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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social A Podcast looking at retro video game magazines. Drop me a message if you'd like to be a guest.
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Alex Moore @oldestpingu.bsky.social Lead Designer on Rogue Trooper • AvP2010 • The Persistence & many moore
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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social Poundshop rockabilly. He/Him.
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Rock Action Records @rockactionrecords.scot Independent record label based in Glasgow. Home to Mogwai, The Twilight Sad, Kathryn Joseph, Sacred Paws, Arab Strap + more.
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Jimmy Martin @jimmygila.bsky.social Teeth Of The Sea, Angel Witch, Miranda Sex Garden, Flashback, Supernormal, "my brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare"
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Wayne Emanuel @wayneemanuel.bsky.social Founder of CTRL+IMPACT / Trustee for JingleJam / Ex-Gaming Lead @ TikTok & War Child UK / Host of Coin-Op Conversations & Co-host of Games of Note Podcast
Adam Hay @unusualcadence.co.uk BAFTA winning musician and audio designer | Finji / Hangar 13 / Media Molecule / Chinese Room / Wish / Rare / Frontier / TT Games | Arpeggios through dusty electronics.
One Life Left @onelifeleft.com Award-winning (?!?!?) radio show & podcast vaguely about videogames, presented by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and (currently) Charlesbot. Available on Resonance FM, iTunes, Spotify, and our website: hello.onelifeleft.com
Andrew Hung @andrewhungmusic.bsky.social Artist / Producer - Fuck Buttons, Beth Orton, Andrew Hung ::: Film Composer - The Greasy Strangler
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No AI in my work, ever.
Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com Retro YouTube nerd, author, streamer, occasionally.
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Ryan Button @rbillustrations.bsky.social Illustrator from Leicestershire.
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@ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social Arcade dork from Edinburgh, Scotland. Playing, learning, scoring, investigating & generally messing about with arcade games of all genres since forever
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social Life's a big banana sandwich
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Hannah Flynn 🐀 @itshannahflynn.bsky.social Communications Director at Failbetter Games. Lover of life's rich pageant.
No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com They/Them // digital culture and its discontents // anarchist // noescapevg.com noescapevg@gmail.com
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The Retro Asylum @theretroasylum.bsky.social The UK's No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast. Curating gaming culture for future generations. 'World's Best Podcast'- NME Award 2016. Established October 2011.
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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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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
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Simogo @simogo.com Lorelei and the Laser Eyes • Sayonara Wild Hearts • SPL-T • The Sailor’s Dream • DEVICE 6 • Year Walk • Beat Sneak Bandit • Bumpy Road • Kosmo Spin
simogo.com
Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com Official account for Bitmap Books 📚
We pride ourselves on creating retro gaming books of the highest quality.
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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk 💚 Real hope. Real change.
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Plastic Craic @plasticcraic.bsky.social Toy Collector and Toy Photographer.
Mainly Transformers, some Marvel and others
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social Freelance writer, mostly games. Formerly The A.V. Club, bylines at plenty of other places . Also http://bulletpointsmonthly.com and http://digitallovechild.com. He/him.
Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please don’t tell anyone I’m here, I’m just trying to exist 🤫 they/them
my DMs are broken
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My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social “CHARMING, INSIGHTFUL” - THE GUARDIAN.
“A GIFT” - VULTURE.
TIME OUT 50 BEST PODCASTS
One guest. Five video games. A perfect console.
Patreon.com/myperfectconsole
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Rock's Backpages @rocksbackpages.bsky.social www.rocksbackpages.com
The world's largest archive of music journalism: 60,000+ classic articles and a thousand audio interviews by pop's finest writers, spanning 60 years across all genres.
New edition and newsletter every Friday.
The Chronicles of Cliffjumper @ian-cliffjumper.bsky.social 40 something dad of 2 boys,William and Oliver, loves Liverpool FC, just a telly clapper now. Pointing my phone at little robots has been the main money sink of the last few years!
Follow me on IG, posts go up there first!
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Mat Murray @mat.tcgs.co CEO of @tcgs.co • Early Adopter • He/Him
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Kelsey @badkirbys.bsky.social Resident horror expert & senior guides ghoul @eurogamer | MCV30u30 '24 | Contact kelsey.raynor@eurogamer.net | She/they ✨
Problem Patterns @problempatterns.bsky.social Queer Punk band from Belfasti
Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social Cybertron's Favourite DILF
Transformers: The Basics on YouTube: http://youtube.com/ChrisMcFeely
One half of Sonic the Comic the Podcast: https://stctp.zone/
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Duggertron @duggertron.bsky.social AKA Big Dug. Robots, and drawings of robots. He/Him
Shop: https://ko-fi.com/duggertron/shop
Andrew Crawshaw @andrewcrawshaw.bsky.social Gamedev and 1-person studio @ThunkdGames Past credits: The Magnificent Trufflepigs, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Amnesia: AMfP. Also run gamedev networking events.
https://linktr.ee/andrewcrawshaw
Jim Trinca @jimtrinca.bsky.social video producer @ IGN
I like star trek and playing rad video games
Matt Phillips @bigevilboss.bsky.social Lead Programmer on Red Dead Redemption for PC/Switch/PS4 @ Double Eleven. Also creator of Tanglewood for SEGA Genesis. Graphics programming, game engine architecture, optimisation. Ex-Crytek/TT Games.
Never have and never will use AI for anything, ever.
Other Half @otherhalfband.bsky.social 
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True Spilt Milk @truespiltmilk.bsky.social Award winning illustrator and album cover artist, advocate for mental health, Pluviophile, aspiring recluse.
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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social I am the features editor at Edge magazine and one of the co-founders and co-editors of Bullet Points Monthly.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
Any unnecessary abuse results in a block.
Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social Writer / DJ / silly sausage
crisps / hullabaloo and custard / pop music is important
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer out now
jasmine james 🔜 Barcelona Game Fest @jasmo.bsky.social Indie game marketing. Account Director @ Two Frogs in a Trenchcoat.
🐸: jasmine@twofrogs.biz
I bring a kind of clown reaction photos and bad dad jokes vibe to the party that everybody loves actually (she/her)
Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social Videos about games, mostly.
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Kepler Interactive @kepler-interactive.bsky.social Kepler Interactive is a video game company and creative studio headquartered in London.
http://kepler-interactive.com
Alien Theory @alientheory.bsky.social In space no one can hear you scream
youtube.com/c/AlienTheory
Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast @perfectorganism.bsky.social The official Bluesky page for Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast!
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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social I do words for the likes of PC Gamer, IGN, Edge and The Guardian, and consult for games studios. Developers and publishers: if you're looking for a seasoned mock reviewer, let's talk!
Thibaut Claudel @republ33k.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer. Sometimes Teacher. Massive nerd. Warhammer & Podcast enthusiast. I post in English & French!
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