- V Ville Kankainen @villekaa.wsocial.eu
Meri Kytö @merikyto.eurosky.social University lecturer in Musicology @ University of Turku, Associate professor in Auditory culture studies, Chair of Finnish Musicological Society (MTS), äänimaisemahommia since 1999, and hand weaving <3 FI/EN/TR
https://users.utu.fi/mlkyto/
Antti Jauhiainen @anttiveikko.bsky.social Väitöskirjatutkija Itä-Suomen yliopistossa, aikuiskasvatustiede ja demokratiatutkimus; tietokirjailija ja luokanopettaja. // Doctoral researcher at University of Eastern Finland, adult education and democracy.
Ylva Grufstedt @ylvagrufstedt.bsky.social Finally (?) made it to Bluesky. Historian focused on on digital public history, historical game studies, game production and cultural heritage. PhD in shenanigans.
Fanny Barnabé @ypsenn.bsky.social Full time associate professor at the CRIDS/NADI, University of Namur
Member of the Liège Game Lab, the OMNSH and the LPCM
Research topics: video game narration, détournement, video game tutorials, humor and toxicity on Twitch
🦣 : @ypsenn@ludosphere.fr
Laia @laiavelasco.bsky.social fent @resis-videoludica.bsky.social i organitzant la @santjordijam.bsky.social <3
(ella)
https://videojoc-fanziner-fanzin-juganer.aixeta.cat/
Richard Sherriff @richardsherriff.bsky.social Lecturer in Games Design at the University of the Arts London - London College of Communication
Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social I am a helpful honking goose that loves game studies. I'll help you appreciate game studies through many memes of varying quality.
@fhfvbbbbbbvv.bsky.social @fhfvbbbbbbvv.bsky.social 
Health is wealth @health99.bsky.social 💚 Health is Wealth – Invest in Your Well-Being for a Richer Life
https://bio.link/healthwellness1
Alusta! @alustalehti.bsky.social Alusta yleistajuistaa tutkimusta ja asiantuntijatietoa Tampereen yliopistossa.
Tutkimusyhteisölähtöisesti jo vuodesta 2012. Tieteellisen tiedonintressin kunnioittaminen on tärkein periaatteemme.
https://linktr.ee/Alustalehti
Tiina Heikkilä @tiinaheikkila.bsky.social Toimittaja @alustalehti.bsky.social, seuraa sitä!
Täällä yksityishenkilönä ja yleensä erilaisilla paikallisilla asioilla/Tampere ja Pirkanmaa. Täällä ilkeää tuottaa sisältöä, kun ei mene Metalle!
Markus Elvig @vongnome.bsky.social They/them. PhD Student, cooking enjoyer, haunted by affordance theory and generally interested in the history of game studies, queer theory and other chthonic topics.
Antonio Pomposini @drpompo.bsky.social 🇵🇪 Philosophy, play & media ✨💚
🇫🇮 MSoc Game Studies at Tampere University
I paint lil plastic fellas sometimes.
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
Amanda Cote @a-c-cote.bsky.social Associate Prof and Serious Games Certificate Director @ Michigan State University
Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social 📟 Sociologist studying nostalgia to reimagine the future. Club Penguin, Frutiger Aero, and the "vision" & "value" of y2k-inspired thrift stores.
🌟 Co-founded @nostagain.bsky.social
🚀 https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home
Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social Game Scholar, narrative designer, consultant.
Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese | Games Outreach for Kickstarter |Vice President of DiGRA.
Usva Friman @usvaf.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them.
Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social Tampere University Game Research Lab, officially established in 2002, is a leading centre for multidisciplinary research into games, play, and their numerous applications. Read more about us: https://gameresearchlab.tuni.fi
Luontoklubi Tampere @luontoklubi.bsky.social Luontoaiheinen luentotilaisuus Tampereella
🍀 joka toinen maanantai klo 19-21
🍀 Kumppanuustalo Arttelissa
🍀 vapaa pääsy
Tervetuloa mukaan!
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Regina Seiwald @reginaballerina.bsky.social 
Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social Experimental gamemaker, captured media superfan, wanderer in forests. OCAD University/kokoromi (she/them)
taina myöhänen @tainam.bsky.social Researching diversity in the game industry for work and learning traditional renovation techniques for fun. Chopping wood when thinking is too much.
