Blukulélé @blukulelestudio.bsky.social Indie game developer shaking up games and ideas🔥
(He/Him)
https://linktr.ee/blukulele
Transparency @transparency.bsky.social This is the shared account of your favorite trans gals, Kiki and Alicia.
We make clever videos on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/Transparencyboo
Support us
https://www.patreon.com/transparens
Blog
https://transparens.net
Nintendo Patents Watch @ninpatentswatch.bsky.social Human-run account covering patents, tech, and business behind Nintendo products (任天堂特許ウォッチ; 任天堂专利追踪; 任天堂專利追蹤)
https://ninpatentswatch.com
Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social “Make way for Superman!” said Superman as he punched everyone at the Coffee Bean. He/him. Los Angeles. Dog. Mustache.
Gayest Episode Ever: https://gayestepisodeever.com
Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games: https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
Wavedash Français @wavedash-fr.bsky.social Le jeu vidéo réinventé pour le web moderne. Compte officiel @wavedash.com.
Ryan Silberman @ryansilberman.bsky.social 29 | He/Him | Cishet | Local Pac-Man encyclopedia. Gamedev. Artist. Writer. Player. Winnie-the-Pooh Hops for Honey is available now!
https://linktr.ee/ryansilberman
#indiegame #indiedev #videogames #animation
shovda @shovda.bsky.social Poet (Sara Hovda) and SMW Kaizo streamer (shovda). I post about both.
Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com Madeline Stephanie Thorson
makes games ~ Celeste, TowerFall, etc
🏳️⚧️ gender criminal
maddymakesgames.com
Andy Baio @andy.baio.net The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter.
WWW: https://waxy.org
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio
Melissa Kelley @notsosweetmelissa.bsky.social Reader. Observer. Freaker Outer.
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
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
Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Beat ‘Em Up, Pixels and Polygons Quarterly). Writer. Podcast host (Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games gamedev and former ssbm green dk
I made a puzzle game called Ouros! currently working on my next little project!
https://ouros-game.com/
https://sharkwithlasers.itch.io/
Daily Pac-Man @dailypacman.bsky.social Daily facts, news, trivia, and other enlightening tidbits about Pac-Man! Owned and run by @RyanSilberman.bsky.social. Not affiliated with Bandai Namco.
Pac-Village discord server: discord.gg/zzEmRts
RubberRoss @rubberross.bsky.social Animator, voice actor and creator/director of Gameoverse over at Glitch Productions!
http://www.youtube.com/RubberRoss
The Namco Historian @namcohistory.bsky.social Fan page dedicated to Japanese game developer Namco posting history, news, and more. Not affiliated with Bandai Namco. www.namcohistory.com
Hit Save! @hitsave.org Hit Save is a nonprofit dedicated to video game preservation, with specific focuses on fostering community involvement and championing the stories of small developers.
Visit us at www.hitsave.org
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/TCKT6uA
Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social Senior editor at Above the Law
Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social "One of the great journalists of our time at a venerable institution for investigative journalism... Joe Patrice at Above the Law" -- Judge William Pryor (Somehow I think he might’ve not meant that earnestly)
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too
🏳️⚧️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
Pink Gorilla Games Las Vegas @pinkgorillalas.bsky.social Video game store featuring retro, modern, and import games. 4089 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89102
✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social Video Game Composer・Sound Engineer・Gameboy Musician・Producer・Performer・
Best known for Super Hexagon, Spectra, Dicey Dungeons, JSAB, Cadence of Hyrule DLC
🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇵🇸
🌐 https://linktr.ee/chipzel
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
MrMKL is Melting 🫠 @mrmkl.bsky.social Editor of Trailers.
Guy who won't shut up about his dog or niche fighting games.
Support your Indies!
Biz Inquiries: mikelevesque.merkel@gmail.com
https://www.patreon.com/mrmkl
https://twitch.tv/mistermkl
Mike Sholars (Parody Adult) @mikesholars.bsky.social He/Him. Author of PARAPPA THE RAPPER from Boss Fight Books.
Writer. Fiction. Non-fiction. All the things.
Doing his best, considering the circumstances.
Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! ⚔️ @megacrit.com Seattle-based indie devs that made Slay the Spire ⚔️
Wishlist Slay the Spire 2 now 🌠 s.team/a/2868840
Support: support@megacrit.com
Contact us: devs@megacrit.com
Lex Joy @aeneas-nin.bsky.social Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Occasional game dev. Author of LEGEND OF THE RIVER KING (Boss Fight Books) and editor of FLAXMAN LOW: OCCULT DETECTIVE (MIT Press). He/him. alexanderbjoy.com
Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social Commoner living in Austin TX. She/her
Puritans suck so bad.
danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief at GameDeveloper.com, Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork, volunteer EMT. She/her.
