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Terry Torres @terrytorres.bsky.social blm
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him
https://terrytorres.neocities.org/plays/
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.
Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Kotaku, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him.
Rep'd by Eric Smith.
🎧 Co-host of @funfactorpod.com
📚 FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS and SUIKODEN 1 & 2
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JoJoBear13 @jojobear13.bsky.social Main dev and primary liaison for the Shin Pokemon rom hack project.
💾 https://github.com/jojobear13/shinpokered/
🎬 https://youtube.com/@13jojobear
💻 https://rhpz.org/shin_pokemon
📰 https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=427398
Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social video game newsletter at readergrev.com
news editor at POLITICO
former editor at Launcher and WaPo
mikhailklimentov.01 on Signal
Game Sack @gamesack.net Joe from Game Sack, a show on Youtube about retro video games. Exciting? Hmmm.
Denver | youtube.com/gamesack
Patrick Gann @gameodactyl.bsky.social Therapist by day. Gamer by night. He/him. I write for
@rpgfan.bsky.social -- but my opinions are my own etcetc
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Game Boy Ain't Right @gb-aint-right.vampirefriday.org King of the Hill screenshots rendered to look like original Game Boy images. No AI, just good old fashioned Python and the Python Image Library.
A project by @ben.vampirefriday.org
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social The last of the V8s. PC Gamer news by day, angry about Canadian politics by night. Email me at andy.chalk@pcgamer.com. Got a tip? http://pcgamer.com/tips/
🏳️⚧️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
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
More info in pinned
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@ludocene.bsky.social @ludocene.bsky.social 
Eleanor (Ellie) Young @aretaloga.bsky.social I write stuff, play stuff, and research software preservation, especially emulation for preservation.
MA/MLIS at UofA
Texan refugee
(she/her)
Marc A. Ouellette @burnedprof.bsky.social 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸. academia has 4 parts: research, teaching, service & politics. i got the 1st 3 right. posts mine & might be info.
my passport says i am 183cm tall.
when you're burned, you've got nothing. no pets, no insta & you're not going anywhere.
ça que c'tait.
Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.
kbarnes (she/her) @barnfeline.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 haud-ukie cat cushion and sometimes games and media researcher in amiskwaciy/Treaty 6
Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social Videogame historian extraordinaire
FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation
CGSA Francophone Rep
Creator of Deadplay podcast
Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com 📚Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at University College Dublin.
🕹️Studying videogame history and creative industry labour.
Sarah Thorne @sarahthorne.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies @MemorialU -- Game Studies, AI, Critical & Experimental Media, Copyright 👾
Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social 🎮Assistant Professor, Game Studies, Brock University
📚"Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (2025) and "Feminism in Play" (2018).
End the Genocide. Free Palestine 🍉
Adeline K. Piercy (she/them) @adelinekpiercy.bsky.social Writer, scholar, game maker. Researching feminist gameplay, queer play, and digital culture.
Digital Humanities MA @ University of Alberta
Instructor @ MacEwan University
Proud dev of https://bsky.app/profile/chickensinmyhead.bsky.social
Adrianna ✨ @adriiadventures.com she/they 🇸🇻 writing and studying rpgs 🎮 finally a phd candidate 😵💫
PB Berge 💖 @persephone.blue 🔥 ludoarsonist
🕹️ media scholar
🎮 game breaker
𝐇𝐎𝐖'𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 is out!!!
Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. 🔍 trans play 🏳️⚧️ TTRPGs 🎲 extremism 💀 & the ✨unplayable✨
🌐 https://persephone.blue 🎲 https://gravesnail.itch.io/next-week
Justin Roberts ✨ @justinrobs.bsky.social MA Media Studies graduate and Queer Game Studies scholar.
Sometimes I stream 👾
Known to be a messy everything.
Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social she/her ✨ Assistant Prof in Political Studies - Gender, Sexualities and Social Justice at USask✨ Interdisciplinary legal/pornography/games studies scholar working on sex in video games ⚖️💦🎮 The Pornography, Platforms and Play Project www.pppproject.com 🅿️
Rainforest Scully-Blaker (he/him) @rainforestsb.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor in Digital Media 👾🧑🏫
Northeastern University Vancouver 🇨🇦
Critical Games + Tech Researcher 🖥️✒️
New book out Spring 2027: https://dukeupress.edu/gaming-exhaustion
Find me at https://www.rainforestsb.me/
DreamlandGem 🔜 Tokyo Game Show @dreamlandgem.bsky.social Community & Social Media Manager @ Hookshot Media 🩷
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
Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social 👩🏻🦼🏳️⚧️💨
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
https://cyborgurl.neocities.org/
Nick Taylor @nickttaylor.bsky.social Media professor at York U in Toronto. Happy to be here.