Work:
https://projects.tuni.fi/pegasus-fi/
https://coe-gamecult.org/
perulainen @perulainen.bsky.social Mauricio Castro Valdez.
My stuff:
https://perulainen.com
https://castrovaldez.com
https://mastodon.social/@perulainen
https://pixelfed.social/perulainen
Dr Ian Sturrock @sturrock.bsky.social Researcher into game studies, game histories, motivation for play, ethics of game design, creativity and world-building. Capoeirista, HEMA practitioner, larper, TTRPG designer/publisher. HE teacher and UCU activist but my views represent only me.
AG Games der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft @gfmgames.bsky.social Interdisziplinäre Gruppe von Forscher*innen inkl. Studierende zum Thema #gamestudies.
Posts von @sebomat.bsky.social
#gamedev #mediastudies #indiedev
https://ag-games.de/
Otto Auranen @ottoauranen.bsky.social Johtava tiedeasiantuntija Suomen Akatemiassa. Asun Tampereella. Kiinnostaa tutkimus, tiedepolitiikka, kaupunkisuunnittelu ja -kehitys + pyöräily.
Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
David B. Nieborg @nieborg.bsky.social Professor of Media Studies @UofT • Books: Platforms & Cultural Production (Polity) • Mainstreaming & Game Journalism (MIT Press) • Toronto/Amsterdam
Jaroslav Švelch @electroslav.bsky.social game scholar and historian at Charles University
vocalist and lyricist at Rest in Haste
svelch.com
Laura Levy @BlizzCon! 👾🔬✨ @drlauralevy.bsky.social 🔬 Lead Researcher, Overwatch | Blizzard
🎓 PhD human factors psych
🐝 Previous Amazon Games, Georgia Tech Research Scientist
👾 #GUR #HCI
🤷🏻♀️ John McCain put my first game on his "naughty list"
💬 my own thoughts/opinions
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland. 
Riikka Aurava @riikkaaurava.bsky.social Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
Vallan maantiede -podcast @vallanmaantiede.bsky.social Epäjärjestyksen maailman mullistava aikakausi. Voiko sitä ymmärtää? Toimittaja Liselott Lindström ja ekonomisti Minna Kuusisto jäsentävät muutosta ympärillämme.
MariSusannaK @marisusannak.bsky.social Journalisti. Musiikki, elokuvat ja maailmanparannus ovat sydäntä lähellä. Alati lämpenevä ilmasto aiheuttaa huolta.
Da Scary Rose @modernmodron.itch.io I make art and sometimes? games. she/her
Art tag #roseart
ko-fi : https://ko-fi.com/T6T3EC4Z
e-mail : compassrosefrye@gmail.com
Olli Lönnberg @tiaranon.bsky.social Suomen kielen ja kirjallisuuden opettaja.
Kirjailija, pienkustantaja. Lukuaktivisti. Scifi, fantasia, kauhu. Vasemmistolainen, luonnonystävä. Feministi, privilegioonan karkulainen. Queer.
Yritän olla parempi, usein onnistunkin.
Harri Koponen @harrikoponen.eurosky.social Growth Fellow, Senior Advisor, Board Member, Reservist Staff Officer, Mensan, Sauna Aficionado, Hiker, Biker, Shooter - Higher Education, Digital Transformation, Security, Cyber, Arms Control, Defence. In Finland & Europe.
Rob Gallagher @gealga.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, King's College London. Co-director MA Digital Futures. Author of Videogames, Identity & Digital Subjectivity (Routledge 2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (Palgrave 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/9783032044341
Outi Kotala @outikotala.bsky.social Service designer, artist and work culture enthusiast living in Finland. Työnohjaajaksi (STOry) opiskeleva taiteilija ja palvelumuotoilija.
outikotala.net (No NFT or AI art)
Minna Hoijer @mhoijer.bsky.social Just browsing.
ReDICo @redico.eu ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Mikko Kolkkala @xcsci.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist, geneticist, conservationist & teacher
💚 All extant & extinct life forms
💜 Modern physics & all science
Dr. Juho Kahila @jmkahila.bsky.social 
Flavie Falais @flaefals.bsky.social Chercheuse en histoire culturelle
ATER en infocom
Facilitatrice PEPR-ICCARE CNRS
Approches critiques du jeu vidéo : sexualités, discours, conditions de production
(pas spécialiste de *la femme* ni de Lara)
Jesse Haapoja @jhaapj.bsky.social Interested in relationships between humans and algorithmic systems. PhD (social psychology). Postdoc at Aalto University.
