Matthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer English and American Lit @ Winchester Uni: Lit & Film, utopia/dystopia, apocalypse, terror. Co-host Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast. D&D. Dog pics. Views own. He/Him
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!"
Tijana Rupcic @ferejatina.bsky.social Energy historian by profession ⚡️video game scholar by obsession 🎮 caffeinated cryptid by necessity 👾
Assistant Professor at Polish Academy of Sciences 🇵🇱
Ragnar Holm Fellow at KTH 🇸🇪
Bettina Bódi🌿🎮 @bettibo.bsky.social 📚 Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communication - University of Birmingham, UK
✨ Working on video games | agency | cosiness | nature
🖊️ Author of Videogames and Agency (Routledge 2023) - https://tinyurl.com/3mbr8ytu
🌐 https://cozymedia.net/
Lyz Renshaw @rebelyzard.bsky.social Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross (Center for Interdisciplinary Studies); PhD. Michigan Tech (Rhetoric, Theory & Culture); Disability, Feminist, and Video Game Studies; Rhetoric & Composition
Isidor @isidor.rs I make Extremely detailed music! Immerse yourself into my futuristic soundscapes, I am a boundarypushing synthwave producer at #NewRetroWave Your own music guide!
Supported by Reveal Sound!
DM for mix and master!⬇️
My music
https://hyperfollow.com/Isidor
Alex Flint @alexlflint.bsky.social Postgraduate Researcher @ IGGI PhD | Narrative playtesting & democratisation of #GamesUR • Prev Research Operations @ PlaytestCloud
Dr Chris Skinner FRGS @geoskinner.games Lecturer in Geography at York St John University. Personal account chatting science, games, football, and Warhammer.
Views are my own.
https://linktr.ee/geoskinner
Patrick Schnorbus @pschnorbus.bsky.social Indie Game Dev and Educator (he/him)
I teach Game Development at University of Fine Arts Essen (HBK Essen).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pschnorbus
David J. Malan @davidjmalan.bsky.social I teach @cs50.bsky.social.
Jerome Rose @jerome2799.bsky.social Serious Game Dev, Educator and Co-Founder of www.realtimecapsule.de
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)
Jessica Kathmann @jessicakathmann.bsky.social Psychologist, working on my PhD about fostering curiosity in educational games | Podcast, Consulting and more @Behind the Screens | Speaker, Lecturer
Nicolas Hoberg @mraufziehvogel.bsky.social Dipl.-Psych. | Games & Psychologie | Dozent, Consultant & Podcaster bei https://behind-the-screens.de/ | Privat hier
Konstantinos Dimopoulos 🔜 Gamescom Dev @konstantinosd.bsky.social Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social Friendly neighborhood game dev (he/him)
📙 Wrote How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/
🐷 Working on Pixel Washer: https://playacclaim.com/pixel-washer/
Ben @gamepsychologe.bsky.social Games & Psychology | Dr. phil. in Psychology | Consultant, Speaker, Lecturer
https://behind-the-screens.de
Thomas Winkley @thomaswinkley.bsky.social Lead, creator advocacy, LEGO Group. Pizza, whisky, fighting games, Game dev.
Scott Rogers @scottrogers.bsky.social Game Designer, Author, Educator, Imagineer, Father.
Out now: Your Turn!: The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design https://a.co/d/4TAur76
Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design 3rd edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1394298765
Godot Barn @thegodotbarn.com A place to share, discuss and get help with code for any Godot game developers.
Join us: https://thegodotbarn.com
or Discord: https://discord.com/invite/fJqsyBktbN
Peter Bergner @pebeco.de Game Developer, Consultant, Event Manager, Lecturer, Gundam fanatic
Bringing together games 🎮 & anime 🇯🇵
🇦🇹/🇰🇭 in 🇩🇪
aria_adm @ariaadm.bsky.social Creative Tech Educator | Variety Twitch Streamer | Social Media Grandma who probably won't post much
Devs with Godot mostly (but experiments/teaches with Puzzle Scripting and Roblox now too)
Also go by Techy Thanh
https://www.twitch.tv/aria_adm
Bean J. Bunny @beanjbunny.bsky.social https://www.neon98.com
She/her. I make games and show you how to make games. NFTs and AI are an automatic block. I speak English y si hablo Español.
Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social Award winning Director of Marketing & Communications for video games.
IGDA, BAFTA, Canadian Game Awards Judge.
Speaker, Advocate, Snacker & Flâneur!
Reach out if you want to work together or need help with stuff.
