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charlesjpratt @charlesjpratt.bsky.social Associate Art Professor at the NYU Game Center
Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social I do words for the likes of PC Gamer, IGN, Edge and The Guardian, and consult for games studios. Developers and publishers: if you're looking for a seasoned mock reviewer, let's talk!
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
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet writer • narrative designer • lesbian • nyc
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Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social 🎮Assistant Professor, Game Studies, Brock University
📚"Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (2025) and "Feminism in Play" (2018).
End the Genocide. Free Palestine 🍉
Phillipe Bosher @pabosher.com A traveller from an antique land.
Baldur's Gate 3 | Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles | TR-49 | More.
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/filmpairings
TimurphySmith @timwrite.net Journalist. Author. Zero A.I..
Hire me.
#LGM
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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
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Amit Katwala @amitkatwala.bsky.social Writer, journalist, presenter. Former features editor at WIRED. Author of Tremors in the Blood, The Athletic Brain and more. Hosted All Consuming and Superhumans
Alexis Trust 🌶️ @alexistrust.bsky.social Product Lead @ Chucklefish. Lover of electricity towers, turkey twizzlers and banjos.
Chris Tapsell @christapsell.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Eurogamer. He/him.
For tips & confidential chat: Signal - @EGChris.99
Lewis Packwood @lewispackwood.bsky.social Features Editor for GamesIndustry.biz. Author of Curious Video Game Machines and The Art of Still Wakes the Deep. Previously freelancer for The Guardian, Edge, Retro Gamer, etc. Portfolio: https://lewispackwood.com
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
Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social 🌱 IrishAsian Forager & Author
🗣️ Irish Language Creator. Artist.
📚 Writing Books. Writing for Games
⚔️ Game Master. Resident Bisexual. TTRPGer.
Award-Winning Game Dev https://unaminh.itch.io/
Creative Director - ORGANIC MATTERS
Writer - Good Folk Café
erin @equifax.bsky.social professor, her kind of woman doesn’t belong on any committee
Edge Mag Archive @edgemagarchive.bsky.social The past of interactive entertainment.
Celebrating more than 30 years of videogame history through 425+ issues of Edge magazine.
By @jeffsayhi.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
Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social Coordinator of EU Projects & Cultural Assets at Heritage Malta - Technology and Experience Development Unit
visual artist / designing playful experiences for museums / researching interspecies interactions / ACI / (and some other stuff)
Play History @playhistory.bsky.social Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history!
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos
Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Editor of Gaming Alexandria
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
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Jo Lammert @jolammert.com Howdy! Production Director @ Blumhouse Games | Formerly @ Private Division | bagel baking friend | one day I’ll be an old desert witch | she/her
Sayem Ahmed @sayemahmd.bsky.social Balding.
Robots, Cats, Fantasy & Heavy Metal. Subs Editor at Tom's Hardware. Don't expect too much work chat.
He/Him
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
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
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📍Portland, OR
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
sarah maria griff @griffski.bsky.social don’t do anything i wouldn’t do 😎
now: eat the ones you love 🌱
next: strange is the light 👁️✨
& then: everything not saved🐅
Leyla Johnson @leylacj.bsky.social CEO & Creative Director at MohawkGames | Ambassador at WomenInGames | NIX Juror | Old World Grammy Nominee | Board Member at HoodedHorse
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Josh Wardle @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk I created Place and The Button @reddit. And more recently Wordle.
