David Waddington @waddington.bsky.social Professor of Education, Concordia University
New book: The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games (McGill-Queens University Press)
Alexander Ross @alexross73.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UBC's School of Information. Media theory, political economy, and digital platforms. Mi'kmaw (Millbrook First Nation). Opinions are my own.
Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social PhD candidate in Communication @ Carleton University 🇨🇦
RoCCET Lab fellow 💥
Queer affect scholar lookin' at the queer indie video games scene(s) on itch.io 👾
https://kathrynfedchun.itch.io/
Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Carleton University. Studying comic cons and festivals as interfaces between media industries and fan communities. Reading comics, playing TTRPGs, cooking Chinese food. #CatDad
Marie Šilhová @marie-22.bsky.social Studying Twitch and Games @ Concordia, Media Studies MA 🍁
she/her 🌿
student; illustrator; twitch moderator; video essay enthusiast 🌺
background in media studies, art history, and asian studies 🌸
Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social Professor of Communications, Glendon College, York University
Aaron Langille (🕹️)™️ @aaronlangille.bsky.social he/him | Game design prof🏅 | Game Designer 🕹️ | Author: A Gamer's Introduction to C# (out now), A Gamer's Introduction to MonoGame (coming soon)
linktr.ee/aaronlangille
rowenac @rohuinac.bsky.social ✨ Milieux ✨ AI/Aesthetics/Play 🤖 HUMA PhD, Concordia ✨ writer ✨ kludge queen ✨ WvW addict 🎮 MTL/NYC 🍕🐀🗽 Lucky Charms 🍀 Enjoyer 💅 Neurodiversity 🌻 www.rowenac.com ✨ 
Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
Steve Wilcox @stevewilcox.bsky.social Associate Professor of Critical Game Design @ WLU | Prosocial Game Designer | I research how to mobilize knowledge through play https://www.helloworlds.ca/projects
Jess Rowan Marcotte @jessromarcotte.bsky.social game & narrative designer, maker, writer. 1/3 of @softchaos.bsky.social. 🌈36. Queer, trans, Mi'kmaw & Eurosettler mix. Organizer of @qgcon.bsky.social & other queer COVID-cautious events.
they/them
https://softchaos.games
https://faenotype.design
crcdng @crcdng.bsky.social systems theory, play, games, art, cybernetics. artistic ai, #imperfectvr. PhD in playful systems. ex lecturer Uni Plymouth, FHEA, AISB, Teia / HEN
Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon @jeremiepgagnon.net Humanités numériques, game studies, études japonaises | Professeur @Université de l'Ontario français | Co-editor (English) @Journal of Replaying Japan | 日本語でOK!
Amanda Cote @a-c-cote.bsky.social Associate Prof and Serious Games Certificate Director @ Michigan State University
Lauren Taylor @laurenmt1.bsky.social Co-Founder of Snappy Gurus.
Supporting entry level talent moving into games and relevent roles!
My email: lauren@snappygurus.com
Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social Game Scholar, narrative designer, consultant.
Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese | Games Outreach for Kickstarter |Vice President of DiGRA.
Usva Friman @usvaf.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow & Assistant Professor of Game Studies at Tampere University (Finland). She/her or they/them.
Akatemiatutkija ja pelitutkimuksen apulaisprofessori Tampereen yliopistossa.
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social Begin your productivity journey in Spirit City.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy some lofi tunes.
🕹️Available now on PC on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113850/Spirit_City_Lofi_Sessions/?utm_source=bluesky
Chequered Ink @chequered.ink We make funky little bite-sized games, lots of fonts & game dev assets! ☺️🎮 Also bringing you news, reviews, tutorials and guides.
13,000+ Game Assets, 50% Off: https://ci.itch.io/all-game-assets
@prosperoscell.bsky.social @prosperoscell.bsky.social 
Nick LaLone @nicklalone.com Applied researcher in emergency management, workforce development, and vintage tech.
Currently working on some #ttrpg research to better emergency management workforce development in #wargames and #seriousgames
Sara Humphreys @saraventure.bsky.social I was your friendly, neighbourhood rhetoric and game studies diva. Now I’m not sure what’s going on. I'm into critical pedagogy, rhetorical genre studies, open ed, and trusting my students.
A Gay Magikarp @masc4magikarp.bsky.social A level 5 Magikarp aspiring to be a Game Studies Scholar, interested in Interactivity, Game-Player Relations, and LGBTQ+ Storytelling
MS Sucks 🎗 @itreallydoes.com Web Developer #Joomla | Beekeeper | Widow
Disabled USMC Vet | Living with #DDD & #MS
📓 MS Sucks: a snarky journal for tracking your MS bullshit → mssucks.co/links
☕️ Buy me a coffee ➜ https://buymeacoffee.com/mssucks
DrBossKey @drbosskey.bsky.social Game developer, producer, director, tech & software dude, and life long gamer since the Atari 2600 & C64 days of olden times. While I professionally produce games & tech, my passion project, Interstellar Sentinel, a shooter/shoot'em up/shmup. 