Tero Koskinen @terokoskinen.bsky.social ”Väestönsuojelu on aina parempi puheenaihe kuin väestönvaihto.” Liberaali äijävihreä. Ehdolla eduskuntaan Uudellamaalla.
Mahli-Ann Butt @mahliann.bsky.social Game Studies’ Feminist Killjoy | she/her
@mahira47.bsky.social @mahira47.bsky.social After work
Skiing🏂
Traveler🌍
Philanthropist💖
A dreamer💫
Watching TV📺
Shopping🛍️
Beauty💆🏻♀️
Mountain climbing🧗
Sébastien Genvo @sebgenvo.bsky.social Professeur à univ-lorraine / Game Designer indé / Responsable Expressive Gamelab http://www.expressivegame.com / Chaine youtube Théories des jeux vidéo : https://www.youtube.com/@SebastienGenvo / #sciencesdujeu / #gamestudies
Ulla Kaukola @ullakaukola.bsky.social -Vantaan KHn pj, Uudenmaan maakuntahallituksen vpj. (sd).
-amk-ope, FM, KTK
-Jämäkkä, mutta lempeä.
-Kolmen aikuisen nuoren äiti.
-Kalastaa ja laulaa tangoja väärinpäin.
Pieter Van den Heede @pietervdheede.bsky.social Historian @ ESHCC | History & Games | Public History | Memory | Digital Humanities | Historical Theory | Finalist Young Historian of the Year 2019 | 🇧🇪 in 🇳🇱 | He/him | Opinions are my own
Check out my dissertation: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/134918
Kulttuuriblogi Marginaali @marginaali.bsky.social https://kulttuurimarginaali.wordpress.com/
Kulttuuriblogi Marginaalissa taiteentekijät monelta eri taiteenalalta kirjoittavat arvioita itseään kiinnostavista esityksistä, konserteista, näyttelyistä, tapahtumista ja teoksista.
Júlia Vilasís-Pamos @jvilasispamos.bsky.social PhD in Communication
Game Studies | Digital Divide | Youth Studies | Social Class | Gender
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Vastapaino @vastapaino.bsky.social Tieto- ja tiedekirjakustantamo
Melanie Swalwell @melswal.bsky.social Prof of Digital Media Heritage, Swinburne University. #AusEAASI Project Lead. 🖤💛❤️ ally, living and working on Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung lands.
Frank S Certo @frankcerto.bsky.social “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible”~ Frank Zappa
- No Tolerance for Intolerance - Moral & Political Philosophy - Authenticity and Nonconformity - Happiness & The Good Life - You Are What You Is - Fight Nazis - Humanist & Feminist -
Rainforest Scully-Blaker (he/him) @rainforestsb.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor in Digital Media 👾🧑🏫
Northeastern University Vancouver 🇨🇦
Critical Games + Tech Researcher 🖥️✒️
New book out Spring 2027: https://dukeupress.edu/gaming-exhaustion
Find me at https://www.rainforestsb.me/
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Educating designer & empirical philosopher of things playful & engaging. Professor of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Senior AE, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
suely @suely.bsky.social professora e pesquisadora com mestrado em semiótica dos tridimensionais que não existem, doutorado em videogame e pós-doutorado em the witcher
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Tomasz Z. Majkowski @tzmajkowski.bsky.social Game researcher from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Johanna Vehkoo @vehkoo.bsky.social Journo, non-fiction author, fact-checking & verification enthusiast, expert in online fakery. Speaker & trainer. Formerly: founder & editor of Long Play, fellow at RISJ & Wilson Center, professor of practice in journalism at Tampere Uni.
Päivi Pahta @ppahta.bsky.social Professor of English at Tampere Uni
Ninni Sandelius @ninnisandelius.bsky.social Yleistoimittaja. Siviilissä kiinnostaa musiikki, huumori, elokuvat, tv, kirjat, jalkapallo ja matkailu.
Journalist. I like music, humour, films, tv, books, football and travel.
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!). Currently on sabbatical and a fellow at CASBS.
Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi