JJ @jjdotbiz.bsky.social i've got style, miles and miles | researcher for the podcast ‘blank check’ | writer for 'check book,' the ‘blank check’ newsletter, and elsewhere sometimes | phd in movies from the university of wisconsin-madison
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
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The Western Edge @thewesternedge.bsky.social A new type of journalism in the Pacific Northwest.
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Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
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DMastretta @dmtta.bsky.social Somewhere between dinosaurs and spaceships || TTRPG Storyteller || Creative Director || Game Guy 🏳️🌈 PDX/CDMX let’s play some games.
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
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Nevada Jones @nevadajones.bsky.social Composer, countertenor, cat dad, clotheshorse.
Art is human.
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Ian Karmel @iankarmel.bsky.social Standup. Writer. Trail Blazers fan.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
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~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
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Darby McDevitt @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social Game Developer, Writer.
Author of The Halter, Assassins Creed Black Flag, Sims 2 DS, etc.
Follow for music clips, literary quotes, Assassin’s Creed trolling.
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Mark Stryker @markstryker.bsky.social Author, Journalist, Critic, Filmmaker.
Books: “Jazz from Detroit”; “Destiny: 100 Years of Music, Magic, and Community at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.”
Film: “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit.”
Former Detroit Free Press arts reporter/critic, 1995-2016
Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social Writing and talking about music. Forever listening.
WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.' 
Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social pianist, composer, writer
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
Taffy Brodesser-Akner @taffyakner.bsky.social I cry a lot but I am so productive! 
Katherine Chibah @katherinechibah.bsky.social Viola player, Head of Strings HMS, London
Logan Cunningham @logancunningham.bsky.social Actor. VO at Supergiant Games (Hades, Pyre, Transistor, Bastion)
José Álvarez @twjosealvarez.bsky.social | 𝑱ᴀᴢᴢ 𝑳ᴏᴠᴇʀ 🎶 | Classical music listener | Compulsive collector | 積ん読 |
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KMHD @kmhd.bsky.social A Jazz Station in Portland Ore. 89.1fm - We celebrate Jazz without Boundaries. kmhd.org
Ira @thejazzsoul.bsky.social Curating Jazz Music from the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s
•Literary Fiction•Photography-Art
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Ted Gioia @tedgioia.bsky.social Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
David Brent Johnson @davidbrentjohnson.bsky.social WFIU-Bloomington, IN jazz director, host of the thematic historical jazz program Night Lights (wfiu.org/nightlights). Writer when I write.
Rachel Lichtman @rachellichtman.bsky.social Programme4.tv
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Sarah Elmaleh @selmaleh.bsky.social games x performance. acting, directing, consulting, forever advocating for joyful collaboration & sustainability for all. 1/7 of @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
@clicknothing.bsky.social @clicknothing.bsky.social Creator, designer, writer of some videogames you may have played. I (still) (occasionally) blog at www.clicknothing.com. I am also the creator of Mythmaster RPG - available now at www.mythmasterRPG.com Follow @mythmasterRPG.bsky.social, or come and play!
Brad Shoemaker @bradshoemaker.bsky.social 1/3 of @nextlander.com, 1/2 of @techpod.content.town. Formerly Giant Bomb, GameSpot
Karla Coals Zimonja @coals.northsky.social Indie games long-timer. A Good Narrative Collaborator. Dramaturge.
Currently on something unannounced. Previously on Dr. Katz, Home Movies, BioShock 2 & Minerva's Den, Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop.
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Davey Wreden @hellocakebread.bsky.social The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Wanderstop
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
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wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social Bespoke critical deep dives. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.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.
Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social Freelancer for hire. You know me from: The A.V. Club, The Dissolve. Posts about food, TV, movies, the Braves, pretty scenery. Husband of @donnadb.bsky.social .
Joanna Robinson @jowrotethis.bsky.social Writer and podcaster at the @ringer • one of Cameron Crowe’s Uncool • taller than you think • author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios for W. W. Norton
Danny Baruela @dannybaruela.bsky.social he/him
worker-owner at @maximumfun.org
i like liking things.
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
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patrick @redford.bsky.social i write for defector
Alex Sujong Laughlin @alexlaughs.bsky.social Tryhard | co-owner Defector
Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social Oregon-based investigative journalist. | Co-founder thewesternedge.media
Former OPB. Podcast producer, Bundyville, Dying for a Fight, and Hush.
www.ryanhaas.net
Tell me secrets on Signal: ryanjhaas.01
David Carlton @davidcarlton.bsky.social These days, the main things that I'm spending time on are programming, Tai Chi, and Nei Gong. I blog at https://malvasiabianca.org .
Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Tara Ariano @taraariano.com I try to be good hard worker man, but refrigemator so messy. So, so messy. | tara@taraariano.com
Joe Reid @joereid.bsky.social Awards / Cinematrix / Movies / TV at Vulture
This Had Oscar Buzz podcast
Demi, Myself & I on Patreon
Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social Independent journalist | Co-founder @thewesternedge.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville.
www.leahsottile.com
James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social I wanna be your Joey Ramone
Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social NEWSLETTER: https://www.premiereparty.com/ | Partnerships & sponsorships 📩 sarah@collective.media
David Grann @davidgrann.bsky.social Author of The Wager, Killers of The Flower Moon, The Lost City of Z, The White Darkness, and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. Also a longtime New Yorker writer. 
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Sarah D(estroy ICE) Bunting @sarahdbunting.bsky.social Critic. Baritone. Enemy of the raisin. Formerly @tomatonation. LFGM.
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Griffin McElroy @griffinmcelroy.bsky.social e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.
grace spelman @gracespelman.bsky.social 
Russ Frushtick @russfrushtick.bsky.social now: partnerships @ kinda funny & the besties podcast - previously: co-founder of polygon
Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Chilling online. I write a newsletter called Garbage Day.
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Will “Available for Contracts” Smith @willsmith.fun (he/him) I make podcasts and help people build and launch their indie games. https://techpod.content.town | Cohost of the Dual Boot Diaries and The Full Nerd @PCWorld.com
I've never slapped anyone / not the actor
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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net game designer
John Ramos @couchbaron.bsky.social Bridge pro (the game; yes that’s a thing!) Occasional doc producer. If I’m not doing one of those I’m probably playing or watching tennis.
Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social Now: Making Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor for Protocol; reporter for Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.- A @amandaf.bsky.social @amandaf.bsky.social
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
(Brian) Taylor's Version @briantaylor.bsky.social A WB kid in an HBO World. Still tryin 2 impress the cool kids.
Lapsed writer, freelance librarian, amateur detective.
I log in to @ my friends (real and imagined)
I've been getting really into like, deleting my posts within five minutes of making them?
Matthewせいじ @matthewseiji.com Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer and director who works on game-like things and other things.
Author of the novel Process and the visual novel Eliza.
https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/process-a-novel
Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social A river to my people.
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Dan Golding @dangolding.com Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
dangolding.com
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. Writing Star Trek: Zero Point for IDW Comics.
They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social Official. Our new LP The World is To Dig is here at TMBGshop.com. Multi-night stands in Boston then on to Austin Dallas Houston Minn St Paul DC and beyond www.TMBG.com for tickets.
it's gita time @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
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
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
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https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
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.
Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social Defector, normal gossip, novels, etc
Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
leon @leyawn.bsky.social i'm leon
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
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Albert Burneko @albertburneko.bsky.social Defector dot com
Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social Deputy editor, Defector.com
Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places. Timothy_marchman@wired.com. Signal me at timmarchman.01. I periodically delete all my posts.
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
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Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
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