✉️raj@ohmpage.ca
🍁Toronto, Canada
terrehbyte 🔍🚂 @terrehbyte.com Game Programmer / Cosplayer / Hoyoverse Gamer
💻 Indie Game Prog + Instructor at @aieedu.bsky.social
💼 Prev. @ SJ, IGDA Seattle, Vextar, Litesprite
🕹️ Playing Genshin / ZZZ / Star Rail
📺 Watching Dooby3D / Hololive (🚂/🔍)
🌐 https://terrehbyte.com
Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social Associate professor @ University of Alberta and Canada CIFAR AI Chair @ Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Games, machine learning, and creativity | he/him
Ash @aashishbharunt.bsky.social Realtime VFX Artist | Game Designer | Tech Art
https://linktr.ee/aashishbharunt
Matty McGrory @mattymcgrory.bsky.social Design Director at @observerintltd.bsky.social / Working on @roverstalegame.bsky.social & Brewing up something very cool and creepy
Josh Bycer @gwbycer.bsky.social Game Design Critic, player of all indie games
https://www.game-wisdom.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/game-wisdom
https://discord.gg/jGWxsj2eZH
https://www.routledge.com/Game-Design-Deep-Dive/book-series/CRCGDDD
https://www.patreon.com/c/GWBycer 
Ali @alifarha.bsky.social Game Investor & Producer at Behold Ventures, backing early stage European game studios. Speaker. Ex-Star Stable. Thoughts on funding, production & the future of play.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alifarha/
Tom Smith @thegamedesigndad.bsky.social Game designer at Roblox (ex-Disney, ex-Zynga, etc.)
Author of Anatomy of Game Design (https://a.co/d/5NQZAuK)
Opinions are my own, not any corporation's.
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
John Harney @ludensprof.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Written on: baseball in colonial Taiwan; American missionaries in interwar China. Interested in national identity, science fiction, video games. Associate Editor at www.historyrespawned.com
Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer.
https://linktr.ee/bobwhitaker
Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him
https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
Shawn Graham @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy prof of DH at carleton u. Archaeologist of things Digital, Roman, and Outer Space. Editor of epoiesen.carleton.ca. Sometimes blog at […]
[bridged from https://scholar.social/@electricarchaeo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social Writes stories, makes games, reads history.
Associate Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games.
https://mauricesuckling.com
Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
Zylla Black @zyllable.bsky.social (she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable
Pfp by Birdee Blake
Andrew Reinhard, PhD, RPA @adreinhard.bsky.social Broke Project Archaeologist with Alpine Archaeological Consultants. Music (cyphernaut.bandcamp.com/follow_me), author (ORCID: 0000-0001-7987-8227), photography (andrewreinhard.com). Based in Chicagoland.
Dr. Briana Jackson 🏴☠️ @baladria.bsky.social Egyptologist ⛏ writer ✍️ archaeogamer 🎮 OFMD 🏴☠️ 39 👵
- Egyptian OFMD art & essays
- Please Let Me Hold You 🌵🦉
- OFMD Introverts Discord server
🔗: https://www.brianacjackson.com/biolinks
Dr. Kira Jones @flaviansophist.bsky.social Classicist. Gamer. Art historian. Actual Dr. Jones. she/her, stick around for antiquity in videogames and general nonsense.
Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair 
Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social Human being. Educator. Archaeologist working in Italy. Struggling writer. Lover of 🐶 and 🐱 and well crafted things. Associate Prof (Lecturer) of Classics @ U of Utah. *all opinions are my own*
Romain Vincent @romainvincent.bsky.social Docteur en Sciences de l'éducation : La scolarisation du jeu vidéo par les enseignants (Laboratoire Experice / Sorbonne Paris Nord)
Prof d'Histoire-Géographie (Académie de Créteil)
Jeux video & Histoire sur YouTube : www.youtube.com/c/JVH
Thomas Heaney @captainabraham.bsky.social Historian, Husband, Dad, Teacher, Army Vet, & Annoyance. Another middle-aged white guy for reason, compassion, & tolerance. He/Him. #NAFO
Opinions are my own ¬ the views of my employer
Games in the History Classroom Project: frc.edu/history/games
Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor | Blood Bowl enthusiast
Ian Regueiro Salcedo @arkeologian.bsky.social Soy una cierva albina en @arqueocerva.bsky.social. Con un mando en una mano 🎮 y un pico en la otra ⛏️. Historiador, arqueólogo clásico y sobretodo archaeogamer. En estos momentos sobreviviendo en Italia como PhD en arqueología y videojuegos #archaeogaming
Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social History, strategy & communication | game designer | researcher in applied history | PhD early modern history, MPhil international relations | www.branwenadvisors.com, www.sunkentower.be
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of games, the Cold War, nuclear stuff, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar
Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com Historian in Tkaronto (Toronto). Likes bats, monsters, sincereposting, alt text, and DEIA. Genderqueer. Trans. Autistic. 40s. 👬 🧛 nicomaramckay.com
There will be typos.
