Gaz Liddon @gazaxian.bsky.social Cautionary tale
Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social CEO/Creative Director:
BLACK PONY IMMERSIVE
Deus Ex, Dishonored
🕹️⚔️🐉🖤👻🏳️🌈
Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social I write non-fiction under my own name, fiction as Philip Why, illustrated children's stories as Bampi Booboo, and make music as The Sinatra Test. I'm also an artist.
For more information about my hijinks: https://linktr.ee/philsouth
Sionel @sionel.bsky.social Crumbly old game developer, baggy and a bit loose at the seams. Have been doing it since all of this was just fields.
Kat, wearer of Hats, wandering bard. @whatkatedoes.bsky.social Scottish geek - I.T professional, denizen of Drearburh and Piltover, Cosplayer, occasional composer of tuneage, player of games. Fan of olde computers. Disliker of Haggis and whisky.
Christopher Mifsud (He/Him) @magicalmrmifsud.bsky.social The Magical Mister Mifsud |
The Man, The Myth, The Legend |
International Leader in the Video Game Industry |
Founder Play On Words Studios
Consultant Press Start Leadership
Gina Jackson @ginaobe.bsky.social Founder at Pitchify & SKILLfull, using games to change people's lives. NED at NextGen, Pompey fan.
Graham Reid 🌴 @grahamoflegend.com 🇯🇲 Your friendly neighborhood Jamaican game dev
🗽 Currently based in NY
🔥 Making a new roguelike brick breaker
🎮 Previously made Ourlands and Super Space Club
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🔴 https://youtube.com/grahamoflegend
🎮 https://cutt.ly/ourlands-steam
Aravelle @aravelle.bsky.social Senior Community Manager at @rawfury.bsky.social on @blueprincegame.bsky.social, @blakemanorgame.bsky.social , @appulsegame.bsky.social & @hillthorngame.bsky.social. Special Effect Ambassador.
Dino nerd 🦖🦕 Views™️
https://lazylinks.co.uk/Aravelle
James Whatley @whatleydude.com Snr Global Brand Strategist @ the LEGO Group (opinions own, etc). Mainly working on LEGO Games, Ninjago, and Technic. It's fun. Occasional sender of fivethingsonfriday.com. I got ❤️ for writing, gaming, and figuring stuff out. He/Him.
Jon Blyth @disappointment.bsky.social But you can call me Log. I run a lovely inclusive pub in Sneinton, Nottingham and do an absolutely gorgeous podcast called Regular Features with my friends. Wrote about video games for a bit. G with the LBTQ+
Jamie Sefton @seffers007.bsky.social Ex-PC Zone editor, MD Northern England games networks @GameRepublic & @gamayo. Electronic music via Wilton (now on @CastlesInSpace) - and Ramraid. Music writer. Nintendo nut. LUFC.
Jamie Firth @mrjfirth.bsky.social I do theatre, comedy, video games, silly voices and stuff. Currently "Lovett" at Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/lovett
Xaiydee @xaiydee.bsky.social 
@bennallack.bsky.social @bennallack.bsky.social 
Andy Roberts @scaryfish.bsky.social Aka Thalamoose. Opinions are mine.
Andrew Wright @andrew-m-wright.bsky.social Ex UK Games industry pom, now living in Australia. Marketer, Domainer. Layabout.
Shahid Kamal Ahmad @dancingmonkeys.net “A punk existentialist coder alive to his mortality, standing in wonder at the world”
I make Reverie, the journal app: freeholder.dev
I wrote Code is Just and Chimera
Substack: newsletter.dancingmonkeys.net
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Henrik Jonsson @ionswitz.bsky.social 🎮 Video Game Consultant
👷♂️ Game Industry Advocate
📈 ex-Embracer, ex-EA, ex-Ion Storm
🥳 Trying to do nice things for people
Heart of Neon @d0kk.bsky.social A Scottish filmmaker living in Brooklyn NY, making a documentary about an English video game designer who lives in Wales. 
Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social Full-spectrum creative dilettante. Appearing in ‘Dick Whittington’ at the Rondo Theatre, Bath, 15-18 January. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/the-rondo-theatre/dick-whittington/e-mqjgmk
Nina @ninacliff.bsky.social Games Industry Business Development - Special Effect Ambassador @SpecialEffect❤️ - Smoggie - Apex Capybara - Mighty Duck energy - she/her🙋🏻♀️
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social 🍹 an aperol spritz in human form 🍹
📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
(views expressed are mine alone)
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social critic / consultant / ??? @ ??? x2 ・ award nominated ・ ハーフ ・ he/him ・ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ・ bylines: IGN, Polygon, GamesRadar+, MMORPG, Them, Inverse, Rolling Stone ・ CONTACT: kazuma.h.de@gmail.com ・ posts don't reflect employer
Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and I’ll bloody do it again if you’re not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 WIG Journalism Impact + 2024 GAConf Best PR / Comms Winner.
LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
James Russell @kazaroth.bsky.social Designer, dancer, photographer, flâneur, fixer; jack of all trades, master of some. Currently @ Spotify
Bert McDowell @bertmcdowell.bsky.social Senior Engine Programmer | 20+ years in Game Dev | Hat Wearer | He/Him | Views My Own |
Matt Adcock @cleric20.bsky.social Writer of novels inc. Complete Darkness
(a @denofgeek book of the year)
now a comic too!?
One half of https://bsky.app/profile/hostsintheshell.bsky.social cyberpunk podcast…
Rhod @rhodjp.bsky.social Video games, Cycling, Kyoto, Cats.
Once built a real working Arwing.
Super Scram Kitty OUT NOW!
Caspar Field @casparfield.bsky.social Game dev leadership, management, and production | Ex-nDreams, CA, Wish Studios, Relentless, Eidos, Argonaut, DC-UK, Edge | Co-inventor PlayLink | 9x BAFTA judge | 2x Dad | Gamer since the 70s! | fieldgames.co.uk
Guy @littleplanetguy.bsky.social ⦿ Computer games developer
⦿ Past: Bullfrog, MuckyFoot, Lionhead, MyLittlePlanet
⦿ Present: DeepMind
Berbank @berbank.bsky.social Co-founder of http://popleaf.com, the makers of http://teachyourmonster.org and other digital constructions. #TeamHuman
James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social 2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces, out now in Early Access. Ground Shatter director, Bristol Games Hub minister without portfolio. Mostly talking Turtles, Statham, Wick.
Doctoe @doctoe.bsky.social CEO of the BPI. Former CEO of Ukie. Scottish. 
Ronnie Dungan @renaldosnipes.bsky.social Scripturient flingee. Journalism, marketing, comms and other stuff. THFC afflicted.
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Cashlin @cashlin.bsky.social psych bedroom noise pop alt hip hop music at https://cashlin.bandcamp.com
I also draw/paint/illustrate sometimes
Also like to shitpost and share memes
Ahoy lets have fun
@CashlinRap on twit and insta
Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social Irish, Jewish, autistic, trans, retro enthusiast, I wrote that article you never read about the thing you have no interest in.
https://medium.com/@karajane1138
Brandon Boyer @brandonnn.bsky.social Professional good thing liker.
http://brandonnn.com
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social Co-creator of Rock Paper Shotgun, currently helping out at Kotaku, and still looking for a new long-term gig.
I write www.buried-treasure.org, unearthing excellent unknown indies. Please consider supporting!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/buriedtreasure
Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social Videogames at Xbox; zines, books, videogames, and skateboarding very slowly at home. I main Bluesky.
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. I develop & write tv and videogames, and direct and cast voice actors for various different places. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Richard Lemarchand @rich-lem.bsky.social Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Bertie @clert.bsky.social Associate editor at Eurogamer. Writes, sometimes podcasts, talks a lot. I'd rather live in a fantasy land. (He/him)
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
⌛ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
🔮 present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Luci Holland @luciholland.bsky.social Games/Film/Concert/Sound Art | #TheConsole | BAFTA Connect 23 | Plants/chinchillas tenderer 🌱🐭 | https://luciholland.com
Emma Kent @goneefk.bsky.social Freelance games journalist and consultant. Archetypes Editor and Community Manager for Eteo. Probably up a mountain somewhere. Words for Eurogamer, Edge and more. BAFTA member. She/her.
✨ https://emmakent.journoportfolio.com ✨
📧 efkwords@gmail.com
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee. 
Fluttermind @fluttermind.bsky.social http://discord.gg/tYfHgXc
Co-creator: Fable 1 & 2, Dungeon Keeper & Druid.
Creator: Incoboto, Spellrazor & Moonring
Music: http://madrayken.bandcamp.com
Writer on Hellboy: Web of Wyrd, West of Dead, The Horns, OG Fable 1 & 2
Brian Reynolds @thegamechief.bsky.social Pernicious Layabout. Videogame Designer and Entrepreneur. Co-founder Firaxis, Big Huge Games, Zynga East. Games: Civ2, Alpha Centauri, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille, DomiNations. Immigrant to Canada (Montréal). Retweeter of Uranus Jokes.
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
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Ste Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social Game Designer, speaker, presenter. Host @onelifeleft.com and @singmaraoke.bsky.social. Once investigated by the ICC for playing Pokémon Go at The Oval. Currently working on Mindset 🟨🔺🔵.
Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social Them: You're the father of the xbox!
Me: If it moves back in, it’s paying rent.
theoretical physics | CEO | gastroegyptology | cacao | CHM trustee
Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social 🏴 / AI 🚫 Award-winning writer of comics + game history books.
