Virginie D'Amours-Licatese ➡️ GDC @virginiedam.bsky.social Creative Director @sloeburngames.bsky.social
Also writer, programmer and romance genre nerd enthusiast ❤️
Colin MacLeod @colinmacleod.bsky.social Indie Gamedev. Mediocre Bass Player. Dad to teenage kids.
Currently breathing life into "God Complex" - a multiplayer god game inspired by Populous. It's like Civilization but multiplayer, and the little people are autonomous.
Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social A Kiwi in Seattle. Sr. Comms Manager at Xbox. Previously Amazon Game Studios, Xbox, Microsoft Game Dev, HoloLens, Windows Mixed Reality and Surface PR. A journalist in a former life.
Arthurian Legend @cheshirespurr.comfycozygaming.com ✨ Social Media Community Coordinator
✨ Lots of Words: @comfycozygaming.com
✨ Journalist, Editor, PR, Marketing, Community, Things, Stuff
✨ Take This Ambassador
✨ He/Him
✨ Posts are my own
Johnny Barnstorm @johnnybarnstorm.bsky.social Nerdy 40 something bear dweeb. Possibly very tall. You'll never know. Host on the Square Roots Podcast. Needs to be mildly electrocuted every time he @'s someone parasocially.
jesus m @wavedotexe.bsky.social i like things and writing about how much i like them // words: thegamer, phrasemaker // contact: xjesusmanuelx@gmail.com
https://wavedotexe.carrd.co/
Steve Vegvari 🔜 Gamescom @svegvari.bsky.social Freelance Writer and Host 🎮
Toronto | Business/Press: svegvari@gmail.com
Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com I'm an indie game developer ゲーム開発者. I try to make fun and unique games that I hope people enjoy. Seeing people having fun playing the games I've made brings me a lot of joy.
https://linktr.ee/aerial_knight
Shaun Musgrave @shaunmusgrave.bsky.social Slinging words for Siliconera, Nintendo Insider, and TouchArcade. Formerly IGN and Ziff-Davis among others. Freelance writer for hire.
He/him.
See also: postgamecontent.com, patreon.com/ShaunMusgrave
Kevin Slackie @slackie.bsky.social Biker Goth Game Dev, GEG Research Coordinator at Interpret LLC. Indiecade and GDC Award Winner. Ex-Game Journalist at Game Informer, IGN, Paste Magazine, and more. kevinslackie.com
Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social Painter (instagram.com/pragmagic), editor/writer, founder of Polygon dot com and someone who's consulted on lots of games you liked and more you probably didn't. Tech-fixated, compulsively acquiring 4k physical media.
Daniel @hoistgamedev.com Working at Max Inferno Games where I help keep 'A Little to the Left' nice and tidy. Also a struggling gardener in a never-ending battle with grape vines.
Jordan Middler @jordanmiddler.bsky.social Journalist, VGC.
Host, The VGC Podcast.
Scotland.
Aiden Straw(berry)hun 🍓 @astraww.bsky.social God’s absolute favorite princess - Creator Theydy on MLB the Show @ SSDS - Prev. Pokémon Go via Premier Comms + Assassins, Siege, XDefiant - EGL ✨fashun✨model and stylist - #A11y - AKA Daisy! 🌼 (joy/ful)
Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social Snr Lecturer digital media Swinburne Uni, chicken whisperer, researcher. Smells books. Maybe we can build a new thing here 🌱
The Upside Down: https://twitter.com/manjusrii
Kramer! @chriskramerpr.bsky.social #BlackLivesMatter. The Lyle Lanley of olde timey video games PR. Used to be on a dog tag in MGS2, helped change Biohazard to Resident Evil. Anti-fascist, anti-jerk, first generation American. VP of Public Relations and Influencers at Off Base Productions.
Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social [WIP] and hired gun in the video games industry. Background in editorial, marcomm, production, and creative.
Lover of dogs, music, video games, geeky shit, cannabis, my biofamily, my chosen family, mental health, and kindness.
wherewasigoing.pika.page
Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.social Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
Peter Cleaves @tatsun.bsky.social Yet another video game nerd 🎮
He/him 🧑🏻
Senior Engagement Insights Analyst for @PlayStation Plus ➕
Three Word Platinums 🏆
PeachyAenne 🇵🇸 🔜 PAX @peachyaenne.bsky.social 🍑 Indie Game Dev - narrative designer/writer for Arcade Spirits & First Bite. 🍑 Partnered Twitch & YouTube content creator with Stumptgamers 🍑 Licensed Animal Nurse 🍑 Queer - nonbinary, pan, ambiamorous (they/them) 🍑 Neurodivergent - ADHD 🍑
Brendan Sinclair @brendansinclair.bsky.social Recovering game journalist, now simply a journalist.
