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Naptime At Th' Planetarium 🌃 @stmilo.bsky.social (he/him) gamedev/musician, prev. Rocksmith+, BGM/Audio/Mgmt. for indies. Australian in Japan. Posts barely even reflect my own opinions let alone those of my employers. Context clues NOT guaranteed. 日本語はまあまあ. Trans rights, BLM, sovereignty was never ceded.
Seb Downie-Blackwell @downieseb.bsky.social Games Industry Veteran of 27.2 years & 100+ games
Partner/Head of Production at Remote Control Productions
Managing Director at It Matters Games
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"Mr Gamescom" - Linkedin
Star of "Seb Simulator 25"
Your new dad.
Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social Writer for Nintendo Force - https://www.nintendoforcemagazine.com/
Maximum Utmost - https://maxutmost.com/
And many other things! Also running the Talking to Women about Videogames podcast network! - https://anchor.fm/jonathan-c-holmes
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A Winner is You Podcast @winnerisyou.bsky.social A video game podcast from the UK featuring games writers Alex Aldridge and David Smillie. We offer deep dives into the best games and yearly themes including Summer of Resi, MAYtroidvania, Spooktoberfest, March Movie Madness, and The Video Game Draft!
Sienna @blumstengel.bsky.social 2D 3D ?D artist
⭐Lead artist on Peglin https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/
⭐Lead artist and co-founder at Secret Plan Games https://store.steampowered.com/app/3618030/Flock_Around/
BitSummit / ビッツサミット @bitsummit.bsky.social Kyoto. The gaming convention. Since 2012.
Next up: May 21-23, 2027.
Roosa Jokiaho @rjokami.bsky.social Cutscene Artist at Square Enix on FF7 Revelation & Rebirth, Lead on Forspoken & DLC 🎬 prev. Luminous Productions, Remedy・WIGJ Ambassador・Diverse in Games Japan (DIGJ)・🌈・ INFJ・🇫🇮人の奇妙な🇯🇵冒険。よろしくね！
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social indie game dev
Assault Android Cactus🔋, Unpacking📦, Tempopo🌷
The Video Game Hall of Fame @vghof.bsky.social Four UK-based writers from @SegaManiaMagazine bring you a podcast that inducts the greatest video games into the Hall of Fame based on your votes!
MeetToMatch @meettomatch.bsky.social MeetToMatch is the world’s leading events and networking company in the games industry.
BHultra @bhultra.bsky.social ugh
Benjamin (BenStar) Kiefer @benstar.bsky.social Pixel non-bean-ary, get it?
They/Them, He/Him.
Made Revita, working on [???]
Buy Revita: bit.ly/revitasteam
Discord: discord.gg/revita
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EvilEntity|DartRacerDev @evilentity.bsky.social Indie dev from Poland working on Dart Racer and The Witch's Spooky Mansion! Chinchillas are the best :3
Links: https://www.piotrjastrzebski.io/links/
Jezza Roddy | Diz Foo Make Game Music 🎶 @jezzaroddy.bsky.social A VGM composer that loves fighting & laughing. Strange combo of passions, huh?🤣
🎵 Skull Crushing Combat Music:
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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social Horse Game Consultant. Game Designer, Producer, Writer. Creator of @themanequest.com and doing marketing at @okomotive.ch and @thoglistudios.com
Based in Zurich, Switzerland http://aliceruppert.ch/ (she/her)
David Heaney @heaney555.bsky.social https://www.uploadvr.com/writer/dheaney/
WellPlayed @wellplayed.bsky.social A small collective of avid Aussie gamers, who have ventured out on their own and present their spin on the gaming world. You can find our reviews on Metacritic and OpenCritic.
Big Time Gary Character @garydooton.bsky.social Big Bad GaryDooton, the UK's #1 Gary. Almost 20 years a photographer. Portraits mostly.
Makes (sensible and stupid) 'content' across games and comedy / entertainment industries. Podcasts. Writing.
An irresponsibly large character.
www.garethdutton.com
Six One Indie @sixoneindie.com Approachable showcases and means of visibility for indie developers.
📺 Showcase | May 21st, 2026
🛠️ Demo Days | Summer 2026
🐦 www.SixOneIndie.com
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights.
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https://www.gamingonlinux.com (official account).
