This Is Done By Humans @thisisdonebyhumans.bsky.social Welcome to Done By Humans, a certification entity where businesses, organizations and individuals can self-certify and get a badge of recognition that their product/service/art is human-made without generative AI.
https://www.thisisdonebyhumans.org/
Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Chilling online. I write a newsletter called Garbage Day.
Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things.
https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark
Bard & Raven | Adventures for Daggerheart @bardandraven.bsky.social ๐ฆโโฌ Supplements for the TTRPG Daggerheart โ occasionally cozy and always whimsical. The world needs more whimsy!
๐ค Independent creator duo (NO AI)
๐ The BEES have hatched!
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Jordan Oloman @oloman.bsky.social 30 | Freelance writer & consultant for hire, I also write scripts and run an internet culture website | WaPo, BBC, The Guardian, IGN, NME, BMJ |
Read @postmode.bsky.social
oloman.carrd.co
geordie | he/him | hearing loss
olomanjordan@gmail.com
Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social Newsletters on retro video games and sports labor, regular at Baseball Prospectus, ex-Paste, A.V. Club, etc. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him
https://retroxp.beehiiv.com
https://marcnormandin.com
https://www.avclub.com/author/marc-normandin
Jake Haas @jakehahaha.bsky.social Mainly here to yap about video games, which I sometimes write about here: https://medium.com/@crystalcollect
he/him
goose pimple will one day make "the best noise" @goosepimple.moe she/her ~ words re: games, music, yuri, gender, the internet ~ writing and music here: https://goosepimple.moe/about ~ 31 btw
Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Gamer. Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Scholar of literature, games, & pop culture. Author of Tellings RPG & Archaea LARP.
Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social she/her. southern geek feminist, genre critic, and scholar of boning. bylines at NYT Book Review, Booklist, Strange Horizons, Lady Business, Reactor. author of SFF romance column Ships in the Night for Reactor.
Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social I am the features editor at Edge magazine and one of the co-founders and co-editors of Bullet Points Monthly.
Brendan Hesse @brendanlh.bsky.social DRPG Sicko at The Crawl: http://youtube.com/thecrawl | Prev: Deals Editor at GameSpot | Other bylines: Lost In Cult, Lifehacker, PopSci, EGM, IGN, Digital Trends | My games: http://the-crawl.itch.io | He/Him
Jaina Rodrรญguez-Grey @jaina.wtf 18+ only | seattle-based journalist | culture, games, music
blog: cherry.news
bylines at: Gamespot, The Guardian, Vice, WIRED, Reuters, and more
signal: jaina.04
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Anthony (game script enthusiast) @proant.bsky.social Podcast Host - Disguised Coverage | The Film Room. Not superstitious but a little stitious. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Be water
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/
Non-Trivial @non-trivial.games A site dedicated to games and the art of writing about them. A place for careful attention to the things that matter, especially when it seems like they don't.
Morten Elgaard @mortenelgaard.bsky.social Graphic designer, living in Copenhagen.
Formerly UI Designer at IO Interactive.
Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social Studies rhetoric & writing, autobiography, feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
BoardGameWire @boardgamewire.bsky.social The worldโs leading source of industry news and analysis for board game professionals. Got a story? An anonymous tip? DM or email Mike Didymus-True on mike@boardgamewire.com
momatoes @momatoes.com Diana Jones Emerging Designer, Ennie-nominated tabletop game designer and visual artist. Featured in Polygon, Rascal, Dicebreaker and more. She/her
๐น Games: ARC, The Magus, The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri
๐ Learn more http://momatoes.com
#RPGSEA 
Will Jagielski-Harrison @essenceofazeroth.com Looking For Writing Work; columnist - bylines in Giant Bomb, Polygon, more. Appalachian. Priest spouse. Host of the WoW podcast Essence of Azeroth. OU alum. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6tY7L5txdRg9vUgY9AKp6Q
Pixel Byte @pixelbytegaming.bsky.social Gaming-centric News, reviews, and opinions covering the latest events and games across the industry.
Staff:
Editor in Chief:
Zachary Barbieri (@dreadedgirlboss.bsky.social)
Contributing Writer:
Andresplays (@andresplays.bsky.socialโฌ)
Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social Freelance critic for games, TV, & movies with bylines at Slant, Edge, Polygon, Unwinnable, Fanbyte, Buzzfeed News, etc.
Writing FAITH: Design Works.
