Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Beat ‘Em Up, Pixels and Polygons Quarterly). Writer. Podcast host (Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Press Run Books @pressrun.bsky.social The dedicated book publishing imprint of Limited Run Games. Not a Wendy's. Official account. 
Jeremy Parish (Radio Edit) @jparish.bsky.social NES Works/Segaiden video and book producer; Retronauts co-host; RGB addict. Get it straight: I did not invent the word "Metroidvania," and my opinions don't represent those of my employers. He/him. Header pic: Sonya Yruel.
Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social Co-host of the Axe of the Blood God RPG podcast! Also writes words for vibeo gaems, boox, and other stuffs. (She/Her)
patreon.com/bloodgodpod
Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk Video Game Culture, Preserved. Award Winning Creative Studio & No.1 Bestselling Book Publisher Est. 2020.
lostincult.co.uk
DidYouKnowGaming @didyouknowgaming.com OFFICIAL account of DidYouKnowGaming. Seen on MTV, Game Informer, Nerdist, IGN & more. Created by @shane.didyouknowgaming.com
Read-Only Memory @readonlymemory.com Publisher of books on videogames and worldbuilding est. 2012
https://readonlymemory.com
https://readonlymemory.com/collections/selects
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 |
Mitch Cramer @heavyeyed.bsky.social media analysis made sad
youtube.com/c/heavyeyed
Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Ninty Media @nintymedia.bsky.social Making print products themed around Nintendo properties! Home of the GAMEBOOK Series and Switch Player Magazine - we also made Ninsight and NintyFresh!
https://www.nintymedia.net/
Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social Artist for:
https://www.hardcoregaming101.net/
https://1900hotdog.com/
https://erasofwrestling.com
Store! https://artofrustyshackles.blogspot.com/
Links! https://linktr.ee/rustyshackles
ebay! https://www.ebay.com/usr/artistrustyshackles
2 Old 4 Gaming @2old4gaming.bsky.social Author: “Vita Means Life.” Founder of “RPM - The Unofficial Retro PlayStation Magazine.”
Check out my youtube channel for #PSVita gaming videos. YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/2old4gaming E: sandeeprai@2old4gaming.com
Etsy: https://2old4gaming.etsy.com
Audi Sorlie [アウディ] @pc98audi.bsky.social He/Him. Arzette producer, author, prisoner of @digitalfoundry / DFRetro producer | Bubsy World Heavyweight Champion. Opinions are mine. PC98マニアック. 日本語でもＯＫ
Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social Deputy Editor, VGC. Writer of video game encyclopedias. Professional games journalist for 20 years. Formerly of Official Nintendo Magazine and CVG. Tired Old Hack. Celtic supporter. Scottish. Dad joke aficionado. LGBTQ+ ally
Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of MONSTER KIDS ('22), I AM THE NIGHT ('26) and LIFE FINDS A WAY ('28) / Picked Charmander
Sebastian Deken @sebsational.bsky.social I owe you one, so I'm gonna jam up your opera!
Author of FINAL FANTASY VI for @bossfightbooks.com: bit.ly/final-fantasy-vi
Contributor and executive officer @popheist.com
he/him/homo
Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️🌈
https://eliaseells.com/
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
GameBound @wearegamebound.bsky.social We Are GameBound. We develop, create & publish premium print publications about video games. Home of GENERATIONS, [REDACTED] & [REDACTED]
Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
Bob Mackey @bobservo.bsky.social Co-host of Retronauts and Talking Simpsons, acclaimed author of Skeleton Car Wash
David L. Craddock - Author/Filmmaker @davidlcraddock.bsky.social Repped by Rachel Swyer | Author/Director | http://linktr.ee/davidlcraddock | he/him | #BLM #TransLivesMatter
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Jon Irwin @winwinirwin.bsky.social Writer/Teacher.
Words in Kill Screen, Paste, Men's Health, The Atlantic, Billboard, Variety, Washington Post, Inverse and more.
https://about.me/jonirwinis
Mollie L Patterson @mollipen.bsky.social Writer, designer, podcaster, militant redhead, retro tech/SNK/Mega Drive fangirl, mom to twins.
As seen in GameFan, Play, EGM, etc. Co-author of The EGM Compendium. Once known as shidoshi. And yes, I made that Persona website.
🇺🇸🇯🇵🇺🇦🔵
mollielpatterson.com
Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social 🏴 / AI 🚫 Award-winning writer of comics + game history books.
