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 โ๐ฝ they/them ๐๐ค๐๐ค
beatdowncity.com
Kellan jett @kellanjett.bsky.social Illustrator and Art Director
Lead Visual Development Artist on TMNT2
Animation Guild Local 839
Prev TMNT Mutant Mayhem, Across the Spiderverse, and Mitchellโs vs the Machines , Where the Water Tastes like Wine, other games
Matt Kim @lawoftd.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Manager at Boxed.gg. Former Sr. Editor at IGN. ๊ตํฌ. COYS. https://www.mattkimwrites.com/
Shila Vikstrรถm @shilavikstrom.bsky.social Lead Producer Off-Leash Studios, Trollheim: Gnomes. Prev. Executive Producer, Funcom, The Outsiders: Metal Hellsinger. Consultant, True Ending. Opinions are my own.
๐Stockholm (She/Her)
Andrew Kelly @andewnk.bsky.social PR fella
Chloรฉ G. @froginus.bsky.social Mama, ID@Xbox wrangler of fun for the Americas, lover of a good game, a good wine, some good food. And cats.
JayMFernandes @jaymfernandes.bsky.social Dev in Wurundjeri country trying to make things better | Head of Bad Haircut Games | Director of Plastic Fern Studios | Audio artist | Release expert for Games | (he/him) | Music: http://jayfernandes.bandcamp.com
Matt Nickerson @mattdnickerson.bsky.social Biz Dev @ Griffin Gaming Partners & Hooded Horse. Formerly Valve/Steam/Devolver
Don Sechler @dsechler.bsky.social Co-Founder @ Blumhouse Games and PlayStation Alum. Likes and retweets are not endorsements. I wouldnโt follow me if I were you.
Joshua Boggs @jboggsie.bsky.social Game Director & Designer making the hardboiled https://stealth.game @sleightofhand.game
ร Made Kojima's GOTYใ FRAMED ใ
ร Proud Dad / multi-award winning clichรฉ
ร He/Him
dicey @dicey.bsky.social tunic
he/him
https://twitch.tv/andrewshouldice
Ben Kutcher @benkutcher.com VP, Operations at Bad Robot Games
Owner of Harbinger Coffee
Ex- Intel, Funomena, IndieBI
Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social Part of the BAFTA-Nominated (for Tetris Forever), D.I.C.E.-Award-Winning (for Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection) video production company AREA 5 (area5.tv). A host on the now 700+ episode videogame podcast RebelFM (rebelfm.libsyn.com).
Adam. Pottery Beard. @thatbeardoadam.bsky.social Ceramicist/Potter.
Former PR, marketing in games. Former game journalist. I do stuff for BitSummit and IGF. Geek and expensive-mead-wanter. My opinions are my own.
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
Teddy Dief @teddydief.com Director/Designer of Videogames
โ Hyper Light Drifter
โ We Are OFK
โ Glitch City LA
โ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
โก IGF & Peabody Winner
โ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
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.
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
i am a host on the kill the computer podcast and the ill conceived podcast:
- killthecomputer.com
- illconceivedpodcast.com
social media at @theonion.com
Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social ๐ซงThe Good Witch of Game Dev๐ซงLead writer + narrative designer for video games and stuff. Babygirl connoisseur. NOW: Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. A Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
รna-Minh's โจ Open to Work โจ @unaminh.bsky.social Master of Some ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
๐ฑ IrishAsian Forager & Author
๐ฃ๏ธ Irish Language Creator. Artist.
๐ Writing Books. Writing for Games
โ๏ธ Game Master. TTRPGer.
