Fnife Games @fnifegames.bsky.social 🌈 Ōtautahi indies making queer narrative games: Small Town Emo (Gay GameBoy Walking Simulator) & ShelfLife: Art School Detective (Mystery Adventure Dating Sim)
sniff us at fnifegames.com
CelesteCommunity Events @celestecomm.bsky.social Broadcasting year-round Celeste speedrunning tournaments, Bingo matches, TAS showcases, and more! 🍓 Home of the yearly ARCHIETHON charity marathon. 🦜
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/
metal flesh express @oma-metal-flesh.bsky.social artist/writer/gamedev. creator of The Terminator. they/she ☭
https://meal-ticket-games.itch.io/ (@mealticketgames.bsky.social) - making 'Fine, Whatever!' & 10+ yrs of experimental games + zines
adult games + zines: https://metalflesh.neocities.org/
Alex Custodio @alexcustodio.com PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.
Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social Videogame historian extraordinaire
FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation
CGSA Francophone Rep
Creator of Deadplay podcast
kai @kaientai.bsky.social rushing to paradise
Bennett @foddy.net QWOP, Getting Over It, Baby Steps
shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social 80s/90s/00s japanese gamedev interviews | patreon: http://patreon.com/shmuplations
trident @tridenttail.ca 🇨🇦 / 35 / he/him
🎮 #Twitch #Streamer #Speedrunner
🏎️ (Former) Diddy Kong Racing WR Holder
🎧 Musician/Music Nerd/Music Reviewer
🧗♂️ Rock Climbing Newbie #Bouldering
🏳️🌈 Homosexual
John Clardy @avantclard.bsky.social 
nick reinhart @nickreinhart.bsky.social 
Ludomusicology Research Group @ludomusicology.bsky.social The Ludomusicology Research Group. Interested in #gamemusic, #vgm, #gameaudio? This is your place! #Gamedev & #gamestudies welcome! Tweets mostly by M. Fritsch.
www.ludomusicology.org
www.sssmg.org
Doughboys Podcast @doughboys.bsky.social The podcast about chain restaurants, hosted by Nick Wiger & Mike Mitchell. New episodes Thursdays. Subscribe on Patreon to get a weekly bonus episode! 🍔🥄
Press Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed journal run by and for students that publishes academic research on Game Studies.
Website: press-start.gla.ac.uk
CGSA/ACÉJ @cgsaacej.bsky.social Canadian Game Studies Association / Association canadienne d’études des jeux.
Publisher of Loading... Journal.
gamestudies.ca
Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com Video game marathons featuring high-level play by speedrunners raising money for charity. #AGDQ2027 January 3-10
M.S.T.O.P. @mstop4.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Professional JS Game/Web Developer | GameMaker for personal projects | Runs VGM Obscura
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
🏳️⚧️Critical Kate Willært @katewillaert.bsky.social (Pronounced WILL-ert) | Investigating forgotten gaming history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | Asexual, autistic, artistic, 🏳️⚧️(she/her) | Linktree: https://katewillaert.com/link-tree
@pannenkoek2012.bsky.social @pannenkoek2012.bsky.social 
Liz Alfos @touloutoumou.bsky.social Monster girl ; Mischief Maker ; Weird Internet Elder
she/they 🏳️⚧️
run the museumofscreens.bsky.social
Avatar by chimeracauldron.bsky.social
https://touloutoumou.com/
leaf corcoran @leafo.itch.io ▲ http://itch.io ▲ http://moonscript.org ▲ http://leafo.net/lapis ▲ he/him
adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social Independent game maker and industry mentor. @finjico.bsky.social co-founder and director on https://usualjune.com/
More games and talks and things at https://adamatomic.com/
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Arthur 'Mr. Podunkian' Lee @mrpodunkian.bsky.social i mak gam
Previously: Stardew Valley.
Now working on Sunkissed City, a life sim set in the city!
Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2175840/Sunkissed_City/
Join my Discord for more updates! https://discord.gg/kuBAYBEbRu
Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev Game developer, world builder. I made Ikenfell and NOISE1. Look at my dog.
chevyray.dev
Fangamer @fangamer.com A small video game merch company founded in 2008 to celebrate our favorite games.
https://fangamer.com
Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com Madeline Stephanie Thorson
makes games ~ Celeste, TowerFall, etc
🏳️⚧️ gender criminal
maddymakesgames.com
Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social Sometimes, when I'm in the right mood, I make video games and art. Or something.
