@klaakso.bsky.social @klaakso.bsky.social 
Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social Tampere University Game Research Lab, officially established in 2002, is a leading centre for multidisciplinary research into games, play, and their numerous applications. Read more about us: https://gameresearchlab.tuni.fi
Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social 📟 Sociologist studying people who are nostalgic for a past that has never happened, and a future that will never arrive.
🌟 Co-founded @nostagain.bsky.social
🚀 https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home
Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social Eva | Postdoc @Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven. Working on video games and monetary/simulated gambling (advertising) at
the Gam(e)(a)ble project 🎮 DiGRA Belgium representative.
Elena Petrovskaya @elepetrovs.bsky.social Research Associate @ Uni of Cambridge. Ethical tech.
Dr Ian Sturrock @sturrock.bsky.social Researcher into game studies, game histories, motivation for play, ethics of game design, creativity and world-building. Capoeirista, HEMA practitioner, larper, TTRPG designer/publisher. HE teacher and UCU activist but my views represent only me.
Usva Friman @usvaf.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them.
Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Luke Clark @lukeclark.bsky.social Professor of Psychology @ UBC Vancouver, Director, Centre for Gambling Research. Gambling harm | decision making | behavioural addictions- D Daniel González Cohens @danigonzalezcohens.bsky.social He/Him. Chilean dilettante and sociologist. Game studies, role-playing games, and pretty much anything game related!
M.Brückner @mellowne.bsky.social Game spaces & production environments, DEI, players of games, media anthropology.
Game Scholar & Instructional Designer
From: 🇩🇪 - Currently: 🇫🇮
Nick Montfort @docmofo.bsky.social Computational & experimental poet, teacher, curator, editor, researcher. Faculty at MIT & UiB. Lab/studio: The Trope Tank. Micropress: Bad Quarto
Camilla Pentti @campela.bsky.social Game designer & artist - gbl, science, and meaningful causes. Working on Newsfaker. Helsinki • lentils • curiosity • sounds
🕹️partofnoise.com @partofnoise.bsky.social
✂️camillapentti.com
Laura Levy, PhDemocracy 👾🔬✨ @drlauralevy.bsky.social 🔬 Games User Researcher, Blizzard
🎓 PhD human factors psych
🐝 Previous Amazon Games, Georgia Tech Research Scientist
👾 #GUR #HCI
🤷🏻♀️ John McCain put my first game on his "naughty list"
💬 my own thoughts/opinions
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
Antonio Pomposini @drpompo.bsky.social 🇵🇪 Philosophy, game studies & media ✨💚
🇫🇮 MSoc Game Studies at Tampere University
I paint lil plastic fellas sometimes.
Sarah Lynne Bowman @sarah-lynne-bowman.bsky.social 
Mikko Sauna-aho @lumiahma.bsky.social A Finnish nerd that codes for a living. Likes gaming too much and tries to be kind to everyone.
Mostly harmless, but a bit miffed about politics.
Jonathan Coryn @corjn.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Ga(y)me creator
🕹️ Made Player Non Player
🏆 Most amazing game award AMazeFest2023
👉 https://corjn.com
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Educating designer & empirical philosopher of things playful & engaging. Professor of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Senior AE, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
J-P Kaleva @jpkaleva.bsky.social An institution nerd working for video game geeks revolutionizing the world as we know it.
Manu @maunukki.bsky.social electronic music enthusiast / V2.fi / The Finnish Museum of Games / Retro Rewind / Skrolli / Alasin Media Oy / graphic designer / photographs corners 
Caspar Gray @unfriendlyghost.bsky.social A ghost in the games industry machine.
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
Maria Ruotsalainen @mariaruotsalainen.bsky.social I am cultural studies scholar from Jyväskylä, Finland. 
Olli Sotamaa @sotamaa.bsky.social proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere män
Satu Seppä @satuseppa.bsky.social Projektipäällikkö, YTM, HuK
Taru – Tampereen yliopiston viestintätieteiden tutkimuskeskus
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social Professor in Data Science at Tampere University
Leo Virolainen @paurthur.bsky.social 🎮 "CEO" @SKRRT Games
🔨 Working on Tankquish
🎯 Specializing in Stylized 3D & Tech Art
🌐 leovirolainen.fi
Oski @oski.dev Game dev, working on indie stuff @improxgames.com, and my own stuff at oski.dev
LGIN (Living Game Intelligence Network) @lgin.bsky.social A community of game studios and industry mentors in Finland.
🔗 https://www.lgin.fi/
The human behind the account is @controlledstumble.bsky.social.
