Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social video game newsletter at readergrev.com
news editor at POLITICO
former editor at Launcher and WaPo
mikhailklimentov.01 on Signal
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. PRECOGNITION for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail- K Kurtkonig @kurtkonig.bsky.social
Olivier, working on Alix RPG 💖 @oxeron.com French #gamedev working on #AlixRPG 💖 made with #godot
🌟 Wishlist: https://s.team/a/3245530
🤖 Discord: https://discord.gg/xfN5n4aNVE
🎮 Itchio: https://oxeron.itch.io/alix
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Oxeron
🌞 Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/oxeron
@thatdavidwest.bsky.social @thatdavidwest.bsky.social Talking all the way through movies, for money.
Contributor for 88 Films, Arrow Video, Eureka, Sight & Sound, and more.
Spent 19 years covering East Asian cinema and pop culture for NEO Magazine; 17 years talking to drummers for Rhythm.
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Rascal News @rascal.news Independent, Worker-Owned TTRPG Journalism | Subscribe to us at rascal.news
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of @secondwindgroup.com Creating the video series Unpacked, and working on secret projects. Former Editor in Chief of The Escapist.
Email: nick.calandra@secondwindgroup.com
Yahtzee Croshaw @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social Creator/voice of Zero Punctuation and the entirely legally distinct Fully Ramblomatic. Critic. Novelist. Game designer. Wears slippers. https://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/
Naber Dergi @naberdergi.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/Naber_Dergi
Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world.
Website: www.badancient.com
Newsletter: https://owenrees.substack.com/
The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked.
https://linktr.ee/fakehistoryhunter
Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social #Roman & conflict archaeologist; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; University Teacher at the University of Liverpool; Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrative Research in Conflict Archaeology.
The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social After surviving exposure at birth, these unconventional academics realised they were destined to found the greatest Ancient Roman History podcast! 🏛📯⚔️
📘‘Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire’ is out now! https://linktr.ee/ThePartialHistorians
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
Josephine Quinn @josephinequinn.bsky.social Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). Photos by Sukant Deepak (in Jaipur, 2024) and Carlotta Cardana (at St John's College, Cambridge, 2025).
Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social Ancient Historian in the UK.🇵🇸
📖'Gladiators in the Greek World'
Host of @AncientHistory101.org
ADHD + ClusterC. Sweary.
Expect typos.
Birkbeck and Leicester alum
www.ancientalexandra.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills
Roel Konijnendijk @roelkonijn.bsky.social Ancient historian (Greece, Persia, war, history-writing). Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, Oxford. Moderator at r/AskHistorians. Ditch guy on YouTube.
Dr Jane Draycott @handle.invalid Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer
@UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by
@pew_literary, published by @HoZ_Books.
Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social Classical Archaeologist, Adelaide University
Assoc. Fellow, @ics.bsky.social
Former A/Director, @bsrome.bsky.social
Co-director, faleriinoviproject.org 🏛️
Ancient wine & oil 🍇🍷
FSA FRHistS FHEA.
🔗: https://sas.academia.edu/EmlynDodd
Helen King @helenking.bsky.social Sort of retired (not), Professor Emerita, The Open University. Classics, history of medicine/the body/gynaecology. Writer, blogger, C of E lay preacher, chair of Together on General Synod (formerly Gender & Sexuality Group). She/her. Likes flowers.
Spencer McDaniel @spencermcdaniel.bsky.social I blog about premodern history, religions and myth, languages and literature, and gender and sexuality. BA history and classical studies @IUBloomington, MA @BrandeisCLAS, she/her.
Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social ⛏️ Archaeologist. Ancient Greek animals, food, & environment
Fighting Atlantis pseudoscience 🌊🏛
2024 Ockham Award for skeptical activism
Tavros is our rescue 🐈 from Knossos
It's my real name | he/him
www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social Archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica,
#Pseudoarchaeology, and Appalachia . Posts my own, unless I’m a brain in a jar! He/him
Tim O'Neill - History for Atheists @timoneill.bsky.social History writer, medievalist, blogger, atheist, sceptic and expatriate Tasmanian. http://linktr.ee/timoneill
Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social The name says it all really 
Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net I play running. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat.
https://www.elliemackinroberts.net/links.html
Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social Classics & Ancient History at Exeter (at risk of redundancy), Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats, bats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
Liv / Myths, Baby! @mythsbaby.bsky.social ✨Greek myth author & podcaster!✨🏛✨
I share the ancient Mediterranean on my pod; here, if you’re wondering if I’m being sarcastic, I am.
mythsbaby.com; podcast: linktr.ee/mythsbaby; books: linktr.ee/livalbert
Dr Mai Musié (ሙሴ) @drmaimusie.bsky.social Ancient Historian | Senior Manager @NCACE | Co-founder @ClassicsinComm @UniofOxford |Trustee @TheRomanSoc @AoD
Agent:www.hkmanagement.co.uk
Website: https://www.drmaimusie.com
Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen/book addict.