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Nom👾 @nomibelle.bsky.social 📍Sydney, NSW
Naomi Jackson ⚪️ She/Him (gender fluid)
⚪️ ABC News, IGN, Superjump Magazine, SIFTER, Nom's Games Corner
⚪️Opinions are my own
Emailz: naomijacksonmedia@gmail.com
Daisy Fernandez @daisyfern.bsky.social designer and co-founder of @milktooth.bsky.social making BAD MAGPIE
Niv M. Sultan @nivmsultan.bsky.social videogame critic, other stuff. he/him. nivmsultan.com
Kimmo Lahtinen @gimblll.com Indie games since 2014 (Sektori / Day Repeat Day / Barbearian / Drift'n'Drive / etc.), and 13 years at Housemarque before that (Resogun / Outland / Dead Nation / etc.)
https://www.gimblll.com/
Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social critic / consultant / ??? @ ??? x2 ・ award nominated ・ ハーフ ・ he/him ・ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ・ bylines: IGN, Polygon, GamesRadar+, MMORPG, Them, Inverse, Rolling Stone ・ CONTACT: kazuma.h.de@gmail.com ・ posts don't reflect employer
Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.com Co-founder + President @younghorses.com, creators of Bugsnax and Octodad. (he/him) https://younghorses.com/
The Midwest, USA
Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social Editorial director, @lostincult. Former Edge deputy editor. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). chris@lostincult.co.uk / letterboxd.com/downaboutit
ally @allyhennessy.bsky.social 🪷just here for attention🪷 making games.
Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games
EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage
www.sizefivegames.com
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @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.
Ben Hanson @yozetty.bsky.social Founder of MinnMax, former Game Informer video producer, fun enthusiast. Follow us @minnmax.com
andrew webster @andrewrweb.bsky.social entertainment editor at the verge // we apologize for the inconvenience // mia san mia
Claire L. Evans @theuniverse.bsky.social Award-winning Los Angeles-based writer of video games, science articles, weird pop songs and books (in no particular order).
See also @blippo.plus & @teamyacht.com!
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Marnie Chesterton @amsterdammed.bsky.social 
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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Matthewせいじ @matthewseiji.com Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer and director who works on game-like things and other things.
Author of the novel Process and the visual novel Eliza.
https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/process-a-novel
Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please don’t tell anyone I’m here, I’m just trying to exist 🤫 they/them
my DMs are broken
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🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥 @annlemay.bsky.social Narrative Director @ Highdive · Game Dev since 1997 · I swear a lot ·🧂🧂🧂
She | They · 🖤🤍💜 · 🏳️🌈 · BLM · Stop AAPI Hate · 💙 · Per aspera ad astra · Do not obey in advance · #ATINY
Co-author of The Game Narrative Toolbox: https://tinyurl.com/NarToolbox
Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com Video Game Vids: YouTube.com/tamoorh
Bonfire Sit: https://player.gg/publications/bonfire-sit
GSW Vids: youtube.com/@justuspodcasts
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Contact: businesstamoorh@gmail.com
(Brian) Taylor's Version @briantaylor.bsky.social A WB kid in an HBO World. Still tryin 2 impress the cool kids.
Lapsed writer, freelance librarian, amateur detective.
I log in to @ my friends (real and imagined)
I've been getting really into like, deleting my posts within five minutes of making them?
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social Former journalist. Now in comms. Politics, Sport, Technology.
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com | Signal: chrisPMG.31
Quinn Sci-fi Guy from Youtube (Quinn's Ideas) @quinnsideas.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/quinnsideas
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Chris Grant @charstring.com Now: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Then:
VP @fandom.com // @gamespot.com @tvguide.com @metacritic.com and friends
SVP @voxmedia.com // @polygon.com @theverge.com
Always: A dork
In: PHL
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
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Robert Ashley @robertashley.bsky.social A Life Well Wasted, I Come to Shanghai, always in the kitchen. Music, books, and games. Lexington, VA. www.alifewellwasted.com
https://icometoshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/low-pressure
Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social 🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴
💙 Patreon.com/Hbomb
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
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https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social Senior editor, The Atlantic. Used to be on Friendster. Maybe Orkut, too. Google+ skeptic.
Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social video game newsletter at readergrev.com
news editor at POLITICO
former editor at Launcher and WaPo
mikhailklimentov.01 on Signal
Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social Lawyer, video game critic, horror obsessive, Kader Asmal Fellow, Master's in International Law (Trinity College Dublin). He/him. Repped by Marilia Savvides / The Plot Agency. Cape Town, ZA Hire me for freelance work: tauriqmoosalaw@gmail[dot]com
Alex Stedman @asted.bsky.social Journalist, currently editing opinions at LA Times. Formerly IGN and Variety. Tiny dog mother. Long-suffering Bears fan.
https://www.alexstedman.com/
Chris Cruz @yochriscruz.bsky.social Producer & Journalist for hire | Formerly @ Rolling Stone
Hannah Flynn 🐀 @itshannahflynn.bsky.social Communications Director at Failbetter Games. Lover of life's rich pageant.
Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Exploring the future of journalism
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
https://charliehallwriter.com/
Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social I write stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.site.
Tom Phillips @tomphillipseg.bsky.social News Editor, @IGN.com | Previously: EIC, Eurogamer.net | tom_phillips@ign.com for tips, DM for Signal
Eric Swain @thegamecritique.bsky.social www.thegamecritique.com
Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social He/him. Sr. Game Designer. Prev: Epic, Bungie, Turbine, more.
I run @HyruleInterviews.bsky.social
Blog: namelessquality.com
Portfolio: maxnicholsdesign.com
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
James Kaye @cranleyboy.bsky.social 
Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social essayist, critic, journalist, editor
author of VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GR+, RPS, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Mothership, Stop Caring, Deleted Saves, Skybox
https://ashlikeadragon.bearblog.dev/
she/her
David B. Nieborg @nieborg.bsky.social Professor of Media Studies @UofT • Books: Platforms & Cultural Production (Polity) • Mainstreaming & Game Journalism (MIT Press) • Toronto/Amsterdam
My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social “CHARMING, INSIGHTFUL” - THE GUARDIAN.
“A GIFT” - VULTURE.
TIME OUT 50 BEST PODCASTS
One guest. Five video games. A perfect console.
Patreon.com/myperfectconsole
Podcast by @simonparkin.bsky.social
Caspar Field @casparfield.bsky.social Game dev leadership, management, and production | Ex-nDreams, CA, Wish Studios, Relentless, Eidos, Argonaut, DC-UK, Edge | Co-inventor PlayLink | 9x BAFTA judge | 2x Dad | Gamer since the 70s! | fieldgames.co.uk
Hope Dickson Leach @hopedickle.bsky.social Filmmaker based in Edinburgh often found tending to my children and shouting about how hard it all is.
Matt Firor @thefiror.bsky.social Graybeard Game Developer, Historian of the real and the fictional. Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Age of Camelot project lead. Lover of the written word and interactive entertainment. Three chord guitar player. Perpetual lurker.
Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social Theoretical Physicist.
(She/her/hers)
From Eastern KY.
Sasi C @sasiprapa.bsky.social 
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Alex Kealy @alexkealy.bsky.social Stand-up comic + writer.
Host of Gig Pigs podcast with Ivo Graham.
Linktree (insta, site, tix, podcast, mailing list): http://linktr.ee/alexkealy
Ian (F) Martin @ianfmartin.bsky.social Writer and indie music scene person, based in Tokyo. Author of Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground (Awai Books, 2016) / バンドやめようぜ！ (Ele-king books, 2017) and owner of Call And Response Records.
Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social アンディ•ロビンソン Journalist @videogameschronicle.com | #WHUFC sufferer | Previously: Yooka-Laylee / Impossible Lair writer | Old game mags / CVG | Biz: andy@vgc.gg
Lucy James @lucyjames.games Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
John O’Shea @johnoshea.bsky.social Creative Director & Co-CEO National Videogame Museum, Sheffield, UK
Own views.
Sadie Flayeh @shoibox.bsky.social Product PR Team Lead @ Nintendo of Europe. Prev: Konami, Rebellion. FFX fangirl. Bad at dice rolls.
Amy Hennig @amyhennig.bsky.social Co-President, New Media, Skydance Media – MARVEL 1943: RISE OF HYDRA and STAR WARS. Formerly Director / Writer, UNCHARTED franchise, and LEGACY OF KAIN / SOUL REAVER series.