Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social Writing about Anime, Manga, Moves, TV, and Games for myself and anyone who'll pay! Bylines in ANN, Anime Feminist, ButWhyTho, Yatta Tachi, and IGN.
He/Him/His; Discord: Lder#9923
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social Gamedev, Animator at Evening Star. Was Animation Lead on Wanderstop, Dungeons of Dredmor.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
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@sabot.blog @sabot.blog 
John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social Video editor at IGN. I cut everything it's nerdy sun shines upon and some things it doesn't - especially trailers, promos and sizzle reels.
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bl⚰️ke @metallicaisrad.bsky.social 👕 Sniper
📖 Lost In Cult
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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co Editor of Tedium (https://tedium.co), freelance writer, search engine maven (https://udm14.com). Just launched https://boxed.news.
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“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” — Jesse Welles
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computer man.
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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
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The Leveller @theleveller.bsky.social An independent, not-for-profit, left-leaning Carleton University campus and community newspaper. We publish on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory in so-called Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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he/him
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Valkyries at @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social and @missionlocal.org, @theixsports.bsky.social
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Rún Stiúideo @runstiuideo.bsky.social Conamara Based Game Dev Studio.
Currently developing The Corner Café
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🙄 also "cults"
🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social Unnhinged Video Shorts Creator | Video Consultant | Voice Over | Cryptic Crosswords
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Got a Physics PhD before games stole me from science 🔬
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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social A new magazine for curious people. Welcome to the frontier.
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Raze and Rebuild Studio @razeandrebuild.bsky.social A new indie co-op studio that is rising from the ashes of the games industry. Founded by Tanya DePass, Tarja Porkka-Kontturi, Laura K Buzz, Ian Schreiber & other devs, creatives and leaders in the industry as members and advisors.
Audrey Axt @softsrve.bsky.social ✨Concept artist| Previously: Riot Games, Velan Studios. Past Clients: WotC, Critical Role
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I’m doing everything in my power to destroy video games.
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Cael M Keegan @caelkeegan.bsky.social Media nerd, gaymer, teacher, critic, theorist. Associate Professor of Film/Moving Image Studies at Concordia University, Montréal. Bard energy. Author of "Lana and Lilly Wachowski: Sensing Transgender" and a bunch of other stuff.
Wombat Brawler @wombatbrawler.com Crafting relaxing games set in the wilderness, one pixel at a time.
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Lara ~ Making BIBDU @bibdu.bsky.social (She/her) Game dev / Artist making a hand painted Irish Mythology game called BIBDU with Barry
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NO AI.
Human Made with paint, paper & godot.
Pro Jank Footy @projankfooty.bsky.social Pro Jank Footy is an over-the-top arcade comedy-sports game where every goal unleashes chaos. OUT NOW on all platforms!
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David Lumb @outonalumb.bsky.social Tech/gaming journalist at CNET, WGAE union member, burrito fiend.
Madisyn Parisi (they/them) @madisyn-writes.bsky.social Freelance journalist who covers tech, media, and power. Dirty optimist.
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✍️: Mothership, Rewire News Group, Assigned Media, The Objective, etc.
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Andrew Hayward @ahaywa.bsky.social journalist/editor since '06
prev: managing editor at decrypt
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Beyond the Bark Puppets and Animation @emfish11.bsky.social Puppetry, Stop-motion Animation, theatre Design based in Limerick Ireland run by Emma and Ivan Fisher-Owen
Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social Author, "Making a Metaverse That Matters" (Wiley). Covering & creating metaverse culture since 2003. Bylines: WSJ, Atlantic, FastCo. Join my Patreon blog for early/exclusive virtual amazingness! https://patreon.com/user?u=4843285
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Ben Newbon @bennewbon.itch.io TTRPG designer, AP host & performer.
Videogames analyst at Rare. Vice Chair of IWGB union Game Workers branch
https://bennewbon.itch.io
https://anchor.fm/cybertopiaap
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Say no to genAI
Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social Official account of Schneps Media Union: Editorial employees fighting for better pay, benefits, protections and editorial integrity.
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Ubisoft Workers of Canada: Halifax @uwch.bsky.social Proud members of @cwacanada1.bsky.social and @codecwa.bsky.social
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Craig Breathnach-Irish Writer for Games and Comic Books(He/Him) @craigbreathnach.bsky.social Creator @wuxiawerewolf.bsky.social
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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!
Colette Bennett @hellococobee.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Nerd
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Jaina Rodríguez @jaina.wirefault.com 18+ only | t-slur journalist | tech, culture, music | chicana in the pnw
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Respec @respec.net Respec.net is a no BS website about video games from games media veterans. Independently owned and operated with pride.
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
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Static Media Union @staticmediaunion.bsky.social 
Sarah Elmaleh @selmaleh.bsky.social games x performance. acting, directing, consulting, forever advocating for joyful collaboration & sustainability for all. 1/7 of @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social We are OneBGS! Uniting Bethesda game fans & creators! 🎮🛠️ Advocating for better working conditions, fair wages, and a more inclusive gaming industry. #GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion
https://tinyurl.com/SaveGameWorkers
Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️ @danaenight.northsky.social Director of level design at Arkane Lyon.
Author of queer speculative fiction.
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant.
Gay as hell.
she/her fae/faer 🏳️⚧️
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 BLM
Peter Manseau @petermanseau.bsky.social Writer/doodler
Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com 👨🏻🎨 Wonky football doodles since 2014, by Alex & Sian
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GrowNYC @grownyc.bsky.social Environmental non-profit in NYC. We run the Greenmarket farmers market program, build urban farms and community gardens, and teach the city about recycling.