Context-Free Patent Art: https://www.tumblr.com/contextfreepatentart
Gary Alexander Stott 🏴 @garyastott.bsky.social Producer (prev. Coatsink, Lockwood Publishing). Worked on Men In Black: Most Wanted, Phantom Spark, & more.
Sam.END.ICE.Machkovech @samred.com 1/3 dog, 1/3 arts+tech, 1/3 something something. You may have seen my reporting at: NYT, Polygon, Digital Foundry, The Stranger, Game Developer, Games Radar, Ars, American Airlines, The Atlantic, Wired, Dallas Morning News. He/him, from Seattle. Zero AI.
Joe Hocking @joehocking.bsky.social I'm a software engineer who develops games and XR using technologies like C#/Unity and JavaScript/WebGL (while increasingly Godot-curious). I wrote the book Unity in Action!
website: www.newarteest.com
RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social Upcoming Show: Oct 9-11, 2026, Portland, OR.
Portland Retro Gaming Expo is a 501(c)4 non-profit dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through retro gaming events.
Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com Writer | Jewish/Latino | MFA Creative Writing | Critical Error Pod | JakeNoseIt ▶️ Twitch | 📩Jake@SteinbergDrift.com | Debut Acquired ✅
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!
Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social Retired. Formerly IGN’s Director of Reviews, EIC of GameSpy, and Reviews Editor at PC Gamer. Dad (so expect dad jokes). Careful: you might hear some opinions.
Cheesemeister @cheesemeister.bsky.social Playing video games in Japan.
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
senatefinance.bsky.social
wydenpress.bsky.social
Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social I am James Kay / Score Studios, a Tokyo-based independent videogame developer, creator of the Piczle series.
Club Piczle: : www.piczle.club
GuillaumefromRFN @guillaumenwr.bsky.social One of the hosts of Radio Free Nintendo, a podcast about video games. Which is what I'm mostly here to talk about, but not exclusively.
I don't have expectations of you following back if you're not overly involved in video games!
he/him
Rollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com us managing editor @ gamesradar+, 1/3 of http://reframenewsletter.online (reframenewsletter@gmail.com)
animation, games, chainsaw man, internet garbage
(he/him)
rollin.bishop@futurenet.com // rollinbishop.com
Richard Lovejoy @theharpomarxist.bsky.social he/him/his 40’s
Actor/Writer/Co-host of Gamers With Jobs Conference Call podcast.
Film- https://vimeo.com/324892134
Podcast- GamersWithJobs.com
Theatre- http://vimeo.com/1022915026
Fiscally Communist, socially Anarchist, extremely pro-Oxford comma.
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/
Kyle Bradford @spiritandseoul.bsky.social Born to dilly dally, cursed to shilly shally. Have written words on games. Bylines at Unwinnable, Waypoint, GameSpew.
Blockhead @t-wrecks-64.bsky.social Eternally optimistic pessimist.
Ben Sailer @bensailer.bsky.social Writer @unwinnable.com | Lifelong cheesehead | Bylines in New Noise Magazine, Killscreen, Noisey, Alternative Press, VMP, and other outlets | Ask about my pedalboard and I will never shut up.
Elsewhere: https://bio.site/sailerbe
Alexander Muscat @alexandermuscat.bsky.social Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast ● Making & researching ● Working on multi-perceptual puzzler SITE UNSEEN 🔴 siteunseengame.com ● Mech head ● he/him
Mark "Fryguy64" Kelly @nindb.net I play videogames (mostly Nintendo). I also draw stuff (mostly Nintendo). Proud dad to two Small Fries. Webmaster of nindb.net and former comic artist on Nintendo Force magazine. Not a former astronaut.
Paul Shkreli @paulwall.bsky.social Lawyer, writer, cute dad. ✍🏽 @RPGamer, @RPGSite, & BossFights newsletter (bossfights.substack.com)
Troy Goodfellow @troyg.bsky.social PR Manager for Historical Strategy Games at Paradox Interactive. Former podcaster, former games critic.
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
Jeff Hamilton @jeffhamilton.bsky.social Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine.
formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter
https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts
Kazuma Hashimoto @ gamescom @kazuma.bsky.social critic / consultant / ??? @ ??? x2 ・ award nominated ・ ハーフ ・ he/him ・ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ・ bylines: IGN, Polygon, GamesRadar+, MMORPG, Them, Inverse, Rolling Stone ・ CONTACT: kazuma.h.de@gmail.com ・ posts don't reflect employer, etc. etc.
Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com)
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
📝: www.bryantfrancis.me
🎥: https://boxd.it/hp9UB
Matthew Green @pressthebuttons.bsky.social Owner of http://PressTheButtons.com and co-host of the Power Button podcast, writing about video games online since 2004
Robert Olsén @rawbert.bsky.social I play all kinds of games. Occasionally make games. I try to be kind, respectful and optimistic.
Game Designer & Co-Founder at Splendid Failures, working on "A Corporate Machine".
Formerly Game Designer at Thunderful Games (and previously Image & Form).
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
🏳️🌈 Nick Mangiaracina 🏳️⚧️ @nickmanwrites.bsky.social he/him (HevyD elsewhere)
- Narrative Design/Game Writing - nickmanwrites.com
- Games Journalist
- Professional Inquiries: nickmanwrites@gmail.com
Open for Work
Trans rights are human rights - Free Palestine
Jennifer Locke @jenlocke.bsky.social PR/Marketing at popagenda. Past: PR at Gearbox. Former games journalist. Pokémon card collector. She/her
Paul Hartling @paulhartling.bsky.social Marketing Manager @DevolverDigital.com | Lover of physical media.
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social Gaming. Cofounder/blogging at @Aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/
Video at Highlight Reel.
patreon.com/highlightreel
Occasional DIY LaserDisc Archivist
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social an aperol spritz in human form
(views expressed are mine alone)
David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social EIC of Unwinnable, views own.
PFP by @shaferbrown.com
Dali Dimovski, Your Friend! @dalidimovski.com Artist, Car Designer, Video Games, Writing and Videos. I have an insatiable desire to create.
I ❤️ #Detroit, sports, Uno & Mario Kart.
Industrial Designer/CCS Alum
EIC at SideQuesting.com
E: dali@sidequesting.com
Signal: dalibor.01
DaliDimovski.com
Yussef @youmeyou.bsky.social I write, I make art, and I animate
I co-edit bulletpointsmonthly.com/
More stuff on yussefcole.com
Keith Stack @keithstack.com I just want to play video games. he/him
Leslie & Brianne comics can be found at @wackylesbianhour.com
DrBossKey @drbosskey.bsky.social Game developer, producer, director, tech & software dude, and life long gamer since the Atari 2600 & C64 days of olden times. While I professionally produce games & tech, my passion project, Interstellar Sentinel, a shooter/shoot'em up/shmup. 
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
devoted homo 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social I make art, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, that kind of thing. Very cool. The Poochie of social media.
https://thealeks.itch.io
https://unverifiedpersonalgnosis.neocities.org
https://ko-fi.com/feedthealeks
https://patreon.com/atelier_aleks
Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social Commerce editor at @theverge.com, formerly at Polygon
portfolio and more about me > https://cameronfaulkner.wordpress.com/
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.
Jeff from Nindie Nation @nindienation.bsky.social I hated searching for cool new games on the Nintendo Switch eShop, so I made a channel to share a cultivated list of the best new Indie Games arriving each week.
Check out Nindie Nation here: https://youtube.com/nindienation
Carly A. Kocurek @sparklebliss.bsky.social Experience design, video game history, writing. Prof and associate dean @ Illinois Tech. Books: Coin-Operated Americans (Minnesota), Brenda Laurel (Bloomsbury), Historiographies of Game Studies (Punctum). 
Matt Caulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com Queer Entertainer and Podcaster
Streaming only the coolest games
@twloha.bsky.social Streamer Ambassador
Host of @whatchadoingpod.bsky.social podcast
🔗 https://mattcaulder.carrd.co/
lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social News writer at PC Gamer. Older stuff at Polygon, Fanbyte, pre-unholy resurrection Waypoint, etc. Artist formerly known as the Hellmouth Sunbeams. Views are my own and bad
Matt Leslie @lesmocon.bsky.social Sometimes writer - https://lesmocon.medium.com/
Sometimes editor for Game Grumps
Sometimes wannabe card game afficionado
Always irrelevant
Suriel Vazquez @suriel.bsky.social Writing and video games. Now: freelance consultant for Hit Detection, Magid, etc. Prev: Narrative Lead at Big Blue Sky Games, critic/essayist for YouTube, MinnMax, Polygon, GameSpot, Game Informer, lots more. https://www.linkedin.com/in/surielvazquez/
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Matt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social Writer, YouTuber, small mammal. I tell fun stories about pop culture history. He/him.
> Videos: youtube.com/mattbaume
> Bonus videos: patreon.com/mattbaume
> Book: gaysitcoms.com
> Podcast: sewersofparis.com
> Hedgehog: 🦔
Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social I've been here long enough where a lot of you don't even know where I come from and I kinda find that delightful.
But I'm glad you're here! How are you?
Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social Award-winning reporter. News editor at Game Developer.
Previously seen in Edge, Stuff, and Wireframe.