Made Celeste with friends, working on City of None and Jumper at EXOK.
www.noelberry.ca
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Henry Faber @henryfaber.bsky.social I develop accessible arts spaces (www.tomediaarts.org)
& communities (www.gammaspace.ca); VR, #videogame & digital projects producer. Avi by Kelly K!
email: henry@gammaspace.ca (He/Him)
Mare Sheppard @maresheppard.bsky.social Designer, Artist, 1/2 of Metanet Software Inc www.maresheppard.com / www.metanetsoftware.com
She/her
Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com Game designer: Dustbiters, Disc Room, Minit, Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box, and many more. 100% of @vlambeer.com.
www.jwaaaap.com
Drinkbox Studios @drinkboxstudios.com Makers of Nobody Saves the World, Guacamelee! 1&2, Severed, Mutant Blobs Attack, and About a Blob
⭐Now working on Blighted!⭐
💚 drinkboxstudios.com
💚 discord.gg/drinkbox
💚 linktr.ee/drinkboxstudios
Gamma Space @gammaspace.bsky.social We are a cooperative studio of game developers, artists, and creative technologists dedicated to exploring community-led flows of individual and collective support.
www.gammaspace.ca
droqen and 24 others @droqen.bsky.social 
Finji @finjico.bsky.social Collaborative game studio by Rebekah and Adam Saltsman. 👑 We publish a bunch of cool video games. We make some ourselves too! linktree.finji.co
We're working on @usualjune.bsky.social right now! 👻 Out October 28th!
Raigan Burns @raiganburns.bsky.social I make games (and music), and play games (and music).
One half of https://metanetsoftware.com
Warp Door @warpdoor.com 🚪 An observatory in the middle of nowhere 🚪
📧 warpdoor@gmail.com
Noyb @realnoyb.bsky.social Games: https://realnoyb.tumblr.com/
Writing: https://zerofeedback.tumblr.com/
Former FreeIndieGam.es editor.
Avatar by @bentosmile.bsky.social.
Banner from the DOS game Sesame Street Storybook: Me Look for Cookie.
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net 🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Jonathan Ore @jonore.bsky.social Senior writer & editor for CBC News online. Won't stop talking about video games. One-time guest on the Giant Bomb @nite couch.
Bio & contact: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/author/jonathan-ore-1.3300194
Paste Games @pastegames.bsky.social Paste Games is at The A.V. Club now.
https://www.avclub.com/games
https://bsky.app/profile/theavclubgames.bsky.social
Pat @pizzasuplex.bsky.social Computer Fool
streaming tuesday and thursday mornings @ https://twitch.tv/pizza_suplex | producer on @whatsallthispod.bsky.social and @storesthepodcast.bsky.social
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
tim rogers @108.bsky.social youtube.com/actionbutton
twitch.tv/actionbutton
discord.gg/actionbutton
zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social At @picopicocafe.bsky.social Making fantasy consoles and trying to make my way back to userland. #pico8 #voxatron #picotron
🦣 mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
phubans @phubans.bsky.social Indie Game Developer, Lover of Cult Films and Vintage Anime
https://madhouse.game/
Ori-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.social Get Knuckle Jet on Steam, piping hot! s.team/a/3199470
Art director for Rain Games, makers of the (Annie Award nominated!) Teslagrad franchise, World To The West, Mesmer and Girl Genius:AICH. Personal account, posts may contain dad jokes.
Scooby Doo Philosopher (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social that very spirit of negation | writer/researcher | MORE BUGS a novel out now with Knight Errant | videogames/sci-fi/art history | simcopter is my GOTY
emreed.net | I'm in Glasgow B)
Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social fmr. community at Double Fine Productions | ex journalist (kotaku) | blue rogue | they/she | I write freelance stuff when the mood strikes
Daniel Joseph @danjokaz00ie.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Digital Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University
MMU UCU committee
I'm a political economist of the internet
www.danieljamesjoseph.net
Haywire Magazine @haywiremag.bsky.social Games culture magazine turned shared space for games writing. We are here to help critics, by helping critics help other critics.
Patrick LeMieux @alt254.bsky.social Media artist, game designer, electronic musician, and Associate Professor at UC Davis. Wrote Metagaming w/ @chouxsalad. http://linktr.ee/patricklemieux
Unwinnable @unwinnable.com A place for stories | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1VQ9omB | Pitch: http://bit.ly/3oBCo5z
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
radd @ethanredd.bsky.social head honcho of @virtuoso-neomedia.bsky.social - creative lead, game designer + generalist, 3D artist
[ #gamedev #indiegames #lowpoly #3Dart]
videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social a meditation on videogame (w/ some tech and web) history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
🌈 they/them ⭐️🦜
✅ all work completely human made
GAME+TYPE @gameandtype.bsky.social A living archive of typography + UI design in games. Curated by @garret.bsky.social
👀 twitch.tv/gameandtype
👾 gameandtype.com
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Tamara Duplantis @tambalaya.bsky.social Tamara "Tammy" Duplantis
🎶Game Boy sound artist since 2014🎵
👾Digital media educator extraordinaire👾
SummoningSalt @summoningsalt.bsky.social Speedrun World Record Histories
moonscript *ੈ✩‧₊˚ @moonscript.bsky.social Peço desculpas a todos que ofendi. Espero que entendam, eu estava sob uso de remédios muito fortes. A partir de hoje vou ajudar instituições e pobres.
