Chris McKenzie @mckc1.bsky.social Coordinator of Educational Technology. Risk Manager. Learner. Teacher. Other things.
Steven Dashiell PhD @dashiellsteven.bsky.social Research Asst Prof at Morgan State University - social scientist who studies discourse, masculinity, and disparities, specifically in male-dominated subcultures (like game communities and social media). Army veteran. UMBC grad.
Goldie @cityloop.bsky.social itโs me
Kyra Wilson @kyrawilson.bsky.social PhD student at UW iSchool | ai fairness, evaluation, and decision-making | she/her ๐ฅ
kyrawilson.github.io/me
Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.social Director of Education for MediaSmarts, Canada's centre for digital media literacy. He/him. Open to correction.
MisterG (he/him) ๐ games ๐ฒ @pg-yyz.bsky.social He/him
Award-winning #ttrpgs designer
2025 Canada Roles Silver Award - Visual Design
2025 Crit Awards Finalist Best GMLess TTRPG
* Ringmaster (DftQ) & Cirque Noir
* Rise of Tsathoggua
* The Ascellan Conspiracy
@spotlessdice
https://SpotlessDice.Games
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
Canadian Affairs @cdnaffairs.bsky.social Fearless and independent journalism on Canada's toughest social issues.
https://www.canadianaffairs.news/
Kate Maddalena @katemadd.bsky.social Rhet of Sci&Tech + STS + media theory
University of Toronto Mississauga
Yamada @yamada256.bsky.social Sec oriented person. Likes infosec news. ้ใ ใใคใ ใFirst Line Cyberโ โDefender.
โ๐ปโ๏ธ
Nima @boscarino.bsky.social UCSD Comm and STS PhD student. Studying SRHR and involuntary care policy in BC. (Nima/he/they)
Maybe It's Me? @maybeitsme.bsky.social Avid reader, sometimes cook, I was normal three cats ago, gamer, general purpose nerd, liker of art works, perpetual learner of new things. Twitter exile, usually quiet and content to lurk and โค๏ธ. 
Ryan Cadrette @badscholarship.bsky.social Just a clown that pours beers.
Marc Steinberg @msteinbrg.bsky.social Writing about platforms capitalisms, super apps, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Director of The Platform Lab.Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.
alouzon ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ @alouzon.bsky.social #ExpelPeteHoekstra https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7531
86 47 anti-fascist ยฆ recalcitrant Canadian
"Shared pain is lessened, shared joy increased, thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
Sara M. Grimes, PhD @smgrimes.bsky.social Wolfe Chair in Scientific + Technological Literacy & Professor at McGill University. I research kids + tech + play/games/creativity, advocate for childrenโs rights in policy/design. Author of Digital Playgrounds (2021) and Kidfluenced (underway).
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
ImagineSlothHappy @imagineslothhappy.bsky.social Solo Godot Dev and Pixel Artist
RecycledDoom @recycleddoom.bsky.social Interests include all parts of design, curation, novelty, and conversation. I do writing and computers and have 32 years of pc gaming under me.
Minnie Moog @minniemoog.me She/Her โข Game Designer โข Writer โข Artist โข Composer โข Drummer โข Goombella's Girlfriend โข Sandopolis Zone Apologist โข Long Song Enthusiast
โข My indie game outlet: https://bsky.app/profile/status92.studio
โข Bandcamp: https://nataliebutzer.bandcamp.com/
extrametrica @extrametrica.bsky.social streamer of retro educational games on twitch.tv/extrametrica, enjoys math education, not a cat
rowenac @rohuinac.bsky.social โจ Milieux โจ AI/Aesthetics/Play ๐ค HUMA PhD, Concordia โจ writer โจ kludge queen โจ WvW addict ๐ฎ MTL/NYC ๐๐๐ฝ Lucky Charms ๐ Enjoyer ๐
Neurodiversity ๐ป www.rowenac.com โจ 
@sebstonge.bsky.social @sebstonge.bsky.social 
MPCA/ACA @mpcaaca.bsky.social The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is a regional branch of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Find us at The University of Iowa October 3-5, 2025. Submissions opening early 2025. mpcaaca.org
Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
Estral @estrall.bsky.social Key clicker. 
Ethan ๐คกโจ | FatsackFails @fatsackfails.com A Very Tired Online Creator
AuDHD, Indigenous, polyam, chronically online
Free streamer resources
https://fatsackfails.com/resources
36, He/Him, Austin TX
๐ง hello@fatsackfails.com
https://fatsackfails.com/linkinbio
Tommy Foo @rashozen.bsky.social โ Druid of the Moon ๐
โ Gaming Enthusiast ๐ฎ | Project Manager ๐ | Data Analyst ๐
โ Games DevRel (APAC) @Meta/Oculus
โ Support Your Indies
โ Librarian @thevideogamelibrary.org
WCHC gamedev @wchc.pl Hi, I'm Kuba, a ๐ต๐ฑ #polish ๐ฎ #sologamedev living in ๐ #hamburg working on my first Steam release - ๐ช Bedroom Battlegrounds!
I work with โ๏ธ #unity and ๐ค #godot.
Buy and wishlist the game on Steam
https://t.ly/YDKKb
My socials
https://linktr.ee/wchcgamedev
Jamie Nemeth @jamienemeth.bsky.social ๐ Physicist turned software developer
๐ป Fiddle/violin ยท ๐บ Teletext ยท ๐Trekkie
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Pontardawe, Wales
๐ www.jamienemeth.co.uk
๐ linktr.ee/jamienemeth
Teletext Labeler: @teletextlabeler.bsky.social
Billy Bonkers Jr @billybonkers-jr.bsky.social Man of mystery, son of Billy Bonkers- L @lkvr.bsky.social @lkvr.bsky.social
bubchi @bubchi.bsky.social ๐ก๏ธ name: shiv
๐ฃ bb creator (cozy & variety gaming videos + streams!)
โถ๏ธ youtube.com/@bubchi
๐บ twitch.tv/itsbubchi
๐พ lover of games: cozy/rpg/narrative/experimental
๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ designer + occasional game writer
๐ณ๏ธโ๐โพ๏ธ they/she/he
๐ฏ๐ต is home
K Tran @mainstreamtkotran.bsky.social He/Him - Opinions are my own etc etc, working for the people.
Does anyone have cat pictures or games on their phone?
KalTheSkeleton @kaltheskeleton.bsky.social I make okay videos about good games.
https://youtube.com/@kaltheskeleton
https://linktr.ee/KalTheSkeleton
Check them out, would you kindly?
Rapshaz @rapshazelart.bsky.social You ever read Blame? Lets make more stuff like that.
Mary Morken ๐ปโฐ๏ธ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ป @marikunin.bsky.social Autistic, afab LGBT, black/white biracial christian. ISFP/5w4. Sylph of Heart. Cat momma. Current ๐ Avatar. Art by @pugcrumbs (She/her, they/them, zie/zir)
Lal @ PAX West @lallysup.bsky.social Current Social Worker, former touring merchandise manager, point and shoot camera enthusiast. Sometimes I write about drugs and video games. Harm Reduction advocate he/him. Freelance words: Uppercut, Startmenu, Hard drive
George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher & VL @ University of Westminster
Psychology of video games - motivations & mental health effects.
LinkedIn - https://tinyurl.com/3bkcuud7
Owen Hellum @owmacohe.bsky.social Indie game dev & passionate tech
omch.tech || omch.itch.io || github.com/owmacohe
๐๐น๏ธ๐๐ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ท๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐๐ฒ
he/they
Programmer @ Studio Imugi
Co-organizer @ GAMERella
Alumni member @ TAG
delauraen @delauraen.bsky.social gamer, silly goose, gamedev
Jenna Perkin @jennaperkin.com ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | University Professor of Game Development | Writer and Game Designer @ YES! Inc. | she/her
Linktree: http://linktr.ee/jpperkin
DiFroggy ๐จ๐ฑ @difroggy.bsky.social ENG/ESP, He/Him y oficialmente en sus 31. PFP by @notmokkarin.bsky.social
For all intents and purposes, I am a pretty cool programmer and not as cool streamer.
Niema Moshiri @niema.net Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego, consulting for PlayStation and Blizzard, Bioinformatician by training, SD-raised. https://niema.net
Daniel @roddanchill.bsky.social Game developer. 3D artist. Working on Ancient Tale: Ixkik'. Mostly post bad jokes tho.
Eng/Esp.
