John Kausch (杰克口述) @realcharacterlanguage.world Real Character Language: http://realcharacterlanguage.world
Knowledge Organization #KO Volvelle artist. Ontologist looking for work seeking to serve Wikidata. Hieroglyphs, ontologies, AI, history of universal languages 🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Selena Kane @serendipityjones.bsky.social Seattle-adjacent forest witch 🌲🐳
Femme-punk rock royalty 🤘👸🏼
Lezzzzbeeeeeannnnn 🌈
guitar/sing—TRASH PANDA GO KART
w/ ❤️ Zinnia Su 🥁
on the Island Of Misfit Toys
bass—BEYOND CAPTAIN ORCA! 🐳
improv rock w/ Endino & Lenon
http://trashpandagokart.com
Carel van Rooyen @carelvanrooyen.bsky.social red & purple team operations,*nix plumber,bass,org-(mode/roam),🇨🇭🇿🇦,🌶 & 🎶 addict. SMI²LE. Herbivore.
Opinions my own, not that of my employer
Rogue Myconid @mycoweb.bsky.social cats, trees, mushrooms, music, sci fi, obscurity
The Middle Ages in Modern Games @midagesmodgames.bsky.social Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
TineAlex @tinealex.bsky.social Fermenter and vegan foodporn addict with a penchant for politics and straight talk.
J. Puma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social He/Him | Cynic | Urban Forager | PNW Plant Nerd | Liminal Cartographer | Actually a Wizard | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
broccoliwizard.com | Liminal.earth
Pam Grossman @phantasmaphile.bsky.social 🧙♀️Author of WAKING THE WITCH (Gallery Books) and MAGIC MAKER (Penguin Life Oct 2025)
📖Co-editor of WITCHCRAFT (Taschen)
🎙Host of The Witch Wave
📱Creator of WitchEmoji
dafore_ @dafore.bsky.social Punk rocker and MTG Arena streamer. https://linktr.ee/dafore
Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club your friendly neighborhood roguelike conference since 2015. https://roguelike.club + https://www.youtube.com/@roguelikecelebration
@robotdanceparty.bsky.social @robotdanceparty.bsky.social 
Robotdanceparty @robotpenguin23.bsky.social 
Lon Milo DuQuette @lonmiloduquette.bsky.social Author, Singer—Songwriter, Magician
James Russell @profjrussell.bsky.social Medieval and Early Modern Book Historian, (Print Culture and the History of Reading) Adjunct at Rio Salado College, Improviser, (he/him)
@brx0 @brx0.bsky.social Mostly harmless
cyclotram.blogspot.com
pdx/hnl
Alija Bajro Mujic @alija-mujic.bsky.social I'm an evolutionary biologist and ecologist that studies mushrooms. Associate professor at California State University, Fresno.
All views expressed here are my own.
Tiina Mahlamäki @tituma.bsky.social Lecturer in the Study of Religion. University of Turku. Research interests: esotericism and occultism, gender, non-religion, civil religion, academic creative writing. Interested in knitting, photography, reading and writing. https://tituma.wordpress.com/
Claire Eddy @ceddy31.bsky.social Editorial Director at Tor Publishing Group. Opinions here are my own. Nerd of many flavors😁
@rubywilder.bsky.social @rubywilder.bsky.social 
Hedge Bette @hedgebette.bsky.social Dilettante Bog-Hag and Weirdo
https://www.patreon.com/HedgeBetteWrites?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Maria Pesu @mariapesu.bsky.social Kirjoittaminen, kirjallisuus, tiede, taide, avaruus, tietoisuus ym. Points of interest: high strangeness, esoterica. Tweets (skeets?) in finnish and in english.
Noah… @noahspringer.com Senior Acquisitions Editor for game studies and new media at the MIT Press | columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxd https://boxd.it/oHIf
Fox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social Games scholar, college professor, freelance writer, deeply tired all the time
Was laevantine/arcanistfox on Twitter
Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Books:
1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)💫
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius)
https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
Kay Chronister @kaychronister.bsky.social kaychronister.com
THE BOG WIFE out 10/1 🌾
Pat Murphy @pat-murphy.bsky.social Writer, scientist, and troublemaker. Winner of Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon Awards. My latest novel, The Adventures of Mary Darling, is coming out from Tachyon Publications in May 2025. 
