Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social Education wonk & Midwest emo fan; Head of Children and Young People at IPPR
Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social Award-winning reporter. News editor at Game Developer.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
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Nat Smith 💫 @stottybairn.bsky.social Freelance games critic, reviewer, & writer.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social Researching data, tech, futures, and biological sciences in education | Senior Lecturer and co-director at the Centre for Research in Digital Education | University of Edinburgh | Editor of Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
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Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social editor/writer. games, travel, theme parks, music, movies, etc. recently at Kotaku. writing the Moon College Football Weekends guide (2028), and writing about theme parks at https://easily-amused.beehiiv.com. ex-Paste, ex-AV Club, could be ex-your site too.
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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.
Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social Lecturer Education Futures & Digital Education based at Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Own views.
Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social Not writing nearly as much about RPGs or Agile as I would like to be.
Geoffrey Bunting @geoffreybunting.bsky.social lingering phantom of a journalist for the verge, wired, rolling stone, the new york times, and more. former book designer. cfs/me. find me at geoffreybunting.co.uk for now. he/him.
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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social Game designer (co-created SE!ZE with Charles Leclerc), publisher, teacher, critic, writer, player. FRSA.
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social CEO of Fairly Trained / Composer. Working towards fairer training data practices in generative AI.
John Dickens @johndickens.bsky.social Senior Accessibility and User Researcher at Tencent Games. Trying to make games more accessible for every player. Music, tech, adventure cycling nerd. Views my own, obviously.
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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Char @alphachar.bsky.social making Sparrow Warfare with @martinpi ~ writing games ~ teaching writing & yoga ~ 'when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro' ~ alphachar.com
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social Reporter at Eurogamer. Figuring this app out. Video games, news, trash posting. MCV 30under30 class of 2024 (honourable mention). ConnorMakar.62 on Signal for tips and anonymous chats
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
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Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d.bsky.social 🕹️ Curator at National Science and Media Museum + Yorkshire Games Festival
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Richard Cole @richardcole.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Futures at the University of Bristol (Bristol Digital Futures Institute) and co-director of the #BristolDigitalGameLab
Chris @christopherhallam.bsky.social Editorial at @thestar.co.uk
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Vic Hood (Parkes) @h00dwinked.bsky.social Freelance journalist - looking for work! |Ex-Gaming Editor @dotesports and @techradar| 📧: vichood93@gmail.com | Award-winning games journalist | She/Her | ☘️ | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vic-hood-7928a5135
Steffan Powell @steffanpowell.bsky.social Presenter + Journalist | Doctor Who Unleashed BBC Three | Press X to Continue podcast | 5Live | S4C | ex BBC Gaming + Culture Correspondent | R1 Newsbeat | Cymro 🏴
Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
inkle @inkle.co Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink; home of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope podcast..
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Jess Maddox @jessmaddox.bsky.social Social media professor + expert
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Alex Antra - Reconnect, The games writing discovery platform @antranaut.com I run Reconnect, an aggregator of over 300 video game blogs, check it out at www.reconnect.quest
Non-Binary from Melbourne, check out www.antranaut.com to see my other fun projects.
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
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!
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Katharine Castle @karthupial.bsky.social UX writer. Former games journalist. Views are my own. DFTBA.
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Ste Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social Game Designer, speaker, presenter. Host @onelifeleft.com and @singmaraoke.bsky.social. Once investigated by the ICC for playing Pokémon Go at The Oval. Currently working on Mindset 🟨🔺🔵.
Tom Chivers @tomchivers.bsky.social "Far too nice to be a journalist," per Terry Pratchett. Lead writer on Semafor's Flagship newsletter. DMs open; chiversthomas(a)gmail.
Latest book, Everything is Predictable: geni.us/EIPBook
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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
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Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social Digital Humanities, Playful Literatures, and Decision Education • English Prof, Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Founder of the The Digital Storytelling Project • Unionized Faculty (APSCUF)
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around.
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