Trezy @trezy.codes Maintainer @happyview.dev
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Oxford comma defender. He/him.
@veleste.bsky.social @veleste.bsky.social Writer, gamer, obsessed with all things Trek, permanently cold, probably deficient in vitamin D. ๐ฎ๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ
Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf President and owner of Giant Bomb
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Greg Rice @gregrice.bsky.social @PlayStation, @dayofthedevs, prev @DoubleFine
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk Senior Correspondent @theverge.com โ Sign up to Notepad, my weekly newsletter on Microsoft's big bets at http://theverge.com/notepad โ Tips? msg me on Signal: tomwarren.01
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
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Samantha ๐โ๏ธ๐ @samanthazero.com Designer, coder, musician, founder of @superfuturegames.com
Play my new game Verses at futurejoust.com
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
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Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com video games is two words
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Adam Boyes @boyes.bsky.social Founder & CEO, of Vivrato, a company focused on healing the video game industry. Ex-Co-CEO Iron Galaxy Studios, Ex-PlayStation sharing video guy, Canadian, Dad and Dad Joke author, best uncle you probably donโt have.
MattBodega @mattbodega.bsky.social Global Account Director at PlayStation. If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you.
Brad Shoemaker @bradshoemaker.bsky.social 1/3 of @nextlander.com, 1/2 of @techpod.content.town. Formerly Giant Bomb, GameSpot
Kevin VanOrd ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ป @fiddlecub.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com I make games - co-op games - Left 4 Dead, portal, etc - now The Anacrusis.
Jeremy Williams @jerware.org Game dev engineer, pinball obsessive, family man. Former Digital Eclipse, Tested.com, PC Gamer Magazine, PlayStation Qore, Game Frame inventor, video guy.
Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.social I was born to eat chicken wings and play video games. @kindafunnyvids. Epic Creator Code: KindaFunny. He/him. Biz Inquiries: greg at kindafunny dot com
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
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Dave Grossman likes pizza @thatdave.bsky.social Gamedev designer/writer/director - Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Pajama Sam, Sam & Max, Wolf Among Us, etc. Most recently, Return to Monkey Island! Currently fiddling around with a game about paper. Halloween-liker, food-maker, dad.
Adam Savage @asavage.bsky.social Maker. Science Communicator. Connector.
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
David Fox๐๐ซ๐บ๐ฆ @davidbfox.com Lead game programmer: ReturnToMonkeyIsland
Designer/Project Leader at LucasfilmGames/LucasArts: Fractalus Labyrinth ZakMcKracken โชIndy3
ManiacMansion
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Maja Bรคckvall @skrivafel.bsky.social Runologist-for-hire, librarian, PhD in Scandinavian languages. Translator into Old Norse for Civ VI, God of War (but only the good runes), AC Valhalla. I infrequently make text games.
Mike Arvela @mike.fi Code & infrastructure at n8n.io. Ending up in funny places since the 1980s. I adore kind people. He/him.
Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social I'm Matt McMuscles! A 15+ year YouTuber, video essayist, game producer, and all around half-way, semi-cool skeleton guy.
Matti Vesa @mjvesa.bsky.social Coder, Demoscener
y0bi / wAMMA
Norman Caruso @gaminghistorian.bsky.social Creator of The Gaming Historian YouTube Channel. Co-host of An Old Timey Podcast. I also enjoy woodworking!
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com
Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer.com Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
Chip (aka Josh) @chipcheezum.bsky.social It's me, Chip Cheezum. Senior Video Artist at Remedy Entertainment. Old school let's player. My opinions are my own. (he/him)
https://youtube.com/ChipCheezumLPs
https://patreon.com/chipandironicus
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Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com ๐ฌ Game trailer editor who made trailers for:
Half-Life Alyx, Among Us, Psychonauts 2, Riven, Spelunky 2, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Viewfinder, Stray Gods, and more!