๐ฌ๐น
Dr. Steve Mallory @drstevemallory.bsky.social Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own.
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
Joseph Bradford - MMORPG's #1 Cowtributor @lotrlore.bsky.social Managing Editor, MMORPG.com @mmorpg.com ; Editorial Content Lead, @mtgsalvation.bsky.social ; "'Accidental' Bracket 4" - @Jasonfanelli.com editor@mmorpg.com
Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social I help Leaders & Entrepreneurs Tackle Big Problems to Drive Lasting Impact on a mission to partner with 100 purpose driven companies to generate $1 Billion of economic & social value by 2035.
He/Him | Vancouver, BC, Canada ๐
SauderStrategy.com
Joram Wolters @joramwolters.com He / Him. Making HANA with Anniedubbeldepunt.bsky.social
#microdev, #gameart, #gamedesign.
Educator at GLU, prev Yellowcake Games (Dashing Dodgems, Stay Safe) also #DnD
joramwolters.com
mangocuz @neobamboo.bsky.social he/him
UmbreaAurora @umbreaaurora.bsky.social Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/UmbreMoon/shop?asc=u
Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/umbrea_aurora/home
I game with my husband, sometimes we end up on stream together and play separate games.
Omnigear @omnigear.bsky.social Follow for the most lukewarm takes. I don't like to waste too much energy talking about things I don't like. Have spent most of my life convincing myself that nobody cares what I think, so try to take it easy on me, will ya?
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Kentucky
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
markhines.me
Jil ๐ making OrbOrbMagi @jil-hue.bsky.social they/them ๐ Slime People
NO AI
OrbOrbMagi - Magical Girl Pinball Bulletheaven
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4268820/Orb_Orb_Magi/
Sprytewood - Goblin Farming Sim/Creature Collector!
dungeon synth:
https://vvvrm.bandcamp.com/
Maya @cvalera.bsky.social Lawyer and gamer. Loves esports, tech news, sci fi, movies, and my cat. โค๏ธ Jacka โค๏ธ
Kent Benson @giantscribbles.bsky.social Writer/Narrative Designer on Guild Wars 2 // Opinions are my own // Game lover, writer, hobby artist, and dog-petting profesh // Gay (he/him)
nohost @nohost.bsky.social amateur gamedev. i wanna do collabs
nohost_dev on twitter.
Renske van Enschot ๐ฅ @renskevanenschot.bsky.social Assistant prof digital strategic storytelling - interactive narratives - narrative interventions - narrative persuasion - visual metaphor - text analysis - @tilburg-university.bsky.social ๐ณ๐ฑ | r.vanenschot@tilburguniversity.edu | she/her- J Julia @jrooney.bsky.social
Suzannah Brecknell @suzannahb.bsky.social Co Editor of Civil Service World
SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social Senior Game Engineer
He/Him/They ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
All views are my own and do not reflect my employer
Express ๐ช @expressilla.bsky.social A creative of many interests and few skills, but at least I don't do AI! :>
she or they is fine!
โ #destiny2 โ #fanart โ mostly D2, a bit of a multifandom
I made some D2 stuff, you can find it all here!
https://expressilla.carrd.co/#home
shunin @shunin.bsky.social am shunin
Char Gail @chargail.bsky.social 
Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social Writer of fiction. Heart that you call home. Movie stuff. Music junk. Mental Health. Still chasing the highs of discovering AOL and finding the lows of everything since.
Cynabun @cynabunart.bsky.social Programmer for Star Garden
3D Artist, Game Designer, VR Enthusiast, Lead Software Developer making educational cybersecurity games.
I love cooking, cake decorating, and enjoy a good coffee!
Big Bovy @bigbovy.bsky.social Plays videogames a lot and writes about 'em sometimes
Currently playing ๐ฎ: Control
Nonadecimal @nonadecimal.com Making social impact games like:
๐ช episodic systemic narrative Jovian Nights
๐พ cyberPUNK open world RPG Black Ice
โ๏ธ Forbidden Chess
๐ฆ cellular automata RTS about feedback loops
nonadecimal.com
MrXander @mrxander.bsky.social 
Mythic_U @mythicu.bsky.social Taoist Pantheist Trekkie.
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations makes the universe go round.
