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Vincent Acovino @vincentacovino.bsky.social producer / games journalist at NPR
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Lizzie @lizziewrites.bsky.social Freelancer and creative writer with a love for video games! Howl’s Moving Castle, Kagerou Project and Otome Game expert. Obsessed with Cinnamoroll. She/Her, Neurodivergent ♾️
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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk Video Game Culture, Preserved. Award Winning Creative Studio & No.1 Bestselling Book Publisher Est. 2020.
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Robin Bea @robinbombus.bsky.social extremely hireable games journalist, co-host of @girlmodepod.bsky.social, @insequence.pictures, @dotzip.online and twitch.tv/parallelplayers!
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Gary Alexander Stott 🏴 @garyastott.bsky.social Producer (prev. Coatsink, Lockwood Publishing). Worked on Men In Black: Most Wanted, Phantom Spark, & more.
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remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
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Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social editor/writer. games, travel, theme parks, music, movies, etc. recently at Kotaku. writing the Moon College Football Weekends guide (2028), and writing about theme parks at https://easily-amused.beehiiv.com. ex-Paste, ex-AV Club, could be ex-your site too.
Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social Newsletters on classic video games and sports labor, regular at Baseball Prospectus, ex-Paste, A.V. Club, etc. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social ✨ i’m like if tifa lockhart loved carbs
☕️ features editor @gamespot.com
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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social We are a volunteer-run writing collective working at the intersection of academic game studies and popular game criticism. We've got gaming stories to tell; we bet you do, too. www.gamerswithglasses.com
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
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www.aftermath.site
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Deirdre Coyle @deirdrekoala.bsky.social Writing, gaming, witchcraft, goth stuff. Columnist for @Unwinnable.com, editor for a fintech company. This is a Skyrim fan account.
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Doc Ochs @nochshorn.bsky.social Keeps writing new bios late at night. PhD from CUNY in English. Writing a book on nostalgia in fantasy fic. Writing about genre at Unwinnable. Writing music as Bunny Petite. NYC lifer.
Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social freelance culture writer 🍏 book & game editor ☕ narrative designer 🎲 short (& long) fiction author 📚 ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social 🌈 basically if it involves words i'll do it 🌙 jaycastello.com 🦢 they/she
chilton 👁 @chiltonm.bsky.social Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist, Exploits books editor. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev
Tizona @tizonyan.bsky.social 📚🎮 UX and game accessibility researcher | Passionate about inclusivity and game studies
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Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social We give gaming's history the respect it deserves. Devs of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Tetris Forever, Wizardry: PGMO, Atari 50, TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, & more. Disney Afternoon Collection OUT NOW.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social Game Critic - NPR Contributor
Debug Mag Columnist
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Derek Kın̈sman @derekkinsman.com Rude mechanical.
Orrin Grey @orringrey.com Orrin Grey uses hypnosis to turn his victims into those rubber monster finger puppets. He also writes spooky books.
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Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social Atlantic Canadian game critic (She/They)
Columnist at @unwinnable.com
Co-Editor of @tier-review.com
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Rascal News @rascal.news Independent, Worker-Owned TTRPG Journalism | Subscribe to us at rascal.news
Jon Smith @heyitsjon.bsky.social Trying to Build a Better Game Industry
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated and Opinions are regrettably my own.
Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Game Arts @ Pratt Institute
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Matt Caulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com Queer Entertainer and Podcaster
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Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social Author of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
Principal Apps and Games Writer at PCMag
Union guy, Black guy, fake Street Sharks guy
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Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social Website dedicated to scanning/preserving video games.
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge lost." - Harpocrates (FFXVI)
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MinnMax @minnmax.com MinnMax is a Patreon about games, friends, and getting better. Check out The MinnMax Show, The Deepest Dive, New Show Plus, Pew Pew Bang, MinnMax Interviews, and more!
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Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host ✨ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, @TheIndieCouncil.com, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
Pixel a Day @pixeladay.bsky.social Youtube video essays critically analysing games and how they make us feel (youtube.com/pixeladay). Articles published in Uppercut, Into the Spine, Kritiqal, Gamers With Glasses. She/her. Support: patreon.com/pixeladay
Polygon @polygon.com Covering video games, entertainment, and the culture around them. We find, share, and investigate the things you love and the people who make and enjoy them.
Vondramach Smokke @frolord.bsky.social a shadow dancing on a wall // they // https://miraclewastes.bandcamp.com/album/volume-i // flosemusic.bandcamp.com
alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social lost in the sauce | “writer” and “filmmaker” | he/him
alexlei.neocities.com
Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social Stories about video games and what they leave behind /// Patreon: http://patreon.com/intothespine /// Founder: @diegoarguello.bsky.social /// Email: contact@intothespine.com /// https://intothespine.com/
Haywire Magazine @haywiremag.bsky.social Games culture magazine turned shared space for games writing. We are here to help critics, by helping critics help other critics.
Charlie Wacholz 🔜 Gamescom @martinisupreme.bsky.social writer for hire traveling the world covering games, food, booze, travel, culture for IGN, CNN, Punch, Allrecipes, Gameinformer, Restart & more
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he/they | ✉️: charliewacholz@gmail.com
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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // For support: help@teamdebug.com
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Ty Galiz-Rowe @owoathkeeper.bsky.social Trans guy 🏳️⚧️ he/him. Former Writer and editor in games media. Founder/EIC Uppercut. Writing creative stuff over on https://owoathkeeper.itch.io/
Tessa Kaur @tessakaur.bsky.social writer & critic. former features editor at TheGamer. they/them
📍singapore
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
Fire Escape @fireescape.bsky.social 
maria @eurothug4000.bsky.social youtube video essay person • voice acts sometimes • 3D models sometimes • streams sometimes • she/her • pfp gd783hhh • contact: eurothug4000@gmail.com
James Tocchio @jamestocchio.bsky.social ✏️Games writer working for UploadVR, and gratefully published in magazines, books, and online.
👋 https://www.clippings.me/users/jamestocchio
📝Editor at http://CasualPhotophile.com
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🧡Nerd at http://GGDreamcast.com
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
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Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social fmr. community at Double Fine Productions | ex journalist (kotaku) | blue rogue | they/she | I write freelance stuff when the mood strikes
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social “Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.