Killtopia | BPM | Hello Darkness | Boom! Studios | Titan Comics | Bitmap Books | Agent: Watson Little
Hire me / portfolio: https://www.dave-cook.com
All my links: https://linktr.ee/davecook
Jamie Smith @smithstock.bsky.social Fungineer
created @zeusuplex.bsky.social
Philip Summers @heyphilsummers.bsky.social Retro game fan and artist. Creator of Hand-Drawn Game Guides. Making & sharing cool things.
Hagens Alley @hagensalley.bsky.social Creator of dozens of gaming books and publishes them, tequila drinker and tiki lover, podcaster and physical preservationist, Metroidvania and indie games enthusiast. 
VGMuseum (ReyVGM) @vgmuseum.bsky.social Bringing you videogame endings in static form since the 1900s.
www.VGMuseum.com
http://instagram.com/vgmuseum
http://facebook.com/vgmuseum1
https://tumblr.com/vgmuseum1
https://twitter.com/vgmuseum1
Brian Clark (bclarkomp) @onemillionpower.com Translation, J-Rock, and video games. One Million Power, formerly of mognet.net. 専門はゲームと邦楽ロック. 日本語OK!
https://linktr.ee/bclarkomp
Biz: bclarkomp @ gmail.com
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social Larian Studios Storytelling Lead. Creator of Axe of the Blood God. Past: IGN News Director, USgamer Editor-in-Chief. #coyi #skol
MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social Ringo-nominated artist
Comics, covers, illustration, art direction
https://linktr.ee/mikemorrocco
mikemorrocco@gmail.com
Matt Paprocki @mattpaprocki.bsky.social Home media critic @ doblu.com (https://www.patreon.com/DoBlu)
Freelance games journo: Rolling Stone, Playboy, Polygon, IGN, Forbes, and many others. Game collector, home media critic, Godzilla fan, pro wrasslin' devotee.
Project Dolphin @projectdolphin.bsky.social The Official home of “Project Dolphin The History of the GameCube” #Book https://a.co/d/2sohwYz here to talk #GameCube #Nintendo games and History
Darren Doyle (Greyfox Books) @greyfoxbooks.bsky.social Creator of the Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide Series & Atari: a Visual History. Graphic designer and publisher and of course a Retro gaming fanatic.
Buy my books here: http://greyfoxbooks.com
Co-owner and Partner of Bitmap Soft http://bitmapsoft.co.uk
Jon Doyle @jondoyledesign.bsky.social Founded @lostincult.co.uk || Physical media enthusiast || Opinions are my own. Jon@lostincult.co.uk 📧
MrMKL is Melting 🫠 @mrmkl.bsky.social Editor of Trailers.
Guy who won't shut up about his dog or niche fighting games.
Support your Indies!
Biz Inquiries: mikelevesque.merkel@gmail.com
https://www.patreon.com/mrmkl
https://twitch.tv/mistermkl
Ryan Stevens @ryanstevens.bsky.social Playwright, Director, Freelancer // 1/2 of Nation of Animation // He/They
https://www.ryangstevens.com/
Megan Bidmead @meganbidmead.bsky.social writer
mum of two humans, servant of two cats
https://meganbidmead.com
meganbidmead@proton.me
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, Deleted Saves, Polygon, etc
Ethan Hunt 🧊 @ethanhunt.bsky.social SEO & Content Manager. Written for Switch Player Magazine (Ninty Media) + Lost in Cult. Always available to talk about Podracing.
@httpsEthanGames on Twitter
Bobby Jack @bobbyjack.me ✍️ @nintymedia.bsky.social @howtogeek.bsky.social @superjumpmagazine.com
🌍 Norwich, UK
❤️ #nintendo for 30 yrs
🎮 [9 Sep] Playing 🧩 Wilmot Works It Out 🧵 Silksong
🤐 MY views
🔗 https://bobbyjack.me/links
📧 No DMs: bobbyjack@gmail.com
Joe Wescott @joewescott.bsky.social Lead Writer Pokebook Generation I | Social Media for Ninty Media | Complete Nerd | 🏳️🌈
https://boxd.it/2gSH5
Joshua 'NantenJex' Goldie @nantenjex.bsky.social Content Creator | Senior Account Manager for Gaming PR | Owner of Source Gaming | Podcast co-host at Nintendormant | Writer & Editor for Ninty Media
DM me for my email.
My work: linktr.ee/joshua.goldie
Jhonatan Carneiro @jhocarneiro.bsky.social - Art & Design Editor
📚 POKÉBOOK Gen 1, NESBOOK, GAMEBOOK Advance, GAMEBOOK Color, GAMEBOOK, amiibook
📰 Ninsight, Switch Player, Ninty Fresh, Vitamag
- Podcaster
🎧 Ultra N Podcast
- Reviewer
🎮 RepublicaDG
Paul Murphy @pmurphy1978.bsky.social Pretends to write. Owner, Ninty Media. Long time Spurs sufferer, amiibo collector, retro Nintendo fanatic. Liable to moan, swear or talk too much about the gym. Sorry.