Award-Winning Game Dev https://unaminh.itch.io/
Creative Director - ORGANIC MATTERS
Writer - Good Folk Cafรฉ
Zhenghua Yang (Z) ๐ SAGA Barcelona @z.serenityforge.com Founder/CEO of @serenityforge.com, Creator of Fractured Blooms, Faraday Blues, TEDx Speaker, DICE Awards Jury
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus #DDLC, LISA, To the Moon, NSO, Slay the Princess, Vivarium, Sister Other Paranoia, Roman Sands.
serenityforge.com
sven @svengrundberg.bsky.social comms & brand at Embark Studios
Ted DiNola ๐ NZGDC, MIGW @esdin.net Developer Evangelist @ Xsolla | Game programmer, designer, and consultant | Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention
Ryan Treadwell @ryantreadwell.bsky.social Director, Publishing Production @ 2K. Part time Lego Maniac. (He/Him)
Sam Kennedy @capnsmak.bsky.social Co-founder Tigertron. Head of Originals Skymap. Former Destiny, COD, 1UP, EGM, IGN, Gamespot. 
Christian Svensson ๐ @csvensson.bsky.social Current: VP, 2nd/3rd Party Content Ventures@PlayStation
Former: SVP Games @Capcom, COO @6FT, VP @Midway, Board member @AIAS and more.
Husband, father, player of games, drinker of wines, collector of gadgets.
My opinions are mine and generally correct.
Ed Lago @edlago.dev ๐พ Label Director at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social
๐ฅฝ Festival Manager at @vr-forever.com
๐ป Board of Directors Member at @babyghosts.fund
๐ง Mentor at Game Production Guild
๐ซ Former Executive Producer on Pistol Whip
Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social Bayou Billy fan account.
Runs @instructionderby.bsky.social
Instruction Derby: A video game manual stream!
Wednesdays at noon Pacific
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
He/him
Works in games doing Age Ratings
The posts? The opinions? My own
Based Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic.bsky.social Gotta go fast!
[Obvious parody, not affiliated with Sega in any way]
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
๐ idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke
๐ธ๏ธ rodkin.online
Avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
Jeremy Parish (Radio Edit) @jparish.bsky.social NES Works/Segaiden video and book producer; Retronauts co-host; RGB addict. Get it straight: I did not invent the word "Metroidvania," and my opinions don't represent those of my employers. He/him. Header pic: Sonya Yruel.
Liam E ๐ฒ ๐ฆTGS @liambme.bsky.social Game designer in Kyoto ๐พ Co-Founder of Denkiworks. Directing & Designing TANUKI: Pon's Summer. Creator of Cursed to Golf. ๐ฆโก
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon ๐
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
โจ lauraehall.com
๐ cfia.org
๐๏ธ secretlives.games
Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social Studio Head at Soft Rains
Priors: Capy games, Watch Dogs Legion, Fallouts 3/4/76, TES: Skyrim, Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Bloodrayne 2, technically Grandmaโs Boy
Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social Long-time game developer and CEO/Creative-Director/Art Director @17_BIT. Living in a Ghibli film in deep Kyoto. I love photographing remaining nooks and crannies of old Japan. Creator and director of AWAYSIS. Spends a lot of time underwater.
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net ๐ฎ Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
๐ Senior Lecturer (in Games)
๐ญ Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
๐๏ธ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
๐ Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
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
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
bees ๐ go play snap & grab k thx @bees.nogoblin.social snap & grab on steam: https://s.team/a/897160
(aka deliciousbees, dan from no goblin)
that james acaster bake off meme but it's running an independent game studio instead of baking stuff
Jurge Cruz-Alvarez @jurge.site PR/Marketing person at @popagenda.co ๐จ๐ฝโ๐ป | pronounced like 'George' | milkshake enthusiast | he/him
jurge.site/about | popagenda.co
Craig Harris @craigharris.bsky.social Former Indie game design manager @ Rogue Games, now looking for the next thing. IGN.com co-founder. Sega, EA, Google and Apple alum. Pointing Reaction Guy. Small games are my jam.
Regina Wu @wedgewu.bsky.social Intel Engineer. I like video games!
Lisy Kane @lisykane.com ๐ฎ WINGS Advisor, VicScreen Board, IGDA-F Board
โจ Production-for-hire (Massive Monster, onepixel. dog & more)
๐ Co-Founder Girl Geek Academy
๐ Prev Kepler / Kowloon Nights, LoG
๐บ She/Her
๐ฆ MELB | Korean-Australian
https://linktr.ee/lisyk
Shaun Norton @shaunnorton.bsky.social Top-rated gaming comms guy 18+ years running according to an informal poll among family, friends & some dogs.
Jared Petty @pettycommajared.bsky.social Writer/human. ๐จ๐ฆ in the making. Marketing @Other Ocean. Narrative Design, Wizardry. Prev Limited Run, Google, Kinda Funny, EA, IGN. Host, producer, marketer, video game human. He/him. Living with mental illness. Personal account. Quaker. Screw MAGA.
every day is Halloween! @jennatar.bsky.social jennfrank.net โ jennfrank.bearblog.dev
julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io writer, gamedev, video game consultant, homosexual. don't call me a solo dev. an example of the live mas mentality. Interstate 35, out now. making: UNANNOUNCED (TBD) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/Interstate_35/
Bluesky Support @support.bsky.team Submit bug reports, feature requests, and feedback with the in-app form in your left side menu (mobile) or right column (desktop), or email us at support@bsky.app.
Riana MP ๐ @therianamp.bsky.social Content Creator and Games Marketing Maven | Former @WhatsGoodGames @ZebraPartners @Xbox @G4TV | she/her
๐ฐ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข @andysalisbury.com Global Community Lead, @marathonthegame.bungie.net. Locus and Hunter main.
Personal account. Average at being excellent.
Andrew Reiner @reinerandrew.bsky.social Global Creative Executive Officer at Gearbox
Ben "Ben Pack" Pack @packbenpack.bsky.social I created this account for one reason. To see if there are still men who arenโt afraid to text first. ๐
My Snapchat ๐
Fobwashed @stevekim.bsky.social Fobwashed elsewhere. Steve everywhere.
Tom Drake @toom.bsky.social Formerly ProbablyMonsters, 2K and LucasArts. Now Take2 Interactive. I talk a lot about videogames. Good chance we'll get along if you're not weird.
๐ Brian Bucklew ๐ โอค๏ผโฟ๏ผโอค โ๐ฎ @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. ๐IGF Narrative. ๐Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social Making silly games like Slap Out Of It! and Floor Plan at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. (he/him)
Robin Clarke @rclarke.bsky.social Games producer, often found at Maraoke (@singmaraoke.bsky.social). He/him
Words: http://www.citystate.co.uk
I may put my frequently used hashtags here (tap and hold to filter): #NMS
Nicolo Accordino ใใณใญใปใขใณใซใใฃใผใ @nikoro.bsky.social He/Him. PS Studios XDEV Sr. Producer. ๆฅๆฌ่ช โข ENG
Works: Midnight Murder Club โข MARVEL Tลkon: Fighting Souls โข Knack 1&2 โข Gravity Rush Remstrd & 2 โข Freedom Wars โข NIOH 1&2 โข MediEvil PS4 โข Parappa/LocoRoco/Patapon HD
Opinions here are mine alone.
Sam Osburn @samosburn.bsky.social games @ Fictions, previously @ Annapurna
samosburn94@gmail.com
Chicago | he/him
Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com Co-founder of @aftermath.site. ๐Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
www.aftermath.site
https://www.lukeplunkett.com/
Callum Uwunderwood @callum.uwu.biz Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive๐
Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow
Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT VR, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social Videogames at Xbox; zines, books, videogames, and skateboarding very slowly at home. I main Bluesky.