Midwest library person. He/him.
https://muckrack.com/steven-scaife
stvnscaife at gmail
Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social Freelance writer, mostly games. Formerly The A.V. Club, bylines at plenty of other places . Also http://bulletpointsmonthly.com and http://digitallovechild.com. He/him.
Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social Stephanie Sterling. Writer for Vampire Survivors, Date Everything, & Quantum Witch. Transfem She/Them Polyantagonist. Also a pro wrestler. Currently accepting writing gigs for cool games by cool people.
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.
crowbar. @crowbar.diy indies breaking industry norms.
words by @itsmike.town
๐ฆโโฌ crowbar.diy
๐ง hello@crowbar.diy
Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social Official Bisky for the Vidjagame Apocalypse podcast.
https://www.patreon.com/LaserTime
skircle @skircle.me Bluesky Interaction Circles
๐ https://skircle.me
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social Streaming at twitch.tv/caseyexplosion
Youtube: youtube.com/@CaseyExplosion
Steam Curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28340174-Casey-Explosion/
Swara A.S. โ๏ธ๐๐๐งฟ @spiderswarz.bsky.social He/Him, Data Waterbender. ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธKurdish Muslim. ๐
approved critic. Words @ The Nerds of Color, But Why Tho?, io9, The New Arab, Nerdist. Host of The Middle Geeks Podcast. Views do not represent my employer. Pic by SangledHere
https://www.swarasalih.com/
fishbowl (OUT NOW on steam & ps5) ๐ @imissmyfriends.bsky.social Wishlist Fishbowl on PS5 & Steam ๐ Spend a month at home with Alo in this heartfelt coming of age story ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ป Two people from India making Fishbowl ๐ WISHLIST: https://imissmyfriends.studio/links
shafer brown @shaferbrown.com flat fantasy and rpg illustration by some queer in the hills of western NC
commissions open - shaferbrownillus@gmail.com
shaferbrown.com
patreon.com/shaferbrown
Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Game Arts @ Pratt Institute
Founder of Essay Games (he/him)
https://essay-games.com/
Bundle of Joy (Narrative Wario Ware Dad-Simulator):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy/
ian @iantothemax.bsky.social bristling and ugly | luddite | tellthemidied.blog | https://ko-fi.com/iantothemax | formerly kotaku, polygon (rip), shoryuken (rip) | also seen on aftermath, mothership, video game town, game developer, waypoint (rip)
Nina Freeman @ninamarie.bsky.social Game Dev for 14 years - Principal Narrative Designer for Dontnod MTL/Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, also makes indie games like Cibele, Last Call, how do you Do It? etc etc | stream: twitch.tv/ninamarie | games: ninasays.so
perry is online @gottsdamn.bsky.social games writer. video maker. hot dog enjoyer. bylines at @unwinnable.com
https://linktr.ee/gottsdamn
fingerspit @fingerspit.bsky.social noisemaker @deconstructeam.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
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VIRTUE AND A SLEDGEHAMMER.
THE COSMIC WHEEL SISTERHOOD | THE RED STRINGS CLUB | GODS WILL BE WATCHING
https://fingerspit.bandcamp.com/
Rob ๐ก @fawnrelic.bsky.social Production Lead at Ysbryd Games @ysbryd.net (WORLD OF HORROR, LOVE ETERNAL, Demonschool, VA-11 Hall-A) โฃ Freelance artist (seen in Heartworm, Unwinnable) โฃ Fishing Hamlet gentrifier โฃ Bi โฃ He/Him
๐ London
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/fawnrelic/
It's Ryan! @construct.goblinmo.de Production/Curation/Design @
@arcadecommons.org
Words @
criticalconstruct.com, Unwinnable, Stop Caring
evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social ้บๆ่ฉ | contributor @404media.co โevy@404media.co | formerly @wired.com and vice news | moving between the hellscape and food | THOUGHTS/OPINIONS MY OWN
Jeff Reed @jeffreedisme.bsky.social Storyteller and podcast producer.
JunctionPointNetwork.com is where I ramble.
Generally Trivial and Worth the Binge are my podcasts.
