Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.blacksky.app They/Them
AKA MentalLamia
FKA MentalWoke
Centering Intersections of Trauma, Identity & Mental Wellness
Black Queer Mental Wellness
Black Liberation
Therapy, Supervision, Consulting, Gaming
Views are my own
https://bio.link/mentalwoke
Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social 🇭🇹 He/him. Senior Writer, @brasslionent on Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. Video games. Comic books. Blackness. Past: @Kotaku, @io9, #RiseOfTheBlackPanther, @Marvel #MilesMoralesPS5. Next: Batman/Static: Beyond from @DCComics EvanNarcisse.com
Caroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social Solo mom, teacher, writer, friend, Chloe's person. Author/ed Children & Family in Egyptian Monasticism http://tiny.cc/umx8lz, Monastic Bodies, Melania. carrieschroeder.com. Co-founder copticscriptorium.org. Prof @ OU. Opinions mine not my employer's
Charlie Br0wn 🐬 @charliebr0wn.bsky.social Infosec, OSINT, and games. Danish 🇩🇰
Signal Porpoise.55
Background picture is "Jennifer in Paradise", the first Photoshopped image
ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app ɹǝǝuᴉƃuǝ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ
Adrii @adriipiecelover.bsky.social Fan del manga, series y Pokemon❤, lvl26 , enjoyer de One piece y Naruto^^
Barcelona, Catalunya
Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Australian and Norwegian. Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
Calamity Andrew @calamityandrew.bsky.social Academic. Game Studies, medievalism, and fantasy. Generally tired. "Vell, he's just zis guy, you know?" he/him
Verónica Pájaro @vpajaro.bsky.social Critical sociolinguist & discourse analyst. Associate Professor @UiA, Norway. Language, migration & power in education and work.
Jason Westra-Hall @anotherdayjay.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Michigan. Former (but always a) Michigan English and Journalism Educator. Central Michigan and University of Michigan-Flint alum.
FW 🔺 @francescaorfw.bsky.social “You, all of us, struggle to turn data into information into knowledge and, we hope, into wisdom.” Toni Morrison
Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social Science writer and editor for Plant Editors (planteditors.com). Based in Chicago.
Dr Dave @drdavewrestling.bsky.social MA/Res Ludic Critical Dystopias. PhD Media/Cult.- cultural identity in #BritishWrestling. Sessional Lecturer @CCCU. 🇵🇸
Jack Fennimore @psyjacked.bsky.social Award-winning scholar of media and video games. PhD candidate at NC State.
Cat Alyst 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️nonbinary trans person,
they/them (Ex: “They are a friend”),
Millennial, atheist, 🇨🇦ally to 💙Democrats
🇺🇸resources:
momsrising.org
swingleft.org
blackvotersmatterfund.org
fieldteam6.org
iwillvote.com
indivisible.org
youtube.com/@rippleeffectinstitute
Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com Founder + EIC: non-trivial.games
YouTube: TheCrossoverAppeal.
thecrossoverappeal.com for recs + essays
Games writing, music writing. Formerly games studies.
Bylines: Pixelbyte Gaming, JetsonPlaysGames, Exploits, Uppercut, Barely Textual.
🏳️🌈🇲🇽
weird little whale guy @tumblesweed.bsky.social rhetoric hashira. online since dial-up. lived in a lot of places. currently in Waponahki community. still covid cautious. ex-academic rhetoric and writing phd. mixed white-privileged yoeme diaspora "pretendian." child of the watch. stone and sky.
Josh Call @joshcall.bsky.social English Prof. @GrandViewUniv Researching games, writing, and rhetoric. There will be food. Sweary Prof. He/Him. Lawful Good. Views are my own.
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.
