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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social An Independent RPG Video Game Podcast
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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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Critical Distance | Where’s all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social A community blog for videogame criticism and the preservation thereof. Publishers of This Week in Videogame Blogging and many fine Critical Compilations! https://critical-distance.com
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FunFactor Podcast @funfactorpod.com Video games media and culture, seen through the lens of what rocked (and what sucked) about the retro game magazines that inspired @tyschalter.com & @aidanmoher.com to become professional journalists, authors, and critics.
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Josh | Still Loading Podcast | 🔜Long Island Retro Gaming Expo @stillloadingpodcast.com A podcast on video games, their culture and their history. Twitch affiliate, lover of all things Ratchet and Clank.
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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
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DayOne @playday.one Your destination for Xbox news, previews, reviews and community!
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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com They/Them // digital culture and its discontents // anarchist // noescapevg.com noescapevg@gmail.com
New York Videogame Critics Circle @nyvgcc.bsky.social Bringing quality games writing education to students in underserved communities across NYC.
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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social We are a volunteer-run writing collective working at the intersection of academic game studies and popular game criticism. We've got gaming stories to tell; we bet you do, too. www.gamerswithglasses.com
🏳️⚧️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
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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Dave Jackson | Tales from the Backlog @realdavejackson.bsky.social He/him. Games critic and Tales from the Backlog podcast host- one game per episode, in depth, no spoilers until we warn you.
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Geeks & Grounds @geeksandgrounds.bsky.social A monthly video game book club founded by @kimchica.bsky.social — Let’s play games and brew conversations, together! ☕️ 🎮 💛
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Insider Gaming @insider-gaming.com The Home of Gaming News and Exclusives.
See You On The Inside at https://Insider-Gaming.com
Duckfeed @duckfeedtv.bsky.social A podcast network about video games and other stuff too. Home to Watch Out for Fireballs!, Bonfireside Chat, Abject Suffering, and too many other shows.
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Patch | Indie Gaming Magazine @patchmagazine.bsky.social The monthly indie gaming magazine 📖 Shipped worldwide from the UK 🌎
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com Discover games you'll love to solve. 🧩 🔎 🗺️
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Nintendo Force Magazine @nfpublishing.bsky.social The spiritual successor to Nintendo Power, published continuously ever since NP ended back in 2012! Subscriptions at Patreon.com/NintendoForce and back issue sales at NFMagazine.com. Posts by Lucas M. Thomas, Editor-in-Chief. @lucasmthomas.bsky.social
Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social Freelance Writer│Magazine Editor│VG & Anime Historian│🦈 fur │UK│Trans woman she/her│AuDHD │❤️ : @kitnibbles.bsky.social │Business Enq: curicuricreations@protonmail.com
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Victor Lucas @victorlucas.bsky.social The Electric Playground guy.
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8-4 Play @84play.bsky.social Every other week, tune in to 8-4 Play for talk about Japan, video games, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo.
Yatta-Tachi @yattatachi.com Independent media outlet that creates resources, reviews, & editorials about manga/hwa/hua, webtoons, and VN/Otome.
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CGMagazine @cgmagazine.bsky.social The official account of GMagazine: Canada's premier comics and gaming magazine! Covering Gaming, Tech, Movies, TV and Media. www.cgmagonline.com
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SuperPod Network 🪐 @superpodnetwork.com A video game podcast network featuring a galaxy of awesome creators! #SuperPodNetwork
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Game Sack @gamesack.net Joe from Game Sack, a show on Youtube about retro video games. Exciting? Hmmm.
Denver | youtube.com/gamesack
The Geekly Grind @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social Escape your weekly grind at The Geekly Grind, where we cover comics, manga, tabletop games, video games, and all manners of geek culture!
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Carpool Gaming @carpoolgaming.com A bunch of friends having laughs, talking video games on YouTube, Patreon, Discord, and podcast services.
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TinyGaming @tiny-gaming.net >>> https://www.tiny-gaming.net/ || Little Games, Little Time, Big Fun || A blog dedicated to tiny gaming - Indie games that can be completed in one sitting or played in short sessions!
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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social Larian Studios Storytelling Lead. Creator of Axe of the Blood God. Past: IGN News Director, USgamer Editor-in-Chief. #coyi #skol
Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io Video guy at GVG and Voice Actor for games like Cat Quest 3, Demon Tides, Gold Gold Adventure Gold, Bunny Graveyard, Pompeii, Teeto
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Jordan DeVries🔜Rebel Scum Con @jordandevries.com UI/UX Director (Jedi: Survivor, Jedi:???) at Respawn, award-nominated, GDC/GAConf speaker, LEGO designer/hyperfixater, black cat guardian, they/them
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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com Maker of ttrpgs. Ennie nominated publisher. Street Wolves, Monster Truckers, and more. Enjoyer of Star Wars, action figures, cats, and motorcycles. Boosting fellow ttrpg creators.
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Jonathan Burke @iridiumgamedev.bsky.social Director. Co-head of technology @SantaMonicaStudio. Wearer of many hats, both figuratively and literally.
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