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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast @backpagepod.bsky.social A video games podcast by @mrbasil_pesto and
@samuelwroberts. New episode every Friday.
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Jeremy Jayne @jeremybjayne.bsky.social maker of weird computer games + Noclip documentary guy
GameSpew @gamespew.com Hey! This is the profile of GameSpew.com, an independent video games website. We write reviews, lists, guides and more about AAA and indie games, and everything in between. All content is written by humans.🎮
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Player2.net.au @player2au.bsky.social All the shenanigans from the Player 2 team... now on Bluesky!
Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social The magazine for explorers of strange worlds & new horizons! Say hi press@wyrd.science
Made in Belgium. Published in the UK. Read Everywhere.
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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social “No, not that one”- Politico | Creator of Video Games Industry Memo | MD, Half-Space Consulting | Author of Power Play (June 2026) | Pun Appreciator
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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com An award-winning games media outlet for disabled gamers, by disabled gamers. Sharing our news, reviews, and other content. This account is handled by @abitofaccess.
Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social VGG is a team of folks who champion the best parts of gaming and push for a healthier, more welcoming industry. Check out our reviews on OpenCritic!
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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social We Make Crowdfunded Video Game Documentaries. Watch our docs at http://YouTube.com/noclipvideo. We also do underground games coverage at https://www.youtube.com/@Noclip2.
Rogue @rogue.site A video game website run by humans.
Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
Total Playtime @totalplaytime.com A podcast about PC games, mostly.
Design Room @designroom.site A new website dedicated to video game oral histories from @mattleone.bsky.social. Find us at designroom.site. Logo by asawallander.se.
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
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/
Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social He/him. Now Playing: The Guide to 1980s and '90s Movie Games now available: https://limitedrungames.com/products/now-playing-the-guide-to-1980s-and-90s-movie-games-hardcover Icon and header by Rusty Shackles. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
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Warp Door @warpdoor.com 🚪 An observatory in the middle of nowhere 🚪
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Dustin Kochensparger @dkochensparger.bsky.social Wishing there were less social media sites I had to join
He/Him
Mai @maireadthepirate.bsky.social 🎮 Video Producer at @nintendolife.com
☕ Cosy & Indie game enthusiast
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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social Them: You're the father of the xbox!
Me: If it moves back in, it’s paying rent.
theoretical physics | CEO | gastroegyptology | cacao | CHM trustee
Yewnyx @yewnyx.bsky.social VR gamedev living in Akihabara
Former: SLZ, Oculus, Facebook, Reddit, Crunchyroll
Backloggd @backloggd.com Official Bluesky account for the Backloggd website!
https://www.backloggd.com/
Adam "Crashtroid" Caflisch @crashtroid.newgrounds.com Game Composer
Peglin|Fowl Damage|Stardust Frontier|Captain Wayne (Guest comp.)
crashtroid.carrd.co
Composer/Producer, Educator, Big Fan of Banana Milk
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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers @fromthevoid.net Professional game localization services - committed to better industry practices.
Darkest Dungeon I & II, Tinykin, Super Auto Pets, The Bookwalker...
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Translators: jobs@fromthevoid.net
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Sam/サム 📚 @samtobenkyou.bsky.social Queer, Disabled, She/Her/Sam 🔞 言語を勉強、いろんな喋り、政治-☆-
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Pretty Translator Sarah Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social JP-EN LN/manga/game translator, writer, youtuber, crocheter, foodie, metalhead, and cat lady in PDX.
she/her
fuck genAI
love is real
hashtagprobablyautistic
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Aaron San Filippo (->Brighton Develop) @aaronflippo.bsky.social Owner of Flippfly (Race The Sun), and CEO of Player Galaxy, a new web games platform for UGC games.
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
keita takahashi @kt.uvula.jp uvula.jp
Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social I am James Kay / Score Studios, a Tokyo-based independent videogame developer, creator of the Piczle series.
Club Piczle: : www.piczle.club
Kyle Burleson @kyleburleson.bsky.social Capcom PR Manager for Onimusha: Way of the Sword + Pragmata
Qcreator @qceator.bsky.social Passionate about building the XR community on social media QCreator is a musician who uses music and VR as therapeutic tool after surviving a traumatic brain injury. Moog One owner. No Man’s Sky. Member of founder’s VR 12 step mtgs
zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social At @picopicocafe.bsky.social Making fantasy consoles and trying to make my way back to userland. #pico8 #voxatron #picotron
🦣 mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
Jack Richardson @jngrichardson.bsky.social Writer, games marketer. Hasn’t thought of a funny bio yet. Occasionally writes a decent poem. Lived in Japan for a while; see if you can tell
Dadako @dadako.com Indie game studio in Tokyo. Serving up finely crafted video games - with a retro twist!
