chilton 👁 @chiltonm.bsky.social Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist, Exploits books editor. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev
Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social Game history enthusiast | Hosted and produced GO BACK AND PLAY (2016 - 2023) | Used to write about VGM for Fanbyte, Paste | he/him | probably shouldn't have hacked those 3DSs for my kids
Unwinnable @unwinnable.com A place for stories | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1VQ9omB | Pitch: http://bit.ly/3oBCo5z
Wallace @exalclaw.com Wallace Truesdale: Runs exalclaw.com | Seen at Unwinnable, Stop Caring, Mothership, etc. | Weak against soft cookies (and maybe news bloopers) | he/him
📬: exalclaw@proton.me
James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social Reviews Editor & Features: @ThisWeekInVideoGames.com
Personal Blog: https://jameswould.pika.page/
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/omgmorejames
He/him 🏳️🌈
Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social editor/writer. games, travel, theme parks, music, movies, etc. recently at Kotaku. writing the Moon College Football Weekends guide (2028), and writing about theme parks at https://easily-amused.beehiiv.com. ex-Paste, ex-AV Club, could be ex-your site too.
Niv M. Sultan @nivmsultan.bsky.social videogame critic at Slant Magazine, other stuff elsewhere. he/him. nivmsultan.com
Nate Shearer @faultrunner.bsky.social Award-Winning Writer (was gifted a “World’s Best Dad” mug)
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
amr al-aaser @siegarettes.bsky.social curator of CANON FIRE, an alternative art history for games. Egyptian-Filipino.
Jake | POB | SMG @chipdip.bsky.social Dad. Runner. PhD. Podcaster. Tired. He/Him.
Reviews for somanygames.co.uk
Pre-order Bonus Podcast Host.
For inquiries: preorderbonuscast@gmail.com
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فاروق @faroukk.bsky.social I'm Farouk and I'm a writer and I like sharing things I think matter.
Also gamedev @ pugonline.bsky.social
George Yang @yinyangfooey.bsky.social ✍🏻 Polygon, New York Times, Eurogamer, CNN, Complex, IGN, PCMag, The Verge, NPR, Kotaku, Business Insider, Washington Post, Variety, LA Times, Rolling Stone, Digital Trends, Mashable, USA Today, Wired, and more.
Portfolio: https://www.georgeyyang.com
Taylor Rioux @taylorjrioux.bsky.social Pronounced like "Rio", not "Ryu".
Father, husband, and gamer.
Freelance writer with words at startmenu, Pixel Byte, and GameRant.
Owner and EIC of www.jetsonplaysgames.com
Micaela “grossly unremarkable balls” Deitz @dykedeitz.bsky.social “A girl from New Jersey, where they were not what you might call beautiful but were magnificent.” - John Saward on James Gandolfini but if it was about me :)
Trans Critic & Editor & Essayist & Author & Poet
✍️ @ Stop Caring, Polygon, Paste, Uppercut, etc
Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social Freelance Games and Media Reporter. Jr. Producer at Strange Scaffold. Formerly Inverse. Words at, RPG Site, Rolling Stone, more. RPG aficionado. Bisexual.He/they. madsenhayes@Gmail.com. Signal: HayesM.26
Skybox @skyboxcritics.com Skyboxcritics.com
Co-founded by
@brianbarnett.bsky.social
@edgarallanbro.bsky.social
@hokutolucas.bsky.social
A worker-owned games media site.
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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.
Jack Dunn @oddjackalope.bsky.social NYC-based Writer, Amateur Youtuber, mostly about video games, other times about history. Find me in GameObserver, GameCritics, Unwinnable, and Into the Spine. https://www.youtube.com/@OddJackalope
Wesley LeBlanc 🔜 TGS @wesleyleblanc.bsky.social Senior Associate Editor @ Game Informer | Previously: PR Specialist @ Vicarious PR, Freelance @ IGN and more | He/Him
📩 wesley@gameinformer.com
Westen- BigNerdGaming @bignerdgaming.bsky.social Gaming Takes, Ranks, and Lists from a big ol' nerd. New posts twice a week.
email me at BigNerdGamingtakes@gmail.com
www.bignerdgaming.com
Julian Titus @juliantitus.bsky.social Former host and producer of Nerds Without Pants (2012-2023). Host and producer of The Stage Select: A Video Game Variety Show (2024). Banner art by @Gholson.bsky.social
Be Excellent to Each Other
https://linktr.ee/thestageselect
JM Mendez / 1UP Vault @1upmendez.bsky.social Aspiring storyteller who manages the 1UP Vault Substack 👾✝️🇺🇸 🇵🇷
🔗 - 1upvault.substack.com
iMatt42 | Persona 5 Royal @imatt42.bsky.social (He/Him) Husband, artist, designer, fantasy reader, guitarist, player of video games. In search of more time to dedicate to more nerdy hobbies!
