Courtney Blamey
professional overthinker
PhD Candidate @ Concordia University | GAMERella Co-Director
critical design; values/meaning; emotional game design
she/her courtneyblamey.com
@gamerella.bsky.social
GAMERella is the world’s longest running annual game jam and workshop series focusing on supporting marginalized game creators and aspiring game makers.
@kateycampbell.bsky.social
@babyghosts.fund
We build and support cooperative and worker-led video game studios in Canada. Cofounded by eileen & jennie. 👻 babyghosts.fund
@johnnyjohns.bsky.social
Lecturer and researcher in game design at TU Dublin | Occasional game designer | Mainly a dad.
@emmi.dev
uw info science phd student studying kids and video games former software engineer | ex-google, microsoft, smartsheet she/her
@gblekkenhorst.bsky.social
does things with stuff. experimental narrative. course director of game design and prototyping and York University. Graduate student Digital Futures at OCADU. Making Renters Marker game, blackmail your landlord. http://blekkenhorst.ca
@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
@qgcon.bsky.social
Official account for the Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon). QGCon 2025 is happening September 26-28! https://www.qgcon.org/ Sign up for our mailing list: https://buttondown.com/QGCon
@braverooster.bsky.social
💡 Game Designer | UX/UI Expert | Digital Artist 🎮 Passionate about game design, creating experiences, and educating on UI/UX. 🇵🇸 brave-rooster.itch.io
@drkowert.bsky.social
Founder of Psychgeist. Policy and Product Advisor for games and game adjacent spaces. Visiting Researcher @ Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
@greenrambling.bsky.social
She/They. Fr-En. 🌈 | Américaniste; PhD in Digital History Video games | Bioware aficionado | Tea(cher) | Escapism? Yes. | 🛸🧝♂️
@laargonauta.bsky.social
Español ll English 🔸Ella/She 📌Chile 🎓Antropóloga Sociocultural /Anthropologist 🎮Phd student BCU 🦖Investigo #TRPG en Chile, #GameStudies y Patrimonio Cultural 🤖 Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Digital 👾Consedcity maryanneargochavez.wordpress.com
@womeningamesmtl.bsky.social
This is a space for marginalized games industry professionals to support each other and nurture gender equity. Join us: linktr.ee/womeningamesmtl
@pixelsandpoutine.bsky.social
Pixels and Poutine is a space for Montréal game professionals, specifically (small) indies and remote workers that don't have a local home base to organize and meetup. Join us! https://linktr.ee/pixelsandpoutine
@maxkinnings.bsky.social
Writer of screenplays and novels. Rik Mayall, Panglobal Phenomenon, on BBC Sounds.
@eisenwill.bsky.social
He/Him Level 38 Scholar (of video games & media) Almost Ph.D (University of Illinois) Academic Spatial Gamer (I play video games, explore the physical places they recreate, & write research) The Marxist college instructor Fox News warned you about
@andrewrbailey.bsky.social
SSHRC postdoc researching/creating videogame archives at the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Lab at Concordia University. Teaching games studies and new media art history at OCAD University. He/him. 📚 https://arbailey2297.github.io
@reginarini.bsky.social
I teach Philosophy at York Uni in Toronto. I also write the 'Morals of the Story' column for the Times Literary Supplement. Work on norms, disagreement, and the role of tech in society.
@profmikesell.bsky.social
English Prof, Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Writing 'Playful Literature: Stories, Games, Theories' • Founder, The Digital Storytelling Project • Co-author, 'Systemic Dramaturgy' (Southern Illinois UP) • Unionized Faculty (IUP-APSCUF) • he/him
@silphcolapras.bsky.social
PhD Student at UArk in "what if history, but video game?" (Cultural Studies, but predominantly DH and Archaeology) MA DH Melodic Death Metal Leftist #TesticularCancerSurvivor they/them
@personofcon.bsky.social
Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
@afriendofredjenny.bsky.social
PhD student of Communication at Concordia University // Interested in digital games; agency, subjectivity, and politics // La Dispute enjoyer // he/him, they/them also works.
@alchemistsjournal.bsky.social
native american game dev with a diploma in audio engineering. ᒣᑕᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ Metawewinstudios.com
@leonxiaoy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ CityUHK | Loot Boxes; Video Game Law 🎮🎰 | Empirical Legal & Policy Research | Pro Screenshotter 📱📸 | leonxiao.com
@pdmcdonald.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Design, Informal and Creative Education, UW-Madison. Game and play scholar, potter and dog friend.