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
Caleb J. Ross @calebjross.com I made a #cardgame you play at the #boulderinggym. https://betabreakgame.com
Wrote a book about What Remains of Edith Finch.
All my socials: https://linktr.ee/calebjross
William B Hill @wbhwrites.bsky.social Freelance Writer - Sci-fi and general nerd noise. I guess I also make games? Sort of?
Currently developing too many things.
Stonevale Secret
A Prayer for Reyfia.
https://wbhwords.wordpress.com/
https://wbhwrites.itch.io/
Contact: wbhwrites@proton.me
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/
dvlsblsh @devilsblush.bsky.social video game screenshots //
dvlsblsh.com //
patreon.com/dvlsblsh //
Jonathan Cooper @jonathan.gameanim.com Award-winning game developer. Animated Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, The Last of Us series and more. Wrote GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained. Shipped Apple Vision Pro.
gameanim.com
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Chris Baker @cbake.bsky.social Games industry veteran (opinions do not reflect employers, present or past)| http://c-bake.com | Hobbyist YouTuber: http://Superhero.VG | Past: Marvel Games, LucasArts, Zen Studios, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, Gazillion
Blair Farrell @blarcade.bsky.social He/him.
Video game historian at comicbookvideogames.com. Author of The Avengers in Video Games and The Web of Spider-Man games. Views are my own. Business inquiries: blairfarrell1984@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/blarcade
Wil Overton @wiloverton.bsky.social Drawer of some silly pictures. Ex of Rare and various other game devs. Helped make the UK's first anime magazine and games mags like Super Play and N64 in ye olden days.
Website - https://wiloverton.com
Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/SuperKosmikatClub
TangoBunny @tangopunk.com https://bsky.app/profile/tangopunk.com
Author of TangoPunk Gaming Zine - https://www.patreon.com/TangoPunk
( Verification link at https://www.patreon.com/tangopunk/about )
🔞 - I cover video games of all genres, including adult ones.
Regulus @sirknightbot.bsky.social Illustrator - digital & ink & pixel.
Personal comms currently closed - DM for professional inquiries.
Lee Guille @writeleewrite.bsky.social Communications & PR Director ROCKFISH Games and @everspace.game. Previously Evolve PR, Offworld Industries, Beamdog, Blastworks.
Secret crafter. Seeker of fine microbrew. Someday screenwriter. Probably real. He/Him.
Colin Cummings ✨🎷 @astroscout.ca game & graphic designer, community & marketing manager
community manager | ☔️ soft rains,🧵 silverstring media
marketing manager | 🦎 wdr studios, ⛄ snowman
board chair | 👁️🗨️ hand eye society
✨ astroscout.ca | 🎷 boyproblems.ca
toronto | he/they
John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
日本語ＯＫ
PlayStationLibrary.com @gameravetv.bsky.social Had a complete US PlayStation 1 library before it was cool. Or Expensive. Variant Hunter from game-rave.com and GameRaveTV.
https://www.playstationlibrary.com (Game-Rave.com)
https://www.youtube.com/gameravetv
bl⚰️ke @metallicaisrad.bsky.social 👕 Sniper
📖 Lost In Cult
🎧 Something Rotten
🐶 Regan
https://www.snipershirts.com/
Walt Williams @waltwilliams.bsky.social word person
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt
Mike Sholars (Parody Adult) @mikesholars.bsky.social He/Him. Author of PARAPPA THE RAPPER from Boss Fight Books.
Writer. Fiction. Non-fiction. All the things.
Doing his best, considering the circumstances.
Britny Perilli needs coffee @britperilli.bsky.social She/they
Regularly shouts about anime, manga, cozy video games, solo TTRPGs, and books
Entertainment editor @ Insight Editions
All views are mine.
Art by @JennaRogalski
Jordan Rudek @jrudek.bsky.social Writer of A Game In The Life (available almost everywhere). Reviews Editor at Nintendo World Report. Regular host on The Thirsty Mage podcast. College prof by day. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/riskman64
Jonathan Leung (VGMaps.com / YT: JonLeung1) @vgmaps.bsky.social VGMaps.com: The Video Game Atlas
Lucas M. Thomas @lucasmthomas.bsky.social Video Game Journalist and Father of Five! Editor-in-Chief of Nintendo Force Magazine, Publisher of Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man & Mega Man: Bot in the Family, President of NF Publishing and Author of The Impact of Iwata. Former Editor-at-Large for IGN.
History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist @historyofhyrule.com Melora Hart. Zelda archivist & publication campaigner since 2001. Art, books, manga, the retro & rare. Into Zelda? I've quietly been the source for a lot of what you know. https://historyofhyrule.carrd.co/ artist/animal dork/hiker doin' my nerd shit
Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social Mostly works in marketing. Mostly.
Author of gaming books including Aliens: The Video Games, the first complete history of Alien/s games, available now.
#saintsfc
Goh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social I wrote a lot of things on Gamefaqs many moons ago. I try to create things to celebrate fighting/video games. This includes collages, crafts, greeting cards, pixel art, and more. Just trying to have fun and spread positivity.
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Stew Shearer @stewshearer.bsky.social Father, husband, writer, poet, game designer, professional dungeon master and Star Wars-apologist. Also the primary contributor to Bitmap Books’ “N64: a visual compendium” and “Leaps+Bounds.”
Check out my work at: https://side-quest.ghost.io/
Alexander Had @alexanderhad1.bsky.social I wrote From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror - out now @bitmapbooks.com 🐜 🧟♂️.
Bylines at The AV Club, PC Gamer, Edge, RPS, The Verge, The Washington Post, Slant Magazine, Wireframe, others.
Richard Moss @mossrc.bsky.social Writer/Director: @terrorbytesdoc.bsky.social | @scummdoc.bsky.social
Author: *A Tale of Two Halves*, *Shareware Heroes*, *The Secret History of Mac Gaming*, a book on Age of Empires 1 development
Australian
rich@mossrc.me
Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social Author and journalist. Creator of the My Perfect Console podcast. www.simonparkin.com
John • Gaming In The Wild @gaminginthewild.com Games & culture • YouTube & podcast: gaminginthewild.com • Books: Lost In Cult & Phaidon • Journo, PR, more • Critique with kindness • There's a patreon! patreon.com/gaminginthewild
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
📕https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
📘https://mybook.to/taminggaming
🎯http://www.ludocene.com
🔎http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
Nikolis Asimakis @zaratoth.bsky.social Blogger, Editor, Writer, Game Designer, you name it.
@indiegamepicks.bsky.social , @sunkengames.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/zaratoth
James O’Connor @jickle.net Games industry producer, narrative designer, editor and critic. Author of Untitled Goose Game for Boss Fight Books and (unannounced second book). jamesoconnorau at gmail.
Thomas Nickel @tapirfortuna.bsky.social Writer, teaching game design & history. M!- & book-author, occasional Retronaut and dabbling in localization. Also somewhat making games - http://coria.itch.io/coria! Fck nazis, fck bigots. he/him 
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
MemCard.art @memcard.art Exploring the original PlayStation library in the strangest way possible: by archiving every memory card icon at https://memcard.art
Caspian Whistler @cazwis.bsky.social Creative Director & Founder of A Profound Waste of Time.
Graphic Designer aiming to be a jack of all trades, master of some.
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.
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
James Crosby @mmofolklorist.com Blogging about MMO history and preservation: https://mmofolklorist.com/
Author of The MMO Folklorist's Guide To Galaxies: https://mmofolklorist.itch.io/galaxiesthebook
Second MMO Folklorist Guide coming soon™
Matthew S. Smith @mattontech.bsky.social Tech journalist and author of book on EverQuest
https://mattontech.me
Nicolas Deneschau @nicozilla.bsky.social Plume d’occasion pour Metal Hurlant | L'Ecran Fantastique | Jeux Video Magazine | Third Editions | PixnLove
Sega Mania Magazine @segamaniamagazine.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for Sega Mania Magazine https://www.sega-mania.com
Indie Games Developer Magazine @igdmag.com The Original Indie Games Developer Magazine - We're going back to our roots to complete our legacy. Games, Magazine, Awards, Events, Outreach, Publisher
Our website: www.indiegamesdeveloper.com
#indiegame #indiegamedev #magazine #marketing #publishing
HardballRetro @hardballretro.bsky.social Derek Bain - author: Hardball Retrospective, Hardball Retroactive, Hardball Architects I&II, Hardball Retro's Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds
SABR Games & Simulations Committee co-chair
Syncoplay Retro Gaming @syncoplay.bsky.social (Joe Bourrie) Author: Beyond the NES, Owner: Syncoplay Retro Gaming. Founding member of THE VOID VR, Game Designer for EA/THQ, Tetris Blitz designer, Famicom enthusiast.
Arjan Terpstra @ranja72.bsky.social Video game writer. Wrote for Guerrilla and PUBG games. Author of PAC-MAN: Birth of an Icon and Sonic Art and Design books. See ranja72.com for details, projects, contact.