Sébastien Genvo @sebgenvo.bsky.social Professeur à univ-lorraine / Game Designer indé / Responsable Expressive Gamelab http://www.expressivegame.com / Chaine youtube Théories des jeux vidéo : https://www.youtube.com/@SebastienGenvo / #sciencesdujeu / #gamestudies
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
Ingram Braun @ingram-braun.net archaeologist | web dev & LaTeX | proofreader
DH, gameshistory & chesshistory
chess player, arbiter, coach
https://ingram-braun.net/ • https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/profile/ib • https://schach-goettingen.de/ • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-125X
Jeffrey @geoffwhill.bsky.social Ugly bag of mostly water. he/him. Aussie in London!
Phil Goyette @mrgoyette.bsky.social 🧠🌶️♾️🦋🌈
I love playing games, everything from chess (poorly) to Fortnite (poorly)
YouTube for quick reviews, how to plays, and ongoing design projects:
https://www.youtube.com/@philgoyette1982
Also mrgoyette@wargamers.social on Mastodon
Daniel Muriel @danimuriel.bsky.social Sociologist, PhD. Lecturer and Researcher at the University of the Basque Country- S @subaltern.bsky.social @subaltern.bsky.social
Rob Gallagher @gealga.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, King's College London. Co-director MA Digital Futures. Author of Videogames, Identity & Digital Subjectivity (Routledge 2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (Palgrave 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/9783032044341
Mir Verburg @mirm.bsky.social CEO of Bloom Digital Media. Crankypants. Dog lover. Gardener.
Joanne Percy @kebecer1jo.bsky.social "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." - Mae West
Mother of two humans and two cats. Lover of music. Worshipper of nature. Living simply and with joy.- B @bowerman.bsky.social @bowerman.bsky.social
Nick Taylor @nickttaylor.bsky.social Media professor at York U in Toronto. Happy to be here.
Grounds of Gaming is out from University of Indiana Press. It's about the places in which we play games, and who is and is not allowed.
https://iupress.org/9780253071231/the-grounds-of-gaming/
@dr-crush.bsky.social @dr-crush.bsky.social 
Bibi Reisdorf, PhD (she/her) @bibireisdorf.bsky.social Professor @ UNC Charlotte; Gremlin-raiser; #firstgen college graduate; digital inequality researcher; animal lover
Renata Frade @renatafrade.bsky.social Women in Tech PhD Candidate, HCI Researcher @uaveiro
AI Researcher (@ieausp)
Henry Jenkins’ editor
Transmedia, Gender consultant, teacher.Science Communicator.
Technofeminism book coeditor,coauthor
Tiny dancer,wine lover, bookworm
Jason Hawreliak @profjay.bsky.social Associate Professor of Game Studies. Director, GAME Program. Brock University, Department of Digital Humanities.
Nick Proferes @profprof.bsky.social Studies tech, discourse, and how sometimes things mean other things. Opinions are my own. Grading while listening to death metal enthusiast.
Adam Crowley @dradamcrowley.bsky.social DM for Podcast guest and/or public speaking info.
Playing to Save the World: Videogames and Environmental Humanities (2024)
The Wealth of Virtual Nations: Videogame Currencies (2017)
Representations of Poverty in Videogames (2022)
Emma Westecott @emmawestecott.bsky.social 
Hugo Montembeault @hmontembeault.bsky.social Professor in Game Studies at UQAT-MTL. Co-host of Profil Ludique, a game analysis & theory podcast. Research focus: game design, noise theory, and glitch art.
Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin @gabrielletj.bsky.social Professor and researcher in game studies
School of media, Université du Québec à Montréal
Stéfany Boisvert @stefyboisvert.bsky.social Professeure à l'École des médias, UQAM
Critical Media/TV/Gender/Screen/Cultural Studies
Codirectrice du LaboPop - Laboratoire sur la culture de grande consommation et la culture médiatique au Québec
Scott Ferguson @videotroph.bsky.social associate professor somewhere
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
* posts do not reflect the views of my employer
Tomasz Z. Majkowski @tzmajkowski.bsky.social Game researcher from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Educating designer & empirical philosopher of things playful & engaging. Professor of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Senior AE, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
@rarebelle.bsky.social @rarebelle.bsky.social 
Marc Lajeunesse @marclaj.bsky.social Coordinator of the Technoculture, Art, and Games Research Centre. Game researcher, university instructor, podcast producer, musician, and author. Mostly a person though!
krafftmine.bandcamp.com/album/we-who...
connectingtogame.ca
Olli Sotamaa @sotamaa.bsky.social proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere män
Jason B @jasonbartfast.bsky.social I put the "ish" in "English." Content not guaranteed. 