Makers of Bad Pixels, Questy Chess & Pirate Pop.
HP: https://dadako.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/7s7nAwwu5Z- K MS @kyotobigback.bsky.social
Pico Pico Cafe @picopicocafe.bsky.social 東京・吉祥寺レクサロフルゲームスの拠点。 (home of Lexaloffle Games https://www.lexaloffle.com)
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Justin Koreis @koreis.bsky.social Video Games Analyst at Magid. I play video games and tell people what I think.
Blackfeet indigen-ish
Certified Unc
The Grink!
He/him
Diego Nicolás Argüello @diegoarguello.bsky.social news @ game developer. words @ new york times, vulture, rolling stone, the verge, wapo, npr, the guardian, vgc, pitchfork, edge, gamespot, av club, game informer, polygon, paste, fanbyte, & more
founder @ into the spine • diego6arguello6@gmail.com • he/him
Hawkun @hawkun.bsky.social Tokyo based game creator & founder of @dadako.com
AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social Interim Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku
Contact: ethan.gach@kotaku.com / ethangach on Discord
Secure email: ethangach@protonmail.com / 2673263042 for Signal
Newsletter at https://deadgame.substack.com/
Jefftroidvania 🎮 @jefftroidvania.com He | Him | His
Gaming content creator, podcaster, and a big fan of all things #Metroidvania
https://www.jefftroidvania.com
Send me an email: contact@jefftroidvania.com
Ramón Nafria @naeval.bsky.social El ramón de dojima
Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social Game Critic - NPR Contributor
Debug Mag Columnist
Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle - DiGRA
Words: Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
aguaspoints.com
George Young @vitageorge.bsky.social Woman/Bicon Words: IGN, GamesRadar+, ESPN, VGIM, Siliconera & more / #VitaIsland / German, French & JP speaker💕My cats georginayoung00atgmaildotcom
Kite Stenbuck / BlackKite 黒凧 @bk2128.bsky.social Grade+7 wizard ☪️ INTP cishet guy (he) covering Japanese game & anime news here, @rpgsite.net & @siliconera.bsky.social | 言語：🇯🇵🇬🇧🇮🇩 | https://ko-fi.com/blackkite
remote control productions @ GDC @rcp.family independent games production with development studios in the EU, LATAM, and South Asia. We empower developers so they can focus on making games.
https://rcp.family/ | Munich, Germany
Borys B. Trienin 📊 @borystrienin.com indie games business @rcp.family
publishing https://songs-of-silence.com
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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social Games for the jilted generation
Dubliner in Kent 🇮🇪
https://linktr.ee/seanseanson
joel @joel.zone freelance writer.
i’m also at sidequest.cool
Cozy Cube Games | Penguin Festival @cozycubegames.bsky.social VR indie team based in Canada 🍁
Making Penguin Festival 🐧
Working in Godot 🤖🔷
No Gen. AI 🚫
✨ Wishlist on Steam: https://bit.ly/penguinfeststeam
🧊 More At: https://cozycubegames.com
emma k park @emmakpark.bsky.social they / them | AuDHD ∞ | Bristol, UK | opinions mine
physical games @lostincult.co.uk
producer @strangescaffold.bsky.social working on Truck-kun
Stefan Innerhofer @stefunct.bsky.social #XR Gaming BizDev and Market Intelligence at curran.games. London-based old camera hoarder.
rj @rj.dcellgames.com direction + writing + trailers + voice direction + "running comms" for UNBEATABLE at @dcellgames.com
also OST + SFX + VO direction for I AM YOUR BEAST, EL PASO ELSEWHERE, TMNT, SPACE WARLORD ORGAN TRADING SIM ++
https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/
Games Press Ltd @gamespress.com The world's first, and indeed still only, PR news and assets library for the videogames industry. https://www.gamespress.com
We also do press sites, don't you know.