Antti Seppänen @mielipuolijumala.bsky.social 🇫🇮 Narrative Designer at Resistance Games, singer-songwriter, storyteller
ieleino @ieleino.bsky.social Beginner ue5 gamedev, working on a psychedelic/surreal/weird fps called Wonderland.
Kim Nordstrom @kimnordstrom.bsky.social Swedish guy living in Spain. Author of the game industry book "UP DOWN UP", advisor for gaming CEOs and used to be a decent 8bit pixel artist.
Essi Jukkala @essijukkala.bsky.social Game Programmer / Supercell
President / We in Games Finland
she/they
Hyilol @hyilol.bsky.social Game (development) enthusiast. 10+ years of experience and growing!
Leo Lännenmäki @leolannenmaki.bsky.social 
perulainen @perulainen.bsky.social Mauricio Castro Valdez.
My stuff:
https://perulainen.com
https://castrovaldez.com
https://mastodon.social/@perulainen
https://pixelfed.social/perulainen
doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social the statues are bleeding green
iggi phd student @ uni of york
researching game design & player creativity
sound toys & playful tools
[games & zines] fuzul.itch.io
[other links] linktr.ee/dorukb
Alusta! @alustalehti.bsky.social Alusta yleistajuistaa tutkimusta ja asiantuntijatietoa Tampereen yliopistossa.
Tutkimusyhteisölähtöisesti jo vuodesta 2012. Tieteellisen tiedonintressin kunnioittaminen on tärkein periaatteemme.
https://linktr.ee/Alustalehti
Ria @ria-gynther.bsky.social RDI Project worker & Game Industry all-rounder 🇫🇮
Solip Park @solippark.bsky.social Game researcher (Doctor of Arts) at Aalto University and University of Jyväskylä. Researching migrants in the game industry and gamer & game dev culture in Korea and Finland :)
Sébastien Genvo @sebgenvo.bsky.social Professeur à univ-lorraine / Game Designer indé / Responsable Expressive Gamelab http://www.expressivegame.com / Chaine youtube Théories des jeux vidéo : https://www.youtube.com/@SebastienGenvo / #sciencesdujeu / #gamestudies
Petr Jakubec @petrjakubec.bsky.social Designer and Researcher who holds dear Climatic Just Transition. I know thing or two about Ethical Hacking. I also map how AI will change our work, society and epistemology.
TolerLive | Tyler Klimek @tolerlive.bsky.social | Currently:
| Senior Lighting Artist @ #TurtleRockStudios |
| www.tylerklimek.net |
| Previously:
| Lighting Artist II @ #EA #skate |
| Senior Lighting Artist @ #DeviationGames |
| Lighting Artist at #343Industries #Halo |
| Twitch.tv/tolerlive |
Casey O'Donnell [he/him] @caseyod.bsky.social (Anthropologist/Researcher of)Game Developer(s)
Mark, the Oni @markmaletska.bsky.social Hi, I’m Mark Maletska (he/him), game studies scholar working in queer/trans game studies!
soralapio @soralapio.bsky.social Cat, book and game enthusiast. I write code for a living, make games for fun. Red since Cantona.
Social Justice Gunbreaker. 🏳️🌈 Fuck fascists, trans rights are human rights.
Henrik Warpefelt @warpefelt.com Science mercenary and magical thinking rock enthusiast. I mostly talk about data, AI, and games.
Consulting inquiries: https://www.warpefelt.com/
Tereza Navarová @terezanavarova.bsky.social Service designer making her way through the world. Design in the public sector = ❤️
Kristian Kivijärvi @routasoft.bsky.social Game lover & dev student in Karelia University of Applied Sciences.
- I've dreamed of making games for 29 years since I got an SNES as a 5-years-old
🔥 My game; The Void: https://steampowered.com/app/3368200/
My photography acc: @routainen.bsky.social
Mika Vehkala @mikavehkala.bsky.social Game industry professional; Finnish; He/Him; Data viz enthusiast; CTO @ Remedy; Opinions my own.
Eetu Martola @eetumartola.bsky.social All around 3d geek, procedural wizard, Houdini aficionado.
Co-founder & lead tech artist at Mainframe (PaxDei)
Jouni Utriainen @planetjone.bsky.social It's a-me, Jounio! (Ex-Supercell, etc.) I like games & saving the world - and squeezing ‘em together.
Working on a game, The Undeclaration of Human Rights.
Good faith arguments only.