Briana Bettin, PhD ✨ @lessthanbri.bsky.social 💻 CS Professor | Exploring CompEd, HCI+UX, & Sociotechnical Impacts 👑 Programming Princess 🍭 Sugary Scholar 🎮 Pokémon Master 🦄 Pink Fluffy Unicorn Dancing on Rainbows 🎨 Crystalized Creative 🔮 Magical Girl Leaving Sparkles 💖 (Opinions = Mine)
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
Dan Gardner @dangphd.bsky.social Lecturer at Robert Gordon Uni. I study inequitable interactions, interfaces, and infrastructures, often through co-design. "Boring Things" scholar. My book, Thresholds of Digital Gameplay, open access @ MIT Press. See more at my https://dang.page
Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social Reader, gamer, wrestling fan (mostly AEW), she/her... hi. :)
Jason G. Edwards @jasongedwards.bsky.social Jason G. Edwards is a pastor + writer in MO. Forthcoming book "At Home With God: How the Cross Transforms Us" (IVP) out this fall. jasongedwards.substack.com
Al Harrold @littlewask.bsky.social I'm going to wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that. He/him
Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social Assistant professor, UB Media Study. Researching and making queer/trans games, narratives, and communities. Director, Amatryx Gaming Lab & Studio. Catch me 2025 at SCMS, CGSA, and more!
the other ローラ @theotherrora.bsky.social Laura; she/her; Localization Director at a game company in Osaka; I like games, animals, fiber arts, and stationery. Also on Mastodon.
Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social Expert in horror and video games
Making video essays and livestreaming
Master's Degree in Media and Culture
business inquiries: jenna.stoeber (at) gmail (dot) com
pronounced stee-bur, she/her
www.JennaStoeber.com
CC @charmingcharli.bsky.social 
Kevin Newman @kevinnewman.bsky.social Edo denizen
Blue Ridge raised. UNC / 関西外国語大学 / Fletcher School
Early onset curmudgeon
忙中閑あり
Annie Norman-Schiff @anormanschiff.bsky.social Educator. Talmud, romance novels, the New York Mets
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestsellers JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE and LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social ✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America
🙄 also "cults"
🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020)
https://megan-goodwin.com/design
Ryan Thompson @bardicknowledge.bsky.social Game audio professor and radio host (Monday 7:00 PM, wkar.org) at Michigan State. Musicology via game studies. Go green! Thompson.RyanC@gmail.com
Watch me and my best friends stream Thursday evenings 9-11 PM Eastern at Twitch.tv/BardicKnowledge
Chloe @justmechloe.bsky.social I like making art for my ttrpg characters and some oc’s.
Not very talkative on social media apps :x
She/Her 🏳️⚧️
⚡️✨Crystal 💖 Lynn✨⚡️ @subtlethyme.bsky.social ✨ 👾 New Media Artist + An academic with a conscious
✨#inhale #exhale ✨ #getartistspaid ✨
✨🕸️ https://lnk.bio/subtlethyme
Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social Professor, UCF T&T and English. Opinions mine. Bringing Foucault to fandom since 2006.
Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social My editor made me do it. (She/they)
https://linktr.ee/drariahalliday
Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team Head of Community at @blackskyweb.xyz and protector of Black youth .1922.
Committed to a Black feminist politic of collective work as a scholar, educator, and practitioner.
I do not play.
🔗 Kalyncoghill.com
Queen Joan of the Kikamathu Fae @theroguesenna.bsky.social She/her (but meh about it) Millennial Mom — pop culture AudDHPhD&D — griot/lore bard/scholar/artist — queer
will perform for dopamine
💜🩷💙
🇳🇬🇺🇸
Go read about my grandpa. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
dennis jansen 🟥 @dennisjansen.bsky.social PhD researcher on play, technology and militarization @ Utrecht University
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Brown Girl Gamer Code @browngirlgamercode.com A Leading Digital Community for Women & Femmes of Color in Gaming & Tech 🕹️| Live Content 🎤| Workshops 💻 | Consulting 🤝🏾| Award Winning 🏆| browngirlgamercode.com | #CodeCrew 💚
Buba @buba19sanneh.bsky.social Honestly is always I love truth more than lies
Haron Walliander @haronwalliander.bsky.social PhD student studying Finnishness in digital games and side hustling graphics designer. Games and nerds ftw! And peace on Earth. That too.
A Doc Named Slickback @kaerf1.bsky.social Ph.D. • Social Movements + New Media & AI + Critical Race #BlackDH • Asst. Prof. African American Studies / Sociology
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social _Prof. for Game Design & Game Studies (HNU)
_PhD Triforce Holder
_Podcast Founder "Game Studies" (NBN)
_Editor "Games" (TITEL kulturmagazin)
_Expert Advisor "Games" (DFJV)
_Xbox: Inderst1978
_Former Int. Community Strategist (Koch Media)
Kai Bierge @kaibierge.bsky.social ✨ AuDHD goblin | she/her | 🌈
⋆˚✿˖° Un rincón tranquilo en internet ✶⋆.˚⋆⭒˚.⋆.✦ ݁˖
Matt Knutson @mattknutson.bsky.social Assistant professor at UND, director of academic program in esports. Research areas: game studies, gender and sexuality in digital spaces, media temporality, esports.
Pronouns: he/him
Lillian McIntyre @lillianmcintyre.com PhD student at Yale University. Studying Japanese video games in the EALL department. イェール大学博士課程、デジタルゲーム研究。🏳️🌈 lillianmcintyre.com
Hibby @hibbythach.com PhD student at the University of Michigan's School of Information studying content moderation, trans technologies, and live-streaming. she/her pronouns
Oh also I'm like if a girl was a gamer was a streamer teehee
https://linktr.ee/hibbybobibby
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Daniel Kelley @danieljkelley.bsky.social Gaming and tech advocate; Brooklyn native; Senior director, Center for Tech & Society, ADL
Aasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social PHD Researcher @ Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. AoS Worlds '26 Team Finland. Warhammer researcher. Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 34
https://medium.com/@warhammerscholar
Profile pic: teafordragon
Dr. Helle Strandgaard Jensen (she/her) @sesamescholar.bsky.social Historian, professor, mom, wife, feminist, rower.
PI of ERC-project WEB CHILD, which studies changing childhoods in the early era of the WWW across the US, South Korea, and Denmark.
Latest book: "Sesame Street. A Transnational History." (OUP, 2023).
Grey Mangan Blackwell @gmblackwell.bsky.social an academic studying fan conventions, so you know it's on site
UT alum x2 / UMich PhD Student
he/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Joe Rosenberg @cpajoe.bsky.social New Jersey and New York Certified Public Accountant in my own accounting and tax practice for small business owners and individuals. Interested in the family's genealogy and in engaging my cousins to maintain family ties. Will comment more than post.
Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social professor + expert on platforms, care, & digital culture
writing AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? [ @uc_press ]
my curated life | thoughts mine- H Hillary Jones, PhD @hjones.bsky.social Editor, Instructional Designer, Academic Adviser | Feminist, Tech-savvy Luddite, COVID Aware | she/her
Cody J Reimer @cjreimer.bsky.social assoc prof @uw-stout | tech comm, ux, game studies | rules writer for paverson games | he/him
Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social Atlantic Canadian game critic (She/They)
Columnist at @unwinnable.com
Co-Editor of @tier-review.com
https://muckrack.com/phoenix-simms
phoenixwritesdown@protonmail.com
Banner by Lina Wu
Avi by realrollsweat
Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social this one's personal: governance wonk; rural regional public u prof; sf/fantasy/comics/anime nerd; golf otaku; ex-pitcher/point guard/union goon (still HELU/CAHE); newly empty nester; mostly harmless Hawthornist; #PublicGoodU
Sara Humphreys @saraventure.bsky.social I was your friendly, neighbourhood rhetoric and game studies diva. Now I’m not sure what’s going on. I'm into critical pedagogy, rhetorical genre studies, open ed, and trusting my students.
Tijana Rupcic @ferejatina.bsky.social Energy historian by profession ⚡️video game scholar by obsession 🎮 caffeinated cryptid by necessity 👾
Assistant Professor at Polish Academy of Sciences 🇵🇱
Ragnar Holm Fellow at KTH 🇸🇪
Oscar Moralde @oscarmoralde.com Visiting Lecturer in Media Studies, Washington University in St. Louis. I study embodied aesthetics and ideology in video games and digital media. Steam tells me I have 2,710 hours played in Time Clickers
ruth says Free Palestine @ruthmensch.bsky.social on hiatus soon
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
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.
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.