@jarona7.bsky.social
Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment - Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries - Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions - PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea - Editorial Board @ Multiplay
@jsbryan1.bsky.social
Digital Arts Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Scholar, and Karaoke Enthusiast PhD Candidate and instructor @ UCI Adjunct Professor @ USC games
@drlauralevy.bsky.social
🔬 Games User Researcher, Amazon Games 🎓 PhD human factors psych 🐝 Previous Georgia Tech Research Scientist 👾 #GUR #HCI 🤷🏻♀️ John McCain put my first game on his "naughty list" 💬 my own thoughts/opinions 🇺🇸🇨🇱🇸🇪
@leeborg.bsky.social
artist. cyborg. professional enthusiastic weirdo. posts about electronics, making stuff, vintage tech, sometimes outer space. leecyb.org they/he/iel 🏳️⚧️⚧️ En/Fr 🦯🦮
@femmediastudies.bsky.social
Feminist Media Studies is a transdisciplinary, transnational journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship + commentary & book reviews. Posts by @krystenstein.bsky.social
@juanbeaumont.bsky.social
Cultural, Queer & Game Studies. PhD. Associate Professor (Prof. Contratado Doctor). Webpage: https://t.co/CecoZJEsAZ Recent publications: https://shorturl.at/TKFAB ; https://shorturl.at/Gqj6i ; https://shorturl.at/laRGx ; https://shorturl.at/ZGrl9
@otomedoctor.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Simon Fraser University. She/her. Pinay Feminist Game Scholar Jedi
@justinrawlins.bsky.social
Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him
@margotblanchard.bsky.social
Lead Designer at Lowbirth Games 🥀 Bretonne montréalaise 🥞| French from Bretagne, best place in France😅| living her best game dev life in Montreal 📖 Narrative & Social impact Design ⚙️Challenging social bias players one game at time😼 Elle/She | Fr/En
@iggi-phd.bsky.social
Based at Uni of York, Queen Mary Uni of London, Goldsmiths, and Essex, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games & Game Intelligence (iGGi) is the world's largest PhD programme for research in games. More info: https://www.iggi-phd.org/
@beeblefish.bsky.social
Academic, trouble maker. Digital, platform, and AI intimacies; non/monogamy and privilege. Intersectional Automations: https://tinyurl.com/bdehyvcz Hashtag Publics: https://tinyurl.com/32m5dm6a Fraught Intimacies: https://tinyurl.com/3a7tb22p
@caitlinveal.bsky.social
@investigatedot.bsky.social 🧡 Social Sciences AA and PhD researcher at York St John 🎓 interested in the spatial construction of social video game experiences, online identity & digital culture w/ a lil bit of death studies on the side🦕👾💀
@gamestudies.bsky.social
_Prof. for Game Design & Game Studies (HNU) _Podcast Founder "Game Studies" (NBN) _Editor "Games" (TITEL kulturmagazin) _Editor "Replay Value" (LORA München) _Podcast Host "Die letzten Detektive" & "Pilot Pickups" _Xbox: Inderst1978 _PhD Stud. Uni Vechta
@threwen.bsky.social
(they/she) Nurturing an equitable world through story | ND 💛 cats, tea, magic Producer and Narrative @studiolazulite.bsky.social @queensguard.bsky.social Organizer @pixelsandpoutine.bsky.social @womeningamesmtl.bsky.social ✨✨✨
@afnarratives.bsky.social
Adanna (She/Her) Game Writer, Narrative Designer, Researcher, Dev, Speaker|🇹🇹🇺🇸|💌 AFNarratives@gmail.com 😺 Cat Mom 😺 afnarratives.carrd.co
@kcisbister.bsky.social
HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm)
@rohuinac.bsky.social
✨ Milieux ✨ AI/Aesthetics/Play 🤖 HUMA PhD, Concordia ✨ writer ✨ kludge queen ✨ WvW addict 🎮 MTL/NYC 🍕🐀🗽 Lucky Charms 🍀 Enjoyer 💅 Neurodiversity 🌻 www.rowenac.com ✨
@owmacohe.bsky.social
Indie game dev & passionate tech omch.tech || omch.itch.io || github.com/owmacohe 🍉🕹️🙃🎸🍜🦎🎲📷🇨🇦🫂🐈🚲 he/they Programmer @ Studio Imugi Co-organizer @ GAMERella Co-founder @ Kokolo Game/Art Collective Alumni member @ TAG
@bartsimon.bsky.social
Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@drpigeon.bsky.social
PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock! https:\\www.jdfielder.com
@urbanbohemian.com
Video Games, TTRPG, jokes, voice, food, cocktails, disco, brunch. Black, Queer, Brunch PhD | he/they | Twitch Partner | TTRPG Performer and Occasional GM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖖🏿 | urb@urbanbohemian.com urbanbohemian.com
@felantron.bsky.social