#playstation #xbox #nintendo #steam #lotr
Russ 🥔 || 🎮 SW Zero Company @russgames101.bsky.social Malaysian Housewife || somehow this has become my personal account 😂|| still a gamer tho 🎮 || Pfp is chibi Russ avatar by my sis @zarifahart.bsky.social
Justen🍪 @just3n.bsky.social Husband/Father • PlayStation • Jurassic Park • Godzilla • Persona • Final Fantasy • Resident Evil • Casual Game Collector • Movie Fan • Trophies •
Paul Shkreli @paulwall.bsky.social Lawyer, writer, cute dad. ✍🏽 @RPGamer, @RPGSite, & BossFights newsletter (bossfights.substack.com)
GoshJoshGames @goshjoshgames.bsky.social Too tall gentle giant, NorCal. Gaming, Fitness, and spreading positivity online.
Chatty about anything, life, gaming, mental health, addiction. Down 125 lbs and 5 years sober. AuDHD
Pod: Dadsgamereview.com
https://linktr.ee/goshjoshgames
Banzai Basher @banzaibasher.bsky.social He/Him. 29. Minors DNI
My profile pic is my cat Mipha screaming.
Born for Media @bornformedia.bsky.social Just a guy from the Netherlands who occasionally writes about #games, #series and #movies. Sharing news, #reviews and random thoughts about what I'm playing or watching 🎮 📺
www.bornformedia.com
LezLinguist @lezlinguist.bsky.social “I believe in kindness. Also in mischief.”
@buffalohugs.bsky.social has my 💜
CognitiveClips @cognitiveclips.bsky.social I’m Jordan 👋🏻I make video essays on a variety of topics in addition to occasional streaming. Cohost at @dropindropoutpod.bsky.social
🧵CognitiveClips
🎮CognitiveGlitch
https://linktr.ee/cognitiveclips
Andrew | ManChild Media @themcmr.bsky.social Poorly adjusted grown-up talks culture
🎮 Platform Agnostic Gamer 🎮
📺 Movie & TV Enjoyer 📺
🤬 Chronic Complainer 🤣
🍻 Beer League Hero 🏒
☕️ Coffee Addict ☕️
🍿 Snack Lover 🍟
Cassie Knight @cjediknight87.bsky.social Gamer. All platforms. Indie to AAA. 🎮🌈🕹Writer @Minimapglobal.bsky.social
Admin to Metal Jesus Rocks and Game Club on Facebook.
Contact: cassieknight87@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/cassieknight87
Casper @redcasper.bsky.social 29 👻
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Exterminator by trade
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Part-time comic book collector
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Everything gaming: Xbox 💚 Playstation 💙 Nintendo ❤️ PC 🤖
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We have fun here, be nice, spread good vibes🗿
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Now playing: The Outer Worlds/MGSV/Deus Ex Human Revolution
Mint★Cola @mintcola.bsky.social I play a LOOOOT of video games :: She/Her :: 26yo :: Fav Game Super Metroid :: Certified Kyodai :: CBM Fan :: I MISS GRAVITY RUSH 🐈⬛ ::
Grant @grantjallen.bsky.social Probably rambling about video games, comics, anime, movies, TV...
https://www.threads.net/@grantjallen?xmt=AQGzQpbBJkmJyTMAChdIgQdXK1AZD7bEPMhFTij9o0_aRKA
Mad Mark Stellan @sisyphusfell.bsky.social Microplastics in your brain, Neon Demons in your veins
The Harmony available on Amazon
https://a.co/d/eKftJVA
Chip @ctthumbs.bsky.social Video games 🎮
Film things 🎞️
Former writer and editor and that ✍️
He/Him
Victor Hensley @frezeal33.bsky.social Just a guy who loves sports, video games, and the occasional sleeve of Oreos.
Manda is my favorite human to exist ever in life 🥹💜
🎮 Currently playing:
- Control 🔻
Tyler Miller @tylermiller2496.bsky.social Gaming | Anime | Music | He/Him | Blog/YouTube @ TheComfySpot | Podcast @ Play To Win | Former Staff Writer @ LoadingXP | Thoughts are mine | Contact: tcmiller96@gmail.com
Metalligamer1886 @metalligamer.bsky.social Steam Deck Elitest, #Playstation #Xbox #Nintendo, Spawn fanatic, Straw Hat, GO LIONS!
