HeyDesigner @heydesigner.com HeyDesigner is the daily reading list for product people, UXers, PMs, and design engineers. 👉 https://heydesigner.com
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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com Patrick B /🎙️Host & Producer of Retro Blast Podcast /🎙️Voice Actor / 📖 Writer
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MP83 @mp83.bsky.social I'm a retro game geek who especially loves Japanese video games. My passions include MSX computers, game preservation, and creating maps for games.
I also livestream frequently at:
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
Obsolete Sony @obsoletesony.com Embark on a journey through the obscure world of forgotten, odd, and obsolete Sony devices.
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
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Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
New books added daily.
• Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n
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Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com Great books on classic video games.
bossfightbooks.com
Latest:
● Dragon Age II by Charlotte Reber
● Life is Strange by Kaitlin Tremblay
● Legend of the River King by Alexander B. Joy
● DDR by Jessica Doyle & Jordan Ferguson
Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social He/him. Now available: Ys and Other Falcom Classics, and Metal Gear/Silent Hill and Other Konami Classics! Buy our books!: https://amzn.to/4czMqP9 Icon by Rusty Shackles. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
Third Éditions @thirdeditions.bsky.social Maison d’édition française dédiée aux jeux vidéo et à la pop culture, créée par Mehdi El Kanafi et Nicolas Courcier.
DeVuego ® @devuego.es La mayor base de datos de la industria de videojuegos en España.
Apoyamos y difundimos los #VideojuegosEspañoles 🇪🇸
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Mana Books @manabookseditions.bsky.social Redécouvrez vos jeux vidéo/films/séries préférés dans une collection d'ouvrages officiels, accessible aux néophytes comme aux joueurs les plus chevronnés ! 🎮📽
WarpZone, seu mundo RETROGAMER @warpzone.me Mundo WarpZone: Rua Olga Abujamra nº 106 - Vila Mariana, São Paulo, CEP 04009-020 - https://linktr.ee/warpzone
Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com Publisher of creator-owned and licensed comics, manga, art books, collectibles. Hellboy, The Mask, Umbrella Academy, Berserk, Trigun, many more!
Paul Murphy @pmurphy1978.bsky.social Pretends to write. Owner, Ninty Media. Long time Spurs sufferer, amiibo collector, retro Nintendo fanatic. Liable to moan, swear or talk too much about the gym. Sorry.
Ninty Media @nintymedia.bsky.social Making print products themed around Nintendo properties! Home of the GAMEBOOK Series and Switch Player Magazine - we also made Ninsight and NintyFresh!
https://www.nintymedia.net/
Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social Leading independent publisher of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Pop Culture, Movie/TV tie-ins & much more 📚 Also, @hardcasecrime.bsky.social
UDON Entertainment @udonentertainment.bsky.social Art collective & publisher of original comic books, graphic novels, and art books. UDONStore.com to shop exclusives & collectibles.
Pen and Sword Books @penandswordbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of military, aviation, maritime, family history, transport, social & local history, true crime & more!
Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of MONSTER KIDS ('22), I AM THE NIGHT ('26) and LIFE FINDS A WAY ('28) / Picked Charmander
Darren Hupke @darrenhupke.bsky.social Video game book maker (32 Bit Library, Beat ‘Em Up, Pixels and Polygons Quarterly). Writer. Podcast host (Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net
Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇
https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net Pixels and Polygons: Home of original podcasts, books, and zines! www.pixelsandpolygons.net
Run by @darrenhupke.bsky.social
Part of @soundstone.network
soundstone.network
Webstore links and more below!👇
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Press Run Books @pressrun.bsky.social The dedicated book publishing imprint of Limited Run Games. Not a Wendy's. Official account. 
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social “Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
Sebastian Deken @sebsational.bsky.social I owe you one, so I'm gonna jam up your opera!
Author of FINAL FANTASY VI for @bossfightbooks.com: bit.ly/final-fantasy-vi
Contributor and executive officer @popheist.com
he/him/homo
Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Kotaku, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him.
Rep'd by Eric Smith.
