Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter and proud union member at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Kanopy @kanopy.com Incredible and essential films made accessible through your library. #streamsmarter
Retrograde Amnesia Podcast @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social A podcast covering classic JRPGs, chapter by chapter, beat by beat.
🎮: Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden I & II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story, Phantasy Star IV, Skies of Arcadia.
retroam.com
Tokyo Game Life @tokyogamelife.bsky.social Tokyo based video game podcast focusing on Nintendo and gaming culture in Japan’s capital. Available on your favorite podcast app!
https://tokyogamelife.com
Sick Combos @sickcombos.bsky.social Welcome to the Sicko's Arcade
This is where I post my photography of video games on CRT televisions // fighting games // Capcom // Sega // SNK // DOA
We exchange quarters at the counter // no outside beverage // game titles and descriptions in alt text
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
ミルキー The Duke of URL @milkman.bsky.social Author of 'Nobuo Uematsu: On The Record'
Game industry stuff.
Official House Party stan account.
https://beacons.ai/jamesmielke
Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net Pixels and Polygons: Home of original podcasts, books, and zines! www.pixelsandpolygons.net
Run by @darrenhupke.bsky.social
Part of @soundstone.network
soundstone.network
Webstore links and more below!👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
The Retro Hour Podcast @theretrohour.com Retro Gaming Podcast from three best mates. We love chatting with people about Retro Tech every week. TheRetroHour.com
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Eteo Games @eteogames.bsky.social • Independent game studio, creating worlds of mystery and mischief
• Read Eteo Archetypes: https://www.eteogames.com/
Ray Barnholt @rdbaaa.space 📛ask me about boku no natsuyasumi
Game making: @bipedal.dog
BUY BLAST RUSH LS! https://bipedal.dog/works/bls
Pod casting: https://nomorewhoppers.com https://drawgamepod.com
Former 1UP/Retronauts
https://rdbaaa.space for more fun
Christopher Chiu-Tabet @cctabet.bsky.social @comicsbeat.bsky.social reporter, former Multiversity news manager. Autistic, British Chinese/Arab Anglican into film, TV, comics, games, music, history and religion. Got called a Spielberg bootlicker once. Views my own. https://ko-fi.com/cctabet
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
Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com Editorial Director, GamesIndustry.biz; co-founder, Jank.cool. Formerly: Editorial Director at Gamer Network, stage stuff at Rezzed/EGX, EIC OXM, words in lots of places.
Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social Writer, journalist, and co-founder of PC games blog Jank.
Visit: jank.cool | Follow: @jank.cool
Prev bylines at Rock Paper Shotgun, IGN, PC Gamer, Edge, Eurogamer.
Narrative for: Cataclismo, Creatures of Ava, and Moonlighter 2.
Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social I do words for the likes of PC Gamer, IGN, Edge and The Guardian, and consult for games studios. Developers and publishers: if you're looking for a seasoned mock reviewer, let's talk!
M.H. Williams @mhwilliams.bsky.social I write about things for a living. Currently for a game dev and my personal newsletter, Stuff Worth Knowing (https://stuffworthknowing.substack.com/).
Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social I write stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.site.
tim rogers @108.bsky.social youtube.com/actionbutton
twitch.tv/actionbutton
discord.gg/actionbutton
Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com Videogame emulation newsletter - readonlymemo.com
PC Gamer magazine
8-4 Play @84play.bsky.social Every other week, tune in to 8-4 Play for talk about Japan, video games, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo.
RPGFan @rpgfan.bsky.social Extensive RPG news and reviews coverage since 1998.
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/
We’re a website about shooting games, among other things.
Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/bulletpoints
shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social 80s/90s/00s japanese gamedev interviews | patreon: http://patreon.com/shmuplations
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
insert credit @insertcredit.com The only show about video games. W/ @frankcifaldi.bsky.social
@adashtra.bsky.social
@brandon.insertcredit.com
host @alexjaffe.bsky.social
editor @esper.bsky.social
https://patreon.com/insertcredit
https://forums.insertcredit.com
https://insertcredit.com
Unwinnable @unwinnable.com A place for stories | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1VQ9omB | Pitch: http://bit.ly/3oBCo5z
RPG Site @rpgsite.net We are RPGSite.net. We're the #1 destination for role-playing video game fans & nerds. We love RPGs, so we report on them all day every day. Expect critique, news, reviews, guides, trivia & more! Operated by Double Black Ltd.
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org
Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
New books added daily.
• Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n
• Support: https://thevideogamelibrary.substack
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com video games is two words
Videos: http://guard.bike
Podcast: https://lnk.to/JeffGerstmann
Patreon: https://jeff.zone/
Nextlander @nextlander.com Vinny, Brad, and Alex play games, talk shop, and have fun. Check out the Nextlander Podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and support us on Patreon!
nextlander.com
The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast @backpagepod.bsky.social A video games podcast by @mrbasil_pesto and
@samuelwroberts. New episode every Friday.
Patreon.com/backpagepod if you'd like to support us. Email: backpagegames@gmail.com, Discord: http://discord.gg/nEdhNnZxXg.
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.
Retro XP @retroxp.bsky.social The retro video games newsletter of @marcnormandin.bsky.social
https://retroxp.beehiiv.com/
Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social “Make way for Superman!” said Superman as he punched everyone at the Coffee Bean. He/him. Los Angeles. Dog. Mustache.
Gayest Episode Ever: https://gayestepisodeever.com
Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games: https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
Liam E 🚲 🦝TGS @liambme.bsky.social Game designer in Kyoto 🗾 Co-Founder of Denkiworks. Directing & Designing TANUKI: Pon's Summer. Creator of Cursed to Golf. 🦝⚡
Robert Ashley @robertashley.bsky.social A Life Well Wasted, I Come to Shanghai, always in the kitchen. Music, books, and games. Lexington, VA. www.alifewellwasted.com
https://icometoshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/low-pressure
aj fillari✨ @ajfillari.bsky.social i host and produce podcasts and play TTRPGs | 32 | they/any
talking about indie games @dotzip.online☁️
producer/editor: into the aether, formative media, frog of the week, paws and clause + more!
hire me!: https://ajfillari.online
go birds🦅
Black Nerd Problems @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social We write about pop culture, talk movies & comics, and get these jokes off. [2025 Hugo Award Winner] 99 problems, diversity ain’t one.
https://blacknerdproblems.com/
Graham Smith @grahamsmith.bsky.social Studio manager/producer @suspicious.dev. Co-founder @jank.cool. Previously: RPS, PC Gamer, Crate & Crowbar, Eurogamer, Dicebreaker.
Chris Sims @theisb.bsky.social He/Him. Waiting by the river.
Shane Bettenhausen @shanewatch.bsky.social ★
NO WAR
Ex-EGM/1up, blazing new trails in gaming with PlayStation. (Expressed opinions are my own, and not that of my employer.) RESIST / Stay Woke 大丈夫だ、問題ない (He/Him)
Susana Polo 🔜 NYCC @susanapolo.bsky.social She/her. Formerly senior entertainment writer and editor at Polygon. Founded The Mary Sue Dot Com way back in 2011. Writer/editor. For contact and more, check out: https://susanapolo.com/
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/
Cane and Rinse @caneandrinse.com Making podcasts about videogames since 2011
Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social Coffee-powered optimist. Lover of family and video games. Super Famicom hoarder, SNK nut, likes old JRPGs and box art. 🦑
From Liverpool. He/him
Japan Retro Direct @japanretrodirect.bsky.social Online Japanese import game shop in Japan. Nintendo, SEGA, SNK, Sony, more. Also curated selection of Japanese music. Follow for updates.
Site: https://japanretrodirect.ocnk.com
Worldwide shipping Info: https://japanretrodirect.ocnk.com/news-detail/12
kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social “Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social He/him. Now Playing: The Guide to 1980s and '90s Movie Games now available: https://limitedrungames.com/products/now-playing-the-guide-to-1980s-and-90s-movie-games-hardcover Icon and header by Rusty Shackles. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
Cheesemeister @cheesemeister.bsky.social Playing video games in Japan.
Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone visual designer, music composer
he/him — Seattle, WA
prev:
senior brand designer @ epic
visual designer @ bungie
works:
elmore.design
satellitesound.net
shows:
youtube.com/@mythicresonance
@silentdiscographer.com | @extendti.me | @caneandrinse.com
Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social Freelance Writer│Magazine Editor│VG & Anime Historian│🦈 fur │UK│Trans woman she/her│AuDHD │❤️ : @kitnibbles.bsky.social │Business Enq: curicuricreations@protonmail.com
More info in pinned
❤️ : https://ko-fi.com/retrobytes
❤️ : patreon.com/SashasRetroBytes
Louis Lloyd-Judson @louistrations.co.uk Comic artist, creator of the webcomic "Apricot Cookie(s)!". Tends to draw a lot of cutesy pin-up stuff. Thank you for liking my characters!
Website: http://louistrations.co.uk
VGen commissions: https://vgen.co/Louistrations
Mattias @anosou.com Person of interests.
Video games, music, video game music, pinball, and synthesizers.
Swede (the nationality and/or the root vegetable). Product Manager in music software.
SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social SEGA SATURN: Website · Podcast · Show · Magazine / http://youtube.com/SEGASATURNSHIRO / http://discord.gg/SSJuThN / contact@segasaturnshiro.com
Chad Bonin @chadbonin.com I talk about comics, games, animation, and a variety of superhero shows from Japan.
📺 youtube.com/@tsundoku
🗣️ patreon.com/tsundoku
He/him
#gamingpickups
#snackposting
#tsundoku
Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social Anti-racist. Anti-fascist. 40s. Immigrant. Teacher. Enjoyer of toys, books, and other nerd stuff. Bluesky’s premier hater of graded collectibles. Takes and shares pictures. Trans Rights are Human Rights. He/Him.
SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️⚧️ @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games JP fan translations and LGBT fantasy writing. Eight Mansions TL, kusoge hobbyist. Some crocheting, composing, or 3d modeling. クソゲー翻訳者。Tower Enthusiast, 冥界住人//Dweller of Hades.
Translation/Gaming Blog: https://goodorevengreat.games/
Game Dave @gamedave.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/GameDave
Benjamin Yoder @oculin.bsky.social I love video games and I hope you do too.
@pcfxfanclub.bsky.social former cohost.
www.onecontrollerport.com also on YouTube.
Always open to direct messages.
Miles Reid-Lobatto @milesreidlobatto.bsky.social Formally @manmiles on Twitter. British Writer, Comedian and Former Barista living in Wisconsin. Cohost of the ‘Casual Trek’ podcast.
Vinnk @vinnk.bsky.social Vinnk of Famicom Dojo fame(?). Almost 20 years of living in Japan and creating media about video games.
Famicom Dojo Website: https://v2.famicomdojo.tv/
Japan Retro Direct (my shop): https://japanretrodirect.ocnk.com
Famicom Dojo @famicomdojo.bsky.social The Bluesky home of the YouTube/Podcast Series Famicom Dojo. https://famicomdojo.tv
Paul- Konacha @konacha37.bsky.social He/Him. VHS Capturer for Youtube. Also Cosplayer & Pokémon Master. Lover of everything cute. Disney Princess. BLM, LGBTQIA+ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🐎🐀
Youtube: youtube.com/@VHSRecordings
Internet Archive: archive.org/details/@konacha37
@moofyspacejump.bsky.social @moofyspacejump.bsky.social Doofus from Canada. PFP by @ieatrocks.bsky.social
Sean “TheOrange” Corse @seanorange.bsky.social I make silly videos about games for @famicomdojo.tv. Know enough about movies to be dangerous at “Framed” but inconsistent at finding actual answers. Joined a band as my COVID skill/mid-life crisis. Twitter and Meta refugee. Armchair political analyst.
A. R. Pulver @arpulver.bsky.social Involved in staffing anime conventions, local politics, my sports teams, and assorted fixations. Expect random musings on all of them to make this unpalatable for anybody.
Lina Blue @linablue.ch I drive trains for a living.
Love to read Fanfiction (mostly Ranma) and listen to lots of video game music.
I love tech and technology.
Sometimes, I even stream games on twitch.
Life isn't what you make of it. It just sorta happens.
Reluctant Hero @reluctant-hero.bsky.social Husband. Father. Son. Brother. Teacher. Student. Trying to leave the world a better place than the one I came into.
Oh yeah, video games are awesome.
SweetLikeSugar @sweetlikesugar.bsky.social 
Bombs @bombses.bsky.social 
SaruPro - FX Unit Yuki - The Nyanja! - Miko Hearts @sarupro.bsky.social I'm Sarumaru of SaruPro, a small indie dev studio for retro consoles!
Middle-aged Artist, Retro Gamer
Love 90s Japanese #videogames / #anime , #PCEngine & #Ys.
Creator of FX Unit Yuki, The Nyanja! & Miko Hearts.
Connor the Braixen (Seafoam Gaming) @seafoamgaming.bsky.social Owner of review website https://www.seafoamgaming.com and Chunsoft fanatic. Interviewed the guy who wrote the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon stories. Mostly just autoposts articles from the SFG website now. Contact me via my Youtube Channel email if you have Qs.
HoneyWiz @honeywiz.bsky.social I play old games, jrpgs and import games I can barely read. Studies japanese. Obsessive about game history. Sometimes draws. Sometimes.
Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Beat ‘Em Up, Pixels and Polygons Quarterly). Writer. Podcast host (Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
GameMistresss @gamemistress.bsky.social Hi I'm Theresa!
Twitch partner & youtuber. Retro gamer & collector who streams everything retro together with her cats. Mental Health Advocate.
Email: gamemistresseu@gmail.com
Random Stranger @randomstranger.bsky.social I like obscure old video games and make a lot of videos about them. I've documented all of the Nintendo Famicom library and I'm currently working on the PC Engine.
JohnRiggs @johnriggs.bsky.social Voice Actor in 8 games
Reactivate: Ring Announcer
Published 7+ games
Acclaim: Publishing Ambassador
and I talk about old games and cereal online
youtube.com/johnriggs
Rhys 📼 @flemishdog.bsky.social Off Air TV Archivist. Autistic. (They/Them)
I demand excellence in design & function & will not compromise.
https://archive.org/details/flemishdog linktr.ee/flemishdog
Pojosama @pojosama.bsky.social I like Retro Games, Music, and Art. You will probably mostly see me post about retro games.
#retrogames #videogames #retrovideogames
Mollie L Patterson @mollipen.bsky.social Writer, designer, podcaster, militant redhead, retro tech/SNK/Mega Drive fangirl, mom to twins.
As seen in GameFan, Play, EGM, etc. Co-author of The EGM Compendium. Once known as shidoshi. And yes, I made that Persona website.
🇺🇸🇯🇵🇺🇦🔵
mollielpatterson.com
The Top Loader @thetoploader.bsky.social Hi ! My name is Todd and I will be constantly posting about Retro Gaming and Modern Gaming and everything that happens in between !
.. because I constantly love gaming. It's what i do !
I'm also on http://Youtube.com/TheTopLoader82
maggy @officialgf.bsky.social living in Tokyo / support bassist for some bands / I have a lil blog about the tokyo music scene. if you like music too, come chill!
📀 ♬ ₊.🎧⋆☾⋆⁺₊🎸
ナカヨクシテネ。
officialgf.com
🕹️ Retro Gaming Guy 🎮 @retro-gaming-geek.bsky.social Enjoying games since 1987, collecting since 2001. Posting about vintage consoles, retro software, 80's and 90's video game curios, classic toys and the occasional nostalgic musing.
🕹 ᄃӨᄂӨПΣᄂ FΛᄂᄃӨП 🕹 @colonelfalcon.bsky.social “The Bundle Master” Not old school or new school: I'm ALL school! “Master of the occult and obtainer of rare antiquities” Xtreme Gamer ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️
MattoBii @mattobii.bsky.social Talks about boomer weeb games on Youtube (youtube.com/c/MattoBii) and moonlights as a rabbit on Twitch (twitch.tv/mattobii) ~3x a week.
JP-to-EN translator (Sakura Wars 2+GB).
Français & 日本語 OK!
🖼️Tag: #ArttoBii
🔞🖼️Tag: #BooBiisR18
JackieFroSTALKER @jackiefrostalker.bsky.social Big Megami Tensei and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fan, hence the name. 29, leftist, big retro gaming fan. 日本語でOK
https://backloggd.com/u/JackieFroSTALKER/
James Galizio @theswweet.myatproto.social 29, He/They Freelance games crit, JtoE TL. Sr. Editor @RPGSite.net; bylines at @kotaku.com, @GameInformer.com, @respec.net, @UploadVR.com, @videogameschronicle.com, @skyboxcritics.com + more. Reach me at james.galizio@protonmail.com
Alchemist's Journal @alchemistsjournal.bsky.social native american game dev with a diploma in audio engineering.
ᒣᑕᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ
Metawewinstudios.com
Sega CD Pride Month @32mbit.bsky.social He/him. DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL on YT or 32mbit. Makes things sometimes. Linux user but not annoying (???). Sega fan. Game Boy enthusiast. Officially old. Partying like it's AW 2284. NOW IS TIME TO THE 68000 HEART ON FIRE
Anti-Trump Anti-ICE Anti-fash
日本語NG
DCharlie @dcharlie.bsky.social Cumbrian nerd/shambles, previously 2 decades in Tokyo, now in Blackpool. Slightly rippled with a flat underside.
Nerding involves gaming of all ilks, game dev, music stuff
Outside nerding is playing footy, AMC, gigging, and lately DIY which has crept in
Nostalgist's Archive @nostalgistsarchive.bsky.social I scan and archive various things for the sake of preservation, and for people to see!
Loud Reposter.
Dm me if you want to donate anything to scan!