Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social Welcome to Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North! We are a group of academics who have an interest in active academic research on the complex topic of “magic” in pre-Modern Northern regions. 
Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️⚧️ @transgamer.prof Phoebe Toups Dugas (she/her)
(An actual) professor researching inclusivity in game design and game history. Romhacker, ancient D&D nerd, and metalhead.
https://transgamer.prof
Alt: @snapdragoness.itch.io
Opinions are my own.
Snopes @snopes.com Official Snopes profile
Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media and Gender at DCU
ginevra-m (they/she) @ginevra-m.bsky.social Null Signal Games contributor (Narrative & Art teams); #Netrunner, #fabtcg , boardgames, #DiscoElysium & #PointAndClick game enthusiast; knitter, spinner & quilter; opinions on Australian politics, international events, law & tech. Deutsch & français=OK
Media International Australia @mediaintaus.bsky.social 
Rory Manning Graham @publicfacingrory.bsky.social PhD candidate @ USYD - researching how we make sense of scale in videogames
Dr Stephanie Farnsworth-Meek @mutanttheorist.bsky.social Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies. https://stephaniefarnsworth.co.uk
Sarah Winifred Searle @swinsea.bsky.social I write & draw award-winning comics! Also working on a PhD about just that. swinsea.com/links
✨💪💀✏️
Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social Postdoc at the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, studying NPCs with AI-generated dialogue.
Editor: Eludamos
PREORDER SCHOLAR'S CODEX: https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/scholars-codex
domford.net
Christine Tomlinson, PhD @socstudygames.bsky.social Interdisciplinary researcher studying video games, players, and esports. Formerly @ Activision. Current Assistant Professor of Games and Esports. 
Giselle @dr-gis.bsky.social Sexologist | Researcher | PhD Candidate
https://theconversation.com/profiles/giselle-woodley-930025/articles
#notquiteadryet
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).
Mark Stewart (he/him) @mediamarknz.bsky.social formerly @markboynz on Twits. Media and Comms academic. Pinko leftie socialist. Queer rights. Tangata tiriti. #Landback.
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
Tom Byers @tom-byers.bsky.social PhD Candidate & Research Assistant @UniMelb
Ziran Zhao (Brandon) @zhaoziran258.bsky.social PhD student at @Monash_Arts👨🏻💻focusing on digital culture & game platform
@tauel.bsky.social @tauel.bsky.social 
Derusha B. @derusha.bsky.social PhD student @ UC Santa Cruz.
Exploring (online) community dynamics, games, meaningful play, care, & UX.
Jeff Howard @gamemagicarcana.bsky.social Associate Professor of Games and Occulture, Falmouth University. Opinions my own.
Ruth Heholt @ruthheholt.bsky.social Prof of literature and culture. Gothic, crime, masculinity, ghosts. Lead of the Dark Economies Scholarly Association (dESA). Editor Rvenantjournal.com
Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social Media and Communication is a peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of research in communication.
2023 Impact Factor: 2.7 (Q1)
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication
Laura Mayer @badheritage.bsky.social Lecturer in archaeology at The University of Western Australia. Everything rock art, replicas, and the assumptions we make about the past
dennis jansen 🟥 @dennisjansen.bsky.social PhD researcher on play, technology and militarization @ Utrecht University
ionat zurr @ionat.bsky.social 
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social Scholarship and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history, and literature. Published on behalf of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA).
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjau20
Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social academic researching comms, history, gender & social justice
Jef Bryan @jsbryan1.bsky.social Digital Arts and Media Studies Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Theorist, and Karaoke Enthusiast.
Adjunct Professor @ USC & Saddleback
✨ Rachel (she/her) ✨ @researchbrb.bsky.social Aspiring adult and media scholar. Ph.D. in Internet Studies. 🇳🇿 Pākehā, currently based in Boorloo Perth. 🐨 Living in the frenzy of feeling. 🌟
🏡 Website rachelberryman.com
🦇 Co-founder darcmode.org
📱 Member ierlab.com
Kim Barbour @kjbarbour.bsky.social Persona studies + digital media researcher and lecturer at Uni Adelaide, Kaurna country. Current special interest = Hermitcraft. Views mine unless otherwise attributed.
Glynn Greensmith @glynngreensmith.bsky.social Journalism academic
My book - Mass Shootings, Media & Motive
Available Routledge: https://tinyurl.com/mv4zav35
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
MADS2025 @mads2025.bsky.social Methodological Approaches to Digital Spaces Symposium
9 April 2025
This research symposium is funded by the AHRC NWCDTP
https://mads2025.com/
Whimsy And Metaphor @whimsyandmetaphor.bsky.social Mostly run by the Whimsy half. Aka Vella or sometimes Lee Cope. It/its pronouns (or ask me if we're in person). Games researcher (PhD student), event manager, narrative designer, and purveyor of fine falsehoods. In Naarm, on Wurundjeri land.
