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Jordan Ramée @jmramee.bsky.social Editor at GameSpot who covers a lot of games where you roll dice or play cards. BLM ✊🏾 They/Them
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Daniel Bloodworth @dbloodworth2.bsky.social Video Games PR at Ukiyo Studios
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Covering video games since 1994.
Justin Koreis -> TGS @koreis.bsky.social Video Games Analyst at Magid. I play video games and tell people what I think.
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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Kotaku, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him.
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words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GR+, RPS, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Mothership, Stop Caring, Deleted Saves, Skybox
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Chris Johnston, aka “CJ” @superpac.bsky.social Product Manager at Enhance (Lumines Arise, HUMANITY, Tetris Effect: Connected, Rez Infinite). Player One Podcast producer/host. Formerly Adult Swim Games, Newtype USA, EGM. Bi guy. 💖💜💙
Lyrical Games @lyricalgames.bsky.social Lyrical Games is a new publisher for exceptional games and talent. We are a home for ambitious studios with holistic vision. Transparency and collaboration guide everything we do.
Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social 🎮 Editor of the #Nintendo newsletter 🌸 hanafuda.report
Richard Suchit @animatedbreak.bsky.social Marketing @akuparagames.bsky.social // prev. @evolve_pr // GRIME, Behind the Frame, Texas Chain Saw Massacre & more // @Twitch Partner | he/him | Call me Moose🍁
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at GamesBeat, Game Informer, Kinda Funny, Restart Dot Run, Fanbyte full time; IGN, Kotaku, Washington Post, basically everywhere freelance. Contact: imran@prosekhans.com. He/him.
Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social [WIP] and hired gun in the video games industry. Background in editorial, marcomm, production, and creative.
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Matt Nava @mattnava.bsky.social Creative Director of Sword of the Sea, The Pathless, and ABZÛ. Art Director of Journey and Flower. Natural history/dinosaur enthusiast. mattnava.com
Jacqui Collins @jacquicollins.bsky.social games pr (occasionally tv, music). rescued by shadow.
Austin Suther @platysaur.bsky.social Staff Writer for @techraptor.net | Boomer shooter and Fire Emblem aficionado
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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
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