Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS
spielkult.hypotheses.org
Ludolio - The platform helping libraries lend games @ludolio.com 🚀 Games belong in libraries.
🎮 We support digital game lending for university and school libraries.
📚 Supporting teaching, research & student engagement through play
✨ Building the future of game access
👋 account run by @marcuscarter.com
BlueOrbit @blueorbit.app Grow your bluesky audience with analytics. Learn mote at: https://blueorbit.app. Public beta is now open: https://app.blueorbit.app
Made with ♥️ in Finland
Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social Videogame historian extraordinaire
FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation
CGSA Francophone Rep
Creator of Deadplay podcast
Code-codec @codecodec.bsky.social | CODE - CODEC | agence de communication |Enseignante vacataire UL
💡 Experts en #WebDesign & créativité exceptionnelle ✨ Transformons vos idées en communication #SansCoquille 🥚
#AgenceOeufOrique #CreateurDePixels
substack.com/@elodesignercodecodec
Play What You mean @playwhatyoumean.bsky.social A place dedicated to exploring games & play as personal expression
Laia @laiavelasco.bsky.social fent @resis-videoludica.bsky.social i organitzant la @santjordijam.bsky.social <3
(ella)
https://videojoc-fanziner-fanzin-juganer.aixeta.cat/
Demons & Dungeoneers @demonsdungeons.bsky.social I am a gamebook writer as of fantasy enthusiast. You can find my work at https://demonsdungeoneers.com/
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Trionfi Games @trionfigames.bsky.social Talon: A Tarot Card Game, a modern tarot trick taking game, is back online!
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/talon:-a-tarot-card-game
Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social Coordinator of EU Projects & Cultural Assets at Heritage Malta - Technology and Experience Development Unit
visual artist / designing playful experiences for museums / researching interspecies interactions / ACI / (and some other stuff)
Tarot 78 Fates 🔥Launching on Kickstarter today!🔥 @tarot78fates.bsky.social I’m Max, the creator of the Arcanum Academy Tarot deck. This is a unique Tarot deck. Only as an exclusive collector’s edition.
➡️ http://kck.st/4kCBwL0 ⬅️
University Press Sales Bot @unipresssalesbot.bsky.social
The Lead Pile @the-lead-pile.bsky.social Wargaming, painting and crafting YouTube channel 🎨🎲⚔️🛡️
SUBSCRIBE below for regular videos 😃
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@letusclingtogether.bsky.social @letusclingtogether.bsky.social
AG Games der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft @gfmgames.bsky.social Interdisziplinäre Gruppe von Forscher*innen inkl. Studierende zum Thema #gamestudies.
Posts von @sebomat.bsky.social
#gamedev #mediastudies #indiedev
https://ag-games.de/
məľø pedro @predror.bsky.social Cansado
Pesquisador na área de estudos literários, literatura digital, adaptação e game studies na UFPE
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
triste_temps @tristetemps.bsky.social
J. J. Aumercier @jeanju.bsky.social Prof de philo (lycée Ella Fitzgerald à Saint Romain en Gal) et doctorant (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ISJPS) sur les liens entre jeu vidéo et pensée morale.
https://theses.fr/s385320
Ingram Braun @ingram-braun.net archaeologist | web dev & LaTeX | proofreader
DH, gameshistory & chesshistory
chess player, arbiter, coach
https://ingram-braun.net/ • https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/profile/ib • https://schach-goettingen.de/ • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-125X
John Harney @ludensprof.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Written on: baseball in colonial Taiwan; American missionaries in interwar China. Interested in national identity, science fiction, video games. Associate Editor at www.historyrespawned.com
Christian Berg @christian-berg.bsky.social Vietnam-based Educator, Photographer and PhD Candidate.
christianberg.digital
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Jeffrey @geoffwhill.bsky.social Ugly bag of mostly water. he/him. Aussie in London!