I write about #impactgames on my site: https://planetjone.com
Santeri @voidie3d.bsky.social Senior Environment Artist from Finland. Currently at No Brakes Games
https://cara.app/voidie3d
Kimmo Lahtinen @gimblll.com Indie games since 2014 (Sektori / Day Repeat Day / Barbearian / Drift'n'Drive / etc.), and 13 years at Housemarque before that (Resogun / Outland / Dead Nation / etc.)
https://www.gimblll.com/
Jari Hokkanen @sirhoksu.bsky.social Drummer, movie nerd, couch potato, snack and coffee enthusiast, and video game producer. Typos are my own. Produced a Bafta award-winning game. He/Him.
Juha Vainio @yuuhaw.bsky.social Executive Producer of CONTROL Resonant, Head of the CONTROL Franchise at Remedy Entertainment
BAFTA member
Games, Taekwon-Do, Bass, Movies, TV, Music
www.yuuhaw.com
Mikko Rautalahti @mikkihel.bsky.social I do game narrative stuff. Also some other narrative stuff! Also just stuff.
Markus Montola @montola.bsky.social Game designer, gaming entrepreneur, game programmer, and games scholar.
(Photo: www.henrysoderlund.com)
Petri Leinonen @strangeworlder.bsky.social TTRPG developer and publisher from Finland
Janne Kaitila @finngamer.bsky.social Gamer and collector of video games / Magic: The Gathering / Warhammer
Office Manager of Lightheart Entertainment
https://www.youtube.com/finngamer
https://www.instagram.com/finngamer
Antti Tiihonen @anttitiihonen.bsky.social Wishlist or playtest Reconfigure: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/Reconfigure/
Co-founder Almost Human (Legend of Grimrock) & I run Hapatus Ltd for my own games + freelancing (Noita, Control, Druidstone). Game design, gfx, synths
Steve Stewart 🔜 Develop Brighton @thatdarnsteve.bsky.social First-time Game Director. Head of Operations at Dreamloop. I play games, cook dope food & do MMA commentary.💥🎮 Opinions? This time, they're personal...
Petri Järvilehto @pjarvilehto.bsky.social Likes making games.
Led, directed and created variety of acclaimed and best selling hit titles and IP such as Max Payne, variety of Angry Birds titles and Best Fiends. Board member @ Sustainable Games Alliance. 
Juhana Myllys @juhanamyllys.bsky.social Creating games 🖖 Art/Design for Sci-Fi Adventure BIONIC BAY ➡️ Steam & PS5 🎮
Steam: http://bit.ly/3MiFAxh 📡
Adam Butterworth @adam76511.bsky.social Audio Test Engineer @ Remedy Entertainment // Ex QA at Rockstar games.
John Crossland @whatjohndraws.bsky.social 📍Principal Character Artist @Remedy
🧠 Instructor @TheGnomonWorkshop
🖌️Portfolio
https://www.artstation.com/whatjohndraws
✊Support me!
https://buymeacoffee.com/whatjohndraws
✍️YouTube
https://youtube.com/@whatjohndraws
🇬🇧 🇫🇮 🇨🇦
Professional Yorkshireman
Kyle Rowley @timepirateninja.bsky.social Game Director, Alan Wake 2 for Remedy Games.
Ville Ruusutie @villeruusutie.bsky.social Principal Animation Programmer at Remedy working with Motion Matching, optimizations and own tech. Climber, acrobat, Aikido and Karate practitioner. Ex Wushu, Wing Tsun, Tang Lang, etc...
Molly Maloney @llyann.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer at Remedy. Formerly of Bad Robot, Telltale. I draw pictures sometimes.
Brooke Maggs @brookemaggs.bsky.social Principle Narrative Designer at Remedy | Fiction Writer | Cool, but goes to bed early | She/her www.brookemaggs.com
Juhani Jokinen @juhanijokinen.bsky.social Associate Art Director at Remedy Entertainment.
Alan Wake II. Control 2. Love, Death & Robots
artofjokinen.com
Matti Hämäläinen | VFX Artist @masasystem.bsky.social Game Developer, Principal Technical VFX Artist at Remedy Entertainment, CONTROL, Alan Wake 2, Realtime VFX and Destruction, Houdini, Tools, Blender
KSOH! 🧀 @karensoh.bsky.social Senior Cinematic Designer @remedygames.com🔸 Former Blizzard, High Moon, etc. 🔸 Personal account, opinions are my own 🔸 She/Her 🔸 #StopAsianHate
🇺🇸 living in 🇫🇮
🔗 https://karensoh.carrd.co/
Simon Wasselin @simonwasselin.bsky.social Associate Game Director @remedygames.com , ex @Quantic_Dream, scifi, architecture, existential crisis and french in Finland ! He/his.
Petri Alanko @peppepappa.bsky.social Composer (Control Resonant, Alan Wake 2, Control, Crossfire X, Quantum Break, Alan Wake 1, some pop and dance music too - among other things). Neon2. Classical Trancelations, "Lowland". Audio Branding / Sonic Identity.
info @ petrialanko . net
Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social Writer. Director. BAFTA nominated actor.