🎧 Co-host of @funfactorpod.com
📚 FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS and SUIKODEN 1 & 2
🛰️ Newsletter: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com
Victoria Rosenthal @pixelatedvicka.bsky.social Video Game Cookbook Author (including FFXIV, Fallout, Sonic & many others) | she/her
pixelatedprovisions.com
business: pixelatedprovisions@gmail.com
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
e.c. myers @ecmyers.com Author, Gamer, Reader, Dad • He/Him • Assembled in the U.S. from Korean & German parts • NYT Bestseller • linktr.ee/ecmyers • #NoGenAI
Just published: THE STREAM TEAM: PLAY 2 WIN
Recently released: GAMERS: LEVELING UP
Coming soon: QUANTUM CREEP (CYOA)
Square Enix Manga & Books @square-enix-books.com Official Bluesky Account for Square Enix Manga & Books. Publisher of Manga, Light Novels, and Game Tie-In Books from Japan’s top creators. Uncover Unforgettable!
https://square-enix-books.com/
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
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For Developers: debu.gg/dev
SEGA-16 @sega-16.bsky.social http://Sega-16.com is the premier resource for articles on Sega's hardware legacy! "Sega Goes Handheld: A History of the Game Gear & Its Games" available now at Amazon!
Forgotten Worlds @forgottenworlds.bsky.social Looking back at video game magazines and culture from the 80s and 90s. Check the website for articles / interviews about obscure magazines and retro games… https://www.forgottenworlds.net
💽🕹
Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com Indie retro gaming book publisher. Video Game Maps series, Pixel Art Metroid, History of Rygar, + more.
Store: https://retrogamebooks.com
Contact: retrogamebooks@gmail.com
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/retrogamebooks
Discord: https://discord.gg/mY7JFNcWG6
Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) with 7 translations
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc.
Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
marijamdid.com
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz ⚡ PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Kyle Orland @kyleor.land Senior Gaming Editor, Ars Technica / The guy who LITERALLY wrote the book on Minesweeper -- https://bossfightbooks.com/products/minesweeper-by-kyle-orland
Signal: kyleorl.31
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social Artist for:
https://www.hardcoregaming101.net/
https://1900hotdog.com/
https://erasofwrestling.com
Store! https://artofrustyshackles.blogspot.com/
Links! https://linktr.ee/rustyshackles
ebay! https://www.ebay.com/usr/artistrustyshackles
Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social Microplastics, they’re fantastic. Content Director @ GLHF. Consultancy, mock reviews. Did some writing for a video game called The Axis Unseen.
Marine Macq @marinemacq.bsky.social Directrice de la galerie Gamma 🎨
Assistante éditoriale & autrice de artbooks chez Pix'n Love ✒️
Je parle concept art et direction artistique de jeu vidéo.
www.galeriegamma.com
📚 Mon nouveau livre "The Art of Clair Obscur Expedition 33" est disponible!
Carly A. Kocurek @sparklebliss.bsky.social Experience design, video game history, writing. Prof and associate dean @ Illinois Tech. Books: Coin-Operated Americans (Minnesota), Brenda Laurel (Bloomsbury), Historiographies of Game Studies (Punctum). 
Raphaël Lucas @raphaellucas.bsky.social Rédacteur en chef Jeux Vidéo Magazine. Se croise chez Third Editions ou Pix'n Love. Troisième Gunman de Super Vieux Jeux, par Origami. Ex-plein de magazines JV décédés.
Fanny Rebillard @cactuceratops.bsky.social 🎓PhD student @LiegeGameLab.bsky.social (ULiège) / IreMus (Sorbonne Université) - Bourse FRESH (FNRS)
🗞️ Journalist (CPC HW, Pix’n Love)
📚 Author "La musique dans la série Zelda", "Golden Sun" @Thirdeditions.bsky.social
🎮 Ex-LQA ProCo
Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org Science Communicator, Video Game Historian, author of Atari Archive, old school FGCer, occasional Retronaut host, and chicken owner. He/him
Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social Brazilian living in Tokyo. Editor of the CRPG Book, a free book on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/
Thais Weiller @thaisweiller.bsky.social I make games and complain in three different languages ⚫ the person who started the war with the Dominion ⚫50% of
@joymasher, 💯% tired
Stuart Gipp @stuartgipp.bsky.social British one off of Retronauts. Games writer, etc.