Phil Goyette @mrgoyette.bsky.social 🧠🌶️♾️🦋🌈
I love playing games, everything from chess (poorly) to Fortnite (poorly)
YouTube for quick reviews, how to plays, and ongoing design projects:
https://www.youtube.com/@philgoyette1982
Also mrgoyette@wargamers.social on Mastodon
Daniel Muriel @danimuriel.bsky.social Sociologist, PhD. Lecturer and Researcher at the University of the Basque Country- M @murphem.bsky.social @murphem.bsky.social
Christine Gundermann @cgpublichistory.bsky.social Prof. für Public History an der Universität zu Köln/ Sprecherin der AG PublicHistory im VHD/ KGD Arbeitsgruppe Historische Lernorte/ privat
PAIDIA - Zeitschrift für Computerspielforschung @paidia.bsky.social www.paidia.de
PAIDIA ist ein medien-kulturwissenschaftliches eJournal für (Computer-)Spielforschung [de/en] und ein wichtiges Publikationsorgan für die Game Studies im DACH-Raum.
0x000042 @0x000042.bsky.social UwU
Rollin Golem @rollingolem.bsky.social We are three brothers passionate about boardgames! 🎲
New blog entry every Wednesday on our website!📝⬇️
rollingolem.wordpress.com
Dillon Whittier @dillpunk206.bsky.social I live in a small town Burien,WA I am Proud Okinawan American Love playing/watching The Last Of Us Been a Husky/Seahawks fan since 1994 I been in the Video Game/Art/Music scene for years now I play drums in my band Expos.🇺🇲🇯🇵 #Music #VideoGame #Art
Alejandro Arévalo @alexarevalo.bsky.social I love talking about games and music | Videogame Development Student
Tomasz Z. Majkowski @tzmajkowski.bsky.social Game researcher from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social Investigating video games, board games and other types of play in the context of their history, production and socio-cultural value 👾
🌐 http://investigate.games
✉️ investigate.games@yorksj.ac.uk
📍 York St John University, UK
Board Game Addict UK @boardgameaddictuk.bsky.social Daniel Fullard - Board Game reviewer, content creator and fanatic from Sunderland, UK
This months sponsor is ‘Trilogy of 2k48’ - a card shedder coming to Kickstarter soon!
Bettina Bódi🌿🎮 @bettibo.bsky.social 📚 Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communication - University of Birmingham, UK
✨ Working on video games | agency | cosiness | nature
🖊️ Author of Videogames and Agency (Routledge 2023) - https://tinyurl.com/3mbr8ytu
🌐 https://cozymedia.net/
@dorukturkmen.bsky.social @dorukturkmen.bsky.social
Baha Tan Oral @bahatan.bsky.social Game Studies - Researcher
Cinematic & Game Designer
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3707150/
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3668110/
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866230/
Website: https://www.bahatanoral.com
ProfNoctis @profnoctis.bsky.social I teach and play video games. I do both at the University of Alabama. | YOUTUBE | TWITCH | PROFESSOR
www.profnoctis.com
Business Inquiries: wade@profnoctis.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/profnoctis
Toto @profetoto.bsky.social Tabaxi Wizard (Divination school) lvl 34.
PhD in Sociology student. Lecturer at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile.
Game Studies/Estudios Lúdicos | CTS/STS | Psychology | Gamer/Ñoña
John Healy @johnnyjohns.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game design at TU Dublin | Occasional game designer | Mainly a dad.
Adam Riddle @realtimeriddle.bsky.social Independent games researcher (he/him)
realtimeriddle.com
🦕🏵️Mary Anne @laargonauta.bsky.social Español ll English
🔸Ella/She
📌Chile
🎓Antropóloga Sociocultural /Anthropologist
🎮Phd student BCU
🦖Investigo #TRPG en Chile, #GameStudies y Patrimonio Cultural
🤖 Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Digital
👾Consedcity
maryanneargochavez.wordpress.com
Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social Artist, Curator, Media and Games Researcher
https://www.hughdavies.au/
Sébastien Savard @savord.bsky.social Professeur invité en design de jeux - UQAT MTL
brandy mae✨ @faerietael.bsky.social she/her. veterinary assistant, comms & PR major. volunteer mod for outlast offical on discord & r/outlast. 🎮 hobbyist writer & doodler, roleplaying nerd, horror enjoyer.
mpJared @mpjared.bsky.social Chaotic ramblings of a former/future gaming YouTuber/Streamer.
