Brendan Hesse @brendanlh.bsky.social DRPG Sicko at The Crawl: http://youtube.com/thecrawl | Prev: Editor at GameSpot | Other bylines: Lost In Cult, Lifehacker, PopSci, EGM, IGN, Digital Trends | My games: http://the-crawl.itch.io | He/Him
bobo the rock @snoopykoira.bsky.social In the serious business of pleasure. Posts in German and English. My wife 🖤 @loserasa.bsky.social
they/them
Micaela “grossly unremarkable balls” Deitz @dykedeitz.bsky.social “A girl from New Jersey, where they were not what you might call beautiful but were magnificent.” - John Saward on James Gandolfini but if it was about me :)
Trans Critic & Editor & Essayist & Author & Poet
✍️ @ Stop Caring, Polygon, Paste, Uppercut, etc
goose pimple aka "the mind fucker" @goosepimple.moe she/her ~ words re: games, music, yuri, gender, the internet ~ writing and music here: https://goosepimple.moe/about ~ 31 btw
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
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brad a. mantium @bradamantium.bsky.social And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bluesky to post?
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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
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Zachary Kocanda @zacharykocanda.bsky.social Illinois’s favorite son. Malarker retweeter.
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it’s Liam @flowtaro.bsky.social they/them
(lapsed) #DecrimNOWDC work
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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best
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nenmyx @howling-angel-games.com 18+ | Traumaqueer smut visual novel developer | Porn creator | Disabled trans housewife
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Wife: @nicoletenshi.bsky.social
No Games For Genocide @nogamesforgenocide.com We are a group of game workers, activists, union organisers, and journalists that care about the games industry, Palestine and all people living under the violence of colonialism and imperialism.
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Anna Megill @annamegill.com Lead Writer on Cyberpunk 2 at @CDPROJEKTRED • Fable • CONTROL • Dishonored: DoTO • Avatar: FoP • Guild Wars 2 • Award-winning game writer & author • The Threshold Kids are my fault, sorry • www.annamegill.com
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𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄 @funland.itch.io now you're playing with power / http://patreon.com/funlandmag / https://linktr.ee/funlandmag
Wallace @exalclaw.com Wallace Truesdale: Runs exalclaw.com | Seen at Unwinnable, Stop Caring, Mothership, etc. | Weak against soft cookies (and maybe news bloopers) | he/him
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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social high impact they/them subculture media blogger and yuri vn writer (@proflilyvn.bsky.social) behind Spring Gothic and 31st March, Midnight.
blogs: mimidoshima.neocities.org
itch: kastelpls.itch.io
bylines: Mothership, TIER Review
kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net Unheil-bringer. lithium prince. architecture critic @thenation.com
my blogs are https://late-review.com, https://wehwalt.net and mcmansionhell.com
she/they
Food4Dogs @food4dogs.bsky.social I'm Britta - Food4Dogs on YouTube and Twitter.
Been on Bsky 2.5 years now!
Games, Books, Movies, Anime & Manga. Also occasional tech news.
New Zealand.
Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
artemis, evil boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing I write about videogames. Words @ Deleted Saves, startmenu, Superjump, TIER
Big Boss @ Stop Caring
(She/her or they/them)
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Edie Brown @edielovesmath.bsky.social Academic therapist, blogger, and Neurodiversity advocate. #NWU member. Coach my peeps to master math (K-12 - college, adults too). Self-publishing my first book. I love my #servicedog Storm and her #dog friends. https://linktr.ee/edielovesmath.
kayti burt @kaytiburt.bsky.social pop culture ✍🏼: @time-magazine.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @polygon.com @vulture.com @latimes.com @pastemagazine | transformative fandom fan | poor country kid | she/her | black lives matter |
@fspnwu.bsky.social | TCA member
Skybox @skyboxcritics.com Skyboxcritics.com
Co-founded by
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@edgarallanbro.bsky.social
@hokutolucas.bsky.social
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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
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Ali @ali-online.bsky.social Producer and fated sweetie for @friends-table.bsky.social | r2d2's real life best friend on @morecivilized.bsky.social | she/her | I'm Utena but the prince I'm modeling my life after is Kiryu Kazuma
haru type @poyfuh.bsky.social women have called me “intellectually consistent” | she/her | https://archiveofourown.org/users/poyfuh | fandom stuff is mostly persona, some fire emblem | linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
Michelle @applynorules.bsky.social Trans woman 🏳️⚧️ Communist hag in Chicago DSA who likes movies. Rules Don’t Apply fan account.
Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social crip journalist, historian, editor, organizer
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Da Scary Rose @modernmodron.itch.io I make art and sometimes? games. she/her
Art tag #roseart
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e-mail : compassrosefrye@gmail.com
Game Informer @gameinformer.com Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.
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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev I am a blast-processed skeleton.
lead mission design on STAR WARS: Zero Company.
ttrpgs: sulcata.itch.io
blog: brendanmcleod.dev
game design pod: http://paperlabyrinths.com
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Matt Espineli @mgespin.bsky.social Editorial Manager & Prod. Lead @ Off Base | Fmr GameSpot Guides/Features Editor | A lover of Jesus, games, Jojo, music, gunpla, wrasslin, etc | I love my wife very much!
october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social freelance sociologist, writer, facilitator, editor. they/them. organizing with Detroit Peer Respite & Abolitionist Book Club. proud union member Freelance Solidarity Project & Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT. https://www.octoberk.com
on signal: @freeze.16
Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social Trans. Tall. Tired | Writer w/ bylines @ Polygon, Kotaku, AV Club, and more | Host @ Girl Mode | she/her | email: willa.d.rowe@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/thewillarowe
Alexis Gunderson @alexiskg.bsky.social Freelance TV critic and organizer with the National Writers Union / Freelance Solidarity Project | Public library comms 📚 | she/her
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell @edwinet.bsky.social News editor at RockPaperShotgun, previously seen at Eurogamer, The Guardian, Wired and Edge - writing about (video)games, art, culture, technology - PhD poetics with a focus on procedural and erasure-based verse. He & him.
demi @cuddlepunk.bsky.social they / them
supposedly in possession of pretty handwriting
award-winning toy maker ✦ digital humanist
luddite
Christopher D. Sims @christopherdsims.bsky.social Global as a writer, storyteller, artist, activist, leader, motivator, host, performer, public speaker, anti racism activist, and social justice change agent.
Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social Culture Editor at Defector
Cyrena Touros @cyrenatouros.bsky.social cultural critic talking about new music, gender, labor, social structures, queer stuff, etc. — now working outside journalism
member & organizer • FSP-NWU
Floridian white-knuckling her way through it
https://midnight-transmission.ghost.io/
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
ASH @ashleyloob.bsky.social i make art/comics/OCs🏳️🌈
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do not repost
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social ❤️🔥 sansei nikkei lesbian artist 🔞
🦋 she/her
🐎 country music superfan
💍 when I say "husband" I mean my butch @blimby.bsky.social
🎨 art under #art / in art feed ⬇️
katieaki.com
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tumblr.com/katieaki
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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/
Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social essayist, critic, journalist, editor
author of VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GR+, RPS, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Mothership, Stop Caring, Deleted Saves, Skybox
https://ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev/
she/her
cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social they/them, migratory bird, secretary bird lover, love movies (especially horror) and games (especially... no true definition)
I also have writings and stuff at bloomedwings.com
Justin Carter @gigawattconduit.blacksky.app A guy who writes for a few places, currently writing at io9, formerly at SyFy Wire, IGN, Polygon, and Game Developer. He/him.
https://linktr.ee/gigawattconduit
jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social fringe gamedev. code/art/direction at @arbitrarymetric.bsky.social. paratopic: overdub and roman sands re:build coming <soon> with @serenityforge.bsky.social
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riki 🌙 @nya.riki.zone Artist ☆ Streamer ☆ DJ ☆ Live2D Rigger ☆ Bodega Esports CEO ☆ Eng/日本語 ☆ 🚫NO AI ☆ icon by @woofycakes.bsky.social
☆ Comms: https://vgen.co/riki
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☆ OC art tag: #rikinyart
Friends at the Table @friends-table.bsky.social Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. | stay wavy
Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city I spend a lot of time thinking about all the ghosts that live in old electronics.
Preservation, art, old tech.
18+ only
Something beautiful is going to happen.
(she / they)
Writing: antientro.pics
Patreon: www.patreon.com/caraesten
Jucika @jucikacomics.bsky.social Daily Jucika Strips, enable notification bell to see posts
Khawla Nakua @khawlanakua.bsky.social Freelance Criminal Justice Reporter|📝 write prison conditions| Bylines: Slate Magazine, Truthout, Mother Jones, and more|FSP_NWU member/organizer| Teach journalism at @journalismtmu.bsky.socal
Tips: khawlanakua.94@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/KhawlaNakua
Chloe Brailsford @comixbychloe.bsky.social Bi Trans woman. I draw uhhhhhhh lots of hotties, gay stuff, and leather looks (ayyyy). Done work for DC Comics, Image, BOOM! Studios, Oni, Strega Sporca, and HULU, among others!!
