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 
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.
Johan @joohhan.bsky.social 
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
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
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Petra Laiti @petralaiti.bsky.social Saami Council member
Writer, musician, land rights activist
Koneen Säätiö @koneensaatio.fi Kone Foundation. Independent Finnish foundation fostering academic and artistic freedom. Annual grant call 1–15 Sept. https://koneensaatio.fi
Mark, the Oni @markmaletska.bsky.social Hi, I’m Mark Maletska (he/him), game studies scholar working in queer/trans game studies!
Jonne Arjoranta 📚 @jonne.arjoranta.fi Senior lecturer at https://jyu.fi; title of docent at https://tuni.fi. Specialized in philosophy, game studies and digital culture. Terminal Wittgensteinian […]
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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
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)
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
gamevironments @gamevironments.bsky.social A peer-reviewed journal on games/gaming related to culture and society*
Official journal of IASGAR
https://journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/gamevironments
taina myöhänen @tainam.bsky.social Researching diversity in the game industry for work and learning traditional renovation techniques for fun. Chopping wood when thinking is too much.
Work:
https://projects.tuni.fi/pegasus-fi/
https://coe-gamecult.org/
Riikka Aurava @riikkaaurava.bsky.social Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
Elisa @korppisusi.bsky.social Geek, fandom active, doctoral researcher. She/her
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.
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
Susanna Nykyri @susannanykyri.bsky.social PhD. Chief Specialist #OpenScience #TampereUniversity, Publishing Manager
#TUP_UniPress #TampereUniversityPress (https://edition.fi/tup/about)
#ScholarlyCommunication #Informetrics #RDM #FairData #ResearchData #Metadata #OpenAccess #Informaatiotutkimus
Hanne Grasmo @hannegg.bsky.social Norwegian game researcher, sociologist and larp designer. Larper. Queer. Podcaster. Lefty. Role-play & Sexuality. Doing my PhD at Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University, Finland.
Sabine Harrer @sabha.bsky.social °• Hertha-Firnberg scholar uni wien & Uppsala uni games department °• play, race & social justice: PI of white-play.com
Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social Game designer, gaming entrepreneur, game programmer, and games scholar.
(Photo: www.henrysoderlund.com)- P @playlab.bsky.social @playlab.bsky.social
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. 
@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
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/
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
Agata Waszkiewicz @agatawaszkiewicz.bsky.social Game scholar, therapist in training, mental health advocate. Makes art on the side.
Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).
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
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.
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
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
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
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
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/
Heikki Tyni @t-hex.bsky.social 
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
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Julián Gutiérrez Carrera @gutierrezcarrera.bsky.social Doctoral student researching representations of suicide in videogames.
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
Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social 📟 Sociologist studying nostalgia to reimagine the future. Club Penguin, Frutiger Aero, and the "vision" & "value" of y2k-inspired thrift stores.
🌟 Co-founded @nostagain.bsky.social
🚀 https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home
Usva Friman @usvaf.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them.
Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Olli Sotamaa @sotamaa.bsky.social proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere män
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)
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