Grounds of Gaming is out from University of Indiana Press. It's about the places in which we play games, and who is and is not allowed.
https://iupress.org/9780253071231/the-grounds-of-gaming/
Killian @killianshea.bsky.social 30 something || she/they || 💖💜💙 || books, library stuff, video games, ttrpgs, cats, random musings
coffeentacos @coffeentacos.moe play blue reflection second light
library technician •
STG • puzzle games • board gaming • certified Hater •
魔法少女 • 癒し系 • CGDCT appreciator •
shaped like a friend • he/him
EN/日本語🔰
icon by @gomayammy.bsky.social
header: symphogear xv
Chris Baker @cbake.bsky.social Games industry veteran (opinions do not reflect employers, present or past)| http://c-bake.com | Hobbyist YouTuber: http://Superhero.VG | Past: Marvel Games, LucasArts, Zen Studios, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, Gazillion
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
Amber Sewell (she/her) @ambersewell13.bsky.social Just a cat lady librarian existing. I do things with games, fandom, and podcasting.
Rebecca Strang @bexagons.bsky.social she/they. Gaming & academic librarian. TTRPG design dabbler. Cat lover. Play, storytelling, books, tea, crafts, snail mail, zines. President Emeritus @alagamert.bsky.social.
🏳️🌈🎲📚
https://linktr.ee/toplayishuman
Andrew Bailey @andrewrbailey.bsky.social SSHRC postdoc researching/creating videogame archives at the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Lab at Concordia University. Teaching games studies and new media art history at OCAD University. He/him.
📚 https://arbailey2297.github.io
Jonah Magar @octopusjones.bsky.social Serial iterator. Musical orchestrator. Library game collector / services promulgator.
Streaming the Game Studies Guild at twitch.tv/gsgmsu
♂️Mel Day Physics PhD IT CAS Library MSLIS (he/they)♂️ @mamday.bsky.social DB Cloud Infra full time, library clerk part time, 41, Atheist/Discordian, Married/0kid/2cat/1dog, Trans 1y 30 mg/1y 50 mg testosterone HRT. PhD: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1054811 Web: https://blog-2qu.pages.dev Job: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamday
Mónica Rexach Ortiz @rexlady.bsky.social Graphic Designer & Illustrator @gameinformermagazine
Counseling psychology student @thechicagoschool
mags @yaga.bsky.social 100% that goose ✨💙 @gameinformer.com
Laleh Roya Azarshin @stickywicked.bsky.social Punky mom, artsy muppet, ND boss, wild creature | Creative Director at Game Informer
Rachel Castle @rachelcastle.bsky.social Sales and Marketing Coordinator at Game Informer
Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social Professional tall guy. Associate editor at @gameinformer.com. Contributor at MinnMax. Words at the Indie Informer. Private GM. Improv performer.
Matt Miller @matthewmiller.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief at Game Informer. Video and tabletop gaming, music, and speculative fiction enthusiast.
Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin @astridensslin.bsky.social Professor for the Dynamics of Virtual Communication Spaces at University of Regensburg
Elise Favis @elisefavis.bsky.social Comms/PR at FIFTYcc & freelance games consultant. Previously: washington post reporter, game informer editor, fanbyte editor. 🌈 | she/her
Game Informer @gameinformer.com Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.
Follow our work: GameInformer.com
ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social bulgarian-bengali lady and a scholar🩸
senior writer @gamesradar
instagram.com/ashleybardhan 🆎˙⋆✮
James Tocchio @jamestocchio.bsky.social ✏️Games writer working for UploadVR, and gratefully published in magazines, books, and online.
👋 https://www.clippings.me/users/jamestocchio
📝Editor at http://CasualPhotophile.com
📷Owner http://Fstopcameras.com
🧡Nerd at http://GGDreamcast.com
Chris Reed @chrislreed.com Writer, commerce editor at IGN, pretty chill dude overall, idk.
vhsmassacre @vhsmassacre.bsky.social Award winning films on the video store & streaming eras and podcast on how to make indie films. Creator of VHS Massacre 1&2, American Expendables.
Greg Delmage @gregdelmage.bsky.social 🇨🇦
Actor • Editor • Copywriter • Husband • Father • He/Him • 🍉
I enjoy video games, tabletop games, and the food tables at parties.
NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social We celebrate games as a creative practice & offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form.
https://linktr.ee/nyugamecenter
Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog a man who unfortunately enjoys video games
Jesse Vitelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social Freelance social guy and writer for hire | jesse . vitelli @ gmail . com | bylines @ Kotaku, IGN, Game Informer, Inverse, Digital Trends | Send News Newsletter | Stagehand | Young Elmo | Avid FFXIV Player | Weird Little Guy Enthusiast
amy 🐟 @amysgamezone.com 🎮 senior video game producer, gameplay/audio/narrative
▶️ ? @ pipeworks
⏪ PERFECT DARK @ the initiative | THE DIVISION HEARTLAND @ ubisoft | RUMBLEVERSE @ iron galaxy
✨️ voice actor | queer | 💖 tuna melts
🌿 she/they 🌍 chicago
🔗 https://amysgamezone.com
Jess Idres @jesidres.bsky.social The Demon, Art Monkey and SpEd Teacher. My thoughts are my own.