Brooklyn
Work: comixbychloe @ gmail
steven z @stevenzwahl.bsky.social nb he/they
making a walking sim with a conversation in it
https://thoughtgarden.site/ | https://backloggd.com/u/stevenz
wawog_now @wawog.bsky.social Building a cultural front for a free Palestine.
https://www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com
Pó @poochiccini.bsky.social Lesbian ✦ they/she
2D/3D generalist; prev clients Riot, Marvel, Respawn
personal acct NSFW art for sapphics 🔞
✦Animations: patreon.com/poochiccini
✦Comics: poochiccini.itch.io
✦Art prints: inprnt.com/gallery/poochiccini
✦Socials: poochiccini.carrd.co
Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social The place for writers
jamie @veryhotmomm.bsky.social angel from heaven, writer, olive's mom, my 2 year proust project is here: https://proustproject.substack.com/
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
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leanne @zweiteturm.bsky.social im a stupid girl. send me back by the first ship.
Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social Award-winning disability reporter | Words:
CanIPlayThat, Fanbyte, IGN, LauncherWP, WIRED etc. | email: Grantthedisabledgamer@gmail.com (he/him)
Newsletter: https://accessgranted.ghost.io
Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/grant-stoner-1
Gwen Ihnat @gwenemarie.bsky.social Arts & Culture Editor at Block Club Chicago. ex-WBBMNewsradio, AV Club/Takeout. Twins/puppy mom. Opinions my own. Chicago for life. she/her Pitch me at gwen@blockclubchi.org
lindsey romain @lindseyromain.bsky.social chicago-based writer/critic; CFCA (bylines: bwdr, nerdist, vulture, thrillist, etc.)
Jo Livingstone @jolivingstone.bsky.social Writer and coproprietor of thestopgap.net a blog
Pravda Records @pravdarecords.bandcamp.com Chicago’s longest running indie rock label. Established 1984. www.pravdamusic.com
哀scream @s5r7m3.bsky.social I draw fan art for games.
I'll put up the old picture for a while.
ゲーム系のファンアートを描きます
新しいものも描くが 昔の絵を貼り付けるマン
ThirdCoastReview.com @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social Chicago arts & culture, curated
Windy City Times @windycitytimes.com 🌈 The voice of Chicago's LGBTQ+ community since 1985.
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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com 
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
chicagoreader.com
ludzu @ludzu.bsky.social i write and i make game(s)
Dovewhether | queer podcast @dovewhether.com Podcast talking media, being gay, looking for meaning.
Podcast every Monday.
Taylor Moore @taylormoore.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Chicago with work in The Guardian, Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, The New Republic, WBEZ, etc. Ex-IWMF. Bloomin' onion apologist. taylorgmoore.com
boshi's place @boshis.place boshi’s place is a space in brooklyn, ny that celebrates game making as a craft and *something related to play/experience*
website --> https://boshis.place <--
Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly is The World's Most Prestigious Literary Magazine. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Kotaku
Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry
📧: aparrish@kotaku.com
Signal: @adashtra.87
Discord: @adashtra
📍Northeast Ohio
🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠
She/her
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.
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social “Hey man I noticed you picked yoshi. Do you mind letting me have him or else.” -@pjayevans
https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/
Maren 🦎💚 @rennerei.bsky.social ✨ maren or ren ✨ she ✨ tall lizard that draws for valve and also herself 🔞 minors begone
nsfw: https://www.patreon.com/reiterei
zines: https://rennerei.itch.io/
ConeCvltist @conecvltist.bsky.social "I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in."
25 • Artist/Composer/Game Dev
https://conecvltist.carrd.co/
pfp: @BeachEpisode
Rob N. @jrnlsn.bsky.social "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." -MLK Jr.
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
https://www.jordanwminor.com/
Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social History Professor | Race, Religion, and Masculinity in the Black Freedom Struggle
Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social 🇭🇹 He/him. Senior Writer, @brasslionent on Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. Video games. Comic books. Blackness. Past: @Kotaku, @io9, #RiseOfTheBlackPanther, @Marvel #MilesMoralesPS5. Next: Batman/Static: Beyond from @DCComics EvanNarcisse.com
Chris Priestman @cpriestman.bsky.social Writer @ ZA/UM.
If Not, Winter @sapphobot.bsky.social fragments from Anne Carson’s translation.
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