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Alexandra T. @alexandrato.bsky.social Associate Prof @Northeastern | CMU HCII, Stanford SymSys alum | Racial Justice, Transformational Game Design, Identity, Critical Design, and Human-Computer Interaction | she/her | mixed | 🩷💜💙
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer at Innersloth on Among Us Story: On Guard. Previously at Exploding Kittens. Also made HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & more. 🎮 carolmertz.itch.io 🃏 bit.ly/carolsBGG 🌱 PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/ Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist game maker co-created puzzmo
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 📚🕹️ 🎲 @hoppingfun.bsky.social One of those creative types: Word-y, geek-y, game-y (oh wait). I've been making games, stories, media, books, jazzy content for oodles of clients for decades. Come see: hoppingfun.com
Jay Justice @jayjustice.net Game dev, writer, editor, consultant. Mass Effect Legendary Edition Community Council. The Game Awards Future Class. Accessibility Pro. Queer disabled Black superhero. she/her jay@jayjustice.net 🇯🇲♿🏳️‍🌈 in 🇹🇭 jayjustice.net/links
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Take This @takethis.org Take This is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization decreasing stigma and increasing support for mental health in games. https://linktr.ee/takethisorg
Eve Crevoshay @evecrevoshay.bsky.social ED of Take This: Mental Health & games, food, dogs, and probably politics. All views are mine, not those of any entity.
Bri 💀 Williams @dazzlingcadaver.bsky.social Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment | Your Queer Goth Mom™ | She/Her or They | I write, I doodle, I'm glad you're here | Thoughts are my own | https://briwilliams.co/
Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer @PAX East @doctorkilmer.bsky.social Researcher with Take This. Clinical psychologist using games in therapy with Respec Psychological Services. Opinions are all mine. (she/they)
Cat Wendt 🏳️‍🌈 @catwendt.bsky.social I talk about my dogs a lot. 🐕🐕 Games stuff 🍎. MBA but mad about it, kinda Chinese, rickety millennial. She/They | catwendt.com
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 celiahodent.com
Kelli Dunlap, PsyD @kellidunlap.bsky.social aka Dr Goose. Clinical psychologist. Game designer. Research Affiliate at AU Game Center. She/her.
Foaad Khosmood @foaad.bsky.social Visiting scholar at Imperial College | foaad.net
Rosental Calmon Alves @rosental.bsky.social Professor, Knight Chair in Journalism/UNESCO Chair in Communication, founder/director Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication, School of Journalism and Media
Jeremy Gilbert @jeremygilbert.bsky.social Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern University’s Medill School. Formerly Washington Post, NatGeo, Poynter+
Sarah Cohen @shcohen.bsky.social Big Local News; for Knight Chair ASU & Duke; WaPo and NYT alum
Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
Kelly Boudreau @velixious.bsky.social professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
Ian Schreiber @ianschreiber.bsky.social Game designer, educator, parent.
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels. New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64 https://jesperjuul.net
Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA Books: 1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)💫 2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius) https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
Janet H Murray @janethmurray.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Digital Media, Georgia Tech, graduate of Bx Science HS, author "Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace" (MIT Press updated edition 2017) . Current book in progress:"Digital Delusions" .
Bart Simon @bartsimon.bsky.social Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
Noah Wardrip-Fruin @n-w-f.bsky.social UC Santa Cruz professor; makes/studies games, elit, AI, etc; co-editor MIT Press Software Studies series; parent; Quaker; Henson/Muppet fan; disabled; he/him New book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons Personal website: http://www.noahwf.com
Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social Play scholar, among other things
William Huber @whuber.bsky.social Associate professor of game studies @ Falmouth University. Californian living in the UK. The dude abides.
Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social (he/him) #gamestudies, media, and culture researcher, Prof. of Game Design at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. Books http://bit.ly/3MWJ5vM and https://bit.ly/4yA52aj. Website: http://sebastianmoering.com.
Maxwell Foxman @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media and Game Studies Co-author of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism 🧵: sushilovinfun 🐘: maxwellfoxman@mastodon.social 🐦: maxwellfoxman
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Marcus Carter @marcuscarter.com Professor in HCI @ USYD, CEO @ Ludolio. Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social Comp. sci. prof. @ American University, Washington DC. AI & games researcher with miscellaneous other interests. https://www.kmjn.org/
Kati Alha @katialha.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game studies. Gardening and woodworking enthusiast. Devourer of video games and audiobooks. Wife to my wife. She/they.
Hanna Wirman @hwirman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Games and Play Design, Center for Digital Play & Head of Study Programme of MSc in Games, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/ https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Hartmut Koenitz @hkoenitz.bsky.social Scholar, designer, artist. Working on interactive digital narrative and how to understand our complex world. Professor and student in the subject of life President of ARDIN. book: Understanding Interactive Digital Narrative (2023): https://amzn.to/3OUEj32
Raul Carvajal @hallcarver.bsky.social Senior Technical Project Manager @weareagog.bsky.social, Founding Advisor @anima-interactive.com, Former Director of Production at Games for Change I produce games/XR to support my cooking habit. 🎲🍲🍘🎮 Banner image from SABLE by Shedworks
Nick Schiner | STAY PLAYING NICK @stayplayingnick.com Helping you make parenting, learning, & tech less overwhelming Gaming Dad | EdTech | Failed Pro Wrestler 📍Baltimore Worked with HP, Microsoft, Intel, Meta, Games for Change, Code.org, and more #Parenting #TTRPG #Gaming #Wrestling
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com The official Bluesky of Vanity Fair
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social A legacy of discovery. A future of innovation.
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. 🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
Annakaisa Kultima @aakoo.bsky.social Game scholar, game design praxiologist, ludic gallerist. And other things.
John Maeda @johnmaeda.bsky.social Still going …
GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 1-5, 2027, in San Francisco!
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee.
Ben Fry @benfry.com Running https://fathom.info since 2010 / spent 22 years building https://processing.org and supporting its community / sometimes seen teaching at https://mit.edu
Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social Northwestern University Professor. Computational Journalism; AI & Society. https://www.nickdiakopoulos.com. Writing https://www.ai-accountability-review.com/
MIT Game Lab @mitgamelab.bsky.social Exploring the Potential of Play -- http://gamelab.mit.edu/
Mike Treanor @mike-treanor.bsky.social Games / Computational Media, Music. American University. Chair of the Department of Computer Science.
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Casey O'Donnell [he/him] @caseyod.bsky.social (Anthropologist/Researcher of)Game Developer(s)
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
Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more. Press requests: news@gamedeveloper.com Tips: tips@gamedeveloper.com
Colleen Macklin @colleenmacklin.bsky.social Prof @ Parsons NYC, game designer, lapsed bagpipe player. Colleenmacklin.com
Matthew Farber @docfarber.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. Codirector, Gaming SEL Lab. Play theorist. NEW from The MIT Press w/ Tracy Fullerton: “The Well-Read Game” a.co/d/6oAphWV
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much.
Andy Phelps @andymphelps.bsky.social Professor at @GT_LMC, President at @theHEVGA. Personal acct.
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
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