He/him
https://dereklieu.carrd.com
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ๐บ๐ธEN/๐ฉ๐ชDE โ
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Sam Barlow ๐ฅ @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of ๐ฅ IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge ๐ฅ HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! โ PROJECT C and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Tom Francis @pentadact.com Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
Giancarlo Varanini @giancarlo64.bsky.social On 2 discs
Alex Zandra @zandravandra.com light novel author, streamer, artist, game designer, public speaker โข turning people into catgirls โข I miss cohost a lot
she/her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
zandravandra.com
Jordan Middler @jordanmiddler.bsky.social Journalist, VGC.
Host, The VGC Podcast.
Scotland.
Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social Producer. Co-host, Shift+F1. Formerly: Digital Eclipse, Cloth Map, Giant Bomb.
https://drewscanlon.com
Rich Gallup @richgallup.bsky.social Director of Production at Jackbox Games, cheesemonger of Survey Scramble, Pack Lead of The Jackbox Party Pack 11
Jason Oestreicher @unastrike.com Interactive Distractions co-host. Former Senior Video Producer at Giant Bomb, also Game Informer. Lover of slasher movies, hunter of monsters, and fighter of streets. https://linktr.ee/unastrike
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social Game designer making mathematics and science interactive. I also do the All the Adventures project where I play and write about every adventure game ever made in chronological order.
http://bluerenga.blog
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
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Blog: localthunk.com
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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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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social Videos about games, mostly.
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Jane Ng @janeng.com Director of Doing Nothing. Used to build game worlds and now builds studios. Prev: Ops @ Gardens, Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
๐ฑ http://www.janeng.com
Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com.
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Brian Crecente @crecente.bsky.social President Pad & Pixel video game consulting
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BAFTA member
Kotaku founder
Polygon co-founder
Former video game editor Rolling Stone, Variety
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.
StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social Stop Skeletons From Fighting
The dumbest and weirdest video game show on YouTube since 2007 | ๐ง stopskeletons@gmail.com
๐ฌ PO Box 3261 Seattle WA 98114
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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Dimitris @modernvintagegamer.com GameDev - Digital Eclipse. Prev: Limited Run Games, Night Dive Studios
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Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social Critical AI's new issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue
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Ben Starr @benstarr.bsky.social Actor. Force of Nature. Ham.
DevDuck @devduckgames.bsky.social Software engineer, hobbyist game developer, YouTuber!
MortMort @mortmort.bsky.social Creative/Technical fella
| Very unemployed solodev until I figure out what's next.
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| Ex Mojang, Nicalis. + Freelance.
Jeremy Jayne @jeremybjayne.bsky.social maker of weird computer games + Noclip documentary guy
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/
GameFromScratch @gamefromscratch.bsky.social
Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com The worlds largest online #GameJam, established in 2002. Join us every April & October. #LDJam
Nextlander @nextlander.com Vinny, Brad, and Alex play games, talk shop, and have fun. Check out the Nextlander Podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and support us on Patreon!
nextlander.com
rich harris @rich-harris.dev my life is derp and i do derp shit
Luciano Mammino ๐ Node.js Design Patterns @loige.co AWS Serverless Hero & MVP. Senior Architect fourTheorem, author of ๐ http://nodejsdp.link & โ๏ธ http://fstack.link Node.js, JavaScript, Rust ๐ฆ & Cloud โ๏ธ
Deno @deno.land A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
https://deno.com
Tommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
BAFTA Connect
He-Him, PhD
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itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
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Godot Engine @godotengine.org Your free, open-source game engine ๐ฎ๐ ๏ธ
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Christer Kaitila [GameDev] @mcfunkypants.bsky.social Optimist #gamedev since 93. Keynoted two Ludum Dares and a Global Game Jam. Wrote 2 paper books, 80 songs, and 150 game jam games.
http://christerkaitila.com
http://soundcloud.com/mcfunkypants/
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George Broussard @georgebsocial.bsky.social Co-founded the original 3D Realms/Apogee. Published, funded, produced & created many games. Known for Duke Nukem 3D.
