@amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies // Game Culture Studies // Human-Technology-Interaction // Neo-Baroque Media
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University
Dr Stephanie Farnsworth-Meek @mutanttheorist.bsky.social Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies. https://stephaniefarnsworth.co.uk
Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social Writer. Prof. Archive Stan. Lover of Music and Film. 🇭🇹🇫🇷🎮🎬🗃️ Current project: Antiracist writers & the House Un-American Activities Committee. Views expressed through this account represent my own opinions and not my employer's.
Esther MacCallum-Stewart @neveahfs.bsky.social 
@kishonna.bsky.social @kishonna.bsky.social 
Evan Lauteria @elauteria.bsky.social Assistant Instructional Professor in Sociology | Culture, Race/Gender/Sexuality, and STS | Studying Japanese video game localization in North America
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
Matthew 정석 Howard, Ph.D. (he/him/his) @drgyopophd.bsky.social Green-Cheeked Conure and (former) Pug Dad; Begrudgingly-Tolerated Cat Step Dad | Asian/American Media Histories of Race and Empire via Hallyu | Asst. Prof., Loyola University Chicago School of Communication
Opinions are my own and not my institution's.
Brian Leech @brianleechphd.bsky.social Historian of American West, Midwest, environmental history, mining, energy, food, animals. Currently working on a book about the history of U.S. speed limits & another book about mining in popular culture. https://brianleechphd.net
Jon Green @modestholdings.com Chairman of the Johnson County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors. I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.
Sig: 1+307-828-1004
https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/
https://www.greenforjc.com
Mike Piero 🏳️🌈 @mikepiero.org Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Writing in J Journal, Midway Journal, Rain Taxi, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, & Trash Cat Lit. *Views are my own.* Monarch and Best Small Fictions noms. More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. 🩷💜💙
National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social The NHC is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing humanities research and teaching and encouraging appreciation for the humanities. nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Cara @stonca01.bsky.social Educator, facilitator, collaborator, outreach ambassador, caring helper, dog lover, musician, grateful (is an action): Librarian (she/her/hers) https://about.me/carabstone Views here do not represent my employer or any organizations I'm part of.
Iowa House Democrats @iowahousedems.bsky.social 
Adam Crowley @dradamcrowley.bsky.social DM for Podcast guest and/or public speaking info.
Playing to Save the World: Videogames and Environmental Humanities (2024)
The Wealth of Virtual Nations: Videogame Currencies (2017)
Representations of Poverty in Videogames (2022)
Steve Konrady @skonrady.bsky.social Naturally meandered
Seasonal Michellergies @michellelynk.bsky.social Tony, Tony look around
Something’s lost and can’t be found
Please, find my hook again 😭🧶
Amy just Amy @amymc25.bsky.social 
Robert Leonard @robertleonard.bsky.social Rural Iowan. Anthropologist. Bylines in the New York Times, TIME, USA Today, The Hill, the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, Civil Eats, and many more. I also write at Deep Midwest: https://rleonard.substack.com/
Mark Kretzschmar @professthor.bsky.social Shelter academic looking for a forever home and family. Writes academic stuff and then random video game blogs. Some of it is good. Speaks golden retriever. https://markkretz.com
Mike Horswell @mjhorswell.bsky.social Publisher | Historian | Author | Editor
Managing Editor Blue Goat Books.
I research the memory and use of the crusades and medievalism. Hon. Research Associate at Royal Holloway, Uni of London; Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Views own.
Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social Hugo & Nebula winning SFFH writer, singer/songwriter, dog person, horse person, queer, Baltimorean by choice, mediocre but enthusiastic gardener and artist. She/her. Repped by Kate McKean, HMLA.
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
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social Puts the 'fun' in 'executive dysfunction' | Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, C18/19th, and baseball-esp. minor leagues | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Hope, always. | he/him.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Aaron Tinder @thenewspeed.bsky.social art educator, music person, amateur driveway mechanic, gen x midwestern guy
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Jason @jason1749.bsky.social I’m terribly sorry about this. After all, I’m only a Wookiee.
Zero chill about Star Wars.
Protect trans lives
Fuck ICE
avi by Max Riffner
Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.social Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
Simon Dor @simondor.com Prof in game and media studies. FR/EN. He/him. Il/lui.
Josh @joshmlabelle.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" coming Sept 2026 || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out now || tied 1st place IFComp 2020🏆|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social (he/him) #gamestudies, media, and culture researcher, Prof. of Game Design at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. Books http://bit.ly/3MWJ5vM and https://bit.ly/4yA52aj. Website: http://sebastianmoering.com.
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Annakaisa Kultima @aakoo.bsky.social Game scholar, game design praxiologist, ludic gallerist. And other things.
GamerAnthro @gameranthro.bsky.social Anthropology PhD, game scholar, designer, gamer - since my work is play, I play by fixing and restoring old stuff. 
Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social STEM Librarian & Associate Professor in Iowa
Expect science, baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels
Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com 📚Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at University College Dublin.
🕹️Studying videogame history and creative industry labour.
Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social ✨Retired tech model writ(h)es about the Internet (they/she)
✨Tenure-Track Assistant Prof @ Alberta University of the Arts
✨Researcher of digital work, play, livestreaming & the creator economy
✨PhD U of Toronto iSchool
✨ https://thechristinet.wordpress.com
Makopowered Chris, PhD (he/him) @makopowered.bsky.social Video Game Scholar, Pixel Artist, YouTube Video Maker, Sometime Game Designer, Self-Professed Pop Culture Junkie. Der Uberdork with a Communication Studies PhD.
Dr. Steve Mallory @drstevemallory.bsky.social Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own.
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
Daniel M Ford @soundingline.bsky.social Fantasist. Bespoke Cusses. Rum Cove. Ring Guy. Orioles Fan. Cocktails and weightlifting, rarely at the same time. Opinions are my own. https://www.patreon.com/c/DanielMFord
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Caitlin @caitlinfisher.bsky.social Director, Immersive Storytelling Lab and Professor of Cinema and Media Arts @York University Toronto. President, Electronic Literature Organization. I write and collect weird things. XR/AI/poetry, future cinema, interdisciplinary, vintage, optimism.
Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin @astridensslin.bsky.social Professor for the Dynamics of Virtual Communication Spaces at University of Regensburg
Jeremy Hunsinger @buridan.bsky.social academic, researcher of the internet, writer, traveler...
STS, Critical Internet Studies, Critical University Studies, Critical Data Studies, Critical Theory, Interpretive methods, etc. #AoIR ista and leftist like Will Rogers
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
William Huber @whuber.bsky.social Associate professor of game studies @ Falmouth University. Californian living in the UK. The dude abides.
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
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
Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
Sarah Stang @sarahstang.bsky.social Feminist game and media scholar. Associate Professor of Game Studies and Director of STAR Lab at Brock University.
Lin Joyce, PhD @gollyoodelally.bsky.social Managing Director of Narrative @GearboxOfficial. Jack of some trades, Master of Rhetoric, and Doctor of Narrative System Design. Opinions expressed are mine and mine alone. She/her
Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social 💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU
🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org
🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
https://linktr.ee/lainenooney
they/them
Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social Associate Professor at Stanford University. NCTE President Elect. Education. Speculative Imagination. Healing. Dad of twins. he/him/his
lacuenta.substack.com
Florence Chee @cheeflo.bsky.social Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274
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
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net Ignore my late night posts.
Award winning author!
I study Black Twitter: goo.gl/Wc98bf
…and digital methods: goo.gl/0njUPf
Openly Black.
Still on The Bird App as *thot leedurr*
andrebrock.academia.edu
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
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
Anita Sarkeesian @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social ✨Things and Stuff✨
anitasarkeesian.com
kelly @kmb.bsky.social Doctor of videogames (but now I research true crime), herder of cats, collector of weird Furby art, Nic Cage superfan. She/her.
Prof Matthew @profmatthew.bsky.social Media Studies, Film Studies, Game Studies Professor. I study nerd stuff.
Co Editor The Bloomsbury Handbook on Sex and Sexuality in Game Studies
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
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 📚 🇨🇦
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org
Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
New books added daily.
• Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n
• Support: https://thevideogamelibrary.substack
Carly A. Kocurek @sparklebliss.bsky.social Experience design, video game history, writing. Prof and associate dean @ Illinois Tech. Books: Coin-Operated Americans (Minnesota), Brenda Laurel (Bloomsbury), Historiographies of Game Studies (Punctum). 
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Kelly Boudreau @velixious.bsky.social professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
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.
Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com award-nominated senior writer/narrative designer 🎮📝
presently: Meow Wolf 🩷🧩
previously: Blizzard 💛⚔️ Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀
english lit phd 🎓🗡 personal account 🍞🌹 she/her 🌑✨
nyc 🍕🐁 to atx 🌻🦇
Steve Wilcox @stevewilcox.bsky.social Associate Professor of Critical Game Design @ WLU | Prosocial Game Designer | I research how to mobilize knowledge through play https://www.helloworlds.ca/projects
Gerald Voorhees @gerald-voorhees.bsky.social (he/him) Critical/cultural games studies. Associate Professor of Communication Arts at U Waterloo. Disabled, biracial Chinese-American rhetorician in Canada.
Marc A. Ouellette @burnedprof.bsky.social 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸. academia has 4 parts: research, teaching, service & politics. i got the 1st 3 right. posts mine & might be info.
my passport says i am 183cm tall.
when you're burned, you've got nothing. no pets, no insta & you're not going anywhere.
ça que c'tait.
Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Gamer. Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Scholar of literature, games, & pop culture. Author of Tellings RPG & Archaea LARP.
betsy brey @betsybrey.bsky.social Hollering about games, narrative, RPGs & horror. Too much D&D??? Social Justice Warlock. She/Her
Jason Hawreliak @profjay.bsky.social Associate Professor of Game Studies. Director, GAME Program. Brock University, Department of Digital Humanities.
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.