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Alina K. @alinaekim.com producer @notus.com @notusmetro.bsky.social // last logged onto steam 30+ days ago :c
Shannon Liao @shannonliao.bsky.social Writer and editor. bylines at New York Times, Vulture, IGN, Esquire, Scientific American and more. ex-WaPo and CNN
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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
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Daryl Li @nonstickpanda.bsky.social Sometimes writer, occasionally photographer, always curry png enthusiast
THE INVENTORS. cnf. Rosetta Cultures. 2023.
TENDERLY, TENDERLY. cnf. Atomic Bohemian. 2024.
MINOR ILLUSIONS. short fiction. Querencia Press. 2024.
Dayten Rose @daytenrose.bsky.social Ludonarratively dissonant
Words in Rock Paper Shotgun, Unwinnable, Thinky Games, GamesRadar+, Into the Spine
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Brandon @brandonmalave.bsky.social NYC Writer & Journalist
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articles in Into the Spine and Unwinnable
new games always at http://metajarra.itch.io
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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social He/his, early 30s, media writer, as seen on @unwinnable.com
Talks about movies, videogames, TV, and the Seattle mariners (and also anime, cars & lefty politics)
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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
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Dea Ratna @dearatna.bsky.social Sometimes writer, sometimes artist, sometimes photographer, always storyteller.
Marcus Stewart @marcusstewart7.bsky.social Senior Associate Editor @gameinformer.com | Business Inquiries: marcus@gameinformer.com | I livestream! https://www.twitch.tv/marcusstreamsgames | He/Him
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I write things and put them on the internet.
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she/they
| Producer & co-founder @RemapRadio.bsky.social
| Latine
remapradio.com
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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social Fiction writer/essayist/consultant.
Co-founder/Editor-in-Chief @skyboxcritics.com.
Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango, Vet. Life.
Games: Rolling Stone, IGN, PC Gamer, Lost in Cult, Digital Trends, Shacknews, Unwinnable, Into the Spine+
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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📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
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Luis Joshua Gutierrez @imluisgutierrez.bsky.social Freelance Journalist | Words @ GameSpot, IGN, GamesRadar+, Kotaku, Polygon and more
Email: Imluisgutierrez1997@ gmail DOT com
He/Him
Los Angeles - CA
Yussef @youmeyou.bsky.social I write, I make art, and I animate
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The Imaginary Engine Review @tier-review.com A journal of video games criticism co-edited by @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social and @gracemachine.bsky.social. We write from the margins to the margins.
grace @gracemachine.bsky.social Writer, critic, co-editor @tier-review.com
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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk Award-losing freelance journalist, reporter, and consultant.
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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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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
Carli Velocci 👽 @carlivelocci.com Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | just some aliens in a suit | They/she
Links: https://linktr.ee/velocciraptor
“Fun” & Games Podcast 🔜 PAX West @funandgamespod.bsky.social A show about the changing landscape of gaming. Chats w/ guests in & outside the industry. Hosted by @djstormageddon.com & @gnoisegenerator.bsky.social.
📨: press@funandgamespod.com
🔊: https://funandgamespod.com
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Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social Atlantic Canadian game critic (She/They)
Columnist at @unwinnable.com
Co-Editor of @tier-review.com
https://muckrack.com/phoenix-simms
phoenixwritesdown@protonmail.com
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Wesley LeBlanc @wesleyleblanc.bsky.social Senior Associate Editor @ Game Informer | Previously: PR Specialist @ Vicarious PR, Freelance @ IGN and more | He/Him
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Mark Hill @mehill.bsky.social Editor and writer at Inverse, contributor at the Beaverton, words in Wired, the Toronto Star, etc. Previously editor and columnist at Cracked. Writer of Shadowrun and BattleTech fiction. Original fiction: amzn.to/3CWFRSI. Rep: Aevitas.
Wyeth Leslie @wyethwashere.bsky.social English professor, writer, local man trying his best.
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Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/11CYl
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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
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Matt 🔜 PAX West @djstormageddon.com Podcaster. DJ. Writer. Jewish Non-binary Pansexual. Chappell Roan, Kesha, Ariana Grande, CRJ & TSwift Super Fan. Venom lover. Dog Pawrent.
My podcasts:
“Fun” & Games Podcast
https://funandgamespod.com/
Reignite
https://reignitepod.libsyn.com/
lex luddy goes to gamescom @lexluddy.xyz | EIC at startmenu.co.uk | Gay Idiot | (she/they) | Might have seen me on: Giant Bomb, ShackNews, GamerGuides, Restart, Waypoint, Fanbyte, PLAY Magazine, TheGamer, and PushSquare | Signal Username: BasicalliLexi.57
Mikhail @va11halla.bsky.social Words about games on multiple platforms with a handheld focus and some good coffee on the side. Find my work on RPG Site, TouchArcade, Into The Spine, Nintendo Insider, Steam Deck HQ, Respec, & more. Avatar by Kiri from Sukeban Games.
Opinions my own.
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
nat. @natclayton.bsky.social girl who makes levels
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Jesse Vitelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social Freelance social guy and writer for hire | jesse . vitelli @ gmail . com | bylines @ Kotaku, IGN, Game Informer, Inverse, Digital Trends | Send News Newsletter | Stagehand | Young Elmo | Avid FFXIV Player | | Weird Little Guy Enthusiast
Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social Freelance Games and Media Reporter. Jr. Producer at Strange Scaffold. Formerly Inverse. Words at, RPG Site, Rolling Stone, more. RPG aficionado. Bisexual.He/they. madsenhayes@Gmail.com. Signal: HayesM.26