Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire UK - she/her
Vice chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics, Co-EIC ACM Games
Content lead #EMFCamp
Ethics of games & emerging tech; AI & crypto critic
https://liedra.net 🩷💜💙
JD Hassel (He/Him) @jandavidhassel.bsky.social Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for EA DICE;
Worked on games you know and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
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
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/
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Educating designer & empirical philosopher of things playful & engaging. Professor of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Senior AE, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social 🎮 games user researcher, author of books about user research | led playtests for some games you’ve heard of, many you haven’t. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.
Gillian Smith @codingcrafter.bsky.social Director of IMGD at WPI. Game design, generative AI, computational craft, generative design, feminist tech, mom stories. she/they
Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social queer crip in tech research, hearing sign language enthusiast
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 | 🩷💜💙
Katherine Isbister @kcisbister.bsky.social HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm)
Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
Perttu Hämäläinen @perttu-h.bsky.social Researching and building games/VR/XR/HCI/AI. Assoc. Prof. @AaltoUniversity. Advisor @valomotion, @HypeHypeInc. Student of human movement (dance,🧗♂️,🤸♂️,🥋…)
Joseph Lindley @designresearch.works Advocate for using Design Research to explore emerging perspectives on AI, more-than-human matters, and… pretty much anything.
Watch a film about it here: https://designresearch.works/permission-to-muck-about
Was @joegalen on ‘ex’ platform
Katja Rogers @katjesjes.bsky.social assistant prof @university of amsterdam, digital interactions lab, she/her
Jess @kleenestar.bsky.social It's Jess Hammer!
Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social Professor at KIT, Germany (http://hci.iar.kit.edu). Research on human-computer interaction, accessibility, VR, and games (preferably Quake 3). ERC StG AccessVR and Real-World Lab Accessibility (http://accessibility.kit.edu). she/her
@jfrommel.bsky.social @jfrommel.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Interaction, Multimedia @Utrecht University | HCI, AI, Games, Esports | Dr. Rer.-Nat.
Guo Freeman @guofreeman.bsky.social Dean’s Associate Prof. of Human-Centered Computing, Clemson University. CUGAME Lab Director. HCI, CSCW, Games, Social VR, Human-Centered AI. I mainly post about my research and gaming experience. https://guof.people.clemson.edu
martin pichlmair @martinpi.bsky.social 🔥 making playful things
🐦⬛ he/him
🀄️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/
Julian Togelius @togelius.bsky.social AI and Games Researcher at NYU. Head of AI at Nof1.
Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️⚧️ @snapdragoness.itch.io She/her.
📚 A/Prof of Human-Centred Computing @ Monash University
🎮 Anti-AI; researching trans gaming, game history, & disaster response (unrelatedly)
🌟 STA Superstar of STEM
🐉 Ancient D&D nerd
🎶 Metalhead
I like dragons. Opinions are my own.
Sabine Harrer @sabha.bsky.social °• Hertha-Firnberg scholar uni wien & Uppsala uni games department °• play, race & social justice: PI of white-play.com
Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social #academicsky HCI: boardgames & hybrids, interaction, evaluation, distanced play. Play. IGA Jury. OMG. Spiel. Shoes. Handbags. Random rants. This is all me, not work official. Dr. She.
Sílvia Fornós @fornoss.bsky.social Just like Super Bandage Girl without the "Super"
Seb Long @seb-long.bsky.social MD at Player Research. Inspiring creatives and empowering gamedev leaders with research that makes great games.
BAFTA. IGDA. A11y.
Anke Aphasia @ankeaphasia.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher | HCI | more the quiet observer type 🙃
Nicholas O’Donnell @nicodonnell.bsky.social Digital guy, HCI researcher, creative director, occasional theatre producer, Cavoodler, Head of Digital @ QAGOMA, DIT (gamification)
Pietro Guardini @pietroguardini.bsky.social Games User Researcher - Believer in the Science of User Experience - https://stopguessing.it - Ph.D. & Lecturer @Unimib
Dan Bennett @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Aalborg University
(prev Bristol, ITU Copenhagen, Aalto)
Human autonomy & agency. Humanistic Quant. Complexity methods. Behavioural Science.
Richard Wetzel @herr-wetzel.bsky.social Associate Professor in Game Design at DePaul University; PhD; Serious Games; AR/VR; HCI; design ideation; he/him. https://hexlab.cdm.depaul.edu/
Andrés Lucero @andrikos.bsky.social 💼 IxD Professor, Aalto University
🧪 UX, HCI, spirituality researcher
🎙️ ACM distinguished speaker
🛠️ Ex-SDU, -Nokia, -Philips
🎓 Alum TUe, UTEM
📣 Views my own
Jason Schklar 🔜 GDC @jackalshorns.bsky.social CEO of UX is Fine.
For 24 years I've been helping folks find the fun, remove the suck, and build memorable games.
I still love it.
Pin this Games UX Feed ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xvrnhouybvtbnubekvvevhjn/feed/gameux
#gameux #gameuxr #gamesux
Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social PhD. youth+tech+community+design researcher, UW iSchool Postdoc, TTRPG-er, enjoyer of things. Always learning.
She/her. Profile pic by Ari!
Yes, I'm here. In the midst of job search. carolinerpitt.phd
steph milani @stephmilani.bsky.social assistant prof / faculty fellow @ nyu courant, then assistant prof @ jhu cs
human-centered reinforcement learning & ai agents
🐦 twitter.com/steph_milani
🌐 stephmilani.github.io
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social HCI Assistant Professor at UMich researching accessibility, audio AI, sound interaction, XR, and health. Director, Soundability Lab. Previously, Google, Apple, Microsoft, UW, and MIT Media Lab.
https://dhruv-jain.com
@reganmandryk.bsky.social @reganmandryk.bsky.social Canada Research Chair, Professor of Computer Science researching HCI and HCAI—specifically games.
Sven @svencharleer.bsky.social 🕹️ Video game researcher @ AP University of Applied Sciences & Arts
~ https://svencharleer.com
🎹 I make video game and 80s inspired music as HaezrDrive
~ https://linktr.ee/haezrdrive
🏷️ #synthwave #videogamemusic #futurebass #gameux #esports #research
Alena Denisova @sevenfridays.bsky.social Associate Professor @ the University of York, UK.
Research: HCI, video games, research methods.
Interests: travelling to see places I miss out on calling home, making crappy art, playing weird video games.
Vero Vanden Abeele @verovandenabeele.bsky.social HCI professor at KU Leuven, SC Chair of ACM CHI PLAY, Interaction designer of the first hour, UX consultant of Cuez.app, and proud co-founder of TinkerList
@mvbirk.bsky.social @mvbirk.bsky.social
Simone Kriglstein @skriglstein.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Masaryk University, @hcilabmuni | Visit. Prof. at University for Continuing Education Krems |Researcher at AIT Austrian Insititute of Technology | Research: #HCI #Games #GamesUR #Visualization
Letian Wang @letian-wang.bsky.social PhD Researcher @JKU Linz | Game Computing | #Cosplayer & #Gamer | #gamesUR, #GameAnalytics, #infoviz | https://www.wang-letian.com/
Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social Professor @JKU Linz | Game Computing | Ass. Prof. @TU Eindhoven | Adj. Prof. @Ontario Tech | head: replaylab @JKU | editor of "Data Analytics Applications in Gaming and Entertainment" | #gamesUR, #GameAnalytics, #infoviz autoteles.org
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