Subscribe for queer and trans culture and histories: patreon.com/ephemeralrecord
Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance) (MIT)
ecfriedman.com
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Florida Man, PhD @casusscribere.bsky.social Kirk M Lundblade, PhD (he/him)
Digital Humanities @ UCF History (RICHES)
Digital cultures + historical game studies @ UCF T&T
Dissertation: Crusader Kings and the Crusader Kings community.
Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️
Scholar of Asian religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Postdoc Fellow in Asian Media Studies @ University of Idaho | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
Vinicius Marino Carvalho @vinicius-marino.bsky.social Writer | Historian | Post-doc, UNICAMP | ARISE, Middle Ages in Modern Games 🎮 Stair na hÉireann 🍀 Environmental History 🐈⬛ Cat dad | Gaeilge
Meu romance: https://tinyurl.com/349wdeud
Blog: https://finisgeekis.com.br/
Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3F9RVGD
Tom Jensen @composertom.bsky.social Composer and wargame designer.
Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com
Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.
patguy @patguy.bsky.social Thing that writes, and sleeps. Not that other asshole.
The Sunday Scaries appear weekly at ghoulishdelights.com
pat-harrigan.com
Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects.
✒ Understands about semicolons
🐺 Monster enthusiast
🕹️ Games @spaceboat.bsky.social
🎵 Metalhead
📖 35 books published
🎙️ Legends and Lectures / Archaeoscoop
https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Dr. Kurtis Hanlon @kurtishanlon.bsky.social An assistant professor in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Palacký University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Former lecturer at Yale, UBC. Designated departmental baker (he/him)
Tine Rassalle @tinerassalle.bsky.social Adjunct professor, archaeologist, researcher of Jewish and Christian history, video gamer, museum studies, technology. Immigrant. PhD from @UNC
Janice Liedl @jliedl.bsky.social Historian at Laurentian University (Canada). Researching early modern crime and urban women's lives, but I can never stay away from questions of popular culture & history. Gamer, fan, fibre artist.
Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social Senior Fellow | German Maritime Museum
Gerda Henkel Research Scholarship
Research Coordinator (on leave) | Prize Papers Project
Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University
Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
AmandaRose V. PhD @amandarosevphd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Performance & Pedagogy. I think of myself as an Ethical Paladin but am known for intimacy choreography, larp, immersive theatre, laughing loudly, teaching teachers, adopting dogs, & editing the Journal of Consent-Based Performance
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social Digital Humanities, Playful Literatures, and Decision Education • English Prof, Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Founder of the The Digital Storytelling Project • Unionized Faculty (APSCUF)
Susan Longfield Karr @susanlongfieldkarr.bsky.social Historian of Early Modern European Legal & Political Thought, Renaissance, Italian Wars, Humanist Jurisprudence, Jus Gentium, Legal History, & History of Human Rights
Jus Gentium in Humanist Jurisprudence: On Justice and Right (DOI: 10.1163/97890045237
Brooke Thomas @medievalappalachia.bsky.social PhD Candidate in medieval literature at CUNY Grad Center | writing a dissertation on medieval romance, game studies, and premodern race
She/her
🌺 Okinawan/Ryukyuan diaspora
✨Professional Yapper
👩🏫 Dork Academia
ARISE (Arqueologia Interativa e Simulações Eletrônicas) @archarise.bsky.social Página do laboratório de pesquisa ARISE, sediado na FURG e vinculado ao MAE-USP | ⛏️ Archaeogaming | 🎲 Historical Game Studies | 🎮 Métodos digitais
The Ozymandias Project @theozymandiasp1.bsky.social Connecting Modern Societies to Ancient Worlds. Ancient Office Hours Podcast & The Reading Party Podcast. Pnyx Digital Magazine. #history #Archaeogaming #podcasts #reception #digitalhumanities & more!