Blonde Pizza (Mashina OUT NOW!!) @blondepizza.bsky.social โ๏ธ Writer for Brick Throw -> https://brickthrow.com/
๐ฎ Streamer on Twitch -> blonde.pizza
๐๏ธ Voiced Plinky in Mashina -> https://shorturl.at/U8qV8
๐ค Jacqui in ABIDE?! -> https://shorturl.at/6sbPF
MORE HERE: https://linktr.ee/blondepizza
Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social Narrative shenanigans:
๐จVirtue and a Sledgehammer
๐นMany Nights a Whisper
๐ฎCosmic Wheel Sisterhood
๐ธRed Strings Club
๐ถGods Will Be Watching
๐จ @marineteta.bsky.social
๐น @fingerspit.bsky.social
โ @jordidepaco.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/deconstructeam
Wesley LeBlanc @wesleyleblanc.bsky.social Senior Associate Editor @ Game Informer | Previously: PR Specialist @ Vicarious PR, Freelance @ IGN and more | He/Him
๐ฉ wesley@gameinformer.com
lookingfor.game @lookingfor.game lookingfor.game is a weekly newsletter from @lucyjames.games that highlights upcoming PC games and delivers demo codes straight to your inbox. Letโs find your next favorite game.
The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm.
๐ theflytrapmedia.com
Dropped Frames @droppedframes.bsky.social Dropped Frames is a weekly talk show with hosts
itmeJP, CohhCarnage & Ezekiel_III talking about all things Twitch and gaming that airs on itme.jp - cohh.tv - zeke3.tv
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed โจ
https://openvibe.social
Leah Payne @drleahpayne.bsky.social Author, God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of CCM
@OUPReligion | Affil. Scholar @PRRI | Pods: @PRX #RTDR | #SpiritandPower | #WeirdReligion
Chris @i-am-christopher.bsky.social lvl 33 ร father & husband ร video games
Jack @molepium.bsky.social Derpy and charming like a PS2 RPG.
Yearn to yap, born to nap. Discord: Molepium
Charlie Wagner - Wishlist Netherspire! @ccharnul.bsky.social 26 y.o. French Game Designer, Making Netherspire (s.team/a/4712470)
Previously made Hypogea (s.team/a/2980260),
Former Tech GD @ GameAtelier & FromParallel.
https://charlie-wagner.itch.io/
๐ท- @elldaan.bsky.social
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
โ๐ข You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Thomas Kline @steepinkline.bsky.social Writer, actor, (over)thinker. Media Study/English MA student at the University at Buffalo. Specialties include Japanese games that may or may not be of the role-playing variety, transmedia narratology, and ludonarratology. Enthusiasm enthusiast.
Taylor Rioux @taylorjrioux.bsky.social Pronounced like "Rio", not "Ryu".
Father, husband, and gamer.
Freelance writer with words at startmenu and GameRant.
Owner and EIC of Jetsonplaysgames.com
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley.bsky.social @thegameawards.com and Summer Game Fest and more. Now official account.
PlayerGG @playerdotgg.bsky.social ๐ Welcome to PlayerGG. Be first in line for new game playtests. Get keys, join communities, connect with devs and help shape the games you love! ๐งก
Overworld @overworld.vg Overworld: A wider view of video game news.
https://overworld.vg
Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social they/them, migratory bird, secretary bird lover, love movies (especially horror) and games (especially... no true definition)
I also have writings and stuff at bloomedwings.com
Ry Terran @hereticmasked.bsky.social Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism
School of Making Poor Life Choices
Only Slightly Doomed
She/They/bad at gender
My apologies for continuing to be relevant 
Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net geriatric millennial joshuawood.net/bsky
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software โข information โข systems โข dystopia โข hope
signal: joshuawood.17
Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
Eve Ettinger @eveettinger.com Husband father daughter
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Lindsay Fickas @lindsayfickas.bsky.social Your least favorite accountโs favorite account. She/her.
jessica @jessduit.bsky.social creativity, culture, care. homeschool reform and childrenโs rights champion. views are mine. fka hullojess.
Vacation Bible School Podcast ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @vbs.bsky.social Crash-coursing the Bible, a book we were poorly taught as church kids. For believers/non-believers/whoever! By @jasonkirk.fyi and @its-mle.bsky.social
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vacation-bible-school-podcast/id1511438277
Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga.bsky.social skilletโs wario | youtube.com/masonmennenga โฃโฃ| he/him
SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social Galatians 5:12. Abolish ICE.
