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!"
Clare M Coombe @claremcoombe.bsky.social she/they • tofu-eating wokerata • writer, artist, podcaster, educator • literature PhD • ME/CFS • 🏳️🌈♿ • writing on zombies and crip theory 🧟
Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social I am a helpful honking goose that loves game studies. I'll help you appreciate game studies through many memes of varying quality.
dtedt.bsky.social @dtedt.bsky.social Game producer in Philadelphia. #PhillyMakesGames
Zizi Li, Ph.D. @zizilizizi.bsky.social ✨ 1st gen college student ➡️ digital culture researcher
👩🏻🏫 A cinephile teaching film and media studies
✍🏼 Digital Cultures, Media Arts, Labor, Technologies
https://www.zizili.net
Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Peace Researcher: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
CleanData.me @cleandata-ai.bsky.social Privacy Fighter 🥷 | AI + Cybersecurity Made Simple
Exposing breaches. Deleting your data from 200+ shady brokers.
DM or mention me with your email for a FREE scan on your leaks.
🔒 cleandata.me
Emily Cairncross @emilypileofstones.bsky.social 
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
Disce Pati @pang5.bsky.social 57 year old flailing about untethered....
She/her
Pronouns don't bite. I do.
If you support any Clinton unless it be George, get in the sea.
Ryan J. Gallagher @ryanjgallag.com Applied scientist trying to make the internet a little better. PhD. Trust & safety, networks, fingerstyle guitar. I use my hair to express myself. They/he
Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social Associate Professor at UM School of Information researching social computing, HCI, designing trans tech, social media, identity transitions, content moderation. 🏳️⚧️ 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!
investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social Investigating video games, board games and other types of play in the context of their history, production and socio-cultural value 👾
🌐 http://investigate.games
✉️ investigate.games@yorksj.ac.uk
📍 York St John University, UK
Dr. Hyeonjin Park (they/them) @hyeonjin.bsky.social phd from ucla, researching monstrosity and identity formation in video game music/sound, with additional interests in animation and kr/jp pop cultures. also a voracious reader.
@karlspracklen.bsky.social @karlspracklen.bsky.social 
CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social Promoting critical scholarship on digital culture, technology, and society from Annenberg School for Communication and SAS Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/center-on-digital-culture-and-society
Andrea Mariucci @andreamariucci.bsky.social PhD Student, Asian and Media Studies!
Started out with games, now I work on media theory, computing, infrastructure, and Japan—some anthropology here and there. I would love to go more in detail, but I would end up confused about what I do
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Dan O’Brien @drdanobrien.bsky.social I am a lecturer in Film and Digital Media. My research publications span across: Film, Television, Video Gaming, Digital Performance and Video Essaying.
https://vimeo.com/user107379730
https://criticalcommons.org/user/DanOB1/media
Masatos_Wey @greysamongstus.bsky.social No DMs, No Only Fans. You will be blocked.
Atheist who loves fancy mice, archeology, astronomy, biology, history, cooking, gardening, nature, animals and most of all my wife.
Vegetarian, Trekkie, ally, he/him.
SCMS Adult Film & Media @scmsadultfilm.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of the Adult Film and Media Scholarly Interest Group for @scmstudies.bsky.social (the Society for Cinema and Media Studies)
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
rian c. johnson @riancj.bsky.social i study weird, boring videogames and fantasy fiction and teach teens media literacy. phd, writer, cat dad, and football nerd.
riancjohnson.com has 12% more information about me.
Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social Research Associate/lecturer at Cardiff Uni School of Journalism, Media and Culture; honorary research fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales; @fanstudies.bsky.social. Writes about fandom, cult TV, true crime, tattoos, cancel culture and other fun stuff.
ReDICo @redico.eu ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info 🏳️⚧️he/him | PhD student @ the University of Michigan School of Information | online communities + trans tech | librarian sometimes | mayworms.info
Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social 🎓 Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia);
🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (GenAI & Datafication);
🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him.
[Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
Xan Smith @bumblegumbees.bsky.social Fake gamer | PhD | they/he | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 🥁 drummer | #gamesUR | The x makes a 'z' sound | Secretly Canadian
LGBTQ+ World History Museum @lgbtqwhm.bsky.social A new museum looking to create a traveling exhibition to visit LGBTQ community centers and to build a permanent location in Southern CA. The first museum of its kind in the US looking at 10,000 years of LGBTQ+ history. www.LGBTQWorldHistoryMuseum.org 
✊🏾🏳️🌈 Saffista, PhD📓🕹️🖋️ @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
Mike Vazquez-DeAnda, PhD @playfulmike.bsky.social Games scholar & designer, queer, Latinx, rasquachero.
Play is sacred.