Tips: chris.kerr@gamedeveloper.com / chris.kerr.gd@protonmail.com / DMs open / Signal: kerrblimey.43
Dylan @dylbyl.com senior software engineer, hobby game dev and artist ▴ working on a Pokemon-inspired roguelike ▴ he/him
https://linktr.ee/dyl_byl
Pete Skerritt @peteskerritt.com Video game player since 1976. Likes to talk about video games from arcades to modern day. Specializes in sports video games from the past. Probably quote-posts a bit too much.
🏳️⚧️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
The Dorks’ Delight @thedorksdelight.bsky.social
(Danny)
A well-seasoned basement dweller who talks about video games and dorky stuff on the internet.
owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome
youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thedorksdelight
Blog: https://www.dorksdelight.com
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
MostStrange @moststrange.bsky.social In love with teengkoh. Site art by tabrakadabra. He/him. I'm not okay.
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
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Tim Garris @timothygarris.com (he/him) Cat dad. Person. Indie games Production Manager at Serenity Forge, Producer working with Keylocker, Death's Gambit, DDLC Plus, Arcadian Atlas, Slay the Princess. Prev. marketing for Beacon Pines and Mythic Ocean. Opinions my own.
Rinoa Carmichael @rinowase.bsky.social PreK teacher by day, cool gamer girl by night. VNs, RPGs, action games, weird vita stuff, steam deck and iPad sicko. Also Platforms and Pitfalls host which will come back one day.
Matt @toomanywires.bsky.social Video Games & life in Japan, mostly. Also NBA (Phoenix Suns), good music, Premier League (Nottingham Forest), and pictures of something I cooked. 日本語OK. Blogging like it’s 2009: http://www.toomanywires.co.uk/
Justin Yandell @shotgunzen.bsky.social Cancer warrior, friend to dogs - Writer: The American Beyond podcast series, Co-screenwriter: Synth Squad
ⓓⓔⓔⓑ definitive edition nintendo switch 2 edition @deeb.bsky.social Part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor!
He/Him Lvl 41 *certified* cool dad & trophy hubby. Woke PNW native blabbing about retro games, JRPGs, Star Wars and 3D printing. Prone to shitposting, and sharing cat and bunny photos ♾️
Andreas Inderwildi @mashxtomuse.bsky.social Writer, medievalist & game critic, seen @ Eurogamer, RPS, KotakuUK, Edge, Wireframe &c. Author of the upcoming book Mundaun: Design Works www.lostincult.co.uk/mundaun. Writes stuff at www.mashxtomuse.com. he/him
Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social I worked on The Bridge, Tumblestone, Freshly Frosted, Cozy Grove, Marble It Up! Ultra, Sail Forth, Roundguard, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. He/Him.
Paul G @paulgoodman.bsky.social All around awkward human being. He/Him. Videogame/tabletop game guy. Quite enjoyed Pacific Rim. Formerly @WMDogma from the bad place.
Aaron York @bookhermit.bsky.social 
Grayson Morley @graysonmorley.com Writer • Winner, PEN/Dau • Work in The New York Times, Polygon, Catapult, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere • Opinions my own
Blog: onemorerun.blog
Joe the Destroyer @joethedestroyer.bsky.social Editor at HonestGamers. Lover of all things horror, metal, games, and wrestling. Perpetually tired. He/him.
McGarnical @mcgarnical.bsky.social I use the bird site to talk about films and TV shows and video games. I may end up doing that here. Lawyer by trade. 
Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social Bayou Billy fan account.
Runs @instructionderby.bsky.social
Instruction Derby: A video game manual stream!
Wednesdays at noon Pacific
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
He/him
Works in games doing Age Ratings
The posts? The opinions? My own
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
David Smith @rhunwords.com Prev: Kotaku Australia, ABC Gamer. https://linktr.ee/rhunwords
Nintendeal @nintendeal.com Nintendo video game deals and news plus whatever else I find interesting. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Track your video game collection and create a wishlist on dekudeals.com
Posts by @andrewalerts.bsky.social
Matt Paprocki @mattpaprocki.bsky.social Home media critic @ doblu.com (https://www.patreon.com/DoBlu)
Freelance games journo: Rolling Stone, Playboy, Polygon, IGN, Forbes, and many others. Game collector, home media critic, Godzilla fan, pro wrasslin' devotee.
David W @dewelsh.bsky.social I used to make games. Now I’m a stay-at-home-dad. I talk about video games, movies, and skateboarding. (He/Him)
Kimimi🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com AKA Kerry Brunskill. Hi and/or sorry
Enby They/Them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Freelance writer - hire me!
Contributing writer @pcgamer.com
Come smother yourself in enthusiastic gaming goodness: https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
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