Joel White (he/him) @joelalwhite.bsky.social MA Student in Communication and Culture, York University
Researching character creation and player engagement in digital games
Blog: www.thethirdmedium.com
Zakary Draper @zakarydraper.com Phd in psychological science interested in stories, storytelling, and emotion.
(Fred)eric @fredtorres.bsky.social Docente en "los lugares más avanzados dentro del peligro que constituye la incertidumbre permanente del mundo"
Josh Daniels @joshdaniels.dev Studying BICT majoring in Games & Creative Technologies, and Software Development at UTAS. Hobart, Australia
https://josh-daniels.itch.io/
https://github.com/Josh-Daniels
Giselle Rosman @jazzrozz.bsky.social She/her
Naarm, Tantalus/Keywords Australia. Game dev mum , mum worried about the death of the planet. I like birds, trees, and kindness. Former GGJ and IGDA Melbourne Lead
Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Media Studies/Digital Media, and author.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1709-8932
https://wheretofind.me/@krveale
"He/Him."
Tangata Tiriti.
All views expressed here are my own.
Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and I’ll bloody do it again if you’re not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
@adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social Lecturer and writer in games and interactive media.
Perth, WA.
University Press Sales Bot @unipresssalesbot.bsky.social 
DIGAREC - Digital Games Research Center @digarec.bsky.social Digital Games Research Center / Zentrum für Computerspielforschung
@unipotsdam.bsky.social // Streams on Twitch http://twitch.tv/digarec // Website: https://digarec.philfak.uni-potsdam.de
Games and Gaming Lab (UofGGamesLab) @uofggameslab.bsky.social An ArtsLab Research Lab promoting cross-disciplinary research & education from tabletop to video games. We explore innovative uses of #games & #gaming to help people make ideas fly like bicycles, @uofglasgow.bsky.social & beyond! Follow/Like ≠ endorsement.
The Middle Ages in Modern Games @midagesmodgames.bsky.social Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
AG Games der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft @gfmgames.bsky.social Interdisziplinäre Gruppe von Forscher*innen inkl. Studierende zum Thema #gamestudies.
Posts von @sebomat.bsky.social
#gamedev #mediastudies #indiedev
https://ag-games.de/
Tijana Rupcic @ferejatina.bsky.social Energy historian by profession ⚡️video game scholar by obsession 🎮 caffeinated cryptid by necessity 👾
Assistant Professor at Polish Academy of Sciences 🇵🇱
Ragnar Holm Fellow at KTH 🇸🇪
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 🍉
Niema Moshiri @niema.net Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego, consulting for PlayStation and Blizzard, Bioinformatician by training, SD-raised. https://niema.net
The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social Official account for the Queerness and Games Conference #QGCon established in 2013. QGCon is a registered nonprofit based in Montreal, Canada.
Stay tuned for news on presenting at or attending the next QGCon!
https://www.qgcon.org/
Lena Falkenhagen @lenafalkenhagen.bsky.social Novelist, game narrative designer, storyteller, world builder. Prof @HBK Essen.
Chair woman German Writer's Association Verband deutscher Schriftsteller*innen.
Pics: Catrin G. Ponciano
Aasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social PHD Researcher @ Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. AoS Worlds '26 Team Finland. Warhammer researcher. Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 34
https://medium.com/@warhammerscholar
Profile pic: teafordragon
Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).
Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS
spielkult.hypotheses.org
Shinji R. Yamane @shinjiyamane.bsky.social Game Jammer．Assoc.Professor at Yasuda Women's University in Hiroshima-city since April 2025.
IGDA Japan, HEVGA member. 近刊『ビデオゲームの心理学』『ゲーム障害再考』．ゲーム企業から資金援助は頂いてません
J. J. Aumercier @jeanju.bsky.social Prof de philo (lycée Ella Fitzgerald à Saint Romain en Gal) et doctorant (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ISJPS) sur les liens entre jeu vidéo et pensée morale.
https://theses.fr/s385320
🦕🏵️Mary Anne @laargonauta.bsky.social Español ll English
🔸Ella/She
📌Chile
🎓Antropóloga Sociocultural /Anthropologist
🎮Phd student BCU
🦖Investigo #TRPG en Chile, #GameStudies y Patrimonio Cultural
🤖 Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Digital
👾Consedcity
maryanneargochavez.wordpress.com
Jason Hawreliak @profjay.bsky.social Associate Professor of Game Studies. Director, GAME Program. Brock University, Department of Digital Humanities.
Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Digital @redlatdigital.bsky.social Rede Latino-Americana de Antropologia Digital
Latin American Network of Digital Anthropology
Difusión, discusión, aprendizaje y creación desde Latinoamérica✊🤖
Jeffrey @geoffwhill.bsky.social Ugly bag of mostly water. he/him. Aussie in London!
A Gay Magikarp @masc4magikarp.bsky.social A level 5 Magikarp aspiring to be a Game Studies Scholar, interested in Interactivity, Game-Player Relations, and LGBTQ+ Storytelling
Jennifer Deiana-Schild @dioneira.bsky.social Feminism everywhere - Games at Polyneux / Game Studies at https://languageatplay.de/ - Linguistics B.A. - ME/CFS at home - 🇩🇪/🇮🇹 - she/they - #KeinenPixel @LudoBande.bsky.social - neuerdings kunstbegeistert - Meerlavendel - Teil der phonenem Gesellschaft
Mário Carneiro 🇵🇸 @roqueegueimes.bsky.social sem fé, nem lei, nem rei.
doutorando ciências sociais - unicamp.
e também https://www.instagram.com/campinarana
Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com 📚Assistant Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at University College Dublin.
🕹️Studying videogame history and creative industry labour.
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Kentucky
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
markhines.me
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social _Prof. for Game Design & Game Studies (HNU)
_PhD Triforce Holder
_Podcast Founder "Game Studies" (NBN)
_Editor "Games" (TITEL kulturmagazin)
_Expert Advisor "Games" (DFJV)
_Xbox: Inderst1978
_Former Int. Community Strategist (Koch Media)
Sonneveld @sonneveld.bsky.social Software engineer. He/Him. Game dev, reverse engineering, stream retro games!
twitch https://twitch.tv/sonneveld
mastodon @sonneveld@mastodon.social
twitter https://twitter.com/sonneveld
agi http://agidev.com
donkey island https://donkeyisland.zip
@dgerouvillefarrell.bsky.social @dgerouvillefarrell.bsky.social 
Wrenji @wrenji.bsky.social Weird entity studying whatever I can get my hands on. Currently finishing my Digital Humanities degree. Occasional editor, artist and game designer. Any pronouns :)
Sailor @s-g-e.bsky.social 
jess @jjerion.bsky.social writer, narrative designer, game developer, professor, etc.
currently @ UAlbany & Red Thread Games, formerly @ Hampshire College, Studio Chyr, NYU Game Center, Harvard University Press
Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social Librarian 📚 Day in the Life. Poetry. Sun. Moon. Clouds. Trees. Animals. Art. Politics. Religion. Philosophy. Everything is consciousness, respect everything. Opinions are my own. 🐮🐷🐣🐶🐱From Planet Claire.
DRobson @drobson.bsky.social An academic librarian who manages a game collection and spaces that support scholarship and recreation at an academic university. 
Sole Zeta @zetasole.bsky.social Soy trans y escribo cosas ñoñas.
Azura @azuranotes.fr 🧩 Game UX Designeuse (Don’t Nod, KT, Orange…)
📚 Chercheuse ICC et streameuse
✨ Je lie design et histoire du jeu vidéo
🍡 Parle aussi du Japon
👉 Links : https://linktr.ee/azura.notes
✉️ Une mission ? Contactez moi par MP
doruk balcı @dorukb.bsky.social the statues are bleeding green
iggi phd student @ uni of york
researching game design & player creativity
sound toys & playful tools
[games & zines] fuzul.itch.io
[other links] linktr.ee/dorukb
Simon Burr @simonburr.bsky.social Game developer, narrative designer and writer. Studying MA Indie Game Development at Falmouth University. 10-years' experience in marketing most recently in the entertainment industry. Portfolio: https://www.simonburr.work/narrative-design-games-writing
@amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies // Game Culture Studies // Human-Technology-Interaction // Neo-Baroque Media
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University
Kübra @mostlyindie.com Games/media/American Studies scholar, lecturer @uni-freiburg.de. PhD on books in games. Currently studying video game remakes, reboots, and adaptations.