Pronouns: any/all
https://www.madeanda.com
Heather Coles™️ @heathercoles.bsky.social UX/UI Design · Product Design · Graphical User Interface Design (GUI) · Generative Art
~gets nerdy about accessibility & video games~
Will repost interesting game slices.
✨she/her✨
#a11y #AltTextPoetry
Dan @danheslep.bsky.social I study platforms! And sometimes I write about them too. I have weapons-grade ADHD so I will make typos without realizing it.
@mentallyshane.bsky.social @mentallyshane.bsky.social 
camille butera ✨🪻 @hedgefruit.bsky.social stationery afficionado, grumbler, big fan of cities — information science phd student @cuboulder.info (she/her).
Johnathan Perkins, Esq. @johnathanperk.bsky.social • fmr [fired] UCLA DEI Director
• Project 2025 expert
• fmr Harvard in-house counsel
• UVa Law School 2011, Temple University 2008
#TeamGracie | Philadelphia enthusiast | cancer survivor | posts are NEVER legal advice
✨ Rachel (she/her) ✨ @researchbrb.bsky.social Aspiring adult and media scholar. Ph.D. in Internet Studies. 🇳🇿 Pākehā, currently based in Boorloo Perth. 🐨 Living in the frenzy of feeling. 🌟
🏡 Website rachelberryman.com
🦇 Co-founder darcmode.org
📱 Member ierlab.com
Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
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
David Adelman @drdavidadelman.bsky.social He/Him/His. Disabled Academic, Queerly Crip. Media Maker. Writer of Things™: Especially about Disability, media, culture, and desire/desiring. Thoughts are my own. www.davidadelman.work 
EK @eekayj.bsky.social Man-shaped to-do list 📋
Philly 🥨
he/him
Sigrid Luhr @sigridluhr.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology @ University of Illinois at Chicago
Studying work, gender, and family in the tech and service industries
Diana Casteel @dianacasteel.bsky.social PhD candidate | UIC | CITAP Affiliate | studying female conservative content creators | vegan | Oreo-based
Lucy March, PhD @lumarch.bsky.social I study popular music and digital culture 💾🎶 PhD in Media and Communication from Temple University, postdoc at
@cdcspenn.bsky.social
Hungriger Henry Zhou @normandhaw.bsky.social Researcher in Game Studies, Design, AI and Science & Technology Studies. Trying my best to read critical theories. He/Him. Committed to my lifelong duty of no original tweet. https://normand-1024.github.io/
Transcenders 💖 Bobbi @transcenders.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Indie game studio making story and character centered games 🏳️⚧️
👯 Our games: Truer than You & Knife Sisters
🔮 Truer than You: https://tinyurl.com/truerthanyougame
💖 Posts by Bobbi
📍Malmö | Tomelilla
Queer Design Club @queerdesign.club 🌈 A global community where queerness shapes how we design, connect and create change.
Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012.
https://fanstudies.org/
https://www.instagram.com/fanstudies
Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social LGBTQIA+/HIV author, presenter, speaker, writer and activist (he/him/his). Gay Times column. Trans inclusive.
https://linktr.ee/philipbaldwin.london
KB ❤️🔥 UVW-CWA @square2mom.bsky.social ✨ creator of (VAL)IANT (https://valsguide.com/)
✨ organizer @videogameworkers.bsky.social
✨ teaching at usc games (& elsewhere)
✨ weirdo lefty feminist game designer
✨ square2mom.carrd.co
Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social 🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 (MA). Sr Research Associate, (B)exited academia.
Work: Criminal justice reform, public health, CBPAR, women & girls, IPV/IPH, substance use & harm reduction.
Play: Fantasy crochet, pottery, TTRPGs.
bextraordinarycreatures.com
Elena Maris @elenamaris.bsky.social Asst. Professor: Politics of Platforms & AI at University of Illinois at Chicago | Views mine
Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
She/her/hers.
James Manning @jimaroonie.bsky.social Videogames, digital cultural heritage and digital play cultures researcher. Lecturer, RMIT University. Co-Chair, Freeplay.net.au. Board member, DiGRAA. Managing Editor, Journal of Games Criticism.
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
Utsav Gandhi @utsavpgandhi.bsky.social Doctoral student and researcher of tech policy, journalism, and communication platforms |📍Chicago, IL | formerly @stiglercenter @harrispolicy | 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 #commsky
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.
Jeehyun Jenny Lee @jeehyunjennylee.bsky.social Assistant professor @UIC Department of Communication. Researching and teaching digital culture, AI, creator culture and representation ✨
Suzi Elnaggar @suzielnaggar.bsky.social Egyptian American Dramaturg, Scholar, and Artist
PhD at Northwestern University in Interdisciplinary Theatre & Drama/ MENA Studies
Decoloniality, Solidarity, Community