Mean Fat Girl @artistsali.bsky.social RGG Studios please notice me
-Yakuza/Like A Dragon Streamer
-Artist
-Creator of Ok2BeFat
-Fat Activist (mostly retired)
-Bisexual ๐ AuDHD ๐บ -Exvangelical ๐ฑ
Watch me on Twitch-
https://twitch.tv/artists_ali
Meghan | The Pursuing Life @meghankcrozier.bsky.social Cohost Thereafter Podcast + Scidentity Crisis | Bi ๐ฉท๐๐, Exvangelical, Educator, Runner | Vinyl, Cats, PNW + OH, Witchy | Previously ThePursuingLife | NEW PODCAST COMING SOON
R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social Child liberation theologian, child and survivor advocate. Learn more about my work: www.rlstollar.com. He/him.
April Ajoy @aprilajoy.bsky.social Author of Star-Spangled Jesus
Humorously detoxing ๐บ๐ฒ Christianity
Transvangelical @transvangelical.com MDiv. 18+ Model. Theologian. Linguist. Became the stumbling block purity culture warned about. She/her
Transvangelical.com
Kieryn Darkwater @mxdarkwater.com Artist/writer/podcaster/organizer from Oakland, living in Berlin. #ShinyHappyPeople season 2. Co-hosted @kitchentablecult.com
https://darkwaterprojects.com/
Bi King Gent ๐ ๐๐๐ @thesnarkygent.bsky.social alias Matt โข agnostic, autistic, bisexual โข probably playing a board game in his head right now
writing at https://poetry-of-the-small-and-strange.ghost.io/
Coalition for Responsible Home Education @responsiblehs.bsky.social Fighting for homeschooled childrenโs right to a quality education in a safe home. Founded and powered by homeschooled people. #MakeHomeschoolSafe
crhe.org
Kitchen Table Cult @kitchentablecult.com The Conspiracy is Real. A podcast by @eveettinger.com and @mxdarkwater.com connecting the dots between the Christian Nationalism they grew up in and the current state of politics in the US.
https://kitchentablecult.com 
Hannah ๐คโจ๐โโฌ @hannahdpt23.bsky.social โขThey/She โขDoctor of Physical Therapy
โขPelvic Health PT โขBi ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
โขgender fluid ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โขAuDHD โขdeconstructing
โขegalitarian โขintersectional feminist
Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social Product Manager. Proud Papa. In love and married. Learning viticulture and oenology. Brewer. Ex-evangelical apostate. Returning to life in the Rio Grande valley.
Potty-Mouthed Ex-Pastorโs Wife @jennywood.bsky.social XChristian, Dabbler, Creatrix
I want to know more about IFS, Jung, Archetypes, Tarot, gardening, herbs, hearth magic
I write here woodcarver.substack.com w/ @thismicahcarver.bsky.social
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aro-ace โข non-binary โข long covid & ME/CFS โข secular humanist
#LongCovid #TransRights #SmashThePatriarchy
Masto: zencoffeebreak@mas.to
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi - Co-host @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social and @vbs.bsky.social
- Author of The Athletic's Until Saturday newsletter
- Author of this USAT Best-Selling novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Is_a_World_Without_You
Blake Chastain @brchastain.social Author, Exvangelical & Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back. Host: Exvangelical. Words: RNS, Religion Dispatches. Yes I have a newsletter. www.blakechastain.com
Abigail Witthauer @abigailwitt.bsky.social She/Her. Disabled. Service Dogs. Cult survivor. Exvangelical. Lover of wine and cheese.
Monte Mader @montemader.bsky.social Deconstruction. History. Current events.
https://linktr.ee/MonteMader
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Childrenโs Relief Fund โ> https://www.pcrf.net
JetsonPlaysGames @jetsonplaysgames.com Gaming website for reviews, news, and views.
www.jetsonplaysgames.com
https://linktr.ee/jetsonplaysgames
Danika Harrod @danika.bsky.social she/they
pfp by @feralroyal.bsky.social
โจ twitch.tv/danikaharrod โจ
Amanita Design ๐ฃ @amanita-design.net Indie game studio based in Prague, Czechia. Phonopolis (out now!), Happy Game, Creaks, Pilgrims, Samorost, Machinarium, Botanicula, CHUCHEL http://bit.ly/PhonopolisSteam
@fracted.bsky.social @fracted.bsky.social 
grace @gracemachine.bsky.social Writer, critic, co-editor @tier-review.com
Lin Codega @lincodega.com author, journalist, game writer | co-founder @rascal.news | lin@rascal.news/DM for signalโpreorder PASHA THE STORMโwriters room assistant IWTV S3โ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ they/themโa bit of a killjoyโthere's a hugo here somewhere
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
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social Director of video games. Currently Vampirium: 1997, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc