grace @gracemachine.bsky.social Writer, critic, co-editor @tier-review.com
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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social Fiction writer/essayist/consultant.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
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Steven Stoermer @stevenstoermer.bsky.social EIC at Deleted Saves, words at Start Menu and Stop Caring.
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Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com Founder + EIC: non-trivial.games
YouTube: TheCrossoverAppeal.
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Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social editor/writer. games, travel, theme parks, music, movies, etc. recently at Kotaku. writing the Moon College Football Weekends guide (2028), and writing about theme parks at https://easily-amused.beehiiv.com. ex-Paste, ex-AV Club, could be ex-your site too.
Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social Film Critic (Film Comment, Reverse Shot, Criterion). GALECA.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social Buildings, signs, and symbols collected by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010.
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I’m doing everything in my power to destroy video games.
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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social Freelance writer, mostly games. Formerly The A.V. Club, bylines at plenty of other places . Also http://bulletpointsmonthly.com and http://digitallovechild.com. He/him.
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Kate Sánchez ➡️ Gamescom @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social EIC & Co-Owner @butwhytho.net
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Suriel Vazquez @suriel.bsky.social Video game consultant, writer, and designer.
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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell @edwinet.bsky.social News editor at RockPaperShotgun, previously seen at Eurogamer, The Guardian, Wired and Edge - writing about (video)games, art, culture, technology - PhD poetics with a focus on procedural and erasure-based verse. He & him.
James Archer @jamesandstuff.bsky.social RPS deputy editor, infrequent bleeter. james.archer@rockpapershotgun.com
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Nina @zeitgeistmistress.northsky.social Your Wii is not thirsty. It does not want orange juice.
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Videodame @videoda.me Essays, criticism, poetry, fiction, and artwork inspired by videogames.
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Sara Clemens @saraclemens.com ✍️😱🤡 • Games People Play with Sara and Stu @wfmu.bsky.social • Vice Publisher @unwinnable.com • Editor @videoda.me • any/all
SUPERJUMP @superjumpmagazine.com Multi-award-winning creative collective. Purveyors of wonder, imagination, and insight from the world of video games.
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Play History @playhistory.bsky.social Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history!
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Editor of Gaming Alexandria
Stu Horvath @stuhorvath.com "All powerful brain-in-a-jar" | Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social Dec 2026 | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
Micaela “grossly unremarkable balls” Deitz @dykedeitz.bsky.social “A girl from New Jersey, where they were not what you might call beautiful but were magnificent.” - John Saward on James Gandolfini but if it was about me :)
Trans Critic & Editor & Essayist & Author & Poet
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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com Orrin Grey uses hypnosis to turn his victims into those rubber monster finger puppets. He also writes spooky books.
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sinead 💀 @sidoopa.bsky.social Artist, animator, silly person
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com Writing a British history of popular video games one UK sales chart #1 at a time. Now in 1988. Also into pop music and writing on The Singles Jukebox. He/him. http://www.superchartisland.com
ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social The ultimate celebration of gaming's past, present and future - on.games
Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social The future of interactive entertainment
Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social I write mostly about video games 😊
Blog: buttonprompt.com
Words: StartMenu, Unwinnable
Contact: thebuttonprompt@gmail.com
Astrophysicist & Weather scientist 🌤️
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madeline! @mads.haus 📖 PENITENTS (Ghoulish, October ‘26)
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Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter 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
Moises Taveras @platanoranger.bsky.social 🇩🇴| he/him | www.underleveled.xyz | words @ kotaku, gamespot, av club, gamesradar, etc. | reachable ➡️ moises.taveras59@gmail.com
Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
Mairi Spaceship Nolan 🚀✨ (she/her) @mairispaceship.com 🕹️ Puzzle Game Designer #boardgames #videogames
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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social Digital Editor
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Books Editor @ Exploits
Words @ Polygon, Post45, Digital Trends, Edge, etc.✏️
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inquiries: eaprice.work@gmail.com
J.M. Henson @jhensliterature.bsky.social Indie Author... Burgeoning Video Essayist. Proud member of the Friendslop 24.
Semi-frequent contributor for Unwinnable.com
anima interactive @anima-interactive.com A new socially conscious indie games studio that blends art and technology to ignite positive cultural impact. Currently developing Take Us North! ⬆
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games, at http://rockpapershotgun.com.
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maria @eurothug4000.bsky.social youtube video essay person • voice acts sometimes • 3D models sometimes • streams sometimes • she/her • pfp gd783hhh • contact: eurothug4000@gmail.com
Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com Video Game Vids: YouTube.com/tamoorh
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Joe Juba @joejuba.bsky.social A guy who likes Columbo. Worked at Game Informer for a long time. I will never "skip intro" on any show.
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Noah Caldwell-Gervais @noahgervais.bsky.social Moderately popular YouTube game critic and travel author.
Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social my romanticism is not post-, it's neo-!
https://www.youtube.com/@InnuendoStudios
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Davey Wreden @hellocakebread.bsky.social The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Wanderstop
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social YouTube sellout https://linktr.ee/skillupyt Business only: skillup@night.co
Crossplay @crossplayblog.bsky.social A newsletter at the intersection of parenting and video games by longtime games reporter and father of two kids, Patrick Klepek. Subscribe now at https://crossplay.news
Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social Editorial director, @lostincult. Former Edge deputy editor. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). chris@lostincult.co.uk / letterboxd.com/downaboutit
Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social A small, efficient game studio. Creators of I Am Your Beast / El Paso, Elsewhere / and more.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com Failed Media Critic, Washed Up YouTuber, Formally Trained Self-Loather | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
Kazuma Hashimoto @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
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Pen to Pixels @pentopixels.com Game reviews, features, and more.
StudioBando | SOPA is out now !! @studiobando.bsky.social Award-Winning Creative Game Studio creating unique interactive storytelling experiences. Play SOPA below! 👇
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Focus Entertainment @focus-entmt.com Bringing Space Marine 2, Toxic Commando, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, SnowRunner, RoadCraft and more to players around the world! 🎮🖤
Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social Professional tall guy. Associate editor at @gameinformer.com. Contributor at MinnMax. Words at the Indie Informer. Private GM. Improv performer.
Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk Curated game news for game workers & gamers
I run @LostInCult.co.uk's games label • Indie Mixtape creator • Debug IGA winner • BAFTA full Member • ex Super Rare/Numskull/journo • indies + physicals ❤️🏳️🌈
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Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social freelance culture writer 🍏 book & game editor ☕ narrative designer 🎲 short (& long) fiction author 📚 ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social 🌈 basically if it involves words i'll do it 🌙 jaycastello.com 🦢 they/she
John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Ty Galiz-Rowe @owoathkeeper.bsky.social Trans guy 🏳️⚧️ he/him. Former Writer and editor in games media. Founder/EIC Uppercut. Writing creative stuff over on https://owoathkeeper.itch.io/
Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social video editor and then some
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Girl Mode Podcast @girlmodepod.bsky.social A podcast about games and media by two trans women with too many opinions and too much free time.
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of 🔥 IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge 🔥 HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
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Dead as Disco @deadasdiscogame.bsky.social 🪩 Martial arts meets Music video 🪩
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Kit & Krysta @kitandkrysta.bsky.social It's @breath0air.bsky.social and @kitellis.bsky.social | Previously at Nintendo of America | Sharing insider stories/analysis & our love of games through podcasts & videos | hello@neveraminute.com