NWU๐ฎโฟ @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social NWU is a non-profit aimed at building community, awareness and inclusion for accessibility and disability within the gaming industry and gaming communities.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Eric "Ricci" Huang @ericriccihuang.bsky.social Progressive technologist, software engineer, cat dad
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Childrenโs Relief Fund โ> https://www.pcrf.net
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social ๐งข CEO: Dropout
๐ค Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
๐ธ he / him
Josh Ruben @joshruben.bsky.social horror making noise boy
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yลtei | Worlds Beyond Number | D20, Dropout, Crit Role | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender๐: all pronouns
Carolyn Page @jacuzzitubbs.bsky.social ๐ฎSenior Writer @ Epic Games๐ฎ
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๐คActual Play @ Bitcherton Podcast๐ค
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Aabria Iyengar @aabria.bsky.social she/her | @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social | your story friend on Dimension 20 // Critical Role // The Adventure Zone and more! |
Worlds Beyond Number @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social An epic, improvised storytelling podcast where four friends play games, build worlds, and embark on endless adventures.
www.worldsbeyondnumber.com
brian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social hello
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
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Michael Meir Saltzman @saltzman.bsky.social Actor/Writer. Previously: Head writer / Fact Checker for Dropoutโs Um, Actuallyโฆ Jack Handey enthusiast. Yeah I was in that anti-Trump weirdo PSA.
Mike Trapp @mikewtrapp.bsky.social Currently, TV writer. Formerly, head writer of CollegeHumor. Futurely, sustenance for robot overlords.
Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com he/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
a real Johannes Factotum
https://chrisgrace.live/
Amy Vorpahl @vorpahlsword.bsky.social she/her
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amyvorpahl/shes-got-npc-energy-solo-dm-musical-and-album-by-amy-vorpahl?ref=4gpkah
Matthew Mercer @matthewmercer.bsky.social Storyteller, VO Guy, Vincent Valentine, Minsc, Thirst Trap Ganondaddy, #TheLegendOfVoxMachina, CCO/DM of
Critical Role. Iโm always tired. He/Him.
Tao Yang @tyang209.bsky.social Charcuterie board expert on Dropout
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Dr. Marc-Andrรฉ Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | ๐จ๐ฆ Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Manda Farough ๐ GCAP | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca Dir. of Production, Causeway. Exec. Prod. & Writer (Truck-kun, TMNT: Tactical Takedown), Strange Scaffold. Principal narrative (Terrible Lizards, GNAW). Award-nominated Multiclasser. @virtualeconcast.com cohost. Queer mama. amandafarough.ca ๐จ๐ฆ
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
www.cecianasta.com
Discord: ehvee
Signal: Cecilia.01
Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz Dir of Ops and Publishing, Causeway Studios. Producer, Strange Scaffold. Founder, F-Squared LLC, consultant, co-host of @VirtualEconCast.com. Author, The GameDev Business & Budgeting Handbooks
Mike@causewaystudios.com / mike@fsquared.biz
michaelfutter.com
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life ๐ค
Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her
Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games
Content lead #EMFCamp
Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic
https://liedra.net ๐ฉท๐๐
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science โข Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi โข Phd psych โข She/Her ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ
celiahodent.com
โ๐พ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Saffista, PhD๐๐น๏ธ๐๏ธ @saffista.bsky.social Anti-Academic PhD | Industry Consultant |NYMG podcast | Black Games Archive co-founder | Twitch/TikTok/YouTube: Saffista | Black Women of CoD, TeamSideQuest, & Rainbow Arcade | Powered by LogitechG nymgamersaffista@gmail
Io Dodds ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโพ๏ธ @iododds.bsky.social Freelance reporter in Silicon Valley covering tech, politics, & LGBT. ISO 8601 stan; tabletop gamer; lowercase = shitposts. Formerly @the-independent.com
Signal: @iohazard.01
Email: laureniododds@gmail
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Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
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)
Kelli Dunlap, PsyD @kellidunlap.bsky.social aka Dr Goose. Clinical psychologist. Game designer. Research Affiliate at AU Game Center. She/her.
Simon Dor @simondor.com Prof in game and media studies. FR/EN. He/him. Il/lui.
Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social Bellisario Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University. Former President, International Communication Association. Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, Penn State.
Media Psychology, Media & Emotion, Media & Social Cognition
Mahli-Ann Butt @mahliann.bsky.social Game Studiesโ Feminist Killjoy | she/her
Nicholas Andriani @nicholasandriani.bsky.social Storyteller, Poet, Worldbuilder. Iโm a writer & narrative designer of educational multimedia including games, animation, & screenwriting. Story Doctor. ๆฅๆฌ่ชOK.
Former archaeologist specializing in Story Theory, Folklore & Performance
Keith Burgun @keithburgun.bsky.social Game designer living in Brooklyn NY.
Christopher Leech @chrislpsych.bsky.social He/Him
Lecturer of Psychology.
PhD Psych - video games & mental health.
Person with Albinism.
Friends with: Take This, Safe In Our World, Limit Break Mentorship, and Impact & Many Cats Studios.
Views mine.
https://linktr.ee/BlindPsyche
Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer @PAX East @doctorkilmer.bsky.social Researcher with Take This. Clinical psychologist using games in therapy with Respec Psychological Services. Opinions are all mine. (she/they)
Dr. Steve Mallory @drstevemallory.bsky.social Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own.
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
Kate Edwards @geogrify.bsky.social ๐ฎ33+ year Award-Winning Game Industry Veteran
๐Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
๐ฌCXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
๐Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
โ๏ธEvent/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
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
Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social Kentuckian | Adventurist | Learning Addict | Communicologist | Amateur zoologist |Professor at Ohio State
Samuel @technomancersam.bsky.social I'm an Indie game developer focusing on family friendly games you can play from the couch!
Sarah Stang @sarahstang.bsky.social Feminist game and media scholar. Associate Professor of Game Studies and Director of STAR Lab at Brock University.
Andy Boyan @boyan.bsky.social real special kid
Gary @garywells.bsky.social PhD UC Irvine โข University of Edinburgh โข UC Santa Barbara โข GameBoy.- L Lars de Wildt @larsdewildt.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Media & Cultural Industries @ University of Groningen. he/him.
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
๐https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
๐https://mybook.to/taminggaming
๐ฏhttp://www.ludocene.com
๐http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
Tanja Adamus @darktiger666.bsky.social 
John Sutherland @sutherjohn.bsky.social Writer, story structure wonk, patriarchy saboteur, currently writing and directing from Seattle for Tactile Games in Copenhagen and Buenos Aires. 
Mark Danger Chen @mcdanger.bsky.social Games scholar, academic editor and coach, book cover illustrator, webmaster, PC builder, and Assistant Teaching Professor at Appalachian State U. Need input on a project? Hire me!
Letters to students: https://markdangerchen.net/letters/
Bubba Gaeddert @bubbagaeddert.bsky.social ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ @ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ | ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ & ๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐, & ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฅ๐
Josuรฉ Cardona @josuecardona.bsky.social 
Jane McGonigal @janemcgonigal.bsky.social Futurist, game designer, author
Kat Schrier @katschrier.bsky.social Educator | Designer | Researcher | Author | Inspirer | Innovator | Director of Games | NEW from Oxford UP: #WetheGamers http://gamesforcivics.com ๐ฎ ๐ She/They
Esther MacCallum-Stewart @neveahfs.bsky.social 
Steph Orme, Ph.D. @stephorme.bsky.social Ex-professor now working in UX. Games and games culture scholar. I love martial arts, gaming, Star Wars, and boba tea.
stephanieorme.com
For fandom chat, follow me on Threads @steph.orme
Jenna Perkin @jennaperkin.com ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | University Professor of Game Development | Writer and Game Designer @ YES! Inc. | she/her
Linktree: http://linktr.ee/jpperkin
Scott DeJong @scottdejong.bsky.social Making and studying games about disinformation.
Fulbright scholar.
PhD candidate, Concordia University. FRQSC scholar.
scottbdejong.ca
Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
M. Rohangis Mohseni @romohseni.bsky.social Media psychologist | Intersectional humanist
Katherine Isbister @kcisbister.bsky.social HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm) 
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
Frans Mรคyrรค @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)
Platinum @platinumparagon.bsky.social PhD in Mental Health Research and creator of Psychology and Video Games. Video game lover and dog enthusiast. She/Her. contact@platinumparagon.info
Marcus Carter @marcuscarter.com Professor in HCI @ USYD, CEO @ Ludolio. Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
Dr. Sarah Hays, PsyD @drhayspsyd.bsky.social Games Non-Profit Connoisseur, Queer & ADHD advocate | Therapist - Game to Grow | Clinical Contributor - Take This | โAn effervescent disaster Iโd protect with my lifeโ - Dr. Jared Kilmer 
AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|๐น๐น๐บ๐ธ|๐ AFNarratives@gmail.com
๐บ Cat Mom ๐บ
afnarratives.carrd.co
*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social ๐๏ธ ๐ฎ Story-type games person ๐ซ๐ก๏ธ Game Narrative & Roleplaying Researcher ๐ฅ Narrative Designer/Writer ๐ฅ WGGB Games #BAFTAConnect @LBMentorship ๐ฅ
Mark Kretzschmar @professthor.bsky.social Shelter academic looking for a forever home and family. Writes academic stuff and then random video game blogs. Some of it is good. Speaks golden retriever. https://markkretz.com
Pete Etchells @peteetchells.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and Science Communication | Award-winning science writer | Screen Time | Social Media | Smartphones | Video games | https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook
Anita Sarkeesian @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social โจThings and Stuffโจ
anitasarkeesian.com
Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app Founder, @intelligame.us. Head of Curation, @gdocexpo.com. Narrative Director, Lancer Tactics. #ThoughtfulPlay
For work/opps: josh@intelligame.us
Nick Bowman (ๅ
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) he/him/his @bowmanspartan.bsky.social STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. (Full) Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media. Launch Editor, Global Perspectives of Communication (Oxford x ICA).
Mikko Merilรคinen @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
Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social Comm Prof|Michigan State|Entertainment media|Well-being|Morality|CommNeuro
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social Accessibility specialist, helping studios avoid excluding disabled players. DMs are open, if you prefer email i_h@hotmail.com
Nonadecimal @nonadecimal.com Making social impact games like:
๐ช episodic systemic narrative Jovian Nights
๐พ cyberPUNK open world RPG Black Ice
โ๏ธ Forbidden Chess
๐ฆ cellular automata RTS about feedback loops
nonadecimal.com
Louis @louisthings.bsky.social A mild man from south london, just trying to keep busy | he\him http://louisthings.com
Pippin Barr ๐ค @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montrรฉal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
The Water Museum @thewatermuseum.bsky.social Made Arctic Eggs, trying to make another game
LaumeB @laumeb.bsky.social 2D artist and animation noob birthing grotesque yet delicate figures
No n*fts nor AI stuff
https://guillaumeberrut.com/
Digital Tchotchkes @digitaltchotchkes.bsky.social Gamedev as an elevated form of void screaming.
working on Elation For The Wonder Box 6000: http://store.steampowered.com/app/2154780
terri v @terriv.bsky.social making videogames! sludge life, guncho, disc room, high hell, dustbiters, heavy bullets, mundo lixo etc -> http://terriv.games ๐ง๐ท
Colorfiction @colorfiction.bsky.social Gamedev | Art Director @ Critical Reflex
(0ยฐN 0ยฐW, Becalm, Ode to a Moon, HPS1, Dread X 5, +)
๐ www.colorfiction.co
๐ฎ colorfiction.itch.io
Spectra @spectra.bsky.social An obsessively detailed immersive sim set in an alternate history 1972. Solo dev by Ellis Tucci- currently making quick a train diorama side project
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592230/Spectra/
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 |
joon @joonturbo.bsky.social game developer, Q-UP, NUTS, Phantom Spark - joon.be
Fragile Seraph @tipsheda.com handmaking lonely virtual worlds & music under the floorboards of Minneapolis ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ they/them/she/her ๐ซ
Website: tipsheda.com
Music: soundcloud.com/tipsheda
Games: tipsheda.itch.io
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แดแดข โก @beetlenaut.bsky.social Artist, Game & Sound Designer. Co-creator of Jazzpunk
Christoph Frey @chrstphfr.bsky.social he/him | game dev in Linz, Austria | IGF Nuovo Award 2020 winner | The Space Between | Letters To A Friend - Farewell | http://chrstphfr.itch.io | http://patreon.com/christophfr
Spencer Yan @spncryn.bsky.social Hi, my name's Spencer. I'm a video game designer from New Jersey. For now, this will remain a strictly personal account. 
Bastinus Rex @bastinusrex.bsky.social Hello everyone, I'm a french game creator !! he/him
I'm currently working on TRIP :
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3030450
And CARIMARA :
store.steampowered.com/app/3570370
Find my games and other socials here :
https://linktr.ee/bastinusrex