David Murphy (He/Him)
Senior Lecturer in Computer Gameplay and Design at The University of Staffordshire. Phd in Communication and Cultural Studies. Research interests include Game Studies, Platform Studies, Community Management and Digital Heritage.
@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)
@jacobgaboury.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film & Media, UC Berkeley (he/him) Media History | STS | Queer Theory | Digital Visual Culture Book: Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics (2021) Now: Screenshot Histories & Queer Computing https://jacobgaboury.com
@anasalter.bsky.social
Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining.
@wernimont.bsky.social
Northern Woods dwelling nerd who thinks about how we turn people into numbers. Currently working on history of eugenics, health data, and death certificates. Into fibers, sports, and not falling over. Wrote Numbered Lives (MIT)
@aschrock.bsky.social
Academic Editor & Writing Coach at https://www.indeliblevoice.com ・Communication and/or technology researcher・Author of "Politics Recoded" (MIT Press 2024) 🤖・Foodie 🍲・Nature boi 🌲・Cancer caregiver 🎗️・They/he・All links at https://bio.site/aure
@anterobot.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Stanford University. NCTE President Elect. Education. Speculative Imagination. Healing. Dad of twins. he/him/his lacuenta.substack.com
@andreizanescu.bsky.social
PT Faculty in Communication Studies + Socio/Anthro Postdoc @Concordia Blockbuster Resonance & Prestige in AAA Games, Film & Awards Shows Also Magic: The Gathering + Cultural Resonance Streaming by the Rest of Us (2025, MIT Press) www.andreizanescu.com
@aarontram.bsky.social
Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
@lukeyoquinto.bsky.social
Go read: * Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn * Longevity Hubs: Regional Innovation for Global Aging
@kohut.bsky.social
rhymes with donut | author, Speaking Out, co-author, The Smart Mission, Compelling People | scribbler + picker | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused | http://www.matthewkohut.com
@samplereality.bsky.social
Professor of Film, Media, and Digital Studies at Davidson College. Maker of @mobydickatsea.bsky.social and @clipart.bsky.social. Teaches, researches, and practices computational creativity. Other things I've made: https://samplereality.itch.io
@novomancy.bsky.social
Director, DEV Studio. DH & XR @ Dartmouth College. Digital Curation @ UMaine. Art & code @ WWW. #10print
@penixtadsen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Spanish, Chair of Game Studies & Esports at the University of Delaware Author of 'Cultural Code: Video Games and Latin America' + Editor of 'Video Games and the Global South' https://sites.udel.edu/ptpt
@pdmcdonald.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Design, Informal and Creative Education, UW-Madison. Game and play scholar, potter and dog friend.
@alexmonea.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ George Mason U | Author: The Digital Closet (https://bit.ly/digitalcloset) | Focus: content moderation, platform governance, data ethics | Views my own | he/him
@gengelstein.bsky.social
Boardgame enthusiast, podcaster, books: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Universe Explained with a Cookie games: Versailles 1919 and Super Skill Pinball. He/him https://open.substack.com/pub/gametek
@justcode.bsky.social
Writer I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture Prof. HSTM/STS, U. of MN. Co-edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk. srs. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE
@patrickmccray.bsky.social
Professor @ UCSB => I write history stuff about science + tech + art + environment Cairn kicker 🚵 🎣 🧗♂️⛷️🏄🏼♂️🏔 living in Cali-rado; public lands in public hands, pls. #146,842 https://www.patrickmccray.com
@joannazylinska.bsky.social
Media philosopher, artist, writer Prof @ King's College London, Digital Humanities www.joannazylinska.net AI : nonhuman photography : life in the perception machine : media art : ethics : counter-apocalypse : imagining better futures
@wasielewski.bsky.social
Art/media/urban histories | digital humanities & AI | Latest books: Computational Formalism: Art History & Machine Learning, Critical Digital Art History
@friede.bsky.social
Storyteller about storytellers. 18th century to today & beyond. Associate Professor of English Words at Polygon (RIP), LA Review of Books, more. Next book: HOW STORIES ARE PLAYED (on #TTRPG Actual Play & digital storytelling performance) www.ecfriedman.com
@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).