Read my blog (new posts approx. every two years): https://mostlyindie.com/
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.
Henri bazan @clarimouette.bsky.social En thèse : Conservation des jeux vidéo dans les grandes institutions culturelles
Chercheur associé BnF
En master : Espaces et représentations historiques dans les FPS
Sauvons le sol Dalaran 🦤
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura | Finnish society for game research @pelitutkimus.fi The Finnish society for game research. Posts FIN/ENG.
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on monitieteinen pelitutkimusta edistävä yhdistys. Tältä tililtä jaamme ajankohtaista tietoa pelitutkimukseen ja pelikulttuureihin liittyen.
www.pelitutkimus.fi
Bill Cannon @semanticpoetry.bsky.social Cat parent. #poly. ADHD. MSc Science, Technology and Society. Non-binary. Weird. Queer. Squishy #FFXIV white mage.
Sam Schelfhout @bearpilot.bsky.social Asst. Prof. @ Sacred Heart University | Director @shuesports.gg | Ph.D./M.S. U Texas-Austin | B.A. University of Portland | Sport history/diplomacy; sociocultural aspects of esports
Leandro @leandroablima.bsky.social PhD in Game Studies. Lecturer. Cucumber Hater. 
Maréva Brunet @mareva-brunet.bsky.social PhD in Linguistics (FoReLLIS Lab, University of Poitiers) 🎓
Exploring how players communicate and collaborate in escape rooms 🧩
Makopowered Chris, PhD (he/him) @makopowered.bsky.social Video Game Scholar, Pixel Artist, YouTube Video Maker, Sometime Game Designer, Self-Professed Pop Culture Junkie. Der Uberdork with a Communication Studies PhD.
Rômulo Dantas @romulodantas.bsky.social PhDing and MSc in Human Development and Technologies
Researching Esports, virtuality and sport
Physical Education Teacher
Unesp - Bauru/Rio Claro
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
DH ten Cate @dhtencate.bsky.social PhD Candidate at DMRC - Queensland University of Technology
Nick Webber @doktornick.bsky.social Games and history researcher, BCU. Co-convenor of @historygamesnet.bsky.social. Views my own. He/him.
Juan F. Belmonte Ávila @juanbeaumont.bsky.social Cultural, Queer & Game Studies. PhD. Associate Professor (Prof. Contratado Doctor).
Webpage: https://t.co/CecoZJEsAZ
Recent publications: https://shorturl.at/TKFAB ; https://shorturl.at/Gqj6i ; https://shorturl.at/laRGx ; https://shorturl.at/ZGrl9
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
linktr.ee/david_leavitt
Carlos J. Nieves 🇵🇷 @finalpassion.bsky.social 🇵🇸 / ♿ Disable / Fibromyalgia 💜🦋 / 🧠🌈 ♾️ Autistic / Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 / Product Manager ➡️ Transitioning to Tech. Art. Creating an environment where everyone feels safe, accepted, respected & represented. My views and opinions are my own.
Laura Goudet @theschwatterer.bsky.social MCF en linguistique anglaise à URouen-Normandie • IUF 2023-28 sur les dictionnaires (linguiste binguiste) • Experte trad/interprète en Normandie • Rigolote à chien et chats sur son temps libre • Nerderies, jeux et gender studies
Lankoski @lankoski.bsky.social Professor, D.Arts. Game researcher.
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 🅿️
A. Rose Johnson @arosefromthedead.bsky.social Falmouth University PhD student. scholar of queer horror, Tumblr, vampires, and Ghost. not-so-mild-mannered instructional designer by day.
Dr Stephanie Farnsworth-Meek @mutanttheorist.bsky.social Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies. https://stephaniefarnsworth.co.uk
Lillian McIntyre @lillianmcintyre.com PhD student at Yale University. Studying Japanese video games in the EALL department. イェール大学博士課程、デジタルゲーム研究。🏳️🌈 lillianmcintyre.com
Anna Rosensweig @arosensweigbskysoc.bsky.social Prof. of French and Visual Culture. Currently writing a book about early modern Calvinism, contemporary Christian Nationalism, and the soi distant New Right. Views my own.