Tony Rocha @tonyplayerone.bsky.social I am a coffee-powered, video game-loving man of the people. | He/Him | Struggling Digital Writer | Ex-Community and Player Support | Filipino Content Creator
Case Monster @casemonster.bsky.social You might remember me from such social media platforms as I Can’t Believe It’s AI and Crypto Bros Seeking Swifties
Jeremiah @aionis.bsky.social Love anime, games and dumpster fire politics
Turn Based Carl @turnbasedcarl.bsky.social I love video games. 🎮 Turn based RPGs are my favorite. Playing on Xbox, Switch 2, PS5 & PC now! Big MCU fan. D&D player. ⚔️ Proud dad.
The Dan Good Show @thedangoodshow.bsky.social Welcome to The Dan Good Show!
Video game reviews, previews, podcasts, videos.
If you love games, you’ll love it here!
📧dangoodentertainment@gmail.com
Bennet 🏳️🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social Massive geek about all things language, literature, history, and video games. Teacher. All-around nerd. Living in Japan. she/her
gazamcnulty @gazamcnulty.bsky.social Decrepit old man (36) from Ireland, happily married, autistic, talks in a Solid Snake voice. I play videogames and watch Star Trek.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7WNp5
Zack Burrows @zackburrows.bsky.social Writes about games at SightInGames.wordpress.com
Also loves film, books, heavy metal, and tacos.
Zack 🎮 @criticalhitcentral.bsky.social Video Games 🎮
Coffee Enthusiast ☕️
Foodie 🍱
Occasional writer 👨💻
🎮 Now Playing: DMC5 | DQ3 2DHD
Danny Salfield Wadeson @dannysw.bsky.social madquills.com. Vegan against fascism. Lead Narrative Designer @ Lucid Games on [???] - 10+ years making stuff: Harold Halibut, Röki, Dying Light 2 + more
Subscribe to my Narrative Design substack: https://narrativedesignlife.substack.com
Hana no Maude @hananomaude.bsky.social Gaming • Accessibility • JRPGs • Final Fantasy • PS5 • Switch 2 • Steam Deck • Indies • Ender Lilies • Sea of Stars • Pyre • Anime • Manga • One Piece • Yona • Fate • RWBY
Aka RedxMaude 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
Cofounder of deargamers.net (@deargamers.bsky.social)
Saga @sagacyte.bsky.social I 💖 video games.
FFXIV fanboy. The Witcher 3 + Cyberpunk2077 believer.
twitch.tv/sagacyte
youtube.com/sagacyte
Ross Varner @rossvarner.bsky.social IT guy that loves his wife, his kid, animals, video games, movies, etc…
Andrew | Hushed Pixel @hushedpixel.bsky.social Neurodivergent - Sometimes Gamer - Sometimes Reader - Full time dad of two - Full time music lover
He/Him
Datvivar @datvivar.bsky.social Just a new dad that is finding less and less time to actually game haha. That is my main hobby though; video games are probably 80% of what I chat about on BSky. 😊
David @dsundy.bsky.social World-renowned author of mediocre opinions. Addicted to playing games in release order. DC sports lover. Save scummer. Always lucky, never good.
Currently playing 🎮 KCD 2, FE Three Houses, Pokemon Scarlet
twitch.tv/dsundy
medium.com/@dsundy
Remora (she/they)🏳⚧ @sonicnarukami.bsky.social She/they 19yo
I like playing video games, making friends, and getting streetpasses
Future teacher
"On a certain day, at a certain time, in a different world...this, like totally really happened." -TWEWY
sonicnarukami.neocities.org
Michelle @nexusgoblin.bsky.social She/They
Equal parts structure and chaos ⋆ Books, games, & ADHD hobby roulette ⋆ Dragon Age, Mass Effect, BG3, Zelda, LOTR
#nexusgoblinart
https://nexusgoblin.carrd.co/
PFP - @hiyoristudios.bsky.social
She/They ⋆ 30's ⋆ Pan(ic) ⋆ Biracial
Devin (AKA Ryuuga Hideki) @ryuugahideki.bsky.social Just a chill, nerdy guy with social anxiety who likes video games, music, and tech, and wants an outlet to break out of his shell.
krissycupicake (silly goose era) @krissycupicake.bsky.social mother of melancholy with streaks of silly goose ✨
ColB 🎮 @theubersquid.bsky.social Video Games (Mostly XBOX & PC) 🎮 Bad Movie Enthusiast 🎥 Hiking 🥾 Music (Mostly Classic Rock) 🎧 Insects/Spiders 🪲Dioramas/Miniatures 👨🎨 AuDHD 🧠 He/Him
bad.shepherd.gaming @badshepherdgaming.bsky.social posting daily about game aesthetics.
no reviews, just chill views.
will repost games even if I don't play them.
