Historical Games Network
HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
@guildmedmak.bsky.social
A society for medievalist academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work. Want to join the Guild? Take a look at our website: https://www.guildmedmak.com/
@themamoconf.bsky.social
The 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO). King's College London, 24-26 June 2025. themamo.org
@midagesmodgames.bsky.social
Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
@thevideogamelibrary.org
The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org Over 10,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️ New books added daily. • Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n • Support: https://ko-fi.com/thevideogamelibrary
@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
@eugenpfister.bsky.social
Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS spielkult.hypotheses.org
@jubalbarca.bsky.social
Historian of the Medieval Caucasus, web community organiser, game developer, liberal activist, songwriter and storyteller. Somewhat hobbitish. Also at https://exilian.co.uk/, https://scholar.social/@JubalBarca, and https://hcommons.org/members/jubalbarca/
@dermasbroo.bsky.social
Art historian by degree, art educator by job experience, indonesian by birth, gamer by hobby Opinions are of my own
@charlesgames.bsky.social
Prague-based studio pushing boundaries of what games can do and say. Hidden-object Velvet 89 out now, new game We Grew Up in War in the works. www.charlesgames.net
@horsfall3d.bsky.social
🕹️ Curator at National Science and Media Museum + Yorkshire Games Festival 🖼️ Former video games artist and lecturer 🎭 BAFTA Connect member
@bettibo.bsky.social
📚 Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communication - University of Birmingham, UK ✨ Working on video games | agency | cosiness | nature 🖊️ Author of Videogames and Agency (Routledge 2023) - https://tinyurl.com/3mbr8ytu 🌐 https://cozymedia.net/
@times-new-roman.bsky.social
PhD Leiden | Game Studies | Historian Roman Antiquity | soft spot for Crusader Kings 3 and Sims | Still processing INDIKA
@dgb-history.bsky.social
Academic books, journals and news from the History department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
@robyngall.bsky.social
Disabled Weirdo with a penchant for the eclectic. Film/Game PhD Student at Exeter University.
@efgamp.bsky.social
Founded 2012 EFGAMP (European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects) represents more than 20 heritage institutions and other organisations collecting and preserving digital games heritage > www.efgamp.eu
@brianbaglow.bsky.social
Games generalist. Scottish specialist. Writing the First National strategy for games.
@uofggameslab.bsky.social
An ArtsLab Research Lab promoting cross-disciplinary research & education from tabletop to video games. We explore innovative uses of #games & #gaming to help people make ideas fly like bicycles, @uofglasgow.bsky.social & beyond! Follow/Like ≠ endorsement.
@elhammar.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
@catacalypto.bsky.social
narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
@freejsf.paintbucket.de
Makes games @paintbucket.de about topics people say you can’t make games about. Reads and posts about climate change, fascism, history, democracy - and games and pop culture. Used to work in "AAA" e.g. on Spec Ops The Line now @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de
@awildhistorian.bsky.social
Works to upskill the heritage sector. Researches videogames as museum interpretation. Lover of games, singing, sci-fi, and cats. She/her.
@archaeoethicist.bsky.social
She/her. Dr of digiarch, ethics, archaeology, and archaeogaming. I restore old houses, write for games, and talk a lot about my dogs and about tacos. On the job market! ORCiD: 0000-0002-3109-4555 FKA: Gingerygamer
@yopablotv.bsky.social
#Rol: "La desbandá 1937" (Ganador de The Awards 2024) y "El hombre del saco" #Android: Comic Time https://yopablo.itch.io/
@emmavphd.bsky.social
🎮Knowledge Mobilization and Research Impact Officer at the Games Institute 📚Co-author and co-editor of "Feminism in Play" and "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" 🍉No Pride in Genocide. Free Palestine 🍉
@criticalplayorg.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account for The Center for the History of Video Games, Technology, and Critical Play at CSU, Long Beach (criticalplay.org) also @criticalplayorg@mstdn.social
@richardcole.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Classics at the University of Bristol, Department of Classics and Ancient History and co-director of the #BristolDigitalGameLab
@falc4o.bsky.social
Entertainment Media and (Critical) Game Studies Researcher @ UFPB, Brazil
@jimaroonie.bsky.social
Videogames, digital cultural heritage and digital play cultures researcher. Lecturer, RMIT University. Board Member, Freeplay.net.au. Managing Editor, Journal of Games Criticism.