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 ✊
cado @cado.bsky.social Chia like the seed, like the pet
she/they
| Producer & co-founder @RemapRadio.bsky.social
| Latine
remapradio.com
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Warp Point @warppoint.games https://warppoint.games
A directory and old school webring for independent and personal gaming blogs and newsletters.
Wes Fenlon @ TGS @wes.readonlymemo.com Videogame emulation newsletter - readonlymemo.com
PC Gamer magazine
Jay Ma @jarmustard.bsky.social ・Reposts of game dev and art・
・Cofounder of Subset Games・
・she/her・
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Charlie! Charley! Charlee! @thecharleswebb.bsky.social Narrative Designer and Writer, formerly, Playstation London Studio, Rocksteady, Hangar 13
Member, IWGB Game Workers Branch
Black, semi-notable queer.
https://webbconarrative.journoportfolio.com/
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
Longreads @longreads.com Sharing and publishing the best longform stories at longreads.com since 2009. Sister site of @atavist.com.
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Fiona Gallagher 🏳️⚧️ ⚢ @psychic.surgery https://psychic.surgery
Steam/PS5: ItsMeFifiG
Senior Graphics Programmer @ Double Fine
Ajay Singh Chaudhary @materialistjew.bsky.social Founding Director, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Tweets are my own and do not represent positions of BISR.
my big climate book: https://t.ly/5_b_B
James Poole Games Cool @poole.ie Making games and other bits.
Alt Ctrl and accessibility
🇮🇪 Currently in 🇳🇴
https://james.poole.ie
Wishlist Wee Boats to go boating at a miniature scale!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3578080/Wee_Boats
Jill Scharr | Abolish ICE @jillscharr.bsky.social Narrative Chef, Magic Soup Games. Prev: Lead Writer, The Lamplighters League; Writer, Destiny (Forsaken, D2, RoI, TTK). Tax the fucking billionaires. She/her.
Tyler Robertson 🇵🇸 @tylersnewgroove.bsky.social 31 | He/Him | Social Producer @IGN | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Overworld @overworld.vg Overworld: A wider view of video game news.
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Civil Eats @civileats.com Award-winning news and commentary about the U.S. food system. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://civileats.com/newsletter/
Allyson Cochran @allysoncochran.bsky.social writing about games | editor @ TheGamer, bylines elsewhere | professionally silly ✨ | she/her 🌷 | Chicago-based
📧 allyson.c@thegamer.com
J.M. Henson @jhensliterature.bsky.social Indie Author... Burgeoning Video Essayist. Proud member of the Friendslop 24.
Semi-frequent contributor for Unwinnable.com
HuffPost Union @huffpostunion.bsky.social organized HuffPost workers. Proud members of Writers Guild of America East ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com I run projectc.com, a newsletter/community about/for creator-model journalists and co-founded journalismatlas.com. I :heart: collaborating with smarties. Ex Vox, WaPo, USA Today.
Zaknafein @zaknafeintv.bsky.social The Long Dark YouTuber. Esport Researcher. PhD in Psychology.
www.youtube.com/zaknafein
www.hellofellowsurvivors.com
Elijah Gonzalez @elijahgonzalez.bsky.social News Contributor @ Polygon. Formerly: Associate Editor @ The A.V Club, Assistant Editor @ Paste Magazine. Bylines: GameSpot, Game Informer, Fanbyte, The Gamer, Unwinnable, Uppercut Crit, But Why Tho?, etc. TCA member, Rotten Tomato-approved critic. he/him
Joe Tilleli @sorrywrongjoe.bsky.social Palette Swap co-founder & editor | Gaming & tech editor | Deals at Kotaku + Gizmodo (he/him) @paletteswap.site
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
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Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her) @aketchum22.bsky.social PhD in History, professor of Feminist + Social Justice Studies; food, environmental, gender, +tech history, queer, founder of Disrupting Disruptions
https://www.alexketchum.ca/
https://linktr.ee/aketchum
United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social Official account of United Wizards of the Coast, for more information unitedwizardsofthecoast.com
Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetière @agaitcheson.bsky.social 🎭 Let's get creative together, on a stage!
✨ Drag clown and videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive artmaking + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
She/her/hers.
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh @pghguild.com Representing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom and full-time faculty at Point Park University | NewsGuild-CWA Local 38061
SciAm Union @sciamunion.bsky.social We are the staff of @sciam.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of cells, we are the powerhouse of the oldest continually published magazine in the U.S. ✊ wgaea.st/sciam-letter
Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social I make aerial embroidery landscapes 🧵✈ Queer, autistic and obsessed with green! They/them or other neutral pronouns are preferred. All my current and previous work is on my site: https://linktr.ee/aerialembroidery
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social 2025-26 Pulliam Fellow exploring intersection of sports, transportation and environmental justice
eyeblack newsletter (readeyeblack.com)
bwdsecrets.43 on Signal for secure tips
holler@bwd.nyc for everything else
Janay Kingsberry @janaykingsberry.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic
Reach me at jkingsberry@theatlantic.com or on Signal: janaykingsberry.29
Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social Freelance Writer On The Internet // Bylines Newsweek, Insider, Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed News, and many others // worked on a docu-series once // will take memes as tips
Scott Jon Siegel @numberless.bsky.social Designer of playful social experiences. Lead Game Designer @ Board.
I love making things that bring people together.
https://numberless.net
https://board.fun
Washington Area Bicyclist Association @waba.org Your friendly neighborhood active transportation advocacy group.
Events, advocacy, and useful info at waba.org
charlie girard 🏳️⚧️ @itscharlie.bsky.social Brooklyn-based stand-up comic⬩he/him
Ben Hanson @yozetty.bsky.social Founder of MinnMax, former Game Informer video producer, fun enthusiast. Follow us @minnmax.com
J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Editor Hell Gate (hellgatenyc.com), cofounder Hearing Things (hearingthings.co), Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books, etc