Yisong Han @yisonghan.bsky.social 🎓 PhD / 📚 Postdoctoral Fellow / 🏫 City University of Hong Kong / 🎮 Game & Gender Studies / 🐈 Tammy & Marty / 📖 Student Officer of DiGRA
Finn Dawson @antipollution.bsky.social PhD @ USYD — Games, World-building and Capitalism — he/him
@lucyamsparrow.bsky.social @lucyamsparrow.bsky.social 
MAGPIE Research Initiative @magpiegameresearch.bsky.social MAGPIE (Melbourne Academic Games, Play and Interactive Entertainment) is an interdisciplinary games research initiative at The University of Melbourne, launched in 2024.
www.linktree.com/magpiegamesresearch
Meghann O'Neill @firkraags.bsky.social Formerly of PC Powerplay and various other places. Freelance game reviewer. Connecting with game devs, but not having a lot of time for social media ... Tell me about your game. (PS. I am not Peter Morgan. 😂)
Poppy Hong @flower.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate & Casual Academic at USYD / KR•JP•EN•FR•ES / 출간 『마법소녀는 왜 세상을 구하지 못했을까?』 & 『비포 제인 오스틴』 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/soomin-h-1b29baab
Heather Blakey @hmblakey.bsky.social DiGRAA board member ٩(◕‿◕)۶. Writer and scholar based at the University of Western Australia. My work examines intersections between technology, intimacy and the environment in video games and literature. https://www.heatherblakey.com
Marcus Carter @marcuscarter.com Professor in HCI @ USYD, CEO @ Ludolio. Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
Taylor Hardwick @darthtayrah.bsky.social Postdoc @RMIT on gender, games and kids’ play cultures 👾
Freeplay board🤘DiGRAA board ⭐️ silly little guy 🤠 she/her 🌿
Larry May @handle.invalid Lecturer at the University of Auckland – game studies, digital cultures. Author of Digital Zombies, Undead Stories (http://bit.ly/3yTTpvJ)
website: http://larrymay.me
Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social Award winning Games Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney.
ALT: GAMES curatorial lead.
Board Chair 🪑 at Freeplay.
Indie game lover. Pokemon freak.
linktr.ee/chloeappleby
Kyle Moore @kylejmoore.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media at Swinburne University
Researching mobile media and technology (games, AR, maps)
Overwhelmed and under caffeinated
erix verkaaik @oddhours.bsky.social (they/them) • researching gamemaking communities • co-organiser of Squiggly River • occasional gamemaker • https://odd-hours.net/ • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏴☠️
Matt "Game Dad" Dyet @handle.invalid Writer, Producer, Games Lecturer, Man of Many Hats. Working with EverySecond Studio on Omi Oh My AI, author of Great Games Need Great Leaders. He/They. Dad only in title.
Find me at https://linktr.ee/gamedadmatt
Geoffrey Lee @geoffreylee.bsky.social PhD @ USYD | dissecting the frog that is Twitch livestream humour | he/him | updates at https://geofflearnstobefunny.wordpress.com/
James Manning @jimaroonie.bsky.social Videogames, digital cultural heritage and digital play cultures researcher. Lecturer, RMIT University. Co-Chair, Freeplay.net.au. Board member, DiGRAA. Managing Editor, Journal of Games Criticism.
Zoe Li @zoeriies.bsky.social phd student (usyd) ☆ that vtuber researcher™ ☆ she/her
[ENG | 日本語 | 한국어 | 中文]
Tianyi ZhangShao @tianyizhangshao.bsky.social PhD at USYD | Researching Chinese game monetisation | Nintendo fans and Whales in Arknights
Kate Clark @kateeuph.bsky.social Researcher on new media and immersive reality technologies 👩💻🎮 exploring the relationship between gender, inclusion, and new media
Founding member of the Critical Augmented and Virtual Reality research network (cavrn.org)
she/her
Ben Abraham @afterclimate.com.au I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions.
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
Ben Egliston @benegliston.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney // Political economy of media and technology
Family Gaming Database @familygamingdb.bsky.social Find amazing video games for your family. Everything you need to know about the games your kids love. Read the Taming Gaming book that started it all. https://www.familygamingdatabase.com/
Michal Napora @michalnapora.bsky.social Video games marketer and publisher. Founder of 32-33 and @unikat-label.com || Dying Light, The Medium, Sherlock Holmes, Squirrel w/a Gun, The Sinking City, Dystopika, Dinkum, POOLS, and dozens more
Colin Rose @crosehistorian.bsky.social early modernist | 16th and 17thC Italy | HGIS | history of violence and justice | assoc prof @ BrockU | will do peer review | loud Canadian
Leah Lovett @leahlo.bsky.social Artist, researcher in Connected Environments, UCL, exploring digital co-creation and spatial storytelling.
LGBTQ+, mum, cat cohabitant, tree person.
