Dr. Rachel Kowert
Founder of Psychgeist. Policy and Product Advisor for games and game adjacent spaces. Visiting Researcher @ Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Starter Packs
Created by Dr. Rachel Kowert (2)
Game Studies Starter Pack
A collection of people who write about, talk about, or study the overlap between video games and academic fields like psychology, communications, economics, sociology, etc.
Dr. Kowert's Starter Pack: Video Game Edition
A smattering of the best of the best in games - research, journalism, dev, advocacy, and more
@bobbylox.bsky.social
Award-winning Educational-Games Designer, Toy Inventor, Alt.Ctrl Maker. Chicagoan. Former Bit Bash person. Apologetically Me. https://bobbylox.com
@celestes-psych.bsky.social
clinical psychologist | research faculty at RIT | research: building DTx games to for mental health skills, esp self-regulation, cognitive, & communication skills | advocate & educator on games research, DTx, and mental health in all games
@natashamiller.bsky.social
@keefstuart.bsky.social
Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. My weird gothic mystery ‘Love is a Curse’ is out now 👻 Order here and I’ll sign it for you! Bit.ly/loveisacursesigned
@aaron.bsky.team
Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety. Email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz for more complex issues. Priority notifications active, so I don't see mentions. abuse = block
@yourmonstergf.bsky.social
Scriptwriter @ Highdive | CM @ Strange Scaffold | sphynx dad, poet, goblin | they/them Works: TMNT: Tactical Takedown, CRDM3, I Am Your Beast, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Tears of Metal, and many more 💀
@andarateia.bsky.social
Dragon Age lore nerd. Icon: kiwipon. she/her. 🟣 andarateia.carrd.co 🟣 twitter.com/andarateia 🟣 tumblr.com/andarateia 🟣 youtube.com/@andarateia 🟣 instagram.com/andarateia
@annayahprosser.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at the University of Bath School of Management | Interested in moral identities, sustainability, activism, open qualitative research & societal transformation | She/Her | FirstGen |🌈 | BLM |Opinions my own https://linktr.ee/annayahmbprosser
@azurecoffin.bsky.social
They/He ✨ Desi ✨ Producer & Social Media Manager at Stellar Forge Studios ✨ Volunteer at ENTRY-LVL 📧: sj0singh00@gmail.com Prev: GDC CA '22 '23 ' 25, AIAS, DeFrag my opinions are my own sometimes I post art https://azurecoffin.carrd.co
@markdeloura.bsky.social
Seattle CTO / former Obama WH / gamedev / edtech / policy nerd / frenchie owner / Japanese learner
@jesawyer.bsky.social
Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ♂
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com
@localthunk.com
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com ) Business and Media Inquiries: balatro@playstack.com Blog: localthunk.com Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com 🇨🇦
@researchdigest.bsky.social
The latest psychological research, digested by the British Psychological Society. www.bps.org.uk/research-digest Sign up for our free weekly newsletter: www.tinyurl.com/digestemail
@magiwastaken.bsky.social
Lich extraordinaire! (He/They) Cis, queer, white, 2nd gen immigrant, and pretty left, uwu I like Dr Pepper and Indie Games. Blog: indiecator.org Twitch: twitch.tv/magiwastaken
@gabegraziani.bsky.social
I'm Gabe Graziani, a Global Senior Manager of Community, Action Adventure at EA Games. Opinions = mine, he/him
@sotamaa.bsky.social
proper grumpy professor // creative labour scholar // football enthusiast // middle-aged soulboy // tampere män
@kevinkoban.bsky.social
Postdoc @adme-uvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at researching digital well-being | digital hate | social machines Posting professionally about academia, media psych, & comm science, less seriously about various things considered niche
@davidmullich.bsky.social
Game producer for Disney, Cyberdreams, 3DO, Activision, Spin Master and others. Game design professor at Art Center College of Design. Game history lecturer at Otis College of Art and Design.