John Hoopes @jwhoopes2.bsky.social Anthropologist. Archaeologist.
https://hoopes.academia.edu/
I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
MajoraZ @majoraz.bsky.social Mesoamerican history-archeology enthusiast/consulting; Pokken; Halo, Digimon, Gash/Zatch Bell, DBZ, Sonic Adventure 2, Asura's Wrath, JJBA & G Gundam, Copyright reformist
https://x.com/Majora__Z
Inviting History @invitinghistory.bsky.social A home for history! Tidbits, analysis, and more. History enthusiast, sometimes writer. Contact: annagibsonhistory @ gmail
Foto @fotoapp.co We are building a new social photo-sharing platform! https://fotoapp.co
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
🇨🇦
Elizabeth Marlowe @lizmarlowe.bsky.social Art History & Museum Studies Prof. Ancient Rome, object biography, epistemology, museums, display, looting, provenance, forgery. 
Greece Quake Alert - Earthquake Monitor @greece.earthquakes.live Bot posting new earthquakes Mag. 2.5+ in or near Greece (or reported felt) in near-real time. Filter: #M3+ #M4+ #M5+
Latest: allquakes.com/earthquakes/greece.html
Web: allquakes.com
Android: volcano.link/app
Built by
@tpfeiffer.bsky.social / volcano.link
Alex Waygood @alexwaygood.bsky.social Software dev at OpenAI (formerly Astral) 🦀. Sometimes do freelance journalism: Guardian, Telegraph, openDemocracy. Python core dev in my spare time 🐍. Studied 🎶 a while back.
Charlie Marsh @crmarsh.com Building Astral: Ruff, uv, and other high-performance Python tools, written in Rust.
Afşin Kum @afsinkum.bsky.social 📚 Sıcak Kafa (2016), Kübra (2020), Kırk Üçteki Korkunç Traktör Yağmuru (2023)
🎸 https://www.linktr.ee/kaplumbaz
https://www.afsinkum.com/
Bülent Somay @bsomay.bsky.social Che vuoi?
Chasing Carrots 🏳️🌈🥕 @chasingcarrots.bsky.social We are a small game developer originating from Germany. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Making games such as #HallsOfTorment and #GoodCompany.
Samuel Partridge @spartridge.bsky.social Studio lead Tributary Games. I worked on King of the Castle, Over the Alps, Fallen London & Occlude. He/him
partridge.games
tributary.games
Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com Posts by @itshannahflynn.bluesky.com, communications director. Mandrake is a narrative rural life sim, coming to Steam Early Access. Also Fallen London, Sunless Sea, etc. Press: press at failbettergames.com
Nerial @nerial.bsky.social Award-winning game studio. Crush House, Card Shark, Reigns Witcher and co (OG, Her Majesty, Game of Thrones, Beyond, Three Kingdoms), Animal Farm.
Games London @gameslondon.bsky.social Making London the games capital of the world.
games.london
festival.games.london
London Games Festival @londongamesfest.bsky.social 
Trash Goblin @spiltmilkstudios.bsky.social The cozy, wholesome, chill, no pressure shopkeeping game, with a great name 😇 Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2407830/Trash_Goblin/
Arrogant Pixel @arrogantpixel.bsky.social 🌍 Working on Terratorial Game 🌍 and Traders of the Silk Road 💱🌟 Previously Doris & the Dragon 2 🕹️
Buy Now: bit.ly/buydoris2
👾 discord.gg/UKyWYqe
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social creative director/writer of Crow Country, The Mermaid Mask, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House. SFB Games w/@sfbtom.bsky.social
Adam@SFBGames.com
Tom Vian @sfbtom.bsky.social ½ of indie game co SFB Games w/ brother Adam
MADE: The Mermaid Mask, Crow Country, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House, Detective Grimoire
Ian Zell @ianzell.bsky.social Human art only
Game dev, Senior Artist, programmer | he/him
Handmade Plushy Commissions closed
Play my bug game!: https://ianzell.itch.io/bug-chain
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ian_zell/
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 |
Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social Director @eteogames.bsky.social • Creative Director of Sable
eteogames.com • Director at Shedworks
Daisy Fernandez @daisyfern.bsky.social designer and co-founder of @milktooth.bsky.social making BAD MAGPIE
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
Catherine Unger @catherineunger.bsky.social Art Director making games ✦ Making Bad Magpie ✦ Art for The Mermaid Mask ✦ BAFTA Breakthrough ✦ She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/Catherineunger
Ben McInnes - Making 💀👑 @benmcinnes.bsky.social Designer, programmer and occasional hardware tinkerererer
One half of @lootdonkey.bsky.social
Making Fool King (Wishlist now)
He/him
Jay, Eclipsed 🌑 @erinustv.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 | MtG, Pokemon, politics, Health/Fitness | Ben👬🏻 | IGR player 🏉 | streamer sometimes | @cosmicheartsteam 💜 | free Palestine 🇵🇸
Virtual Szkoda @virtualszkoda.bsky.social Hi, I'm Krzysztof, I love creating games and computer graphics🌌👾🚀🍄❤️ #Unity #UnrealEngine #UEFN ❤️🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧❤️🇵🇱❤️ He / Him | Dyslexia | London 🎮
⚔️ https://krzysztofszkoda.com/ ⚔️
⚔️ https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualSzkoda ⚔️
Talha Kaya @taloketo.bsky.social Making games. Turkish in London. ABIDE, Mashina, Judero, Wilmot Works It Out, Pill Baby, Soul Searching, and more: https://taloketo.com/
Mark Drew @markdrew.bsky.social No longer working in games. Made Harvest Hunt and Please Comply (check em out on Steam!)
Wearer of hats and moustaches.
Makes Magic DevOps at DistroKid.
📍London/Brighton
DreStation @drestation.bsky.social ⚡ BAFTA winning Game Designer (Rollerdrome, OlliOlli2)
🔎 Unearthing the hidden stories behind interactive entertainment
🔗 https://linktr.ee/DreStationXX
Nick Holliday @nickholl.bsky.social London based 3D/UI Artist (& avid 3D Printer)
(he/him)
Portfolio: https://nickholliday.artstation.com
Personal work https://www.artstation.com/nickknacks
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NickknacksToyShop
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
Now Play This @nowplaythis.bsky.social A festival of experimental game design and playful arts. Every Spring at Somerset House, as part of London Games Festival. www.nowplaythis.net
Sabina Lewis @sabinalewis.bsky.social Artist for animation and games - UK London
Prev: Castlevania: Nocturne and Opus Artz
🎨Www.sabinalewis.com
📨Info@sabinalewis.com
Shirobon @shirobon.bsky.social 「Electronic trackmaker」Rhythm games / Y2K NRG
London, UK
Bookings/info: hello@shirobonmusic.com
https://linktr.ee/shirobon
Studio Ephua 🦋 Play SOLOMANIA on Itch.io! @studioephua.bsky.social Ephua is a micro-studio dedicated to creating immersive, thought-provoking tales.
We believe stories are a universal truth, and humans are at the heart of them.
ephua.uk | London, 🇬🇧📍 | DMs Open
We host the Choose Wisely Festival!
Dr. B.A. Ferguson @drbaferguson.bsky.social Composer, Performer and Researcher of music; also, Game Dev, Developed "A Walk in the Park," developing both "Conducktus" and "Bardcore"; Lecturer of Games Sound and Music at Brunel University of London
https://linktr.ee/drbaferguson
_lemon @andylemon.bsky.social 🇪🇺 Musician / Game Composer (∵ 96), BAFTA Member, Sound Dude, Demoscener, Consultant, Educator. aka: ne7, citron, andy l, yojimbo. knob twiddler + slightly jaded games ind. veteran [logo / @kenetdeluxe.bsky.social]
Villainous Games Studio @villainous.games 🎩 Team of AAA and indie devs
🕘Buy PLEASE COMPLY, an interactive short horror story
🌖Buy Harvest Hunt, a roguelite survival horror game
🔗 villainousgamesstudio.carrd.co
Kitt Byrne @kittbyrne.bsky.social ✧ Game Artist & Designer who loves making historical puzzle games
✧ Botany Manor, The Mermaid Mask, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
✧ BAFTA Breakthrough 2023
✧ She/They 💖💜💙🏳️🌈 
Tanat (making Building Relationships) Boozayaangool @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com quit tech to make the most stupid game possible
🏩 Building Relationships 🏘️
indie dev - GDC Speaker - He/Him 🏳️🌈
pole dances to video game music
pls wishlist 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/Building_Relationships
Sarah Ford 🐍🎨🖥️ SleepyTime Holiday @angeloslh.bsky.social Freelance Concept/2D/UI artist & UI Designer - Total War Battles:Shogun/The Bradwell Conspiracy/Voodoo Detective/Onlycans:Thirst Date/Pacific Drive/Date Everything!/ Nightmare Operator
Enquiries: saford@outlook.com
She/Her
www.saford.art
#Art
Danwen Huang @danwen.bsky.social Project Coordinator at Games London | Ex Games Publishing Scout.
Lifelong games + women's football enthusiast. British Chinese Enby. 🌈⚧️(she/they).
toolkit.games.london
games.london/gamechanger
Video Games Grid About Me: https://sl1nk.com/cjknlmm
Megan M @memopotato.bsky.social Technical Designer @ Wooly Games. Prev. @ Blink, ustwo games. I like Avocadoes🥑. They/She. Passionate about making and designing more accessible games. @LBmentorship Mentor. Code Coven alumni. APX practitioner.
Mark Cutmore @markcutmore.bsky.social Statistically insignificant opinions of a science, gaming, craft beer, and punk fan. I make immersive experiences for national museums.
Susanne Binder @susannebinder.bsky.social Aficionada of architecture, art, books, cake, coffee, dance, games, linguistics, music, saxophones, science, shoes, typewriters, zeitgeist.
Manager of iGGi - Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games & Game Intelligence @ Queen Mary Uni of London
Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social Video games / music / creative industries kinda guy.
Former Head of Games at BAFTA, prev. Insight Manger at Ukie
Runs UK Games Composers: https://gamescomposers.co.uk/
Here to fight the good fight for games.
Rip 'n tear until it is done.
Stefan @sfjohansson.bsky.social Converting coffee into games. Organizer of the London Indie meetups.
https://www.meetup.com/London-Indie-Game-Developers
My little helicopter game, Ace Maverick
https://www.acemaverickgame.com/
Chung-Sung Lau (Jawns) @madebyjawns.bsky.social Designing everything. Currently building human, interactive stories @barerare.co.uk
Helping other indies & working with startups trying to improve the world & not destroy it.
🔗 chungsunglau.co.uk
Ben l KXNGKICKS 🌌 @kingkicks.bsky.social 🎮 on the sticks | 🎞️ at the flicks | 🌌 video game + film content | ✍🏾 diversity always matters | ✉️: kingkicksgaming@gmail.com
📍 London, UK
Maraoke @singmaraoke.bsky.social We rewrite karaoke songs with jokes about videogames and sing them with you! (Since 2011!) 🎤🎮
Get your tickets 🎟️ https://maraoke.com/booknow
Linktree 🔗 linktr.ee/maraoke
Book us 📧 hello@maraoke.com
nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social game? designer??
Forget Starlight releasing soon. currently ???.
Amberspire, The Banished Vault, and others, formerly of Bithell Games. Blog at blog.enceledean.com, analog games at enceledean.itch.io, design podcast at paperlabyrinths.com.
they
Olivia Wood @babelfishwars.bsky.social 'Funky urban Galadriel' | 'Celestial gigawitch' | 'Bird lady' | 'Crone' | “Singularly horrifying – 5 stars”
Narrative Lead & Writer
Steve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social Lead Level Designer on a psychological horror thing at @halfmermaid.co, also working on my own first-person dystopian sci-fi thing
Previously on Dishonored 2, Tactical Breach Wizards, etc: doublefunction.co.uk
Jem Alexander @jemalexander.bsky.social Video games and TTRPG writer/narrative designer. BAFTA member. Improviser. Forever GM. UX writer. Immersive narratives. Neurospicy. He/Him. 🏳️🌈
Currently working with Mojang and Sketchbook Games.
Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/jemalexander
Sally Sheppard @sallygamedev.bsky.social 👾CEO wyrdren games 🖤 Uni lecturer University of West London 📚 BAFTA Connect ⭐️ The Game Awards Future Class 2023✨PostGrad University of Kent 📖 MBCS, FRSA, FHEA.
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social Game Developer/Electromagician/Cat Master 😹
Epic Megagrant 2022 Recipient
BAFTAConnect 22/23/24
IGDA Foundation Next-Gen Leader 2022
Currently working on Rogue Eclipse!
Wishlist Here!
https://bit.ly/4bRLumD
Views expressed here are my own 👍
Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social I make games at spiderlilystudios.itch.io and I write tutorials for GameMaker, but more importantly I love my cat Tilly. Retrace, Schrodinger's Catgirl, Cabernet. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ♿️ he/him
Rianna @vividfax.bsky.social Game designer & programmer ✤ co-organiser of Advent.js, knitwear designer ✤ prev Hollow Ponds, Stellar Cartography, Treeplanter ✤ https://vividfax.itch.io/
George Batchelor @georgebatch.bsky.social co-founder of @milktooth.bsky.social making bad magpie
also to blame for bird alone & far from noise & hot date
georgebatchelor.com | he/him