Bettina Bódi🌿🎮 @bettibo.bsky.social 📚 Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communication - University of Birmingham, UK
✨ Working on video games | agency | cosiness | nature
🖊️ Author of Videogames and Agency (Routledge 2023) - https://tinyurl.com/3mbr8ytu
🌐 https://cozymedia.net/
gblekkenhorst @gblekkenhorst.bsky.social does things with stuff. experimental narrative. course director of game design and prototyping and York University. master of portals. Renters Market game as @scaredcreature, blackmail your landlord. Open for work.
http://blekkenhorst.ca
Emmi Russo @emmi.dev uw info science phd candidate studying kids, video games, and autonomy.
former software engineer | ex-google, microsoft, smartsheet
she/her
Adam Riddle @realtimeriddle.bsky.social Independent games researcher (he/him)
realtimeriddle.com
John Healy @johnnyjohns.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in game design at TU Dublin | Occasional game designer | Mainly a dad.
EDGE GAMES @edgegames.bsky.social Founded concurrently in 1981 in London and SoCal, EDGE is both the oldest UK indie game publisher and one of the oldest US ones. New releases soon on iOS, Android, Steam, Switch, PS4/5, and Xbox.
www.edgegames.com
ICCIT @iccit-utm.bsky.social The Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. A hub for transformative research initiatives on the relationship between humans and technology. utm.utoronto.ca/iccit
ᡣ𐭩 Mandi ᡣ𐭩 @613mandi.bsky.social 🎲 🎮 Gamer
📹📸 Content Creator
📚 Teacher/Learning Advisor at GoC
🪡 Sewist
🌶 `⋆ 🎀 𝒩𝑒𝓊𝓇🌸𝓈𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓎 🎀 ⋆`
she/her
🇨🇦 Great English/Le français est passable.
🎮 🎲
www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames
www.youtube.com/saltandsassgames
📧 saltandsassgames@gmail.com
Jamie Ogle @jamieogle.bsky.social Dad
Data Designer @ R* North
Some terrible games I’ve made:
https://jamieogle.itch.io/
Mick Cook @mickcook.bsky.social Australian digital producer, #writer and PhD Candidate #GameDesign. Producer and host of The Dead Prussian #podcast, producer of Generals podcast.
All My Links: https://linktr.ee/MickCook
Shannon Ferguson (he/him) 🇨🇦 @shanferg.bsky.social aka The Angry Monk
❤ Tabletop Roleplaying Games, books, movies. Lives in 🇨🇦. I support 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 #ElbowsUp
David J. Roaché @davidjroache.bsky.social Assistant prof at Christopher Newport U.
Studying tech in close relationships.
Often communicates in gif form (pronounced jif).
Views/opinions my own.
he/him
jdj @jeremydavidjohnson.com academic in digital media & rhetoric // dog lover, beer snob, gamer
Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
Amy H. Ahn @amyahn.bsky.social PhD @Univ. of St Andrews | English, Game Studies | Contemporary Literature, Affect, Video Games, Technology
Silver Rat Studios @silverratstudios.bsky.social Boston-based indie developer of Grey Block, a story-rich, 3rd-person, cinematic, stealth, puzzle/shooter game.
Available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1821070/Gr…
Perttu Hämäläinen @perttu-h.bsky.social Researching and building games/VR/XR/HCI/AI. Assoc. Prof. @AaltoUniversity. Advisor @valomotion, @HypeHypeInc. Student of human movement (dance,🧗♂️,🤸♂️,🥋…)
Michael @michab0103.bsky.social - Editor @ntower.bsky.social
- Project Coordinator @ Tradewind Pictures
- Media Studies @ Stockholm University, research on ludo-hermeneutics
- he/him
Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social Communication science, media psychology, and game studies at the University of Twente. He/him
Laura Levy @BlizzCon! 👾🔬✨ @drlauralevy.bsky.social 🔬 Lead Researcher, Overwatch | Blizzard
🎓 PhD human factors psych
🐝 Previous Amazon Games, Georgia Tech Research Scientist
👾 #GUR #HCI
🤷🏻♀️ John McCain put my first game on his "naughty list"
💬 my own thoughts/opinions
🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Lindsay Grace @professorgrace.bsky.social Knight Chair and professor, artist, author, speaker, designer…lover of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Comments are my own, not employers. ProfessorGrace.com
Chris Hutton - TTRPG Insider @newsnerd.bsky.social I'm a 33-year-old journalist obsessed with religion, technology, and other topics. I run a newsletter about TTRPGs. My views are my own.
https://www.ttrpginsider.news
Email me with tips, scoops at ttrpg.insidernews@gmail.com.
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
Liz Davidson @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social 🎲 Board Game Designer
📚 Historical Games
Creative Director at Leder Games
Come talk history, games, and culture with me:
YouTube.com/beyondsolitaire
Víctor Ojuel @victorojuel.org 🎮Senior Narrative Designer
🕵♀️ #ProjectChamois detective game
🎓 Lecturer @ESAT
🎖Previously: Coloratura, RiotForge, Temtem, Altered Alma, Wildermyth...
🇬🇧 Writers Guild of GB
🤷🏻♂️ he/him
🖥️ victorojuel.org
👉 ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW PROJECTS!
The Real Mr Positive @therealmrpositive.com Putting a positive spin on the most despised of Pop Culture. Every Tuesday & Thursday. He/Him 🍌approved Critic.
http://www.therealmrpositive.com
Ryan L. Sittler @ryanlsittler.bsky.social Ph.D. in Communications Media & Instructional Technology. All-O-Gistics adherent. Educational game design, music, audio, information literacy, and user experience are all professional interests. Maybe not in that order.
Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy
Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Amanda W @dmlamanda.bsky.social Researcher at the intersection of digital media and learning and informal learning. Equity and Justice-driven. Current: Digital Promise. Formerly: Connected Learning Lab, UC Irvine.
Paulo Cepeda @paulocepeda.bsky.social Journalist · Periodista 🔆 To Teach is to Learn Twice · Enseñar es aprender dos veces 🎓 EdTech, Communication & Digital Ecosystem
Simon Burr @simonburr.bsky.social Game developer, narrative designer and writer. Studying MA Indie Game Development at Falmouth University. 10-years' experience in marketing most recently in the entertainment industry. Portfolio: https://www.simonburr.work/narrative-design-games-writing
imarkanx 🇨🇦 @imarkanx.bsky.social Random verse from a digital poet who writes in graphite. Verse, cooking and cats. Also old school tabletop gaming. Waterloo, Ontario 🇨🇦
Andrew Stevens @thearcadepilot.bsky.social Grew up with a love for aviation and video games! I’m a somewhat acceptable sim pilot! QA Manager @cdprojektred.com | EAA Lifetime Member | Prev. at Raven, Bethesda! | Counting down the days to #OSH27
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
radicalized worm gf @jaecy.bsky.social Miss Frizzle meets Daria — eccentric, witty, & emotionally unavailable
Musician/designer/educator. Doing a master’s in pop music & gender studies. Podcast enthusiast. She/her 🏳️🌈
Alex Bacalja @alexbacalja.bsky.social Digital Game Literacies - Critical Pedagogies - English Language Arts - Youth Literacies - Critical EdTech - Postdigital research. The University of Melbourne.
Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Popular Culture & Film at Brock University. Personal account, reposts ≠ endorsements, and find me at http://karenlouisesmith.net/wp/
fabio iapaolo @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social Urban geographer and digital media scholar @PoliMi | Associate editor AI & Society
HagermanHour @hagermanhour.bsky.social Independent Developer | Building Mods since 2001 | Twitch Affiliate | Streams Game Development (Top 10% 2023, 2024)
https://hagermanhour.itch.io/roguemelee
https://linktr.ee/hagermanhour
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev
GM Lindsay✨Duke @lindsayduke.bsky.social Storyteller. Currently working in film & gaming academia. Freelance writer of articles, screenplays, reviews, etc. Podcast host & guest. Avid D&D enthusiast, crafter, and a friend to all corgis. Texas 🔵
“Open your heart to chaos.” GM/DM for hire.
Jef Bryan @jsbryan1.bsky.social Digital Arts and Media Studies Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Theorist, and Karaoke Enthusiast.
Adjunct Professor @ USC & Saddleback
Guillaume Latzko-Toth @glt.bsky.social digital media & communication prof @ ULaval.ca & researcher @ LabCMO.ca | prof de communication à ULaval.ca, chercheur @LabCMO.bsky.social | 🗣️English/Français | Mastodon: @guillaume@aoir.social | Ex-X: @guillaumelatzko @GuillaumeLT | IG: @guillaumelatzko
Tungill @tungill.com Game Designer and Playtester from Western Europe.
My links: https://www.tungill.com/
Game design analysis: https://www.gamedynamics.fr/
Jurate @raguocius.bsky.social Game designer from Lithuania
Charlie Br0wn 🐬 @charliebr0wn.bsky.social Infosec, OSINT, and games. Danish 🇩🇰
Signal Porpoise.55
Background picture is "Jennifer in Paradise", the first Photoshopped image