William Antonelli @wantonelli.bsky.social Tech reporter, bylines @businessinsider.com @theguardian.com @aftermath.site, more • Organizer @nyguild.bsky.social / @newsguild.org • Eternal Fanfic Author • Any Pronouns • Stay Feral ✊
Megan Varde 🐴 @mvardeparty.bsky.social 3D environment artist @YoungHorses.com on Bugsnax and something else 👁️👁️
I have approximate knowledge of many things
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Jessica Orr @ressiejessie.bsky.social Freelancer | Prev: Senior Guides Writer @Eurogamer | Bylines: PC Gamer, GameSpot, GamesRadar+, IGN, GameRant, PCGamesN | Games | Gacha | Horror | She/Her | jessicaorr.work@gmail.com
Miranda Sanchez @havokrose.bsky.social Executive Editor of Guides at IGN and Podcast Unlocked member
Into books, beer, stationery, cats, video games, and writing.
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Jules Engel 🍉 @ghoulsengel.bsky.social Sr PR Manager at @popagenda.co | dungeon miniboss | silly goose | (they/them)
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
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Elise Favis @elisefavis.bsky.social Comms/PR at FIFTYcc & freelance games consultant. Previously: washington post reporter, game informer editor, fanbyte editor. 🌈 | she/her
Bo Moore @usebomswisely.bsky.social Senior Manager, Tech @IGN. Social justice lancer. Karaoke machine. One time magazine model. Frequent posts about my cats.
Dean @dean-dev.bsky.social www.awkwardsilence.co.uk/
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
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dani dee⁷ @ writing trash women @epistellar.bsky.social game developer | current: split fate + first bite + nda studio project | past: narrative on unannounced IP + south of midnight + viewfinder + armatus | email: dee @ epistellar . net | Anti-GenAI
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Casey DeFreitas @shinycaseyd.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Guides @IGN - I mostly tweet about video games, Pokemon, and pizza. First fleet Monster Hunter 👹
Cody Gravelle @minustempo.bsky.social no one steps in the same river twice
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Jordan Middler @jordanmiddler.bsky.social Journalist, VGC.
Host, The VGC Podcast.
Scotland.
Draquaza Reid @draquaza.bsky.social Xenoblade and Hoyoverse content creator | 3d artist and animator
Shania lives rent free in my head
Xenoblade spoilers here beware!
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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
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Robin Wonsley - Minneapolis Ward 2 @ward2.minneapolismn.gov Robin Wonsley represents Ward 2 on the Minneapolis City Council.
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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io writer, gamedev, video game consultant, homosexual. don't call me a solo dev. an example of the live mas mentality. Interstate 35, out now. making: UNANNOUNCED (TBD) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/Interstate_35/
Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️ 💜🤍🖤💚 | she/her | annacwebster.com
Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite.net & @Respec.net. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Editor-at-large for Eurogamer/VG247.
Love: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games, RPGs, NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
Ryan K. Rigney @pushtotalk.gg 
Chisel @chiselmag.bsky.social Words worth carving in stone | https://chiselmag.com
Punished Dia @punished-dia.bsky.social tfw ur girl is on restriction
Let's Plays:
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Bylines at:
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Iron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.social youtube guy
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Cat Zhang @catzhang.bsky.social lapsed music critic, culture writer at The Cut / NYMag
I’m not here often but cat.zhang@nymag.com if you need me
Kat Moon 孟祥悅 @katxmoon.bsky.social covering shows @TVGuide. words in @TIME @Cosmopolitan @TeenVogue @recordingacad. taiwan born & raised, @columbiajourn alum. @officialTCA member. she/her
Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social Director @eteogames.bsky.social • Creative Director of Sable
eteogames.com • Director at Shedworks
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
Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I post insights about the video games industry, as well as thoughts on tech, politics, history, science and public transit.
Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social One of the leading transsexuals in emotion-drenched indie roleplaying game design. Hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Treaty 6). she/her. I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com
Alex Van Aken @itsvanaken.games Award-winning senior video editor @GameInformer.com
• Musician • 3D Artist • reality tv sicko
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Inquiries: alex@gameinformer.com
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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net Senior Reporter at @theverge.com. Email tips to jay.peters@theverge.com.
Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
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.
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Daily Black Video Game Characters @dailyblackchars.bsky.social #BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate #FreePalestine #TransRightsAreHumanRights I spotlight Black characters in games. DMs open for suggestions.
Black, He/Him
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Jerome Mazandarani @theaccidentalotaku.bsky.social Former MD of Manga Entertainment UK.
EP or Cannon Busters, a LeSean Thomas original anime series for Netflix.