Gabriel Mckee @secret-terror.bsky.social Print culture, libraries, religion, science fiction, comics, PKD, Coptic language. "The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker" available now from the MIT Press.
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Highbury Hazard @highbury.bsky.social Retro gamer subordinaire, retired Twitch streamer, beer enthusiast, guinea pig dad, lifelong writing student, film bro, discerning pro-wrestling mark, unapologetic Sierra apologist, and entertainment overthinker.
twitch.tv/highbury_hazard
Richard Garriott @richardgarriott.bsky.social Creator: Ultima, “avatar”, MMO genre
Explorer: Pole to Pole, Orbital Space to Deepest point of Oceans
Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social Um. Not sure what to put here yet. 😁
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social Doing math with Magic; doing Magic with math.
(Chromatic Lantern; Julie Dillon)
Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social PhD student in philosophy at the University of Staffordshire. Philosophy of trust and reliance, trustworthy AI, Heidegger. Marylander. MA Staffs, MBA Duke. Wittgenstein and Cantor handshake numbers = 3 (via John Conway).
that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social Award-Winning (BAFTA, Hugo, etc.) Lead Narrative Writer @ AAA Studio. Prev: Larian Studios - Baldur's Gate 3, DOS2 DLC | "makes a damn fine romance" | They/Them | English + 中文 (简体字)
@whitneylock.bsky.social @whitneylock.bsky.social 
Bram E. Gieben @bramegieben.bsky.social Writer and critic ✨ linktr.ee/bramegieben ✨ Author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE and CRISIS MASCULINITY. Host of Strange Exiles. Editor at Revol Press.
Emma Kidwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Contracting @ Ruckus Games 💀| Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social Official. Our LP The World is To Dig is here. Multi-night stands right now in Milwaukee Madison Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Austin Dallas Houston Washington DC / NEW YEARS EVENTS in Montclair and New Haven! www TMBG com for detes and tickets.
Shawn, Owner of Lailokens Awen @lailokensawen.bsky.social Frater A.A., Druid Hermeticist, OBOD member
I make Beeswax and Scented Spell Candles, Incense, and Anointing Oils, all handcrafted in ritual space /|\🇨🇦🏳️🌈
www.lailokensawen.com
Buy wholesale: https://lailokensawen.faire.com
James Pianka • EM|NCD @jamespianka.bsky.social Narrative systems designer for video games (TMNT: Splintered Fate, State of Decay 2). Publishing indie analog games as Empty Mountain (Nothing Can Die).
SHRINES v1.0.0: https://emptymountain-ncd.itch.io/shrines
Opinions my own. He/him.
Ian @sluffflux.bsky.social pedestrian, writer (by night), editor of The Journal of Sophistry
Maroula Perisanidi @maroulix.bsky.social Medieval and Byzantine History
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow She/her
Scott Gosnell @infiniteme.bsky.social 
you who 🌈 @pipsish.bsky.social currently under construction - do not DM
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social Game scholar, professor, & director of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories // www.romchip.org
GET OUR NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/crCul1
Editors:
@lainenooney.bsky.social
@daveparisi.bsky.social
@liebenwalde.bsky.social
Soraya Murray
Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social 💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU
🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org
🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
https://linktr.ee/lainenooney
they/them
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
He/Him
Unless explicitly stated, not speaking for my employer
✨️Whitney✨️ @brightwhitney.bsky.social Award-winning narrative designer & writer🎮
Future Class 2020, IndieCade (twice!), Top 100 Women in Games
Speculative fiction Author👽🦄😱
Viable Paradise 24, SFWA, Codex
https://brightwhitney.com
Talespinners @talespinners.co.uk Talespinners is a co-operative outsource writing studio for games and immersive experiences.
https://talespinners.co.uk/
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social Professor of Film, Media, and Digital Studies and Chair of the Humanities Program at Davidson College. I also make weird things online.