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social Digital Humanities, Playful Literatures, and Decision Education • English Prof, Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Founder of the The Digital Storytelling Project • Unionized Faculty (APSCUF)
Brooke Thomas-Hollahan @medievalappalachia.bsky.social PhD Candidate in medieval literature at CUNY Grad Center | writing a dissertation on medieval romance, game studies, and premodern race
She/her
🌺 Okinawan/Ryukyuan diaspora
✨Professional Yapper
👩🏫 Dork Academia
Robyn Le Blanc @archleblanc.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, UNC Greensboro; coins, classics, coffee
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
📕https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
📘https://mybook.to/taminggaming
🎯http://www.ludocene.com
🔎http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
Andrea Andiloro, PhD @aandiloro.bsky.social Lecturer - Games and Interactivity @Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
Bart Simon @bartsimon.bsky.social Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
Dr. Peita L. Richards @peitarichards.bsky.social National Intelligence Postdoc, Research Fellow CSU. Social Psychology, Extremism, and tech. Wiradjuri woman. All disclaimers apply. 
Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social Research Associate/lecturer at Cardiff Uni School of Journalism, Media and Culture; honorary research fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales; @fanstudies.bsky.social. Writes about fandom, cult TV, true crime, tattoos, cancel culture and other fun stuff.
Cassandra (Cass) Barkman @cassiebara29.bsky.social Media and Comms Lecturer at Unimelb 🏫 | Game Studies Scholar 🎮 | Deputy Director of MAGPIE 🐦⬛| DiGRAA Board Member 🌏 | Checkpoint Critic & Writer ✍️ | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/cbarkman
Travis Holland @travish.co untethered researcher, writer, and podcast host. thinking about science, media, dinosaurs, birds, space, LEGO
Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social // Managing Editor, @ThisWeekInVideogames.com
// Managing Editor, GamesHub (2021-2023)
// Senior Editor and Video Producer, GameSpot (2008-2020)
// Multi-Award-Winning, Token Asian
// DM's open, edmond@thisweekinvideogames.com
Axel Bruns @snurb.info Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media.
He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 🖤🤍💚 | 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇪🇺
🕸️ snurb.info
🐘 @snurb@aoir.social
⛔ @snurb_dot_info
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
Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas. He/him.
www.unet.fi
www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
T.L. Taylor @tltaylor.bsky.social Not sure I'm ready for another platform but let's see.
Theme park play research these days (yup, Disney).
tltaylor.com (links to most of my work, inc books) & instagram.com/ybikapix (for the fun stuff!)
Alex Leavitt, PhD (they/them) @alexleavitt.bsky.social Principal researcher for Trust & Safety @Roblox & Visiting Fellow @CHAI_Berkeley. 🏳️🌈🐈⬛🏳️⚧️ Ex-@Meta, PhD @USCAnnenberg. 日本語でOK!
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social Communication and media professor researching the internet, platforms & automation in society via cultural studies & digital methods. Brisbane/Sunshine Coast hinterland.🏳️🌈🏞🌄✨️
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
Mark R Johnson @mrjgames.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney | Researching Twitch game streaming, esports, game monetisation | Ultima Ratio Regum dev
(Placeholder, for now, while we wait to see how things play out...)
Antranig Sarian @antharmo.bsky.social Creator of Courtroom Mysteries: a board game based on my Game Studies Research.
Courtroom Mysteries is LIVE NOW on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/biggerworldsgames/courtroom-mysteries-an-investigate-and-debate-card-game/description
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
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. 
Stephanie Harkin @saharkin.bsky.social Lecturer at RMIT researching feminine gaming | she/her
Author: Girlhood Games: Gender, Identity and Coming of Age in Videogames
Curator Feminine Play: feminineplay.org
Simon Dor @simondor.com Prof in game and media studies. FR/EN. He/him. Il/lui.
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
Spaxe Austral ⚡ @spaxe.space researcher & singer from australia!
telegram t.me/spaxe_space
banner @blueroo.bsky.social
fursuit @kigurumikagetsu.bsky.social
stickers @spikhyenna.bsky.social
chair @furrystudies.org
Dan Golding @dangolding.com Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
dangolding.com
Bonnie Burton ✍️ @bonniegrrl.bsky.social 👧🏻 WRITER: Books, Comics, TV, Games, Crafts, News & Podcasts. Clients: Lucasfilm, Disney, Microsoft, Penguin Random House, Hunt A Killer Games, CBS, NBC
👩🏻💻 https://linktr.ee/bonnieburton
Mahli-Ann Butt @mahliann.bsky.social Game Studies’ Feminist Killjoy | she/her
雨月 @amatsukiutau.bsky.social 20↑/kustard/字書き/おえかき練習中
Alexander Muscat @alexandermuscat.bsky.social Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast ● Making & researching ● Working on multi-perceptual puzzler SITE UNSEEN 🔴 siteunseengame.com ● Mech head ● he/him
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
gamevironments @gamevironments.bsky.social A peer-reviewed journal on games/gaming related to culture and society*
Official journal of IASGAR
https://journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/gamevironments
amelia laughlan 🌸 @maarlzipan.bsky.social Game Producer at @hipsterwhaledev.bsky.social (✿˙ᗜ˙)੭ avid reader 📚 sometimes writer 📝 日本語少し話せる★彡 (she/they) based in Melbourne https://marlzipan.carrd.co/