Official ANSWERMAN for ANN.com.
A Ronin anime biz salaryman wondering the dystopian corporatized global anime Badlands.
⭐️ Najmah Salam ⭐️ @najmahsalam.bsky.social ★ Creative Artificer 🪄 & Marketing Alchemist 🧪
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Glen Henry - DUPPY DETECTIVE TASHIA OUT NOW🔍👻 @spritewrench.com 🏝 Founder/ Project Director Spritewrench Studios
🔊Loudest of Jamaica Game Developer Society (JGDS)
🎓IGDA - Foundation Velocity Cohort Coordinator
✌ (he/him)
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lookingfor.game @lookingfor.game lookingfor.game is a weekly newsletter from @lucyjames.games that highlights upcoming PC games and delivers demo codes straight to your inbox. Let’s find your next favorite game.
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Amy-Leigh Shaw @diveamydive.bsky.social Loud Whisperer • Dragon Fanatic • 🍬Award-Winning Writer and Narrative Designer @ Sweet Baby Inc🍬 • Previously @ Rocksteady Games • ✨Limit Break Mentor✨ • She/Her 💖💛💙 🏳️🌈
“Very sweet and always improved with butter.”
Robert Sephazon @gameharbor.co.jp Video game developer, curator, and historian living in Japan. Producer for Deltarune. I do not comment on games in development. 開発中ゲームについてコメント出来ませんので、ご理解下さい。
Zion Grassl @ziondood.bsky.social Social Media Specialist at @fangamer.com ✨
StreetPass psycho 🟢 MOTHER 3 supporter 🌻
Former Video Producer at @nintendolife.com
Pronounced Z-on / My views are my own
Starmen.net @starmen.net Official Bluesky account for Starmen.net, an internet community for Earthbound fans that's been around since 1997.
Celebrate MOTHER 3's 20th anniversary with us! - https://starmen.net/mother-3-20th-anniversary/
Discord - https://discord.gg/6wHsGkYuYE
Panic World @panicworld.com A podcast about the moral panics and viral freakouts that bubble up out of the darkest corners of the internet.
Ivy Noelle Weir @ivynoelle.bsky.social Writes (mostly) comics, like ANNE OF WEST PHILLY and THE SECRET GARDEN ON 81st STREET | Comms/Brand at Inklore | MLIS | Philly | She/They | Rep: Anjali Singh
ivynoelleweir.com
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Tea Berry-Blue @teaberryblue.net She/they. Queer. Parent. Executive Editor at BOOM! Studios. Goofy as heck. Opinions my own.
http://www.teaberryblue.net
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social He/him. Sr. Game Designer. Prev: Epic, Bungie, Turbine, more.
I run @HyruleInterviews.bsky.social
Blog: namelessquality.com
Portfolio: maxnicholsdesign.com
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social essayist, critic, journalist, editor
author of VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GR+, RPS, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Mothership, Stop Caring, Deleted Saves, Skybox
https://ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev/
she/her
Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com Professional writer and talker; sports things & nerd stuff. Feature journalism, NFL analysis, books & stories, and my podcast about old video game magazines: @funfactorpod.com. Partnerships director @rankmivote.bsky.social. He/him. #ADHD
Louise Simonsen @louistonehill.bsky.social Freelance visual development artist
💜🤍🖤
She/her/(they/them)
Contact: louisestonehill@proton.me
Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/louise-simonsen
Looking for work
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production, photos. Uplifting marginalized devs.
The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm.
🔗 theflytrapmedia.com
Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com)
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
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AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|🇹🇹🇺🇸|💌 AFNarratives@gmail.com
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Grist @grist.org We're a nonprofit news org dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Get our journalism in your inbox: https://grist.org/subscribe/
Tristan Baurick @tristanbaurick.bsky.social Environment reporter for VeriteNews.org & Grist.org • Covering climate change, energy, pollution, wildlife, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana's disappearing coast • Past: Times-Picayune, Ted Scripps fellow, Kitsap Sun
https://muckrack.com/tristan-baurick
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
Joshua Cenyaotl Herron @fiestadad.bsky.social Joan and Rafas' papa. Recklessly optimistic Chicano/NDN Comic creator & Storyboard Artist on Fox's The Great North
Repped by Alex Weiss from Azantian Literary
Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at GamesBeat, Game Informer, Kinda Funny, Restart Dot Run, Fanbyte full time; IGN, Kotaku, Washington Post, basically everywhere freelance. Contact: imran@prosekhans.com. He/him.
Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com Writer @ Kotaku | Also seen on: Kill Screen, USGamer, GameCritics, Hard Drive & Entertainment Fuse (He/Him)
Mike Towndrow @itsmike.town Creative Director at Games Done Quick
@crowbar.diy | Prev. Six One Indie
Does good games work, has bad hair genetics.
Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social The A.V. Club film critic, programmer, dancer, dog person.
William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social Award-winning film critic for The Wrap. Co-host of The Critically Acclaimed Network. LAFCA. CCA. GALECA. Ace. He/Him. 🎃
Wout @thehashtagonist.bsky.social Communications Director at Playstack working on Raccoin, Balatro, Abiotic Factor, UNBEATABLE, The Rise of the Golden Idol, Mortal Shell 2 and VOID/BREAKER
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
SailorTabbyCat ♡s TV★( ˘ ³˘)📺 @sailortabbycat.bsky.social She/her✧32 🏳️🌈🇵🇷
Award-Nominated US/UK PR Manager for @owlcatgames.bsky.social 🦉
📧: t.beidleman@owlcat.games
Opinions mine!
https://linktr.ee/SailorTabbyCat
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Perfect Garbage 🌾🪦🔪 wishlist Grave Seasons @perfectgarbage.bsky.social An indie game studio genre-mashing cool stuff. 👩🌾🩸
Currently developing #graveseasons
Releasing this Fall on PC and consoles
Wishlist us on Steam below!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255110/Grave_Seasons/
Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social Features Editor & Immigration Reporter @prismreports.org | co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com | tina@prismreports.org
Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social Unnhinged Video Shorts Creator | Video Consultant | Voice Over | Cryptic Crosswords
Former Senior Editor - Restart.run ✒️
Got a Physics PhD before games stole me from science 🔬
Some board games words on www.goinganalogshow.com 🎲
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
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
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!
One More Catch @onemorecatch.site A new independent publication covering Pokémon Go and the next generation of Pokémon games. Feed contains site posts, event timings, and RTs of Pokémon nonsense (complementary).
🌐 onemorecatch.site
📧 contact@onemorecatch.site
✍️ @mattreyn.games
Gaz @nyazsche.bsky.social Artist of “high quality”.
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live The Wedge's News Leader | Tips: newsroom@wedgelive.com | signal: wedgelive.33
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Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
Walter Hickey @walthickey.bsky.social Executive Editor @sherwood.news, book whatyou.watch, writer numlock.com. Previously FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Charles McGregor @charlesamcgregor.com Founder of Tribe Games and creator of HyperDot
Working on:
Screenbound (@screenbound.bsky.social)
Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! (@strangescaffold.bsky.social)
I also make game dev videos! https://www.youtube.com/@charlesamcgregor
Eric Vilas-Boas @ericvb.bsky.social @vulture.com writer and editor covering animation, streaming, movies, and TV | die-hard fan of hiking and physical media
“there's lightning in your teeth”
s. e. smith @sesmith.lol that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire
🌿 @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder
🐈⬛ 📖 ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES out now!
🖋️ get your grief advice on @allmydeadcats.com
✉️ sesmith at realsesmith.com
MICHAEL HIGHAM @brazyazn.bsky.social swag off the meter | 🇵🇭 | editor, host @ IGN | prev: senior editor/host @ GameSpot + Fanbyte | seen on Kinda Funny, Giant Bomb, CNET | former political consultant | salamat sa yong suporta!
Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com An independent, nonprofit newsroom keeping Minnesotans informed & unearthing stories other outlets can’t or won’t tell. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://minnesotareformer.com/subscribe/
Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social ✏ Writing Warren Spector’s next game
✏️ BAFTA & Nebula-nominated writer & narrative designer of Pacific Drive
🏆 BAFTA Breakthrough 2024
⭐ Marketing: SCMedia
🎤 Host: IGF 2026, League of Legends Season One
✉ shao.karrie@gmail.com
🧐 karries.carrd.co
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. PRECOGNITION for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social Digital communities, books, and fandom. Editor of Fansplaining & co-curator of The Rec Center ✨
elizabethminkel.com // fansplaining.com // https://buttondown.email/the-rec-center
Lin Codega @lincodega.com author, journalist, game writer—PASHA THE STORM out now | co-founder @rascal.news, editor @fansplaining.bsky.social | WRA TVL S3—🏳️⚧️ they/them—a bit of a killjoy—there's a hugo here somewhere
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair.
I hack things and build community.
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Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota @cubmn.bsky.social The Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota (CUB) is a nonprofit advocate for our state’s utility consumers. We champion affordable, reliable, safe, and clean home energy for all Minnesotans. More at www.cubminnesota.org