TimeWanderer @timewanderer.bsky.social I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I’m not kidding.
Streaming weird/obscure stuff at twitch.tv/timewanderer
Creator of The Retro Breakdown: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20cyc7ZJd2dxhphREq4u12
Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. 💜 Philly, video games, and plants.
More at kendraalbert.com.
Feminist Frequency Radio @femfreq.bsky.social The podcast that asks you to be critical of the media you love. Hosted by @katexmachina.bsky.social & AC Lamberty; created by @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social • Listen at patreon.com/femfreq
Kat Spada is writing ✍️ @katexmachina.bsky.social Writer & podcaster (@femfreq.bsky.social)
Newsletter: katexmachina.substack.com
https://katexmachina.com 🇲🇽🇺🇦🇮🇹💙💜💖
Game Sack @gamesack.net Joe from Game Sack, a show on Youtube about retro video games. Exciting? Hmmm.
Denver | youtube.com/gamesack
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
PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞 @punkcake.club 🔥 Game developers gone mad
💾 Shotgun King, Build The Sun, Hot Wax & many more
📬 Attempting to release a new game every month in 2025
🌐 https://punkcake.club
Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social 👩🏻🦼🏳️⚧️💨
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
https://cyborgurl.neocities.org/
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
StrayCatalyst @straycatalyst.bsky.social Game dev of a sort. Currently a Sr. Tech Writer for [REDACTED], working on internal developer docs. Worked QA, technical design, and lead roles previously. Slightly burnt out.
Note: Personal account, comments are mine alone.
Gabe Durham @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com Writer, editor, publisher behind @bossfightbooks.com, a series of nonfiction, documentary-style books about video games. Author of MAJORA'S MASK, BIBLE ADVENTURES, and FUN CAMP.
dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com award-nominated senior writer/narrative designer 🎮📝
presently: Meow Wolf 🩷🧩
previously: Blizzard 💛⚔️ Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀
english lit phd 🎓🗡 personal account 🍞🌹 she/her 🌑✨
nyc 🍕🐁 to atx 🌻🦇
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Poulet @poulet.bsky.social A simple Game Developer
Wordatro! Steam page bit.ly/41eArBN
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
⌛ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
🔮 present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social 🍹 an aperol spritz in human form 🍹
📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
(views expressed are mine alone)
Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social Fiction writer/essayist/consultant.
Co-founder/Editor-in-Chief @skyboxcritics.com.
Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango, Vet. Life.
Games: Rolling Stone, IGN, PC Gamer, Lost in Cult, Digital Trends, Shacknews, Unwinnable, Into the Spine+
Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, art, trailers + more
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar Games/MLB
25+ years in games
#blackgamedev ✊🏽 they/them 💛🤍💜🖤
beatdowncity.com
kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social “Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
Ninty Media @nintymedia.bsky.social Making print products themed around Nintendo properties! Home of the GAMEBOOK Series and Switch Player Magazine - we also made Ninsight and NintyFresh!
https://www.nintymedia.net/
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
Gabby DaRienzo @gabbydarienzo.com game developer / artist
gabbydarienzo.com
wiedo @wiedo.nl Dad, photographer, (retro/indie)gamer, Quake mapper, web developer, cyclist, designer, vegan, teacher, tinkerer, @newgameoldflame.bsky.social podcast cohost
Social links: http://wiedo.nl
Bob Mackey @bobservo.bsky.social Co-host of Retronauts and Talking Simpsons, acclaimed author of Skeleton Car Wash
Matthew S. Smith @mattontech.bsky.social Tech journalist and author of book on EverQuest
https://mattontech.me
https://www.computergamingyesterday.com/index.html
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
doseone @doseone.bsky.social Poet, rapper, composer, sound designer, catman… www.doseone.xyz
Witch Beam Games @witchbeam.com.au Brisbane based indie studio
makers of Assault Android Cactus, Unpacking and Tempopo
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
@ibroussardart.bsky.social @ibroussardart.bsky.social
Meredith Nudo 🤌🏻 @meredithnudo.myatproto.social 🟡 Telly-winning SAG-E voice actor. SFJ Award-winning journalist. No award-winning comedian. Sometimes on purpose.