Killtopia | BPM | Hello Darkness | Boom! Studios | Titan Comics | Bitmap Books | Agent: Watson Little
Hire me / portfolio: https://www.dave-cook.com
All my links: https://linktr.ee/davecook
Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, Disney, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie, Terrahawks, and Minecraft. Currently : Thunderbirds!
Site: danwhitehead.net
Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social Indie dev making games & chatting about the games industry. ex Rockstar & Activision, now MD of https://bsky.app/profile/ant-workshop.com
Our latest game: https://bsky.app/profile/tonygowland.bsky.social/post/3lp7gpkckgc24
Philip Bak @philipbak.bsky.social Programmer | Epic Games | Fortnite
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social Editorial director, @lostincult. Former Edge deputy editor. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). chris@lostincult.co.uk / letterboxd.com/downaboutit
Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social Author and journalist. Creator of the My Perfect Console podcast. www.simonparkin.com
Ed Fear @edfear.co.uk Big gay. He/him. Game director, writer & narrative designer, ex-Mediatonic/Epic. Prev: Murder by Numbers, Hatoful Boyfriend, Heavenstrike Rivals, The Swords of Ditto, many more. LGB with the T🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️.
ゲームディレクターやシナリオライター パズル探偵スカウトなど。日本語OK!
Jörg Tittel @newjorg.bsky.social Game and Filmmaker | Creative Director/Founder @RapidEyeMovers.bsky.social
https://www.rapideyemovers.com
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Chris @chigley.bsky.social I yam what I yam - Game dev - Wannabe writer - General gadabout - Chaotic Neutral - 👨🦯🌿🎨⚛️📖✍🏻🤸🧘♂️🖖
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Mike Mika @mikejmika.bsky.social Game, TV & Film dev. Studio Head (Digital Eclipse/Atari), Ex-Journalist(NextGen), Hacker(DK Pauline), Atari:GameOver, Creator(#IDARB): Man(child)-of-Action.
Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com Mark Howlett. "Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict", "The Rubber-Keyed Wonder". British collector of retro junk and idiot.
enq:the.lord.arse@gmail.com
Paul "Paulie" Hughes @pauliehughes.bsky.social 43 years of programming games; from Vic-20 to PS5! The LEGO game guy, The Ocean Loader Guy. 56 shipped titles, 240M sales. Retro Game Code archiver/documenter. Happy Chappy. Occasional Magician. Typography snob. BAFTA member.
Tony Warriner @tonywarriner.bsky.social Game dev, coder: Brazen Gameplay, prev Revolution. UrbX Warriors, Broken Sword, Steel Sky
Check out my Revolution Software memoir 👉 https://ko-fi.com/s/cbfc6bd357
More socials 👉 linktr.ee/tonywarriner
Mark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com Fractional CTO. I help tech startups scale. Making games since 1981, 200+ published titles. Solo indie dev.
LinkedIn: https://markripley.net
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grumpyoaf
Indie: https://wearedinosaurs.uk | https://bonk.ooo
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 🏳️⚧️
Robin Levy @roblevy101.bsky.social Creative for hire since late 1987 who never specialised. Co-creator of Armalyte, Ruff n Tumble & more; 3d & pixel art, music, & game design. Current dev: Armalyte Ultra. I also paint. Same username elsewhere.
Simon Byron @byronicman.bsky.social MD, Yogscast Games / co-presenter One Life Left / awesome.
Will Freeman @spadgy.bsky.social Head fulla noise, toys, & hobbies.
🕹️🪀🛹
Freelance game journalist, copywriter, event host, mock reviewer, etc. Edge, The Guardian, BAFTA, PC Gamer, GI, etc.
Yo-yo thrower. Arcade and retro player.
I write about shmups a lot to fund my shmup habit.
Lewis Packwood @lewispackwood.bsky.social Features Editor for GamesIndustry.biz. Author of Curious Video Game Machines and The Art of Still Wakes the Deep. Previously freelancer for The Guardian, Edge, Retro Gamer, etc. Portfolio: https://lewispackwood.com
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
Ste Pickford @stepickford.bsky.social Full time video game developer. Some time comic artist.
Not won an award since Primary School.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com 💾 FITS ON A FLOPPY 🤓 Indie Dev since ~1990 🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️ Retro Games 🗿Moai 💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 ex-Apple
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com
Gavin Divers @gavind.bsky.social 🎮 Gamerhub Founder | 🔍 Talent Sourcer DiveinJobs | Matching top gaming talent with dream careers! 🚀 Levelling up the games industry. #Gaming #GameJobs
Romana Ramzan @romana.bsky.social Producer on Silent Hill: Townfall | BFI Board of Governors | EIFF Board | CoSTAR Foresight
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Wil Overton @wiloverton.bsky.social Drawer of some silly pictures. Ex of Rare and various other game devs. Helped make the UK's first anime magazine and games mags like Super Play and N64 in ye olden days.
Website - https://wiloverton.com
Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/SuperKosmikatClub