Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net https://jaytholen.net lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Clickteam software oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
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Mark | Making a Balloon Game @lithiumproject.bsky.social Social Media stuff for @blueridgegames.bsky.social |
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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com Editorial Director, GamesIndustry.biz; co-founder, Jank.cool. Formerly: Editorial Director at Gamer Network, stage stuff at Rezzed/EGX, EIC OXM, words in lots of places.
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Jas Purewal @jaspurewal.bsky.social Lover of stories. Apprentice in slow living. Former Chairman of Facepunch, former video games lawyer. Angel investor.
Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social Editor @filmstories magazine. Pro void shouter. Author: Geek's Guide To SF Cinema. Former dep ed Den of Geek UK, ex-editor Wireframe mag. Style boy 4 life.
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Tara @taraaaaaaaa.bsky.social 30
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Marie Dealessandri @mariedeal.bsky.social Award-winning writer & editor
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Former Edge, GamesIndustry.biz and MCV/Develop
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Alice Taylor @wonderlandblog.bsky.social Down the rabbit hole.
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Natalie @ Identity Spark @identityspark.bsky.social Helping games and tech leaders level up their careers and cultures | 35 years on the inside, now helping you navigate what's next
Liam - SpecialEffect @liam93.bsky.social The inane ramblings of an ADHD brain that has exhausted all its other audiences and has nowhere else to go..
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Kim Nordstrom @kimnordstrom.bsky.social Swedish guy living in Spain. Author of the game industry book "UP DOWN UP", advisor for gaming CEOs and used to be a decent 8bit pixel artist.
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Bitmap Bureau @bitmapbureau.com 2D game development and pixel art veterans based in Southampton, UK! We love porting our work to retro consoles such as the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Dreamcast, Neo Geo, and many more!
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Jpickthall @jpickthall.bsky.social Concept Artist, Art and Creative Director in the gaming and tech industry
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Polygon @polygon.com Covering video games, entertainment, and the culture around them. We find, share, and investigate the things you love and the people who make and enjoy them.
Nintendo Life @nintendolife.com The latest Nintendo Switch news, reviews and videos. We are the most visited #Nintendo site in the world. DMs open. #NintendoSwitch #Switch #3DS
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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social Bad puns and video games since 1999.
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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/
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VGC @videogameschronicle.com First for video game news.
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Time Extension @timeextension.com Breathing new life into old games. Retro gaming news, reviews and features from the lovely people behind @nintendolife.com
@pushsquare.com and @purexbox.com
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IGN @ign.com We're all about movies, TV, and video games!
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Ash Gwinnell @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social ๐งฐ Indie game marketing tools guy โ making impress.games toolkit!
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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social #GameDev with @greyalien.bsky.social at Grey Alien Games. Forbidden Solitaire, Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire. Writer: Going Medieval & moreโฆhttps://greyaliengames.com/blog/writing-editing/
Mj L ๐ @ocarina0fslime.bsky.social Producer 3๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
MCV x WiG Rising Star 2025 ๐ฃ
MPhil in Japanese videogames as cultural artefacts ๐ฟ
ๆฅๆฌ่ชOK ๐ฎ UKGI Slack admin, SIOW Ambassador ๐ณโ๐ she/her ๐๐๐
Views my own and often dumb af
YRS TRULY @yrstruly.uk A very nice marketing agency for the games industry โบ๏ธ
B Corp certified and a member of UKIE.
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๐ yrstruly.uk
London Games Festival @londongamesfest.bsky.social 
Ana AB โก๏ธ Play Hellkind!โฌ @ana-aboalbeloso.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/3583310/Hellkind/
Project Manager @Microsoft
& VO on HELLKIND ๐ฅน๐คฉ
Prev: Creative Assembly / Ubisoft / Nintendo of Europe
Japanese speaker (N2) ๐ฏ๐ต
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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social The NVM's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret videogames for everyone. Forever. ๐ฎ๐นโถ๏ธ #PlayTheMuseum
https://thenvm.org/
ClareRed @clarered.bsky.social CEO of Watershed, a home for culture, technology and society. Also Chair of Wise Children. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer, nature loving, values driven. Will block hate
Loading Bar(s) @loading.bar Offering up gaming bars since 2010?! 14 years of independent existence, along with 100+ game themed cocktails for publishers & developers like Elderflower Scrolls Skyrum
Find us in Hackney (N160PH) & Brighton (Seafront)
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Wayne Emanuel @wayneemanuel.bsky.social Director & Founder of CTRL+IMPACT Charity & Games Consultancy / Trustee for JingleJam / Ex-Gaming Lead @ TikTok & War Child UK / Host of Coin-Op Conversations & Co-host of Games of Note
Jon-Paul @tripleshot31.bsky.social Game Director.
Brendan Sinclair @brendansinclair.bsky.social Recovering game journalist, now simply a journalist.
Context-Free Patent Art: https://www.tumblr.com/contextfreepatentart
Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social Gaming-, Popculture- & Industry news๐ฟ
All filler, no killer ๐ฟ Vibe Posting ๐ฟ FCKNZS ๐ฟ
(GER/ENG) ๐ฟ Everything is going to be okay ๐ฟ Human RSS Feed ๐ฟ sometimes I post food ๐ฟ Twitch.tv/Knoebelbroet ๐ฟ https://linktr.ee/Knoebel
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
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Playing Attention @adhdingames.bsky.social At least 1 in 10 people in the UK games industry have #ADHD. We're here to help all 10.
Educate | Facilitate | Accomodate
www.adhdingames.com
Adam Clewes-Boyne @chaosandcode.bsky.social ๐น๏ธGame Developer/Designer
๐ผ BetaJester and Playing Attention
๐ฌ Limit Break + IGDA Neurodivergent In Games SIG + Falmouth Uni + Play Sheffield + BAFTA Connect
๐ He/Him - ADHD
Talking about game dev and neurodiversity
Kieran Nee @kierannee.bsky.social A Technical Director at Epic Games making fun stuff in UEFN.
Proud dad, crap runner.
Prev: The Movies, Fable 2, Fable 3, Fable Heroes, Gears Pop, Fall Guys & more. Co-founder of Bit by Bit Games
Thomas BIDAUX ๐๏ธ ๐ gamescom @icotom.icopartners.com ๐ Co-founder of @icopartners.com | @crowdfunding-agency.com | @mightymerch.store
๐พSupporting self-publishing game companies (Strategy | Marketing | PR)
๐โโ๏ธCrowdfunding specialist (Kickstarter Community Advisory Council member)
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com I work at https://panic.com
Find me at https://cabel.com
๐Portland, OR
Joshua Garrity @combinehunterjg.bsky.social Head Game Scout at Secret Mode. Formerly Team17, Fireshine. Opinions expressed here are my own. Core Keeper, Shadows of Doubt, Everything is Crab
Sam เฒ _เฒ D'Elia @samdelia.bsky.social freelance bd mostly working on Among Us๐ช + Vampire Survivors๐ง also: BAFTA Games ๐ general flaneur ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Anna Hollinrake ๐ค๏ธ @annahollinrake.com Creative Director @electricsaint.bsky.social
BAFTA Breakthrough // artsy weirdo // illustrator, gamedev, stubborn idiot ๐งน๐๏ธ
she/they
annahollinrake.com
๐ Wishlist Crescent County ๐
store.steampowered.com/app/2202650/Crescent_County/
Des Gayle @kiddesimo.bsky.social Writer-Director on an animated short on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alteredgene/taltfe?ref=c715xy
Deputy chair BAFTA Games committee and I also work at Unity.
Nidaโจ @nidaahmad.bsky.social Game UX โง Founding Team @POCinPlay โง @LBMentorship Committee โง @MCV_DEVELOP 30 under 30 โง @GIBiz Game Changer โง @BAFTA Connect โง 
Cait Goodale โง @caitgoodale.bsky.social principal UX designer โฆ Glowmade & Mythmatch & other secrets prev: DREST, King, Memrise, Minecraft โง printmaker and creative dilettante
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ in LDN โฆ she/her
๐ฌ designcaitlin.substack.com
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games. Working on Forbidden Solitaire (watch the trailer!) Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan. Please buy our games. Thx. https://www.greyaliengames.com/
MJ Widomska @crabdogduck.bsky.social founder and director at YRS TRULY. medieval history enjoyer. my views *are* the views of my employer!!!
yrstruly.uk // mjwidomska.com
Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social I help games businesses navigate growth... or something.
๐Co-director @ Limit Break Mentorship
๐ฟ COO @ Apparance
๐ปGrowth @ IMPRESS
๐ฎ #GamesIndustry
๐ #Vanlife ๐๏ธ #BarnLife
๐ต #MTB
๐Wales, UK
https://heydanthomas.com
Will Lowther @willlowther.bsky.social VP of Business Development @splashdamage ยป He/Him
Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social ๐น๏ธ Game Maker Geek and UK Games Angel investor
๐ @gather_town (prev @playcanvas / @snap, @King_Games, @Playfish and @EA)
โ๏ธ http://ko-fi.com/yaustar
QuangDX @quangdx.com Founder / Technical Game Design Director @Asobitech.com โฏ๏ธ
Ex @BitmapBureau.com๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
Event organiser @BrilliantIndieTreasures.com๐
Column writer @DebugMag.com๐
BAFTA member๐
ENSEMBLE 2019โ
He/Him๐โโ๏ธ
Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I post insights about the video games industry, as well as thoughts on tech, politics, history, science and public transit.
Meggan Scavio @megganpez.bsky.social President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS/DICE Summit, etc). Hates coconut. Likes robots. Needs coffee. 
Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social That guy from No More Robots
mike at nomorerobots dot io
@nomorerobots.io
Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social I make games in my pajamas. BAFTA Breakthrough, two time BAFTA award nominee and one time winner.
Working on SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR at Strange Scaffold
Prev: I AM YOUR BEAST, CRDM3, Clickolding, 10 Second Ninja X, Castles in the Sky
Limit Break Mentorship @limitbreak.co.uk The largest mentorship program for marginalised people working in the UK games industry.
Applications for 2026 will open on March 30th!
Visit our website to apply: www.limitbreak.co.uk
IGDA @igda.org The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the largest non-profit membership organization in the world serving all individuals who create games.
Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social Associate art director on Darkest Dungeon 2! Outdoor enthusiast, coffee drinker, gamer
Vancouver, BC/ Londoner
Chris Filip @chrisfilip.bsky.social International Business Development Fund Manager at the BFI UK Global Screen Fund | Co-Founder of Game Anglia | MCV 30u30 | he/him | Views & Tweets my own
Georg Backer @georgbacker.bsky.social Co-founder Sad Owl Studios & Exec Producer โViewfinderโ. Founder A BRAVE PLAN: Narrative Design "Alba: a Wildlife Adventure", Game Director "The Bradwell Conspiracy". Ex-Lionhead. I also do Development & Cloud Tech Consulting. BAFTA Member.
gril @funambulism.com Stories, games, philosophy. Jew.
Currently: Total War 40K, (TBA), ZEPHON, 40K: Gladius
Previously: PUBG: Black Budget, Tides of Tomorrow, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Absolver...
https://linktr.ee/griddleoctopus
Kat Welsford @popelady.bsky.social Digital Marketing Manager at Megabit Publishing
UKGI & LG Admin!
PR @DissidentRPG & @TeamFolon
@specialeffect Ambassador
#BAFTACrew
@thegameawards Future Class โ21
@forbes 30u30 โ22
The Onion @theonion.com Americaโs Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz โก PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
โก Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
โก Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
โก Glaswegian
๐ Yorkshire, UK
๐ www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
James Batchelor @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social Comms Manager at @digitalbandidos.bsky.social. Runs Non-Violent Game of the Day (@nvgotd.bsky.social). Former journalist
Author (The Best Non-Violent Video Games, Wandless, Blow The House Down) www.jamesbatchelor.me
Father. Gamer. Soundtrack Nerd
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Rosa ๐ @purecelain.bsky.social www.rosacarbo.co.uk
๐ฎ CD sona bona
๐ซ Freelance game design atm @ Panic Stations
๐ Spanish in UK
๐ผ Prev Preloaded, APWOT, Improbable, LoveShark, Nexus...
๐ 30u30 2016, IGDA Next Gen Leader 2020, Campaigner of the Year 2018, BAFTA juror
โ๐ผ she/her
Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com
Blog: http://lostgarden.home.blog
@Danc@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Design: Triple Town, Alphabear, Road Not Taken, Cozy Grove, etc
Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social Author and journalist. Creator of the My Perfect Console podcast. www.simonparkin.com
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
Sam Barlow ๐ฅ @mrsambarlow.bsky.social Writer & Director of ๐ฅ IMMORTALITY - "10/10" Edge ๐ฅ HER STORY - Telling Lies - Aisle - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - He/Him
NEXT! โ PRECOGNITION and PROJECT D - Two new and mindblowing horror games coming in your future
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social Video games / music / creative industries kinda guy.
Former Head of Games at BAFTA, prev. Insight Manger at Ukie
Runs UK Games Composers: https://gamescomposers.co.uk/
Here to fight the good fight for games.
Rip 'n tear until it is done.
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Will Freeman @spadgy.bsky.social Head fulla noise, toys, & hobbies.
๐น๏ธ๐ช๐น
Freelance game journalist, copywriter, event host, mock reviewer, etc. Edge, The Guardian, BAFTA, PC Gamer, GI, etc.
Yo-yo thrower. Arcade and retro player.
I write about shmups a lot to fund my shmup habit.
(Andrew) Roper @arndreth.bsky.social Turning caffeine into code, via questionable osmosis.
Founder of Ropixel, specialising in Gameplay, Tools, Optimisation &c programming within Unity & Unreal (& soon, Godot) .โซ๏ธLet's chat!
GamesAid & SpecialEffect Ambassador
Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social ๐ฎ Product Manager & UX Lead, 1TK Games
โ๏ธ Founder of Limit Break Mentorship
๐๏ธ Forbes Under 30, and GI biz Top 100 Influential Women in Games
๐ BAFTA member, jury chair, award winner
๐ฒ๐พ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ Malaysian based in the UK
Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social Made Mythmatch, an anti-capitalist merge game. Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
Doctoe @doctoe.bsky.social CEO of the BPI. Former CEO of Ukie. Scottish. 
Cassia Curran @cassiacurran.bsky.social Curran Games Agency founder - biz dev for XR game studios, consultant for games funds. she/they. hello@curran.games
UK Games Fund @ukgamesfund.bsky.social Working to support the UKโs early-stage games development community.