All Games Are Good: limitedrungames.com/products/all-games-are-good-hardcover
Merry Hell: merryhellcomic.com
Support me or buy stuff: patreon.com/StuartGipp
Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS
spielkult.hypotheses.org
GTM @gamestribune.bsky.social 📚 Editorial independiente de las revistas GTM y
Kaibun
¡Amor por el #videojuego y el papel! 🎮
✨¡Descubre todas nuestras redes! 👉 http://linktr.ee/gtmediciones
Nicolas Deneschau @nicozilla.bsky.social Plume d’occasion pour Metal Hurlant | L'Ecran Fantastique | Jeux Video Magazine | Third Editions | PixnLove
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Damien Mecheri @damienmecheri.bsky.social Auteur et éditeur chez @thirdeditions.bsky.social
Author and editor at Third Éditions
Óscar Toledo G. @nanochess.bsky.social ➀MSX/Atari/CV/Intellivision/SMS game dev
➁Princess Quest in Evercade Intellivision
➂Knight of boot sector games
➃IOCCC+JS1K winner
➄IntyBASIC/CVBasic creator
➅Author
https://nanochess.org/
https://lulu.com/spotlight/nanochess
https://ko-fi.com/nanochess
Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas. He/him.
www.unet.fi
www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)
Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
Richard Moss @mossrc.bsky.social Writer/Director: @terrorbytesdoc.bsky.social | @scummdoc.bsky.social
Author: *A Tale of Two Halves*, *Shareware Heroes*, *The Secret History of Mac Gaming*, a book on Age of Empires 1 development
Australian
rich@mossrc.me
Martin Lindell @martinlindell.bsky.social Games industry journey man since 1994. Written books about games history in Swedish. Currently at Embracer, previously Raw Fury, DICE/EA.
The Artbook Collector @theartbookguy.bsky.social Artbook collector with over 350 books and counting. View my YouTube to see flip throughs every Friday here - tinyurl.com/tabcy
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Sam Derboo @samderboo.com Sometimes doing solo game dev sometimes writing about games at samderboo.com
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
David L. Craddock - Author/Filmmaker @davidlcraddock.bsky.social Repped by Rachel Swyer | Author/Director | http://linktr.ee/davidlcraddock | he/him | #BLM #TransLivesMatter
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
Jeremy Parish (Radio Edit) @jparish.bsky.social NES Works/Segaiden video and book producer; Retronauts co-host; RGB addict. Did not invent the word "Metroidvania." He/him. Header pic: Sonya Yruel.
ExServ @exserv.bsky.social Et salut à tous™ - YouTuber - Game Design - Mock reviews - Game Evaluations
🕹️ www.youtube.com/user/ExServ85
🏅 https://www.exserv-consulting.com
📰 Podcast - Un Train de Retard
🥨 Président @eastgames.org
📧 exserv85@proton.me
Anna Megill @annamegill.com Lead Writer on Cyberpunk 2 at @CDPROJEKTRED • Fable • CONTROL • Dishonored: DoTO • Avatar: FoP • Guild Wars 2 • Award-winning game writer & author • The Threshold Kids are my fault, sorry • www.annamegill.com
Caretaker of HiMirri.bsky.social
Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social 🫧The Good Witch of Game Dev🫧Lead writer + narrative designer for video games and stuff. Babygirl connoisseur. NOW: Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. A Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
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.
Chef Andy Lunique @andylunique.bsky.social Author of Diablo cookbook and Ultimate gamers cookbook. Former Director of Global Creator Marketing Respawn, Bungie, Epic and Discord. Chef, Writer, and indie fan. Former Bungie/Discord/Xbox
Audi Sorlie [アウディ] @pc98audi.bsky.social He/Him. Arzette producer, author, prisoner of @digitalfoundry / DFRetro producer | Bubsy World Heavyweight Champion. Opinions are mine. PC98マニアック. 日本語でもＯＫ
M. J. Gallagher (Final Fantasy mythology) @mjgallagher.bsky.social I write books about Final Fantasy and mythology/religion. Mythos (FF16), Norse myths in FF7, and Greek myths in FF7 all available NOW on Amazon! 🏴
All links and FF TACTICS book pre-order in pinned post 👇
Teaser connections at #FinalFantasymythology
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
Play History @playhistory.bsky.social Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history!
Patreon: http://tinyurl.com/pdp5pdrj
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos
Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Editor of Gaming Alexandria
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social 🏴 / AI 🚫 Award-winning writer of comics + game history books.
Killtopia | BPM | Hello Darkness | Boom! Studios | Titan Comics | Bitmap Books | Agent: Watson Little
Hire me / portfolio: https://www.dave-cook.com
All my links: https://linktr.ee/davecook
Fangamer @fangamer.com A small video game merch company founded in 2008 to celebrate our favorite games.
https://fangamer.com
Mia Consalvo @miac.bsky.social Hi my name is Mia and I love potato chips far too much. 
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
Kat Schrier @katschrier.bsky.social Educator | Designer | Researcher | Author | Inspirer | Innovator | Director of Games | NEW from Oxford UP: #WetheGamers http://gamesforcivics.com 🎮 💖 She/They
Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social Games consultant and YouTube Partner.
https://youtube.com/@AlexJamesKane
alexjkane@proton.me
Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️🌈
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
Revista LOOP 🧀 🥑 🍒 🥞 #Comida @revistaloop.bsky.social Revista y proyecto editorial independiente sobre videojuegos.
🏆 Premio DeVuego 2023 y 2024 a mejor revista 🏆
🚫 Espacio libre de IAs 🚫
🔗 loop.gamereport.es
Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social 👩🏻🦼🏳️⚧️💨
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
https://cyborgurl.neocities.org/
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 WIG Journalism Impact + 2024 GAConf Best PR / Comms Winner.
LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com
De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social A leading academic publisher in the humanities and beyond. Browse our pinned starter pack and visit our website: www.degruyterbrill.com
GamesMarket @gamesmarket.global The Games Industry B2B Magazine for Europe, from Germany.
Worker-owned, independent medium.
Subscribe to our daily news overview for free: https://www.gamesmarket.global/#/portal/signup
Imprint: https://www.gamesmarket.global/imprint
Retro Gamer @retrogamermag.bsky.social This is the official editorial account of Retro Gamer magazine. All posts are from the mag team. Get a sub at bit.ly/subto_Retro_Gamer
Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social Co-host of the Axe of the Blood God RPG podcast! Also writes words for vibeo gaems, boox, and other stuffs. (She/Her)
patreon.com/bloodgodpod
Walt Williams @waltwilliams.bsky.social word person
Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social I write stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.site.
Danny Peña @godfree.bsky.social Founder & host of @gamertagradio | President of D&R Media Consulting | Podcaster Hall of Fame inductee | Business Inquiries: danny@gamertagradio.com
Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social NYT & USA Today-bestseller, Stoker Award Winner, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social Writer. Prof. Archive Stan. Lover of Music and Film. 🇭🇹🇫🇷🎮🎬🗃️ Current project: Antiracist writers & the House Un-American Activities Committee. Views expressed through this account represent my own opinions and not my employer's.
Flávia Al Gazi 🖋️📜 @flaviagasi.com.br Word bender. Diretora de narrativa. Pesquisadora. Autora. Tedx Speaker. Mistura do Brasil com Egito. Livros em flaviagasi.com.br/loja
Curso de narrativa: https://hotmart.com/pt-br/marketplace/produtos/narrativa-base/N90936724A
comercial@flaviagasi.com.br
Peter McDonald @pdmcdonald.bsky.social Associate Professor of Education, UW-Madison. Play scholar, potter, and dog friend.
Author of 📖The Impossible Reversal https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517916220/the-impossible-reversal/ and 📖Run and Jump https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547390/run-and-jump/
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)