedium beschäftigen 🎮🎲👀
www.kritischesgaming.de
Caleb Levy @cbeh-official.bsky.social He/she
Undergraduate at NYU studying folklore, mythology, and game design
Anne Holappa @anneholappa.bsky.social Information specialist, Phd in digital culture, post doc about to begin
book lover, dog lover, stand up lover, metal music lover, horror movie lover
ENDGAME project @endgame-project.bsky.social Project at @gameresearchlab.bsky.social funded by the RCF. We investigate game cultural participation and agency in specific local and cultural contexts. https://projects.tuni.fi/endgame
Logo: @piisamisiili.bsky.social
Banner photo: SEUL ry/Katja Tähja
Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012.
https://fanstudies.org/
https://www.instagram.com/fanstudies
Andreas Kaparos @ankaparos.bsky.social UX Researcher. MSc Cognitive Science. He/him
Raised on video rentals, running on music.
Leandro Lima (he/him) @lesao.bsky.social (He / him - ele / dele)
🧠 Neurodivergent | Autistic
👨💻 UX Game Researcher and Designer
🇧🇷🇬🇧 PT-Br and English
Olivia Montoya | Metaparadox @metaparadox.bsky.social She/they. 34, CT, USA. Queer, ace, Autistic, ADHD, Latine, larper, larp writer + organizer, indie ttrpg hobbyist, programmer of games and tools for analog games, zinester, artist. Ask me about online larp and asexual history! www.oliviamontoya.com
Bea Livesey-Stephens @soupdragonbea.bsky.social researching disability and TTRPG safety tools forever and ever | also still a linguist | @gameassistyt.bsky.social | @TakeThis.org Accelerate Fellow '25 | @IGDAFoundation.org Grantee | pan-accessibility dreamer | crip and proud | she/her
Büşra EREN KARALAR @berenkaralar.bsky.social Game Studies ~ Media Design (proficiency in arts student) ~ Currently studying narratives on VR and learning Unreal Engine 💃~~°
Mikael Laakso @mikaellaakso.bsky.social Associate Professor in Information Studies @ Tampere University, Finland. Conducting research, teaching, and supervision on scholarly communication, open science, and meta-research.
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)
Martyn Maillardet @martynem.bsky.social Video Games Biz/creative (PLAION, ex-Nintendo) and developer at Imaginary Friends Games (ex-Sony London, Codemasters). Wargames and TTRPGs, Comics, Theme Parks, All The Music
Judd Karlman (he/him) @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social Librarian, Grappler, Diagnosed ADHD late in life, TTRPG'S
Podcast: Daydreaming about Dragons
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daydreaming-about-dragons
Blog: Githyanki Diaspora
https://githyankidiaspora.com/
Koneen Säätiö @koneensaatio.fi Kone Foundation. Independent Finnish foundation fostering academic and artistic freedom. Annual grant call 1–15 Sept. https://koneensaatio.fi
Antonio Pomposini @drpompo.bsky.social 🇵🇪 Philosophy, play & media ✨💚
🇫🇮 MSoc Game Studies at Tampere University
I paint lil plastic fellas sometimes.
Célia Bonnet-Ligeon @cbo04.bsky.social ⚡ Cultures numériques et nouveaux usages du web 🌐 Doctorante à l'Université Lumière Lyon 2 - EPIC - Elico 🌲🌲🌲 Je piste les User-Generated Content (#UGC) dans les métavers 🚠
Mark, the Oni @markmaletska.bsky.social Hi, I’m Mark Maletska (he/him), game studies scholar working in queer/trans game studies!
rachel @rachelwot.bsky.social any pronouns 💐
lover of games + film 🕊️
Markus Elvig @vongnome.bsky.social They/them. PhD Student, cooking enjoyer, haunted by affordance theory and generally interested in the history of game studies, queer theory and other chthonic topics.
Eric Stein (he/him) @steinea.bsky.social Producer at EA SPORTS
Games researcher
Former game development instructor
Tabletop game designer
Occasional poet
steinea.ca / steinea.fyi
Hugo Pilate @enchaussettes.bsky.social Designer & Digital artist
Hugopilate.com / whatamess.city
məľø pedro @predror.bsky.social Cansado
Pesquisador na área de estudos literários, literatura digital, adaptação e game studies na UFPE
Double Proficiency 🐦⬛ @doubleproficiency.com Natural history & folklore, astronomy, TTRPG.
Authors of #AphelionRPG, Herbalist's Primer, and more!
By @annaurbanek.bsky.social and @jakubwisz.bsky.social
Posts by Anna
https://linktr.ee/2xproficiency
https://www.doubleproficiency.com
🌐 Tampere, Finland
Aasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social PHD Researcher @ Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. AoS Worlds '26 Team Finland. Warhammer researcher. Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 34
https://medium.com/@warhammerscholar
Profile pic: teafordragon
Sven Schmalfuß @vedeksve.bsky.social A mind forever voyaging. Academic roadkill. A fool for lesser things. Communication is the problem to the answer.
Former games studies and gender studies scholar. Loves collecting physical games for all systems. Has a passion for the histories of gaming.
Ry Terran @hereticmasked.bsky.social Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism
School of Making Poor Life Choices
Only Slightly Doomed
She/They/bad at gender
My apologies for continuing to be relevant 
Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social she/her ✨ Assistant Prof in Political Studies - Gender, Sexualities and Social Justice at USask✨ Interdisciplinary legal/pornography/games studies scholar working on sex in video games ⚖️💦🎮 The Pornography, Platforms and Play Project www.pppproject.com 🅿️- D @ddb4.bsky.social @ddb4.bsky.social
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
Video Games as Literature @videogamesaslit.bsky.social Just a regular human writer, blogging about literary video games since 2012. Aka Ringwraith10 all over. 🏳️🌈♿ (she/her)
@videogamesaslit on most other socials.
www.videogamesaslit.com
📚 DM me to join the Literary Game Club
See also @ringwraith10.bsky.social
Sahar Mirhadi @saharmirhadi.bsky.social Heard before being seen
Magic: The Gathering Eternal Format specialist
PhD Researcher on Video Games, Coping and Wellbeing @iggi-phd.bsky.social
linktr.ee/saharmirhadi
inquiries: sahar.mirhadi@gmail.com
Adam @mrfaceplant.bsky.social Yes, it’s me Adam.
I make games and teach game design.
Center for Digital Narrative @cdn-bergen.bsky.social CDN is a Norwegian Centre of Research Excellence (SFF). We focus on algorithmic narrativity, new environments and materialities, and shifting cultural contexts in humanities-driven research.
UiB, Bergen, Norway.
INFO SOZIAL @info-sozial.bsky.social Die soziale Seite des Netzes. Informationen und #Stellenangebote für soziale Berufe, #Sozialearbeit und #Medienpädagogik
History of Games Conference @historyofgames.bsky.social 2026 conference taking place at City University of Hong Kong's School of Creative Media, from June 25-27. https://www.history-of-games.com/2026-hong-kong/
Emile Parchliniak @emilparchy.bsky.social Medievalism in Fantasy RPGs | Gacha Games | Sorbonne Paris Nord
Mackenzie (he/his/him) @catmetamackenzie.bsky.social Cataloguing librarian & games enthusiast. Ever learning & growing, views are mine but sometimes I'm wrong.
Not that other guy, that's for sure @neogliberal.bsky.social 30% academic discourse; 15% games; 3% misc; 52% skeets I wrote but deleted immediately.
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
Kati Alha @katialha.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game studies. Gardening and woodworking enthusiast. Devourer of video games and audiobooks. Wife to my wife. She/they.
Markus Kämäräinen @mak0.bsky.social Dad, doctoral researcher in game studies, avid game & movie enjoyer, observing the world from a wheelchair | Researching game inclusivity & accessibility | He/Him
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. 
Yinshi @yinshi.bsky.social An Ancient Mythological Geriatric Nerd from Old-Nord
Essi Taino @essitai.bsky.social PhD student & researcher, project ENDGAME @ Tampere University | Digital youth work specialist | Avid gamer and cat enthusiast | posts in 🇫🇮 🇬🇧 | she/they
Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social Game Studies || Psychology || Digital Play Enthusiast
Master's degree programme Game Studies and Engineering, Writer & Mental Health Advocate. Accessibility matters. "Retro can be fun!"
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)
Casey O'Donnell [he/him] @caseyod.bsky.social (Anthropologist/Researcher of)Game Developer(s)
Rainforest Scully-Blaker (he/him) @rainforestsb.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor in Digital Media 👾🧑🏫
Northeastern University Vancouver 🇨🇦
Critical Games + Tech Researcher 🖥️✒️
New book out Spring 2027: https://dukeupress.edu/gaming-exhaustion
Find me at https://www.rainforestsb.me/
Thais Weiller @thaisweiller.bsky.social I make games and complain in three different languages ⚫ the person who started the war with the Dominion ⚫50% of
@joymasher, 💯% tired
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
Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social Game designer, gaming entrepreneur, game programmer, and games scholar.
(Photo: www.henrysoderlund.com)
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
Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social Reader, writer, translator, professional nerd, game scholar, larper, feminist.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade, Stalker RPG, Astraterra, Chernobyl Mon Amour
Photo by Chiara Cappiello.
@amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies // Game Culture Studies // Human-Technology-Interaction // Neo-Baroque Media
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University
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