@bowmanspartan.bsky.social
STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. Assoc Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media, Editor of Journal of Media Psychology + Editor of Registered Reports, Technology, Mind, and Behavior.
@ailea.bsky.social
The greeneyedtrombonist (she/they) PhD Candidate, ABD and looking Research themes: Game Studies, digital studies, disability, marginalized identity, rhetoric, communication
@thechristinet.bsky.social
✨CEO of peer-reviewed vibes (they/she) ✨Asst Prof (LTA) of Digital Media & Game Studies, U of Toronto Mississauga ✨Researcher of work, play, livestreaming & creator economy ✨PhD(c) U of Toronto iSchool ✨ https://thechristinet.wordpress.com/
@joshuafoust.com
Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military esports, video games, and gender theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
@ibogost.bsky.social
Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Writer at The Atlantic. https://linktr.ee/ibogost
@daveparisi.bsky.social
Researching histories & futures of touch tech/haptics Prof @ NYU Tandon TCS/IDM https://shorturl.at/0Wwzc Archaeologies of Touch https://tinyurl.com/4kcxxkfk Edit @ ROMchip journal https://shorturl.at/sDFI1 Mostly reformed goth
@decafjedi.com
I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
@johannesbreuer.com
Senior researcher & team leader at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Department Computational Social Science Interested in digital traces | computational social science | reproducibility | open science | #rstats www.johannesbreuer.com
@velixious.bsky.social
professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
@tobiasdienlin.com
Media Psychology & Communication | Privacy & Well-Being | Open Science & Slow Science | IKMZ & University of Zurich | https://tobiasdienlin.com
@codingconduct.cc
Deliberate designer & empirical philosopher of playful & engaging things. Professor @ Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College. Editor-in-Chief, games.acm.org. @codingconduct@hci.social on Mastodon. https://codingconduct.cc
@maxwellfoxman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies Co-author of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism 🧵: sushilovinfun 🐘: maxwellfoxman@mastodon.social 🐦: maxwellfoxman
@amperjay.bsky.social
Assoc Prof at Syracuse U's iSchool. Robots, social AI, videogames, dogs, wine, travel ...
@kathringerling.bsky.social
Professor at KIT, Germany (http://hci.iar.kit.edu). Research on human-computer interaction, accessibility, VR, and games (preferably Quake 3). ERC StG AccessVR and Real-World Lab Accessibility (http://accessibility.kit.edu). she/her
@teamrieger.bsky.social
Department of Media and Communication @ifkw.bsky.social LMU_Muenchen Media Psychology | Extremism | (Online) Radicalization | Entertainment
@leonardreinecke.bsky.social
Professor for Media Effects and Media Psychology, @ifpmainz.bsky.social, University of Mainz, Germany // Greek at Heart
@drmaxlwilson.bsky.social
Consumer Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer Interfaces - #mentalworkload #HCI #cogPI #fNIRS IJHCS Deputy Editor. CHI Conf Steering Committee. Keynote speaker. Neurotech Consultant. http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pszmw/ https://brain-data-uon.gitlab.io/
@nancyjennings.bsky.social
Professor, University of Cincinnati Director, Children's Education and Entertainment Research (CHEER) Lab
@ree-flx.bsky.social
Researcher at University of Muenster Chair of the ECREA Digital Games Research Section Communication Science, Media Psychology, Online Communication, Virtual Reality, Digital Games
@nballou.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Oxford Internet Institute - video games, mental health, open research, theory generation.
@icagames.bsky.social
Official account of the International Communication Association's Game Studies Division. #videogames #avatars #VR #boardgames https://icagames.org/
@mepsy.bsky.social
Official bluesky account of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (@dgps.bsky.social). Posts by @dienlin.bsky.social (TD) & @lenafrescamente.bsky.social (LF)