Booking: meredith.nudo@gmail.com
Web: meredithnudova.com
Art: Jeremy Martinez
Rep: MCVO
Opinions: Mine, not my employers'
The Retro Room Games @theretroroomgames.bsky.social Follow me for a trip into nostalgia paradise.📼📺🕹🎮My name is Roo.
▪️Licensed publisher ▪️Physical media ▪️Developed Quest Arrest/Gelatinous
www.TheRetroRoomGames.com
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/
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Longie_Long @longielong.bsky.social Retro game designer, retro game shop owner (ghettogamer.net), nerdy dad just trying to make it, y'know?
I was @longie_long on Twatter. I guess technically I still am.
Samson_Wishlist_Le_Plan_Spectral @samsonarx.bsky.social Website : https://www.samson-auroux.fr/
Itch : https://samson-auroux.itch.io/
Le Plan Spectral :
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3322950/Le_Plan_Spectral/
Duffel Blog @duffelblog.com America’s Most Trusted Military News 🇺🇸 Since 2012. “They’ve made a lot of fun of me and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it.”—Secretary of Defense Mattis | https://www.duffelblog.com
Ryan Chiarella @hashtagscience.bsky.social Physician, mental health advocate, ally, dog mom
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
James O’Connor @jickle.net Games industry producer, narrative designer, editor and critic. Author of Untitled Goose Game for Boss Fight Books and (unannounced second book). jamesoconnorau at gmail.
Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com 🔸 Making intriguing worlds with heart
🔸 Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
🔸 Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
SummoningSalt @summoningsalt.bsky.social Speedrun World Record Histories
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
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
Mike Stuchbery 💀🕯️ @mikestuchbery.bsky.social Writer & Creator ‡ AU/UK/DE ‡ You can't say I didn't warn you.
David L. Craddock - Author/Filmmaker @davidlcraddock.bsky.social Repped by Rachel Swyer | Author/Director | http://linktr.ee/davidlcraddock | he/him | #BLM #TransLivesMatter
Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
Norman Caruso @gaminghistorian.bsky.social Creator of The Gaming Historian YouTube Channel. Co-host of An Old Timey Podcast. I also enjoy woodworking!
Carrie Gouskos @cgouskos.bsky.social She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless she persisted. VP of Production, Scopely | Bungie, EA, Mythic, GameSpot, Acclaim
Joe M. Owens (FPotN) @joemowens.bsky.social Author of Shenanigans! (http://amzn.to/1vnN1r4); Co-host of the Fantasy Pod of the Nine; Work appears at PANK, The Rumpus, InDigest, Entropy, and The Lit Pub; Proofreader @BossFightBooks, he/him, BLM
Ken Baumann @kenlikescarbs.bsky.social Ken Baumann is a writer who lives in New Mexico. https://kenbaumann.com
Grumpy dad energy @fdsignifier.bsky.social
Videopolis @videopolis.bsky.social I'm of a mind to make some mooky.
https://cloud.clz.com/dmc/games
SNESdrunk (U) [!] @snesdrunk.bsky.social Quick and to the point reviews of video games.
Think global, act local.
Why are you following me? Please go around.
"It’s not desiring the fall; it’s the terror of the flames."
https://linktr.ee/snesdrunk
kaloncpu57 @kaloncpu57.site I like optimizing and breaking games | He/Him
https://bio.link/kaloncpu57
Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com She/Her | Art Director at Mega Crit | PIGSquad Organizer | Prev Dicey Dungeons + Floppy Knights | Black Lives Matter! Trans rights are human rights!
⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆
https://marlowedobbe.itch.io/
https://marlowedobbe.com/
https://marlowedobbe.com/newsletter
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Elly @ellyrox.bsky.social Jackass of some trades ✶ Manager & Mini-Boss ✶
@gamechops.bsky.social • #teamzap • BLM • 💖 Wifed to Joe 💖• Host of Chronic Chillness (on hiatus) • Twitch Affiliate ✧🌈 Queer as hell ✧ ♿✡️(Free Palestine) ♑
Find me everywhere ♡ https://ellyrox.com
Kenney @kenney.nl ✨ Creating public domain game assets for over 10 years!
www.kenney.nl
Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends @totter87.bsky.social Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/
Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social Veteran games journalist doing video.
https://youtube.com/@JuraalPlays
alexjkane@proton.me
@sirlin.bsky.social @sirlin.bsky.social Game designer. I wrote Playing to Win and created the Fantasy Strike world. http://patreon.com/sirlin