Mainly stolen meme's, occasional gaming clips and pop culture chit-chat ✌️
Formerly MrPhatJared
30 | He/Him | UK
Mick Cook @mickcook.bsky.social Australian digital producer, #writer and PhD Candidate #GameDesign. Producer and host of The Dead Prussian #podcast, producer of Generals podcast.
All My Links: https://linktr.ee/MickCook
Board Game T-shirts @ Geeky Goodies @geekygoodies.bsky.social Chris (he/him) ~ Board Game #Tshirt Designer: GeekyGoodies.com ~ #BoardGame Advocate ~ #WhatDidYouPlayMondays Every Monday ~ BLM
We're Not Wizards Board Game Podcast @werenotwizards.com Tabletop Entertainers. Podcaster. Blogger. Reviewer.
Guest and Review Coverage Questions?
Email magic@werenotwizards.com
https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards
Its our tenth year doing this..
Andrew Bucholtz @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social Editor, Bucholtz Sports Media, at andrewbucholtz.com. Editor, Conflicts of Interest Online, SDHistCon. Past work at Awful Announcing, Yahoo, and more. andrew@andrewbucholtz.com.
Perplext @perplext.com Publisher of Board Games and Card Games
{Long Shot: Dice Game, Pack O Game}
Perplext.com
Farplace Animal Rescue @farplace.bsky.social No kill animal shelter also producing board games and card games to help animals. www.farplace.org.uk also www.farplacegames.com - messages by vegan game loving CEO Gareth. Posts a mix of animals and tabletop games. LGBTQ+ proud ally
Nele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Tilburg University • working on (interactive) fiction, imagination, and virtual reality
Play Plus @playplus.bsky.social A games publisher based in Viet Nam. Play Plus founded with the mission of bringing friends and families together through the localization, production, and distribution of engaging and accessible board games.
www.playplus.vn
playplusvn@gmail.com
MultiPlay Network @multiplaynetwork.bsky.social A multidisciplinary network supporting research in video games and digital play.
https://multiplaynetwork.org/
https://discord.gg/YaXkTxHj
Jennifer Ryer @jenryer.bsky.social
Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸 @jaredchansen.bsky.social Assistant Professor Game Design, Iowa State University Gamer, scholar, author, hobbyist dev. Research interests include game cultures, video game history, and archeogaming. Gen AI is theft. 🏳️⚧️🤝🏳️⚧️
Stephen Buonocore, “The Podfather of Gaming” @podfathergaming.bsky.social Game industry veteran, entrepreneur, game media personality, and vocal enthusiast of the hobby game industry.
Host of the long-running game industry podcast, Board Games Insider.
Chairman, Play to Z
Board, World Series of Board Gaming
Robert Zomers @zomers.online Probeert het internet leuker te maken bij @vierkante-ogen.nl. Schrijft voor @alt-mag.nl
Michael @michab0103.bsky.social - Editor @ntower.bsky.social
- Project Coordinator @ Tradewind Pictures
- Media Studies @ Stockholm University, research on ludo-hermeneutics
- he/him
Perttu Hämäläinen @perttu-h.bsky.social Researching and building games/VR/XR/HCI/AI. Assoc. Prof. @AaltoUniversity. Advisor @valomotion, @HypeHypeInc. Student of human movement (dance,🧗♂️,🤸♂️,🥋…)
Molotov Cockatiel Games (Bill) @molotovcockatiel.bsky.social Check out my digital hex-and-counter game, Arete: Battles of Alexander the Great, on iOS, Android, and Steam. ⚔️
molotovcockatiel.com
Manuel Sousa Oliveira @msousaoliveira.bsky.social PhD candidate | lit | ethics | utopia | environment
he/they
https://up-pt.academia.edu/ManuelSOUSAOLIVEIRA
HandamoniumFlows (B) @handamonium.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Level 33 transfemme enby ADHD meow. MDNI
https://linktr.ee/Beedamony
Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social Writes stories, makes games, reads history.