Tim Peacock @drtimpeacock.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in History & War Studies @uofglasgow.bsky.social
& Director @uofggameslab.bsky.social. Space, Nuclear, Games, AI, Politics. Helping to make ideas fly like bicycles! Views mine. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/timothypeacock
Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
Author of strange literary fictions ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
James O’Hagan @esports.irish Educator. Sometimes Doctoral Student at NIU. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
Cait McGee @caitmcgeept.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Harrisburg University | JEGE Associate Editor | Great at evidence-based medicine, okay at video games | CaitMcGeePT@gmail.com
Nico Besombes @nicobesombes.bsky.social 🎮 Esports Sociologist
🎓 Professor at Université Paris Cité
🔬 Researcher at @I3SP
🏆 Program Director of @DIU-Esports
🤝 Board member AREFE & FE & @EsportsResNet
Tobias M. Scholz @borie.bsky.social “Godfather of Esports Research“
JS @jsmeth.bsky.social Advisor for UTK Esports. I count students for the University of Tennessee. Sometimes I teach streaming, content creation, and videa games. Donate to Extra Life https://www.extra-life.org/participant/jsmeth
Victor "victoroil" Castro @victoroil.bsky.social Director of Army West Point Esports (AWPE), educator, veteran and mentor.
Follows & Likes ≠ Endorsement
Use keyword #collegiate, #esports for input to custom feed for Collegiate Esports
Danielle @gamingculturist.bsky.social Esports & Gaming Culturist | Tech & Innovation Strategist | University IT Director | Geek | Posts = my own views | She/Her/Ella | 1st Gen Student
Kauweloa, Ph.D. @kauweloa.bsky.social The University of Hawaii 🌈 -- interdisciplinary Studies/Island Researcher-- Digital Cultures, Video Games(esports),Games Infrastructures, and Disability
#academicsky #indigenousresearch #gamestudies #STS #Disability
Charlie Smith @cdsmithgames.bsky.social Course Leader & Lecturer in Esports at University of Suffolk
PhD Student at University of Portsmouth
Event Coordinator & Online Coverage Manager for EssentialsTF
Moog @moogdiesel.bsky.social Director of Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation at The University of Oklahoma | Board member of VOICE | Steering Committee for Scholastic Esports Awards | Adjunct of OU Gaylord College | 22yr+ Photographer | Veteran
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
John Harney @ludensprof.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Written on: baseball in colonial Taiwan; American missionaries in interwar China. Interested in national identity, science fiction, video games. Associate Editor at www.historyrespawned.com
Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer.
https://linktr.ee/bobwhitaker
Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him
https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
Shawn Graham @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy prof of DH at carleton u. Archaeologist of things Digital, Roman, and Outer Space. Editor of epoiesen.carleton.ca. Sometimes blog at […]
[bridged from https://scholar.social/@electricarchaeo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social Writes stories, makes games, reads history.
Associate Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games.
https://mauricesuckling.com
Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
Zylla Black @zyllable.bsky.social (she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable
Pfp by Birdee Blake
Andrew Reinhard, PhD, RPA @adreinhard.bsky.social Broke Project Archaeologist with Alpine Archaeological Consultants. Music (cyphernaut.bandcamp.com/follow_me), author (ORCID: 0000-0001-7987-8227), photography (andrewreinhard.com). Based in Chicagoland.
Dr. Briana Jackson 🏴☠️ @baladria.bsky.social Egyptologist ⛏ writer ✍️ archaeogamer 🎮 OFMD 🏴☠️ 39 👵
- Egyptian OFMD art & essays
- Please Let Me Hold You 🌵🦉
- OFMD Introverts Discord server
🔗: https://www.brianacjackson.com/biolinks
Dr. Kira Jones @flaviansophist.bsky.social Classicist. Gamer. Art historian. Actual Dr. Jones. she/her, stick around for antiquity in videogames and general nonsense.
Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair 
Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.