Game designer, artist, programmer.
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That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.social Pro Game Designer for 37 Yrs! Co-founded id, ION Storm. Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Anachronox, DASH, VR. Current:-REDACTED-. Photography/Pico-8/Meditation/Movies/Hifi.
Jordan Mechner @jmechner.bsky.social I make video games (Prince of Persia) and graphic novels (Replay, Monte Cristo, Liberty) and fill up sketchbooks. American in France. https://jordanmechner.com
Wilhelm Nylund @wilnyl.bsky.social CEO and game designer at @LandfallGames He/him
Sean Larkin @seanlarkin.dev Speaker, OSS, ๐ธ๏ธ๐ฆ @webpack maintainer, dad, views are my own. SWE @microsoft making @Rushstack; Monorepo Janitor for OneDrive/SharePoint. Always bet on #JavaScript
cloudN$ @cloudns.bsky.social https://x.com/cloudNS_
Mina Markham @minamarkh.am am: Web Experience Lead @slack.dev. International Speaker. Design Systems Advocate. Chaotic Good.
was: HFA (1st dev hired). IBM Design.
always: ๐๐พ. Whovian. Beyoncรฉ.
โฟ๏ธ AuDHD. CPTSD. INFP. ABCDEFG.
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Una Kravets @una.im Making the web more stylish โจ๐จ DevRel Lead for CSS & Web UI @ Google Chrome. Cohost of the CSS Podcast & host of Designing in the Browser. ๐ una.im
Simon Wasselin @simonwasselin.bsky.social Associate Game Director @remedygames.com , ex @Quantic_Dream, scifi, architecture, existential crisis and french in Finland ! He/his.
Eevi Korhonen @silliet.bsky.social Principal Narrative Designer @Housemarque. CONTROL, Returnal, SAROS.
I like weird things. Bigots need not follow.
She/her
adafruit @adafruit.com Engineer - Founder of Adafruit - Brooklyn, NY USA - Manufacturer, open-source hardware, certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) https://adafruit.com - support https://forums.adafruit.com & order/customer help support@adafruit.com
Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir โThis is for Everyoneโ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
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pimoroni @pimoroni.com Purveyors of fine Maker goods worldwide and creators of fun, useful, and educational electronics for all skill levels. Come play with us! ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
Alex Ellis @alexellis.bsky.social
Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk Christian, husband of @hollywebb.bsky.social father, feminist, software engineer, author, Stack Overflow contributor. He/him.
John Papa @papa.dev Family, Catholic, Disney, StoryTeller ๐ญ, technology leader, Siena College grad. DevRel @ MSFT - he/him {@IG _john.papa} and co-host of Web Rush podcast https://webrush.io
Oliver Franzke @p1xelcoder.bsky.social I'm making colored pixels for Double Fine Productions. Lead Programmer of Broken Age. Also worked on Keeper and the remastered versions of Grim, DotT, FT and Monkey Island. https://www.p1xelcoder.com/
Lee Petty @leepetty.bsky.social Artist, Art Director, and Project Lead working in video games. At Double Fine Productions, leading Keeper! Past: Art Director of Brรผtal Legend & Broken Age, Project Lead of Stacking, Headlander, and RAD. Worked on Psychonauts 2!
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Anna Kipnis ๐บ๐ฆ @doubleanna.bsky.social (Former) Double Fine Engineer. Worked on: Psychonauts, Brรผtal Legend, Costume Quest, The Cave, Dear Leader, Broken Age, Headlander, Psychonauts 2, others. Plus a few tiny indie games.
Accidentally founded Molyjam.
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Kenney @kenney.nl โจ Creating public domain game assets for over 10 years!
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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Kristian Koivisto-Kokko @kristian.koivisto-kokko.com Moonsault.fi founder. Web Dev at Arcadis. Previously web dev at Teamwork.com, JCI and Blizzard Ent. My face once ate a river.
Stupidly collecting handheld consoles.
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