@kylerc89.bsky.social @kylerc89.bsky.social 
Otome Niki @otomeniki.bsky.social I'm Niki and I like otome games
Tim Rattray @timrattray.bsky.social Writer & Documentarian. Working on a docuseries about the NYC indie game dev scene.
Check out my Substack @ https://timrattray.substack.com.
Portfolio: https://www.timrattray.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-rattray/
Absolute Sollosi @evokerfordogs.bsky.social He/him. Writer/editor/manhole inspector. Former host of RPGFan’s Retro Encounter podcast. Video game, card game, comic book, basketball, taco, toku, cat, and dog enthusiast.
Rob W @neoncowboy.bsky.social Art/Museums/Music/Video Games/Books/Science. 🌈🎮🎧 Museum marketer and writer/occasional podcaster of things gaming at RPGFan.com
PSN: satellite_mind
Joshua @ZeldaUniverse @watcherjoshua.bsky.social The gaming adventures of a lifelong Zelda fan & video game enthusiast. Follow me for commentary on games I'm playing & games I'm excited about!
Webmaster at ZeldaUniverse.net.
Credits at RPGFan.com.
Owner of OgreBattle64.net & ZeldaArchive.org.
he/him
Aurelia Borel @aureliaborel.bsky.social Aro ace, autistic, struggle with OCD, law librarian, editor for RPGFan.com. I love games, music, sci-fi, tech, and plushies. She/her.
ClatonNoY @onyxdoomforge.bsky.social News writer with RPGFan.com
Gio @tenbistar.bsky.social The minorities are the majorities
Sam-James Gordon @hologram-sam.bsky.social Gamerish RPGFan
Dancer and musical theatre performer
Kpop girlies stan since 2010
🏳️🌈
Scott C (RPGFan) @skapoc.bsky.social Proud dog dad!
RPGFan.com Editor and Twitch Streamer.
www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom
Paul Skevington @paulskevington.bsky.social Horror, Fantasy, SF, Doctor Who, Kiseki.
Reviews Editor at RPGFan
MarkR (RPGFan) @markrodders.bsky.social 
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
Signal: kyleorl.31
Booker @booker.bsky.social Cheese Enthusiast. Tattooer. Streamer (derogatory)
https://linktr.ee/chinchilladas
indigo @iamindigo.blog queer neurodivergent human bean
🦋👽🏳️🌈💕🧬🌎🌱☯️🪷✨
—she/they—
Jono Logan @jonologan.bsky.social Reviews Manager and Random Encounter Podcast Producer at RPGFan.com
Canadian. Lives in Toronto, From Nova Scotia
Jakob Eneman @pepboy.bsky.social 23, Jew-ish, he/they
Writer & game designer
Author of the web serial “Veil"
Splatoon & Mahjong 🦑🀄️
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Stephanie Boluk @chouxsalad.bsky.social 
Patrick LeMieux @alt254.bsky.social Media artist, game designer, electronic musician, and Associate Professor at UC Davis. Wrote Metagaming w/ @chouxsalad. http://linktr.ee/patricklemieux
Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city I spend a lot of time thinking about all the ghosts that live in old electronics.
Preservation, art, old tech.
18+ only
Something beautiful is going to happen.
(she / they)
Writing: antientro.pics
Patreon: www.patreon.com/caraesten
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Odin @odiegoldie.bsky.social Susurrate Press 🍃
Bookbinder, Papermancer, Author
Talk to me abt ttrpgs
Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org Science Communicator, Video Game Historian, author of Atari Archive, old school FGCer, occasional Retronaut host, and chicken owner. He/him
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Nostalgist's Archive @nostalgistsarchive.bsky.social I scan and archive various things for the sake of preservation, and for people to see!
Loud Reposter.
Dm me if you want to donate anything to scan!
Anita Sarkeesian @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social ✨Things and Stuff✨
anitasarkeesian.com
Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Gamer. Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Scholar of literature, games, & pop culture. Author of Tellings RPG & Archaea LARP.
Jenna Perkin @jennaperkin.com 🏳️🌈 | University Professor of Game Development | Writer and Game Designer @ YES! Inc. | she/her
Linktree: http://linktr.ee/jpperkin
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Derek @astralcitymini.com Senior Editor at MARVELOUS USA. Chicagoan.
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FFXIV: Serph Embryon (Hyperion)
Read my gaming blog: astralcitymini.com