@oloman.bsky.social
29 | Freelance writer & creative consultant for hire, I write scripts and run an internet culture website | WaPo, BBC, The Guardian, IGN, NME, BMJ | Read @postmode.bsky.social oloman.carrd.co geordie | he/him | hearing loss olomanjordan@gmail.com
@vthewanderer.bsky.social
Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona) Founding member of @DIGRASpain Director de la colección Ludografías. Co-president of the History of Games conference. I also do my own stunts. linktr.ee/vthewanderer
@electroslav.bsky.social
game scholar and historian at Charles University vocalist and lyricist at Rest in Haste svelch.com
@odditypress.com
I make TTRPGs, like Grimwild and The Wild Frontier of Venture. https://odditypress.com/
@drjohnwills.bsky.social
Prof in Film&Media, University of Kent. Recent Books: Gamer Nation, Disney Culture.
@gamingthepast.bsky.social
PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, and pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com https://gamingthepast.net
@ludensprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Written on: baseball in colonial Taiwan; American missionaries in interwar China. Interested in national identity, science fiction, video games. Associate Editor at www.historyrespawned.com
@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
prof of DH at carleton u. Archaeologist of things Digital, Roman, and Outer Space. Editor of epoiesen.carleton.ca. Sometimes blog at […] [bridged from https://scholar.social/@electricarchaeo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@zyllable.bsky.social
(she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable Pfp by Birdee Blake
@adreinhard.bsky.social
Physical archaeologist in the digital world. Digital archaeologist in the physical world. CRM Principal Investigator for Metcalf Archaeological Consultants. Two new books on digital archaeology and archaeogaming out in 2024. ORCID: 0000-0001-7987-8227
@baladria.bsky.social
Egyptologist ⛏writer ✍️ archaeogamer 🎮 38 👵🏻 OFMD 🏴☠️ AO3 @ Baladria - Egyptian OFMD art & essays - Please Let Me Hold You 🌵🦉 🔗: https://www.brianacjackson.com/biolinks
@flaviansophist.bsky.social
Classicist. Gamer. Art historian. Actual Dr. Jones. she/her, stick around for antiquity in videogames and general nonsense.
@robehoughton.bsky.social
Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
@amchristensen.bsky.social
Human being. Educator. Archaeologist working in Italy. Struggling writer. Lover of 🐶 and 🐱 and well crafted things. Associate Prof (Lecturer) of Classics @ U of Utah. *all opinions are my own*
@romainvincent.bsky.social
Docteur en Sciences de l'éducation : La scolarisation du jeu vidéo par les enseignants (Laboratoire Experice / Sorbonne Paris Nord) Prof d'Histoire-Géographie (Académie de Créteil) Jeux video & Histoire sur YouTube : www.youtube.com/c/JVH
@captainabraham.bsky.social
Historian, Husband, Dad, Teacher, Army Vet, & Annoyance. Another middle-aged white guy for reason, compassion, & tolerance. He/Him. #NAFO Opinions are my own ¬ the views of my employer Games in the History Classroom Project: frc.edu/history/games
@crazyblue.bsky.social
Lecturer in #GameStudies at University of Plymouth. PhD on Hauntological Videogame Form (2023) Transnational Education Lead: Digital Design. Researcher focusing on nostalgia, hauntology, & videogame form. www.relativenostalgia.com www.about.me/sweeting
@jennycromwell.bsky.social
Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor & newly minted Blood Bowl enthusiast.
@arkeologian.bsky.social
Soy una cierva albina en @arqueocerva.bsky.social. Con un mando en una mano 🎮 y un pico en la otra ⛏️. Historiador, arqueólogo clásico y sobretodo archaeogamer. En estos momentos sobreviviendo en Italia como PhD en arqueología y videojuegos #archaeogaming
@bramderidder.bsky.social
History, strategy & communication | game designer | researcher in applied history | PhD early modern history, MPhil international relations | www.branwenadvisors.com, www.sunkentower.be
@florencesn.bsky.social
Video game archaeologist + game dev// PhD on archaeogaming as game preservation + procgen// Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology they/them 💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
@malcolmcraig.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of the nuclear age, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar