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They Create Worlds @theycreateworlds.bsky.social A podcast unraveling video gaming's historical tapestry through an audio odyssey exploring creativity, business, and the fascinating people behind it all!
Chris Chapman @savestate.site Perennial project-starter.
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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
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Matt Hawkins (fortninety) @fortninety.bsky.social journalist / curator / archivist / librarian
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Jaena Rae @jaenarae.bsky.social Librarian, cultural architect, visibility agent. Runs on books, FilAm brilliance & the audacity to make public libraries feel like the main character.
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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social Painter (instagram.com/pragmagic), editor/writer, founder of Polygon dot com and someone who's consulted on lots of games you liked and more you probably didn't. Tech-fixated, compulsively acquiring 4k physical media.
Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social cinema studies | media distribution + access | documentary | nontheatrical film | useful media | feminist media history | she/her
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Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social 🏴 / AI 🚫 Award-winning writer of comics + game history books.
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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
Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social Games industry journey man since 1994. Written books about games history in Swedish. Currently at Embracer, previously Raw Fury, DICE/EA.
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas. He/him.
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A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land Senior Gaming Editor, Ars Technica / The guy who LITERALLY wrote the book on Minesweeper -- https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) with 7 translations
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc.
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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com Indie retro gaming book publisher. Video Game Maps series, Pixel Art Metroid, History of Rygar, + more.
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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
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SEGA-16 @sega-16.bsky.social http://Sega-16.com is the premier resource for articles on Sega's hardware legacy! "Sega Goes Handheld: A History of the Game Gear & Its Games" available now at Amazon!
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Press Run Books @pressrun.bsky.social The dedicated book publishing imprint of Limited Run Games. Not a Wendy's. Official account. 
Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net Pixels and Polygons: Home of original podcasts, books, and zines! www.pixelsandpolygons.net
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useless username @uselessusername.bsky.social Media archivist/metadata librarian. Elder millennial. Abolish everything. pfp is Jennifer Connelly on 35mm. Banner is a room of vintage TVs. he/they/any/all
Dan Solberg @dansolberg.bsky.social dansolberg.com
Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. 💜 Philly, video games, and plants.
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he/him solo member of Disasteradio (synthpop) & Eyeliner (utopian virtual / fake fake jazz) from Aotearoa New Zealand
pc2000s @pc2000s.bsky.social He/him. Captures of games from 1995 - 2006ish. Posts about whatever.
All clips posted captured by me unless credited otherwise.
youtube https://youtube.com/@pc2000s
aesthetics discord http://discord.gg/Ycs9XA5NeH
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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories // www.romchip.org
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Nathaniel Lockhart @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social Lover of old stuff, primarily ancient tech and old movies. Things like the Commodore 64, reel to reel tape players, and silent film. I talk about all that stuff on my podcast, the Memory Machine. He/him
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
hot dad @hotterdad.bsky.social the real hot dad guy
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Jonáš Svatoš @jonassvatos.net Section Manager for Audiovisual Collections at Národní filmový archiv in Prague. I try to preserve audiovisual heritage. I also try to understand stuff around me.
Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social
Archives, DH, Museums, African American studies, C19 and early C20.
all opinions my own, not my employer's
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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social that kangaroo what makes the game rec threads and such
Grace Bruxner @gracebruxner.bsky.social ive decided to post……. gracebruxner.com for work stuff 
RockmanCosmo @rockmancosmo.bsky.social Game preservationist who specializes in Japanese feature phone (keitai) games.
私はガラケーのゲームを保存しています。
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Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social Gaming historian / digital archeologist @ https://genesistemple.com
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Kim Justice @kimjustice.bsky.social Talks a lot about old games and Japanese wrestling on YouTube, and also streams nonsense on Twitch. Now on here.
Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com Great books on classic video games.
bossfightbooks.com
Latest:
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● Life is Strange by Kaitlin Tremblay
● Legend of the River King by Alexander B. Joy
● DDR by Jessica Doyle & Jordan Ferguson
Play History @playhistory.bsky.social Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history!
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos
Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Editor of Gaming Alexandria
insert credit @insertcredit.com The only show about video games. W/ @frankcifaldi.bsky.social
@adashtra.bsky.social
@brandon.insertcredit.com
host @alexjaffe.bsky.social
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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social Hi! I talk about video games (History, illustrations, graphic design, cancelled games, sales figures, etc.)
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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social Brazilian living in Tokyo. Editor of the CRPG Book, a free book on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/
Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social Video game historian who uncovers lost video games and other curiosities. Makes videos for DYKG. Freelance writer. I was @doctor_cupcakes on Twitter.
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DidYouKnowGaming @didyouknowgaming.com OFFICIAL account of DidYouKnowGaming. Seen on MTV, Game Informer, Nerdist, IGN & more. Created by @shane.didyouknowgaming.com
Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog a man who unfortunately enjoys video games
videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social a meditation on videogame (w/ some tech and web) history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
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Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social Website dedicated to scanning/preserving video games.
"Knowledge hoarded is knowledge lost." - Harpocrates (FFXVI)
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Rhys 📼 @flemishdog.bsky.social Off Air TV Archivist. Autistic. (They/Them)
I demand excellence in design & function & will not compromise.
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merritt @merrittk.com Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com, podcasting @ifyouredriving.bsky.social, merritt+ patreon.com/merrittk
Vidiots @vidiots.bsky.social L.A.’s landmark video store since 1985, maintaining human interaction around film + affordable access to art. Showing and talking movies at the Eagle Theatre 7 days a week!
Brian Saur @bobfreelander.bsky.social Co-host of New Beverly’s Pure Cinema Podcast.
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https://thenewbev.com/blog/category/podcasts/
Runs Just The Discs Podcast + YouTube.
Letterboxd adherent: https://letterboxd.com/rupertpupkin/
slim @yoslimbo.com Your old pal slim @ 70mmpod.
Head of Community @ Letterboxd.
“Raconteur.” - Matt Buchanan, 2023.
DiabolikDVD @diabolikdvd.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/diabolikdvd
Brad Henderson @bradfhenderson.bsky.social Screenwriter | Film & Lost Film Historian | Acquisitions/Producer for @terror_vision (formerly Acquisitions/Prod @ Vinegar Syndrome) Producer of New York Ninja
Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social A cult film odyssey into the mouth of cinemadness with film screenings, podcasts, January Giallo, and video vlogs.
www.cinematicvoid.com
Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social Film critic // New York Times, Criterion, Artforum, 4Columns, Film Comment, etc. 
INDICATOR @indicator.bsky.social The UK's favourite boutique 4K UHD and Blu-ray label.
Part of British film distributor Powerhouse Films Ltd, UK.
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Alex Kittle @alexxkittle.bsky.social Movies, art history, anxiety. Freelance illustrator. Arthouse theater projectionist. Film programmer. Bargain bin vinyl collector. Also @bigartthread
Arlington, MA
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Ethan Halo @ethanhalo.bsky.social Production Consultant : Arrow Films, Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Red Shirt Pictures, MPI, Severin Films, Imprint Films, Vinegar Syndrome.
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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social Film archivist, programmer, writer, collector etc
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Words at Screen Slate and Letterboxd, mostly
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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social (he/him) | Friend of Jughead | Professional DC Comics Expert and host of Insert Credit. Never stop reading comics. | https://ko-fi.com/alexjaffe
Zophar @zophar.bsky.social Founder of Zophar's Domain (1996-2000), Twitch Partner & YouTuber (2022-Present) focused on emulation and retrogaming content. Emulation Forever!
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Retail Archaeology @retailarchaeology.bsky.social Exploring dead malls, retail history, and retro games & toys | Featured on ABC News, The New York Times, and more.
https://youtube.com/@RetailArchaeology
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
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Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
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🏳️⚧️Critical Kate Willært @katewillaert.bsky.social (Pronounced WILL-ert) | Investigating forgotten gaming history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | Asexual, autistic, artistic, 🏳️⚧️(she/her) | Linktree: https://katewillaert.com/link-tree
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.
Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com