Associate Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games.
https://mauricesuckling.com
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
Jirka Poropudas and 78 others @hamahakkimies.bsky.social Ph.D. in Applied Math, Master's in Basketball.
https://hamahakkimies.com/
Clio's Board Games @cliosboardgames.bsky.social Musings about history, board games and history in board games. Blog: http://cliosboardgames.wordpress.com
Pijus Krūminas @pijusk.bsky.social Associate professor at ISM, Lithuania. Wargaming, game theory, comparative politics, economics), blogs about wargaming at: https://pijus.substack.com/
Silver Rat Studios @silverratstudios.bsky.social Boston-based indie developer of Grey Block, a story-rich, 3rd-person, cinematic, stealth, puzzle/shooter game.
Available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1821070/Gr…
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
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
Carlos J. Nieves 🇵🇷 @finalpassion.bsky.social 🇵🇸 / ♿ Disable / Fibromyalgia 💜🦋 / 🧠🌈 ♾️ Autistic / Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 / Product Manager ➡️ Transitioning to Tech. Art. Creating an environment where everyone feels safe, accepted, respected & represented. My views and opinions are my own.
HSD_SK_Games @hsd-sk-games.bsky.social TBD
Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
@inmapm.bsky.social @inmapm.bsky.social PhD researcher (Universidad de Murcia) Sci-Fi & New Media 🤖🧟👽👾🌲💃🧗⛰️
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.
Nicole Davisson @nic-davisson.bsky.social Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 www.lavienouveaudecorshoppe.com
Jurate @raguocius.bsky.social Game designer from Lithuania
Tungill @tungill.com Game Designer and Playtester from Western Europe.
My links: https://www.tungill.com/
Game design analysis: https://www.gamedynamics.fr/
Jef Bryan @jsbryan1.bsky.social Digital Arts and Media Studies Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Theorist, and Karaoke Enthusiast.
Adjunct Professor @ USC & Saddleback
Andrei Zanescu @andreizanescu.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow in Communication Studies + Socio/Anthro @Concordia
Blockbuster & Cultural Resonance & Prestige in AAA Games, Film & Awards Shows
Streaming by the Rest of Us (2025, MIT Press)
www.andreizanescu.com
HagermanHour @hagermanhour.bsky.social Independent Developer | Building Mods since 2001 | Twitch Affiliate | Streams Game Development (Top 10% 2023, 2024)
https://hagermanhour.itch.io/roguemelee
https://linktr.ee/hagermanhour
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev
Koren Shadmi @korenshadmi.bsky.social Illustrator and Author.
Alex Bacalja @alexbacalja.bsky.social Digital Game Literacies - Critical Pedagogies - English Language Arts - Youth Literacies - Critical EdTech - Postdigital research. The University of Melbourne.
Andrew Stevens @thearcadepilot.bsky.social Grew up with a love for aviation and video games! I’m a somewhat acceptable sim pilot! QA Manager @cdprojektred.com | EAA Lifetime Member | Prev. at Raven, Bethesda! | Counting down the days to #OSH27
Simon Burr @simonburr.bsky.social Game developer, narrative designer and writer. Studying MA Indie Game Development at Falmouth University. 10-years' experience in marketing most recently in the entertainment industry. Portfolio: https://www.simonburr.work/narrative-design-games-writing
Sole Zeta @zetasole.bsky.social Soy trans y escribo cosas ñoñas.
Dr.(?!) Timothy "Don't Stop Masking" Smith @timothyjwsmith.bsky.social Currently: Appalachian State
Recently: PhD at UNC-CH
Researching: Japanese religions, history, NRMs, games, memes.
He/him but gendermeh. Queer nerdy anarchist.
"Professionalism" is a scam, embrace absurdity. Opinions are my own, blah blah