J.J. Bonks @jj-bonks.bsky.social Serious romance author
https://amzn.eu/d/08pylSi9
Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas. He/him.
www.unet.fi
www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)
Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social Video game PR guy now at ONE PR Studio. Former: PR @ SEGA. Used to write for IGN, PC Gamer, and others. Cat dad. EMAIL: joseph@oneprstudio.com - profile pic: makowka
Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social Game Studies || Psychology || Digital Play Enthusiast
Master's degree programme Game Studies and Engineering, Writer & Mental Health Advocate. Accessibility matters. "Retro can be fun!"
Dr. Travis Langley @drtravislangley.bsky.social Batman & Psychology author, Popular Culture Psychology editor, psych professor/chair, social psychologist, Wheel of Fortune champ. Teach on media, crime, mental health.
16 books, most recently on Stranger Things, Spider-Man, The Handmaid's Tale.
#blue
Cranky Old Man 🏴 🇪🇦 @crankyoldman.bsky.social I can write cursive, tell the time on a clock with hands, and balance a checkbook! I rode a bike with no helmet, played outside all day, and ran around barefoot. I received all of my childhood vaccines, too! Yet, here I am. No DMs, please!
Longie_Long @longielong.bsky.social Retro game designer, retro game shop owner (ghettogamer.net), nerdy dad just trying to make it, y'know?
I was @longie_long on Twatter. I guess technically I still am.
Mayday Marin (SF Bay) @maydaymarin.bsky.social The day before Dobbs will NOT be the apex of US women’s freedoms. Anti MAGA, anti Christian Nationalism, anti fascist, anti forced birth, anti patriarchy.
Tumeke Studio @tumekestudio.bsky.social Tumeke Studio is a Māori owned, independent R&D-driven game and systems studio building the tools and stories of tomorrow.
https://www.tumekestudio.com
Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social Passion for people. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Kindness matters ♥️ Be a Fountain not a Drain NOT HERE FOR A DATING APP
The Video Game Hall of Fame @vghof.bsky.social Four UK-based writers from @SegaManiaMagazine bring you a podcast that inducts the greatest video games into the Hall of Fame based on your votes!
Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social assistant prof criminology VUB/replacement lecturer KULeuven - research: digital & green criminology, surveillance, AI, youth justice, human rights
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/rosamunde-elise-van-brakel
Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
Scooby Doo Philosopher (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social that very spirit of negation | writer/researcher | MORE BUGS a novel out now with Knight Errant | videogames/sci-fi/art history | simcopter is my GOTY
emreed.net | I'm in Glasgow B)
Cassandra (Cass) Barkman @cassiebara29.bsky.social Media and Comms Lecturer at Unimelb 🏫 | Game Studies Scholar 🎮 | Deputy Director of MAGPIE 🐦⬛| DiGRAA Board Member 🌏 | Checkpoint Critic & Writer ✍️ | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/cbarkman
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026). https://geni.us/TMtMT | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social America’s only art crime professor, studying theft, repatriation, and general museum shenanigans. Forthcoming book: The Styrofoam Mummy (Norton), on fraud and forgery on the market for ancient treasures. She/her; queer.
www.artcrimeprof.com
Old School Gaming History @gaminghistory.bsky.social Relieve gaming olden days, from the beginnings to the mid 2000s!
3 posts each day: one video game history fact, and two retro game box art, arcade flyers or print ads.
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech pragmatic, progressive, multidisciplinary creative, data scientist & full stack dev. occasional avid beach goer. always learning.
🔗 https://marko.tech 🏠 https://startyparty.dev
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Maicool (@Scolopendragon) @maicool.bsky.social FR/ES🦉Filosofía 🎮 Videojuegos 🌸 Anime y Manga 🛠️ Otaku y proletario.
"No me pongan Temerarios, que lloro"
Enamorado y enarbolado.
Michael Perret @michaelperret.bsky.social Enseignant-chercheur en communication, médias sociaux et jeux à la Haute École Arc, Neuchâtel | Interêt pour la sociologie pragmatiste (if that’s a thing), les play studies, l’éthnométhodologie et l’analyse de conversation 
Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social professional procrastinator, precarious historian, cat serf, romanista. Writes about the First World War, Italy, imperialism & Georgette Heyer, not usually all at once.🪡🥧🐈⬛️
Marie Mönkemeyer @schreibfantastisch.bsky.social Autorin, Lektorin, Übersetzerin (EN-DE), (Ex)Archäologin
schreibt was mit Spielen und Fantasy
Liebt Kekse und Drachen
sie/ihr bzw she/her
Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS
spielkult.hypotheses.org
AKGWDS @akgwds.bsky.social Arbeitskreis Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele | https://akgwds.de | CI by Alina Menten
Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair 
mcoorlim @mcoorlim.com he/him, award winning narrative designer and novelist
Portfolio mcoorlim.com
Patreon: patreon.com/mcoorlim
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mcoorlim
YT: https://www.youtube.com/MichaelCoorlim
BASIC: https://basic-code.bearblog.dev/
Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. Codirector, Gaming SEL Lab. Play theorist.