Blair Apgar @blairapgar.bsky.social Asst. Prof @ Kutztown, Art History | Mixed bag Medievalist obsessed w/Matilda of Canossa, video games, virtual reality & 3D models. PhD @ UofYork 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (They/Them)
ArchaeoPlays @archaeoplays.bsky.social They/them. Disabled/chronically ill Minecraft YouTuber, & archaeologist (aka: Dr. Heather Christie). Early medieval Scotland specialist & glass bead nerd. Lead Researcher for Carved in Stone. https://linktr.ee/archaeoplays | email: archaeoplays@gmail.com
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social Historian and college professor. Really interested in Native American history and Digital Public History. Trying to learn trumpet. Photog.
www.johnlegg.org
Matthew Thompson @drmatthewthompson.bsky.social Academic. PhD on historical reconstructions of the Whitechapel Murders. Writes about toxic masculinity, Neo-Victorianism and historical reconstruction. Currently researching the vampire in interactive media. He/Him
School of Innovation & Technology @sit-gsa.bsky.social The School of Innovation & Technology at The Glasgow School of Art
Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social Writer. Prof. Lover of Music and Film. 🇭🇹🇫🇷🎮🎬🗃️ . Current project: Antiracist writers & the House Un-American Activities Committee. Views expressed through this account represent my own opinions and not my employer's.
Nick LaLone @nicklalone.com Applied researcher in emergency management, workforce development, and vintage tech.
Currently working on some #ttrpg research to better emergency management workforce development in #wargames and #seriousgames- S Scout Blum @scoutblum.bsky.social Environmental historian and game designer; mom to an amazing boy and animals.
Tyler Kynn @seyahatgame.bsky.social Historian of the Ottoman Empire, Game Developer (Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca | The Hajj Trail), Teacher, Assistant Prof @CCSU, PhD @Yale
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/
www.hajjtrail.com/game
Vacceo_coffee @vacceopal.bsky.social 
Pablo @vacceo.bsky.social Iberian hermit, keeper of the dead, remembrancer, narration devourer. Sworn to the black and red. I teach Anthropology at the University of Valladolid and, sometimes, I even write about games and myths.
Bego @diniekes.bsky.social Niña-Kratos
Mary Valante @medievalmaryq.bsky.social Appalachian academic. Medievalist. Mom. Maker-in-training. Vikings/Women/Labor/ Identity. Chaotic good gnomish bard. She/her. Per uni attorneys: "'opinions expressed here are my own' so it is clear" I am "not representing an official university position.
Jeremy Best @besthistories.bsky.social Historian of modern Germany. Colonialism. Religion. Games. Holocaust educator. Determined to save history. He/him/his. All views my own.
Meghan Sullivan @celticqueenmeg.bsky.social Video Games, History, Pizza! 🍕💕 Email: megnhistory@gmail.com Website: https://www.historyngames.com
Zeljko Kos - Making Pompeii: The Legacy @zzeljkokos.bsky.social Solo dev, working on city builder Pompeii: The Legacy. Programmer and game designer since 1999. Co-founder of LGM Games & Overseer Games, owner of Siscia Games.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2632240/Pompeii_The_Legacy/?utm_source=bs&utm_campaign=h2
Clare Chang @cyyclare.bsky.social 1st year Classics PhD student studying Narrative in Petitions from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Generally interested in all things related to narratives and stories and novels
Avid Mobile Game Player (currently fixated with Path to Nowhere & Reverse 1999)
Robert C. Engen @robertengen.bsky.social Senior lecturer in war studies at Deakin University, working on the PME command and staff course in Canberra. 🇨🇦 in 🇦🇺, not going back.
Military historian turned war studier turned wargame designer. Also a “pretty good but don’t quit your day job” artist.
Thom Gobbitt 🎲✨🌿☠️⚖️📖 @booksoflaw.bsky.social Early #medieval -ist, focusing on the #history of #law and #lawbooks from the 6th-13th centuries.
Postdoc historian on the #PresentDead project
#ludonarratologist studying medieval-set TTRPGs & creating one based on the #Lombard laws: #LangobardRPG
he/him
criticalplayorg @criticalplayorg.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for The Center for the History of Video Games, Technology, and Critical Play at CSU, Long Beach (criticalplay.org) also @criticalplayorg@mstdn.social
Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social Stevan Anastasoff, former White Dwarf writer, and video game designer: Warhammer Online, For Honor, Assassin's Creed, and many more. Now working on Tales from the Mabinogion, a game about Welsh mythology using Welsh as its principal language.
Christian Rollinger @drcrollinger.bsky.social Ancient History @unitrier.bsky.social | 🇱🇺 in 🇩🇪 | 🐈🐈 | Roman & Hellenistic monarchies & courts | late antiquity | Roman republic | 🏛🏺& video games | memes | not a classicist | https://bitly.cx/PLDno
The ArchaeoGaming Collective @archaeogameco.bsky.social A gaming and archaeological conference to share #archaeogaming based research and gameplay with a broader, virtual audience worldwide.
The highly anticipated #AGCon will return in 2026!
https://archaeogameco.weebly.com/