@thecllab.bsky.social
#ConnectedLearning 💡 We research, design, & mobilize learning technologies in equitable, innovative, and learner-centered ways. Check out: https://connectedlearning.uci.edu/
@chrisbratt.bsky.social
One of the people who makes People Make Games. chris@peoplemakegames.com
@fitchgames.bsky.social
Game developer, father, cultural critic. Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/
@official-aias.bsky.social
Celebrating games & gaming achievement #DICE2025 #DICEAwards #GameMakersNotebook #GameMakersSketchbook https://linktr.ee/AIAS https://www.interactive.org/
@extremismgaming.bsky.social
🎮 Network of over 155+ members working together across sectors to uncover how terrorist and violent extremist actors exploit gaming, to build resilience in gaming communities, and to use gaming for good. 👾Learn more @ extremismandgaming.org
@seasonedgaming.com
Editor-in-Chief Seasoned Gaming : Independent Gaming Journalism since 2015 I Positivity, Halo and FromSoft stanning, Horror, Fitness | Business: abowden@seasonedgaming.com / DMs open
@aidancscott.bsky.social
I help healthcare avoid assumptions by supporting public participation in quality improvement. Dad to two toddlers, big fan of (🥜🧈)+🍌 sandwiches and Astro Boy.
@icesheetmike.bsky.social
Dr in glaciology who spends my time mapping coastal topography at a Cooperative Institute. Organizer for disability rights in science, which mostly involves yelling at agencies. Science is the easier part of my work. #T1D
@edwigelel.bsky.social
Game director of "The Abbess Garden", a cozy & historical gardening game🌿 Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/3411970/The_Abbess_Garden/ Newsletter https://theabbessgarden.eo.page/newsletter Researcher CHCSC lab, Univ of Versailles 📚 (she/her)
@midlifesidequest.bsky.social
🎙️Host of Midlife SideQuest. New episodes Thursday morning. Middle aged husband and dad. Lover of great food & video games. 🏳️⚧️ Fix Your Hearts or Die ✉️🔗 https://linktr.ee/midlifesidequest?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ce3b1191-58fb-430c-b0
@drsturg.bsky.social
Truthmonger. I write books, teach students and make podcasts about you being smarter about misinformation. #WeAreAltGov #DetectingDeception https://bit.ly/UnSpunPod
@untitledgoosegame.bsky.social
The Official Bluesky Account for Untitled Goose Game - Reposting All Untitled Goose Game Related Content - Follow for updates! Check Out Our Main Account: @househouse.bsky.social Check Out Our Website: https://househouse.com/
@darktimesacademy.bsky.social
Making learning joyful again https://darktimesacademy.co.nz
@narwhallibrarian.bsky.social
Co-founder of Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social Counter disinfo 🗣 Critical tech 📵 Climate 🌀 Community education 📚 Words 🖋 Art 🎨 The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images. —Dubord
@nickwaters.bsky.social
Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
@giancarlofiorella.bsky.social
Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat Assistant Professor | Utrecht University PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@0ptimysticgamer.bsky.social
|He/Him| Mythologist, Video Essayist, Charity Streamer #ENVtuber -AND- Home of Othma! the Librarian Elder God https://linktr.ee/0ptimysticgamer
@dangolding.com
Professor and Chair of Media Comms at Swinburne University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm). dangolding.com
@khaet.bsky.social
Polling Associate at Public Policy Polling. I post about public opinion, dog whistles, the far-right in the US, and my love of public transit. 🎓BA ‘16 in Political Science from WWC. 🎓MA ‘20 in Political Communication from AU. I like: 🐈⬛ ☕️🥡📰📊
@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!
@courtneylazore.bsky.social
Writer, editor, independent scholar. Fan, media, and game studies. BTS ARMY 💜 Gaming: FF7, KH, WoW, Love & Deepspace thebtseffect.com courtneylazore.com 📧 courtneylazore@ncis.org
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist, PhD via Vanderbilt // researcher @ UZH Zürich // studying the unfolding dystopia // platforms, political violence, extremism, etc. research & writing: henryhenryhenry.com land of enchantment
@bvelto.bsky.social
Teacher, learner, spouse, parent, child, Friend | he/him/his | playing WoW since BC | lover of Irish whiskey, rugby, and sweaters | tea snob | opinions mine | trying to become anti-racist because #BlackLivesMatter
@orensegal.bsky.social
Senior Vice President, Counter-Extremism & Intelligence. Host, extremely podcast. 60% of my body is coffee. Basketball junkie. Views my own.