he/they
Links and socials and contacts: https://linktr.ee/badshepherdgaming
Sam Bodrojan @helmetgirl.bsky.social words in Filmmaker Mag, LARB, Reverse Shot, Peach Mag, Little White Lies, etc.
https://cchelmetgirl.substack.com
Carli Velocci 👽 @carlivelocci.com Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | just some aliens in a suit | They/she
Links: https://linktr.ee/velocciraptor
Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social Game Critic - NPR Contributor
Debug Mag Columnist
Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle - DiGRA
Words: Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
aguaspoints.com
Cian Maher @cianmaher0.bsky.social Franchise & Lore Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Once won a pub quiz with a team called Geralt of Trivia
Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social freelance culture writer 🍏 book & game editor ☕ narrative designer 🎲 short (& long) fiction author 📚 ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social 🌈 basically if it involves words i'll do it 🌙 jaycastello.com 🦢 they/she
Jon Bailes @jonbailes.bsky.social Deputy editor at Edge magazine
PhD from UCL. Author of Ideology and the Virtual City.
Freelance bylines: WaPo, Wired, Eurogamer, Guardian +
AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social Interim Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku
Contact: ethan.gach@kotaku.com / ethangach on Discord
Secure email: ethangach@protonmail.com / 2673263042 for Signal
Newsletter at https://deadgame.substack.com/
Malindy @yourkyotowife.bsky.social News Ed Germany @ Crunchyroll
Wrote on: Wax Heads, Oddsparks, Mythwrecked & more
Wrote for: IGN, Eurogamer, PLAY, The Guardian & more
I love Japan, Ace Attorney professional roadcycling & F1!!
David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social EIC of Unwinnable, views own.
PFP by @shaferbrown.com
Ty Galiz-Rowe @owoathkeeper.bsky.social Trans guy 🏳️⚧️ he/him. Former Writer and editor in games media. Founder/EIC Uppercut. Writing creative stuff over on https://owoathkeeper.itch.io/
Emma Kidwell @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games 💀| Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell @edwinet.bsky.social News editor at RockPaperShotgun, previously seen at Eurogamer, The Guardian, Wired and Edge - writing about (video)games, art, culture, technology - PhD poetics with a focus on procedural and erasure-based verse. He & him.
Chris Breault @chrisbreault.bsky.social exresearch.co
Joshua Calixto @hitherejosh.bsky.social Writing and marketing | games/culture/kpop | Co-founder SUPERCULTURE / BAD END | @Kotaku @Billboard, @Infor | 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 | he/him
Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social Culture on computers, mostly | ✍ The Verge, FT, The Ringer, The Nation, ArtReview, Eurogamer, The Guardian, Vulture | ✉️ lewisjohngordon~at~gmail~dot~com | he/him
Suriel Vazquez @suriel.bsky.social Video game consultant, writer, and designer.
Freelance consultant for Hit Detection, Magid, etc. Prev: Narrative Lead at Big Blue Sky Games. For mock reviews, SWOTs, and consultations, contact surielvazquez@gmail.com
Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social // Managing Editor, @ThisWeekInVideogames.com
// Managing Editor, GamesHub (2021-2023)
// Senior Editor and Video Producer, GameSpot (2008-2020)
// Multi-Award-Winning, Token Asian
// DM's open, edmond@thisweekinvideogames.com
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social Leftist. Cinephile. Video game person. Shares initials with Cayce Pollard. 
Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social Author of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
Principal Apps and Games Writer at PCMag
Union guy, Black guy, fake Street Sharks guy
https://www.jordanwminor.com/
Abram Buehner @abrambuehner.bsky.social Writer & Editor | He/Him | All Opinions My Own | Senior Editor @lostincult.co.uk | abram@lostincult.co.uk
Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com Writer @ Kotaku | Also seen on: Kill Screen, USGamer, GameCritics, Hard Drive & Entertainment Fuse (He/Him)
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com @mothership.blog co-founder/managing editor ✨ i like books, games, feminism, and my dog. DM or reply for email!
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
mattie @mattiebrice.bsky.social live artist and ritual designer✨
Director of the Speculative Intimacies Lab @ UCSC’s Performance, Play, & Design department
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
merritt @merrittk.com Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com, podcasting @ifyouredriving.bsky.social, merritt+ patreon.com/merrittk
Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Mirek Stolee @mirekstolee.bsky.social Curator of tabletop games and puzzles at The Strong National Museum of Play | Texts & Technology PhD candidate at University of Central Florida (he/they)
Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
Amanda Phillips 🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸🎮🎓💀💙✊🏼🐰♍♑ @gamertrouble.bsky.social They/he/she. Ass. Prof LV 2, Georgetown. Gamer Trouble + Queer/Trans/Digital/Diaspora (NYU Press). Transmasc Latinx feminist bunny boi. V srs academic. Subtext for days.
Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
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.