Max Payne. Alan Wake. Quantum Break. Control.
Myka @puzzledpolygon.bsky.social Senior Hard Surface Artist @ Remedygames
aka Sebastian
Pan, ND - They/Them
GER/ENG/FR
https://artbysebastianschulz.carrd.co/
I make music:
https://tobuildtheirbeacons.carrd.co/
https://northexit.bandcamp.com/music
Views and opinions are my own!
eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social Dad.
Writer for Games + Animation.
Currently Sr. Writer at Remedy.
Prev @ Telltale, Fortnite, MultiVersus, Netflix, others.
Mgmt: Gotham Group (TV/Film/Comics)
www.ericstirpe.com
Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com Creating extraordinary worlds and inviting you down the rabbit hole. Making games since 1995. #CONTROLResonant coming September 24th 2026. Pre-order now! Header by @valentinapaz.com
Now working on Control RESONANT and Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake.
Sami Marsch @samimarsu.bsky.social Finnish game art director, otaku, lover of big robots and a D&D addict.
Autogun Heroes @autogunheroes.bsky.social The Official Autogun Heroes Bluesky account! Check out our game on mobile or jump into the action via our website or at CrazyGames. Developed by Nitro Games!
Play Now: autogunheroes.net
Iiro Peltonen @iiropeltonen.bsky.social #GameDev Masters Student | Film & Video Professional | Angry Left-Wing liberal | Beer enthusiast.
Game Developer with a over decade of film & television work-experience. Open to collab & freelance!
Carl Carlson @carlcarlson.dev Swedish gamedev living in Finland.
Niko Nikkilä - Game Writer & Narrative Designer @coconutmilkf.bsky.social Game Writer & Narrative Designer. Solo-developing a card-based RPG-lite inspired by Finnish mythology. Previously The Tribe Must Survive, Surviving the Aftermath, etc.
www.nikonikkilanarratives.weebly.com
Denis Zlobin @dzlo.bsky.social Lead Audio Designer at Ubisoft RedLynx. A curious idiot. Opinions are my own.
South Park: Phone Destroyer, Trials Rising, Star Wars Outlaws (Switch 2)
I sometimes write about functional sound design in games: https://deniszlobin.medium.com/
Wanda O Rly @wandaorly.bsky.social Co-founder & COO at Psyon Games | Chairperson at Game Business Cooperative Expa | Educator | Performer | Boot queen | Genderfluid | She/he/they
Here to participate in the digital society.
https://linktr.ee/wandaorly
Gregory Pellechi @onegamedad.bsky.social TBD
Cam Rogers @camrogers.bsky.social Narrative Designer/VO Director/Setting Designer/Writer/Author • Warframe • Quantum Break • The Walking Dead and Blade Runner franchises • Zeo Genesis • camrogers.net • Buy THE MUSIC OF RAZORS at: http://amzn.to/2OuuZCl • This IS my real job, Mum.
David Branco @davidbranco.bsky.social 🇨🇦 in 🇫🇮
Fingersoft Community Manager for Hill Climb Racing 🚗
Championing Indie Games All Day 🎮
Poutine Fiend 🥔
Indie Dev 👨💻
AnttiKole 👉 Wishlist Choppa: Rescue Rivals! @anttikole.bsky.social Perspiring gamedev. Owns a smol studio @partagames.bsky.social. A ridiculous dad. Choppa: Rescue Rivals, Nonsense Soccer, Turbo Dismount 2 (with Secret Exit). Former Futuremark programmer. www.partagames.com
@caiocsabino.bsky.social @caiocsabino.bsky.social 
Sasha @lohimakkara.bsky.social designer of games, cooker of food, watcher of film. in 🇫🇮
no idea wtf am i doing here.
💔🇺🇦🇮🇱
uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social Realtime VFX artist. Freelancing @ Cortopia Studios. Past includes Ubisoft, Wargaming, Bugbear, demoscene, consoles, mobiles, visual things
Some mileage evident.
@dekalogue@mastodon.gamedev.place
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilarilehtinen
Jussi Kemppainen @jkemppainen.com VFX Lead Max Payne remake @ Remedy & indie solodev, founder Rovio animation studio
Games | animations
Kalle Kotila @kkotila.bsky.social Lead artist @Netflix Games
@anttimo.bsky.social @anttimo.bsky.social 
Kai @kaituovinen.bsky.social Marketing and Bizdev @ Frozenbyte
Jani @hazib.bsky.social A cultist of Cthulhu