桜井 政博 / Masahiro Sakurai @sora-sakurai.bsky.social ソラ(Sora)代表 ゲームデザイナー/ゲームディレクター
『星のカービィ』『大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ』など｡
とりあえずアカウント作ってみました!
rokashi @rokashi.bsky.social Studio head at Hedgehog Dreams making Faraway Fairway for the Playdate 🟨! I’m a weirdo! Howdy! 👋🏾
Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games, at http://rockpapershotgun.com.
Sidequest @sidequestzone.bsky.social The earnest yet somewhat creepy gaming site you didn’t know you were looking for. Pitch us at editors@sidequest.zone and enter THE SIDEQUEST ZONE.
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Eron Rauch @eronrauch.bsky.social Artist/Writer/Curator
🖥️🌃Weird signals from virtual worlds🌃🖥️
🎮Founder: Video Games for the Arts🎮
🍕Co-founder: Project Pizza🍕
⌨️Writer Riot Games⌨️
New photobook available: www.eronrauch.com/heartland
TGH @tghsr.stream That Wooper guy!
Twitch partner. @Madrinas partner. Zelda speedrunner, Pokemon VGC and TCG casual. Head of Moderation and Setup @FastPacedEvents. He/Him. Business: tghsrbusiness@gmail.com
Twitch: https://tghsr.stream
Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social 🇭🇹 He/him. Senior Writer, @brasslionent on Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. Video games. Comic books. Blackness. Past: @Kotaku, @io9, #RiseOfTheBlackPanther, @Marvel #MilesMoralesPS5. Next: Batman/Static: Beyond from @DCComics EvanNarcisse.com
kuraine @lena.fyi creator of music & games
"verified" lena raine (that @kuraine)
see what i've done at: http://radicaldream.land
stay tuned for "ANOTHEREAL" coming 202X
Extremely OK Games @exokgames.bsky.social ✨ Purveyors of digital amusements ✨
Creators of Celeste and TowerFall
exok.com
Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social Stories about video games and what they leave behind /// Patreon: http://patreon.com/intothespine /// Founder: @diegoarguello.bsky.social /// Email: contact@intothespine.com /// https://intothespine.com/
Msushi @msushi.net speedrun enthusiast that likes thinking with portals
court 🎀 @frozenflygone.allagarta.live (they/she)
Passionate speedrun event planner and community manager 💗💜💙
Twitch Partner • twitch.tv/frozenflygone
SMW kaizo & Pokemon enjoyer • bow enthusiast
GDQ Staff: 💙Games Committee Lead
allagarta.live
MadzBrutal @madzbrutal.bsky.social Madison, PhD in Media Studies, I study videogames and people who play them, Speedrun, she\her
Isaac @isaactayy.bsky.social Celeste speedrunner 🍓
Twitch partner 💜
He/Him | 23
https://www.twitch.tv/isaactayy
SSSMG @sssmg.bsky.social Official Bsky Account of the Society of the Study of Sound and Music in Games
sssmg.org
Dia Lacina @dialacina.com The angry brown game critic who stole your girl & your PlayStation
Read my stuff!
www.avclub.com/author/dia-lacina
https://remapradio.com/author/dialacina/
Watch my stuff!
www.youtube.com/@dialacina
Sign up for more stuff!
www.patreon.com/dialacina
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
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
TheRealJims @therealjims.bsky.social I make YouTube videos about The Simpsons
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.
Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social Bespoke critical deep dives. SHELVED BY GENRE. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. PRECOGNITION for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social He/him. Now available: Ys and Other Falcom Classics, and Metal Gear/Silent Hill and Other Konami Classics! Buy our books!: https://amzn.to/4czMqP9 Icon by Rusty Shackles. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
〽️ax krieger enters phase 2 @maxkriegervg.bsky.social Max! He/him. Game dev. Loves design, culture, cooking. Aromantic/enm. Games: CROSSNIQ+, Among Us VR. Runs @aqualounge.tv. Next: more games!
Kimimi🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com AKA Kerry Brunskill. Hi and/or sorry
Enby They/Them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Freelance writer - hire me!
Contributing writer @pcgamer.com
Come smother yourself in enthusiastic gaming goodness: https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/kimimi
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