Alex Navarro @alexnavarro.bsky.social part of the new cruelty / current: exactly one third of nextlander / previously: giant bomb, harmonix, gamespot, screened
Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me Writer: Down With The Ship, Zephon, Endless Space 2 (rbryantfrancis@gmail.com)
Senior Editor: Game Developer (bryant.francis@gamedeveloper.com)
๐: www.bryantfrancis.me
๐ฅ: https://boxd.it/hp9UB
Ryan North @ryannorth.ca You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look... I'm a lot of guys
๐ ryannorth.ca
Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social โ๐พ formerly & forever Vox Union | ๐ past life: @polygon.com, next thing: TBD | โ๏ธ proud @jeopardyofficial.bsky.socialโฌ loser | reading, writing, playing, watching, sleeping | he/him
Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social โช PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
โถ๏ธ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
๐ฃ๏ธ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
๐๐ณ linktr.ee/joshscherr
โค๏ธ fix your hearts or die
Gwen Foster @ifnotnowgwen.bsky.social sad owl studios / viewfinder โจ sokpop โจ sfbgames โจ bunnyhug
self publishing support && bizdev
IGN @ign.com We're all about movies, TV, and video games!
ign.com
Ted Regulski @tedregulski.bsky.social Indies @ NOA. Horror movies, theme parks, foods, etc.
Blessing Adeoye Jr. @blessingjr.com Host/Producer @KindaFunnyVids | Streaming @ twitch.tv/blessinjr, Writing @ hiddengem.player.gg | Forbes 30 Under 30, The Game Awards Future Class, New York Game Awards Nominee for Best Journalism | blessingjr.com
Cade Peterson @caderageous.bsky.social ๐ฅ๐คฉ Exec. Prod. of The "Legends of Adventure" doc coming soon
Formerly at Apple, PlayStation, Sephora, MidBoss
Any pronouns are ok.
https://midboss.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/midboss.bsky.social
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
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
links.weratedogs.com
Nick Popovich @nickpopovich.bsky.social Co-Founder and CEO Monomi Park, Director of the Slime Rancher series and ???, he/him
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Aram Jabbari @aramjabbari.com Comms at Sony Interactive Entertainment. This is a personal account; the only views represented are those of its owner.
David Ellis @davidellis.bsky.social 3D print enthusiast, game developer, dad and hopefully, your friend. Before that I helped make some Halo games you probably played. Retired games media. RIP 1UP/EGM
gita โthe formalistโ jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Brad Shoemaker @bradshoemaker.bsky.social 1/3 of @nextlander.com, 1/2 of @techpod.content.town. Formerly Giant Bomb, GameSpot
Andrew Goldfarb @garfep.bsky.social senior communications manager at Sucker Punch. previously at IGN and Gearbox. usually tired.
Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf President and owner of Giant Bomb
giantbomb.com/join
Harris Foster @harris.zone Community Strategist - @devolverdigital.com | Award-losing video games Comms Manager | G4TV commercial contest winner, 2004ish | Name frequently misspelled for comedic effect. (he/him) | Austin, TX
Victoria Tran โจ @victoriatran.bsky.social โจ Comms Director @ Innersloth/Outersloth/Among Us
โจ Wholesome Games organizer
โจ Forbes 30u30, Adweek's Creative 100
โจ Get my book Mastering Community Management: https://www.victoriatran.com/book
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Dan Ryckert @danryckert.com Owner and Chief Content Officer of Giant Bomb. Co-Founder of the Fire Escape Cast. Formerly WWE and Game Informer. Got married at a Taco Bell. Season 6 of The Floor now on FOX.
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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Daniel @c418.org I Music sometimes ๐โโฌ
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Saleem @seemo.bsky.social Co-founder, Executive Committee @ko-op.com They/them. Free Palestine. Wear a mask.
Producer on Young Suns! www.youngsuns.com
Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social Award-winning game director, designer
@ko-op.com
Co-director, Goodbye Volcano High
Lead UI/UX designer, Young Suns
Director, ********
Anders Hillestad @andershillestad.bsky.social Head of Business / Royal Envoy at Vile Monarch
went to uni to become a game designer, came out the other end as bizdev
prev: SUPERHOT Team, Antagonist
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Chris ๐ง talk with humans @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
Young Horses @younghorses.com Creators of Bugsnax & Octodad! Out NOW PS5, PS4, EGS, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch eShop! Join our Discord at http://discord.gg/younghorses . Links to our games and places to buy them -> bugsnax.com | octodad.com