Digital skulduggery and more
☞ https://www.samplereality.com ☜
Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot @devinfitz.bsky.social Old Books, Global History, at UCLA (Curator of Global Book History and the History of Printing). Once described as, "in need of etiquette classes." Queer. Poly. They/them
Nat Loh 🔜 DICE / GDC @natloh.bsky.social 🌱Sustainable Leadership in Games🎮
🗺️Helping Designers Navigate their Careers💻
📭Available for Design Consultation📜
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natloh/
https://www.natlohdesign.com/
Khan @dreadpiratekhan.bsky.social Looking for my next opportunity ☆ GDC speaker 2025 & 2019 ☆ Dead Island 2, Gears: Tactics, LotRO, f2p games ☆ sasspot, ethnic mutt, tired, bi, adhd, she/her ☆ back on my Tumblr word nerditry as jetsetnarrative
Tom Smith @thegamedesigndad.bsky.social Game designer at Roblox (ex-Disney, ex-Zynga, etc.)
Author of Anatomy of Game Design (https://a.co/d/5NQZAuK)
Opinions are my own, not any corporation's.
Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social The name says it all really 
Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social They/Them
Technical Narrative Designer at Fenris Creations (formerly known as CCP Games) | PhD in Computational Media from UCSC | MFA in Digital Art and New Media | Playwright | Indie Dev of Experimental AI Behavior Tools
https://njunius.github.io/
jenyth evans @jenyth.com she/her 🌿 jenyth.com
content designer @ aquila interactive 🌿 used to teach medieval irish lang & lit 🌿 views my own, not of my employer
Andrew McIntosh @andrewamcintosh.bsky.social Sr. Narrative Designer @ Mad Head Games. Previously: Principal/Lead Writer on HBS's Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Shadowrun: Hong Kong, and BATTLETECH. I enjoy making cool things with awesome people. https://www.amcintosh.eu/
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social Narrative Designer by day (Mass Effect, Dragon Age), Novelist by night (The Palace Job, Feeder). (they/them, views strictly mine, OC do not steal)
Mel Fleming @meepaca.bsky.social Queer Gaming Parent.
Current life: Elder Producer
Past lives: musician, sailor, scientist, teacher. Alpacas. Former BioWare, PhoenixLabs, Disruptive Games, Hypixel Studios.
@mel_f_lem
Yup.
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Mary Kenney @marykgames.com Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. Associate Narrative Director on #WolverinePS5. Author/Writer: Gamer Girls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Walking Dead. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher
Cian Maher @cianmaher0.bsky.social Franchise & Lore Designer at CD PROJEKT RED. Once won a pub quiz with a team called Geralt of Trivia
Ben Gelinas @bengelinas.bsky.social I tell characters in video games what to do! Senior Writer on Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. My weird indie Times & Galaxy is out now on all platforms! Other writing/editing credits include Dragon Ages, Mass Effects, Gotham Knights, and Controls.
Ryan Reynolds @vancityreynolds.bsky.social owner: Aviation Gin - Mint Mobile - Maximum Effort - Wrexham AFC
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
Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social ⏪ PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
▶️ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
🗣️ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/joshscherr
❤️ fix your hearts or die
Neha✨️Available for Work✨️ @nehapolitan.bsky.social Composer/SFX for indie games
Venba🍛 (sfx)
All Will Rise (sfx)
Thousand Hells (music)
Eternights ⚔ (sfx)
Six Ages 2 🌤
Playdate/Sweet Baby 🎈
Speaker du Franglais She/Her
www.nehapatelaudio.com
nehapatelaudio@gmail.com
Zara 🏳️🌈 @zaravarin.bsky.social Queer non-binary geek of all trades💗💛💙she/they. Marine. Neurodivergent.♾️
President & Creative Director of Dual Wield Studio ✨⚔️✨
Previously: 343 Industries | Halo | Xbox.
Unions are awesome.
🚫❌NO AI, NO NFTs❌🚫
zaravarin.com
🔥 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
Chris Murphy @highlyspammable.bsky.social Principal Technical Artist on the Developer Relations Team for Unreal Engine. Generally handle Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia with Epic Games but sometimes you'll find me elsewhere. Have a tendency to rant.
Guy 'Yug' Blomberg @yug.bsky.social Aussie in NYC || Biz Dev @gcxevent.bsky.social @stridepr.com
Founder @thegameclub.bsky.social @thegig.bsky.social @nygamesweek.bsky.social
Previously Director of DreamHack, E3, PAX, The Mana Bar
https://linktr.ee/yugstar
DC Bradshaw @dcbradshaw.com 👤 Dave (he/him)
⌨️ Creator of Little but Fierce
🎙️ Occasional Voice Actor
💭 “Shought Thorts” host
👶 GOSH Charity Content Creator
💬 “Opinions? My own, they are.”
✉️ contact@dcbradshaw.com
🖥️ dcbradshaw.com
Matt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social Writer, YouTuber, small mammal. I tell fun stories about pop culture history. He/him.
> Videos: youtube.com/mattbaume
> Bonus videos: patreon.com/mattbaume
> Book: gaysitcoms.com
> Podcast: sewersofparis.com
> Hedgehog: 🦔
Jo Berry @joberry.bsky.social English gal in Montreal and Senior Game Writer at Motive Studio (Star Wars: Squadrons, Dead Space Remake); formerly at BioWare. Short stories and novellas (latest here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1) She / her. Opinions are mine.
Nick Thornborrow @nickthornborrow.bsky.social http://www.nickthornborrow.com
Artist • storyboards • illustration
Cinematics Director Arcanaut Studios
He/Him
🇨🇦
Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/nthornborrow/
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number | D20, Dropout, Crit Role | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender🌊: all pronouns
eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social Dad. Game Dev.
Sr. Writer @ Remedy Games
Prev @ Telltale, Fortnite, MultiVersus, Netflix, others.
Mgmt: Gotham Group (TV/Film/Comics)
www.ericstirpe.com
John Ebenger @johnebenger.bsky.social Cinematic Director. Formerly - Destiny 2, Jedi: Fallen Order, AC: Odyssey, 3 Mass Effects and 3 Dragon Ages, etc.
Calliope Ryder >NZGDC @callioperyder.bsky.social Made that hobbit game.
Gamedev, Producer, Artist, PR
On some neat lists (hi ma!)
Now: game analytics platform director @ GYLD. Resident cozy-game-expert @ Dragon Snacks.
Prev: Lead Producer on Tales of the Shire @ Wētā Workshop, Gamerunner @Starcolt
Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com Sociologist, Mistress of Information Systems || Techy TransLatina Ph.D Candidate @UW iSchool || The Saturday Paper VG Columnist || Contributing Editor Liberal Currents ||📍Seattle || 🏳️⚧️ || Author of LOG OFF; order here! https://www.littlepuss.net/shop
Allan @allanshoe.bsky.social 17 year QA game dev veteran. Interests in games of all kind and history. These interests often overlap :P
Miss May @genevrael.bsky.social Editrix
she/her
Brianne Battye @briannebattye.bsky.social Writer of fiction, poetry, and video games.
Currently at Motive, previously at BioWare.
Friend to cats, rabbits, Mimikyus.
You can find more about my writing here:
https://www.briannebattye.com/
Elie Young @elieyoung.bsky.social Co-Founder @summerfallgames Grammy & BAFTA-nominated STRAY GODS 🎸- new game MALYS out now
IG: @elie_young_
Robert Maa @ricoprime.bsky.social Generic nerd
meredith 🙂↕️ @merryh.bsky.social 🙋🏻 hello!
🦋 head of marketing @wingsfund.me
🔑 bizdev & production consultant
💜 ex @summerfallstudios.com / @wearevicscreen
🏢 cofounder @accessunlockanz
💌 curator for @indiedigest.dev
🦋 she/her
🎮 merryh.dev
Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games Gamedev, writer, researcher, vulgar lush. Making @DeadStaticDrive.com with @mike.reuben.games. I wrote a book once and I’ll bloody do it again if you’re not careful.
Naarm/Melbourne. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/leenavand
Liam Esler @liamesler.bsky.social Executive idiot at Summerfall Studios, creators of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical and upcoming exorcism deckbuilder, Malys!
🏳️🌈 he/him
Anna Brandberg @annabrandberg.bsky.social UX Lead @ Rift | ⏳Prev: The Outsiders, Funcom, EA, King
Time Person of the Year 2006 | Keynote Speaker | IGDA Next Gen Leader | Eyeroller in Chief | 🌍TCK 🧠ADHD 🩻EDS 🌈bi 🤘metalhead 🤓LoL dork 🔪Feminazgûl
Views are mine & you can't have them
she/her
JEL @jelart.bsky.social Jess • gamedev and 2D character artist in naarm • she/her
prev. Lead 2D Artist @ Summerfall Studios
comms closed
https://jel-art.carrd.co/
Midnoob @midnoob.bsky.social Lily • she/her • Animator @ Beethoven & Dinosaur - Prev Summerfall Studios • I like making images move :)