Dead Good Media @deadgoodmedia.bsky.social The global media house
🎮 Influencer & Media PR (Dead Good PR)
💥 Comic book publishing (Dead Good Comics)
📩 hello@deadgoodmedia.com
Nath Kalantar @nathkalantar.bsky.social Game Dev🎮 Erasmus Mundus Scholar Re:Play 👾🇪🇺 Creator of VR Dance Game Peru Party 🇵🇪💃 Women in Games Ambassador 👾 WIGI Mentee 💜
Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social Mostly works in marketing. Mostly.
Author of gaming books including Aliens: The Video Games, published August 2026 and available to pre-order now.
#saintsfc
Simon Cardy @cardy.bsky.social Senior Editor @IGN | Writer ✏️ | Podcast Host 🎙️| Hopeful Tottenham Hotspur ⚽️ and New York Jets 🏈 fan | I like films: https://boxd.it/vWRl
Kris Moyse @krismoyse.bsky.social Film & Gaming ~ Editorial / PR / Community Mgr.
Hidden Variable Studios ~ Frm. Editor @ Destructoid, GamerGuides ~ Author @ Starburst, Eurogamer, Letterboxd ~ Grindhouse Acolyte ~ 'International Treasure' ~ Ex-Pro Wrestler ~ 🏳️🌈
sam, probably working @samuelbass.bsky.social Senior Technical designer at Epic games. UEFN stuff, sample projects, templates, tech talks, StackOBot 2.0, Project Parrot, Project Titan, Lyra and more! Ask me about Unreal, UEFN and indie stuff!
All non-work related views / statements my own.
Kirsti | wee koopy 🫧👽 @koopyrose.bsky.social Influencer Manager in the Gaming Industry 🌈 she/her || maw || mental health advocate || unhealthy obsession to Ghostie || Glasgow, Scotland || 🏴
AndreeaG @andreeagajda.bsky.social PR Executive & BDM ,Co-Founder,✍️📜🎦🎮influencer,writer,content creator,rep Gacriva Studio.Indie games supporter 😍 Marketing strategy guide for PC Games, Mobile Games, VR Games, consoles, business side and more 🔗 https://devlandmarketing.com
Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley.bsky.social @thegameawards.com and Summer Game Fest and more. Now official account.
Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social BBC journo interested in gaming, tech and culture | ⭐ MCV Women in Games 2025 Journalism Impact Nominee | 🕹️ Adventure game lover and streamer! twitch.tv/cressup | https://linktr.ee/lauracress | Work email: firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk
Shaun Cichacki @shauncichacki.bsky.social Former Contributor @ VICE, Former Staff Writer at The Escapist, & Prima Games.
Email & PR Contacts: shauncichacki (at) gmail (dot) com
Henry Stenhouse➡️Tired @hensten.bsky.social Senior Editor at www.Restart.run ✒️
Will threaten to interview you 🎤
Got a Physics PhD before games stole me from science 🔬
Aspiring VO Artist 🎙️
Some board games words on www.goinganalogshow.com 🎲
Jon Cartwright (GameConsulting.com.au) @gameconsulting.bsky.social 40 year veteran games developer. Working with Screen Agencies, Publishers, and Developers.
Production on (REDACTED) for (REDACTED)
Production on DREDGE, Moving Out 2, Before We Leave, Age of Darkness, CONSCRIPT for Team17.
www.gameconsulting.com.au
Maurice Verschuur @mauriceverschuur.bsky.social 📢 Posts game-related news
🍿 Pre- and reviews on Youtube
🎮 Nerd doing geek stuff
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social Award-winning reporter. Senior editor (news) at Game Developer.
Previously seen in Edge, Stuff, and Wireframe.
Tips: chris.kerr@gamedeveloper.com / chris.kerr.gd@protonmail.com / DMs open / Signal: kerrblimey.43
lex luddy @lexluddy.xyz | EIC at startmenu.co.uk | Gay Idiot | (she/they) | Might have seen me on: Giant Bomb, ShackNews, GamerGuides, Restart, Waypoint, Fanbyte, PLAY Magazine, TheGamer, and PushSquare | Signal Username: BasicalliLexi.57
Isaac Patrick Murphy @absurdreasoning.bsky.social Journalist | Video Creator | Actor | BAFTA Cymru member | Dysgwr Cymraeg
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Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host ✨ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @TheIndieCouncil.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
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