NEW from The MIT Press w/ Tracy Fullerton: “The Well-Read Game” a.co/d/6oAphWV
Player Research @playerresearch.bsky.social Video game research ◐ Enabling game developers to gain meaningful insights from real players ◌ A Keywords Studio • #GamesUR #UX ◍ Signup to try new games!
Open the Gates Gaming @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social Open the Gates Gaming (OtG) is a disabled and neurodivergent-led organization dedicated to empowering everyone to tell their stories through Tabletop Roleplaying Games.
https://linktr.ee/openthegatesgaming
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.
Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social 📟 Sociologist studying nostalgia to reimagine the future. Club Penguin, Frutiger Aero, and the "vision" & "value" of y2k-inspired thrift stores.
🌟 Co-founded @nostagain.bsky.social
🚀 https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home
Rex Brynen @rexbrynen.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Middle East politics, peacebuilding, humanitarian response, urban warfare, intelligence, serious games. https://paxsims.wordpress.com/
Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social Wrote a lot professionally. Write a little now. Adjunct. Doctor of Communication.
https://stuckness.ghost.io/
Rob Gallagher @gealga.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, King's College London. Co-director MA Digital Futures. Author of Videogames, Identity & Digital Subjectivity (Routledge 2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (Palgrave 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/9783032044341
Caroline Saul @carolinesaul.bsky.social Retrograde analyst in critical criminology, talking about how institutions marginalise victims. #stayconnected
👂🎧 @dangerousliaisons_podcast on #spotify
The Last Nordic Tribe @thelastnordictribe.bsky.social The Last Nordic Tribe Game Account
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3435710/The_Last_Nordic_Tribe
Developer and Publisher: Never Say Never
Grant Tietjen @tietjenzemiology.bsky.social Assoc Prof @uwtacoma School of SW & CJ. Carceral lived-experience. Author of "Justice Lessons" (https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520394087/justice-lessons
Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava
Structura @structuraroma.bsky.social Structura is a Rome-based cultural association dedicated to the research, preservation, and critical interpretation of video games and interactive arts as cultural heritage.
Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon @jeremiepgagnon.net Humanités numériques, game studies, études japonaises | Professeur @Université de l'Ontario français | Co-editor (English) @Journal of Replaying Japan | 日本語でOK!
sonichetch4 @sonichetch4.bsky.social HEY! I'm sonichetch4! | Guy | 14 | Sonic The Hedgehog fan and Certified FE2 Veteran.
CEO of SH4 Studios
YouTuber and ROBLOX Developer (kinda)
Top 100 on Digital Circuit in TT Leaderboard (PC World Ranking) in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
I do alot of stuff.
Infinite Women @infinite-women.com Allison Tyra: Creator of a database of 10,000+ women's biographies, author of Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed & Stolen Work and The View from the Hill (infinite-women.com/books), cat lady, AuDHD. She/her
www.infinite-women.com
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
Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net Pixels and Polygons: Home of original podcasts, books, and zines! www.pixelsandpolygons.net
Run by @darrenhupke.bsky.social
Part of @soundstone.network
soundstone.network
Webstore links and more below!👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social He/him. Now Playing: The Guide to 1980s and '90s Movie Games now available: https://limitedrungames.com/products/now-playing-the-guide-to-1980s-and-90s-movie-games-hardcover Icon and header by Rusty Shackles. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com Indie retro gaming book publisher. Video Game Maps series, Pixel Art Metroid, History of Rygar, + more.
Store: https://retrogamebooks.com
Contact: retrogamebooks@gmail.com
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/retrogamebooks
Discord: https://discord.gg/mY7JFNcWG6
Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com Great books on classic video games.
bossfightbooks.com
Latest:
● Dragon Age II by Charlotte Reber
● Life is Strange by Kaitlin Tremblay
● Legend of the River King by Alexander B. Joy
● DDR by Jessica Doyle & Jordan Ferguson
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. Did not invent the word "Metroidvania." 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
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… https://www.forgottenworlds.net
💽🕹
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
Stuart Gipp @stuartgipp.bsky.social British one off of Retronauts. Games writer, etc.
All Games Are Good: limitedrungames.com/products/all-games-are-good-hardcover
Merry Hell: merryhellcomic.com
Support me or buy stuff: patreon.com/StuartGipp
Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Kotaku, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him.
Rep'd by Eric Smith.
🎧 Co-host of @funfactorpod.com
📚 FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS and SUIKODEN 1 & 2
🛰️ Newsletter: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com
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
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social “Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
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 🏳️🌈
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
Subscribe Now: debu.gg/sub
For Developers: debu.gg/dev
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
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
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
Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com Videogame emulation newsletter - readonlymemo.com
PC Gamer magazine
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
Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social Freelance Writer│Magazine Editor│VG & Anime Historian│🦈 fur │UK│Trans woman she/her│AuDHD │❤️ : @kitnibbles.bsky.social │Business Enq: curicuricreations@protonmail.com
More info in pinned
❤️ : https://ko-fi.com/retrobytes
❤️ : patreon.com/SashasRetroBytes
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 Current 👀 || Founded @lostincult.co.uk || Physical media enthusiast || Award Winning Brand Builder and merchandise specialist || 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