What is your mythology?
http://mythicu.buzzsprout.com
Deviant Newt @deviantnewt.bsky.social Not a catgirl or a catboy but definitely a cat-they, I'm a monsterlover and I have too many ideas for how lazy I am. MDNI/๐ just because, 34 and French /neg
EoinBT @eoinbt.bsky.social he/him
https://boxd.it/8pRZf
Reader, Writer, Games Coordinator at Ardรกn.
Published in Pรบca Magazine, Elegant Literature and The Ogham Stone.
Repped at Kate Nash Literary Agency.
The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social SFWA ๐ธ Author ๐ธ Essayist ๐ธ Analyst ๐ธ TTRPG ๐ธ Comics Scholar ๐ธ Editor
Neurodivergent ๐ธ Veteran ๐ธ Husband ๐ธ Father ๐ธ Breaker of Seals
Biography โ https://thowze.carrd.co
GoFundMe โ https://gofund.me/d053ee11d
Tuidara @tuidara.bsky.social (they/he) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
NO LONGER A GAME DEV ๐
ex UI/UX designer
Posts in FR or ENG
Side activities : Educator ๐๏ธ and making small queer games
mษฤพรธ pedro @predror.bsky.social Cansado
Pesquisador na รกrea de estudos literรกrios, literatura digital, adaptaรงรฃo e game studies na UFPE
AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|๐น๐น๐บ๐ธ|๐ AFNarratives@gmail.com
๐บ Cat Mom ๐บ
afnarratives.carrd.co
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social ๐๏ธ ๐ฎ Story-type games person ๐ซ๐ก๏ธ Game Narrative & Roleplaying Researcher ๐ฅ Narrative Designer/Writer ๐ฅ WGGB Games #BAFTAConnect @LBMentorship ๐ฅ
Nat (she/they) ๐คง after gamescom @murderveggie.bsky.social ๐ฎ Community Builder | now @byterockers.games, prev. Godot Engine
๐ฌ Content Creator? twitch.tv/murderveggie
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Obnoxiously queer
๐ฅจ Munich, Germany
๐ bio.link/murderveggie
๐ murderveggie@gmail.com
โ ๏ธ personal account, views are my own
Alex Poli @alexpoli.bsky.social Game developer
Albuquerque NM
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
TheTrue Wise Gamer @thetruewisegamer.bsky.social love games and making review to show the world of games. also enemy to all penguins.
youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxlkrNabc10CDKh4EAW3CA
Jameson Sparks @pherrret.bsky.social Aspiring Game Developer
โInteresting and Interestedโ
Maxwell Foxman @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media and Game Studies
Co-author of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism
๐งต: sushilovinfun
๐: maxwellfoxman@mastodon.social
๐ฆ: maxwellfoxman
ben @benrich.bsky.social composer with an unrelated day job. librarian in training. game design/audio/music hobbyist. used to teach in higher ed. he/him
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science โข Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi โข Phd psych โข She/Her ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ
celiahodent.com
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social Best of luck everyone! Creator, writer, and host of Circuit Court Entertainment, still waiting for Alan and Jessie to meet (and Saga and Alex and...)
@callumdeery.bsky.social @callumdeery.bsky.social Games researcher, larper, occasional pixel artist
Currently studying video game crimes for a PhD at City University of Hong Kong
Joshua Foust ๐ช๐ฎ @joshuafoust.com Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military policy, video games, and queer theory. Happily ๐ณ๏ธโ๐.
Gary @garywells.bsky.social PhD UC Irvine โข University of Edinburgh โข UC Santa Barbara โข GameBoy.
@mitchellgunn.bsky.social @mitchellgunn.bsky.social 
Felan @felantron.bsky.social 
CGSA/ACรJ @cgsaacej.bsky.social Canadian Game Studies Association / Association canadienne dโรฉtudes des jeux.
Publisher of Loading... Journal.
gamestudies.ca
Dan eBoy @mandoqueer.itch.io game dev | hypnosis enthusiast | Ask for my trigger if you're cute
25 | minors dni | sometimes posts nsfw things at work
Marc A. Ouellette @burnedprof.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ in ๐บ๐ธ. academia has 4 parts: research, teaching, service & politics. i got the 1st 3 right. posts mine & might be info.
my passport says i am 183cm tall.
when you're burned, you've got nothing. no pets, no insta & you're not going anywhere.
รงa que c'tait.