Press Start Journal
Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed journal run by and for students that publishes academic research on Game Studies.
Website: press-start.gla.ac.uk
@legg.bsky.social
Scholar of Indigenous & Digital Public History 📖 PhD, George Mason. Researching Indigenous mobility + diplomacy in the Civil War era. Book Review Editor H-CivWar. In Progress: _Decolonizing the Campus_ editing w/ Lauren Lassabe Shepherd. web: johnlegg.org
@drmatthewthompson.bsky.social
Academic. PhD on historical reconstructions of the Whitechapel Murders. Writes about toxic masculinity, Neo-Victorianism and historical reconstruction. Currently researching the vampire in interactive media.
@sit-gsa.bsky.social
The School of Innovation & Technology at The Glasgow School of Art
@drsepinwall.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Lover of Music and Film. Jersey girl in California. 2023 Wang Award Winner. Books: Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Rev in Film & Video Games; Haitian History; Abbé Grégoire & the Fr Rev.
@nicklalone.com
I research disaster, geospatial concerns, and history of technology at RIT. Will talk about games, tech, policy, history, social theory, and the politics of all those things. I am less diffuse than I seem. https://nicklalone.com/
@pietervdheede.bsky.social
Historian @ ESHCC | History & Games | Public History | Memory | Digital Humanities | Historical Theory | Finalist Young Historian of the Year 2019 | 🇧🇪 in 🇳🇱 | He/him | Opinions are my own Check out my dissertation: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/134918
@noahspringer.com
acquisitions editor for dh, new media, game studies, hci, and design at the MIT Press | editor and columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxed https://boxd.it/oHIf
@scoutblum.bsky.social
Environmental historian and game designer; mom to an amazing boy and animals.
@poww.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Department of Media, Culture, and Communication | New York University. Trans media studies | Trans histories of glitches, electronic art, software, video games, and networked & computational media. https://linktr.ee/whitpow
@seyahatgame.bsky.social
Historian of the Ottoman Empire, Game Developer (Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca | The Hajj Trail), Teacher, Assistant Prof @CCSU, PhD @Yale https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/ www.hajjtrail.com/game
@historygamesnet.bsky.social
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
@vacceopal.bsky.social
@vacceo.bsky.social
Iberian hermit, keeper of the dead, remembrancer, narration devourer. Sworn to the black and red. I teach Anthropology at the University of Valladolid and, sometimes, I even write about games and myths.
@rutxigarcia.bsky.social
Profesora en la UCLM. Investigadora en videojuegos, arte, historia y educación. Lecturer at the UCLM. Video game, Art, History and Education Scholar. #gamestudies
@medievalmaryq.bsky.social
Appalachian academic. Medievalist. Mom. Maker-in-training. Vikings/Women/Labor/ Identity. Chaotic good gnomish bard. She/her
@besthistories.bsky.social
Historian of modern Germany. Colonialism. Religion. Games. Holocaust educator. Determined to save history. He/him/his. All views my own.
@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social
Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
@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
@celticqueenmeg.bsky.social
History, Video Games, Pizza! 🍕💕 https://www.historyngames.com email: [email protected] 日本語でどうぞう
@zzeljkokos.bsky.social
Solo dev, working on city builder Pompeii: The Legacy. Programmer and game designer since 1999. Co-founder of LGM Games & Overseer Games, owner of Siscia Games. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2632240/Pompeii_The_Legacy/?utm_source=bs&utm_campaign=h2
@cyyclare.bsky.social
1st year Classics PhD student studying Narrative in Petitions from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt Generally interested in all things related to narratives and stories and novels Avid Mobile Game Player (currently fixated with Path to Nowhere & Reverse 1999)
@robertengen.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in war studies at Deakin University, working on the PME command and staff course in Canberra. 🇨🇦 in 🇦🇺, not going back. Military historian turned war studier turned wargame designer. Also a “pretty good but don’t quit your day job” artist.
@booksoflaw.bsky.social
Early #medieval -ist, focusing on the #history of #law and #lawbooks from the 6th-13th centuries. Postdoc historian on the #PresentDead project, and a #ludonarratologist studying medieval-set TTRPGs & creating one based on the #Lombard laws: #LangobardRPG
@litgamestudies.bsky.social
Literary- (&) Game Studies Scientific Coordinator Excellence Initiative ›Critical Proximities‹ at University of Tübingen Editor incoming finalfantasy-volume: https://paidia.de/cfp-perspektiven-auf-final-fantasy/
@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 🐘: [email protected] 🐦: maxwellfoxman
@magpiegameresearch.bsky.social
MAGPIE (Melbourne Academic Games, Play and Interactive Entertainment) is an interdisciplinary games research initiative at The University of Melbourne, launched in 2024. www.linktree.com/magpiegamesresearch
@cassiebara29.bsky.social
Media and Comms Lecturer at Unimelb | ECR researching videogames, narrative complexity and pedagogy | Co-Vice Editor of Press Start | Deputy Director of MAGPIE | DiGRAA Board Member | She/They
@johnthehedge.bsky.social
🤸Circus teacher & Parkour coach 🔹TTRPGs | Writing | Podcasts 🔹Serious about Play 🔹Seriously Silly Playfully teaching Play (he/him) 🏴 🇸🇪
@mattknutson.bsky.social
Assistant professor at UND, director of academic program in esports. Research areas: game studies, gender and sexuality in digital spaces, media temporality, esports. Pronouns: he/him
@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!
@jackademia.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Game Design. Sword Nerd. (Secretly a Tekken and Wrestling account) He/They/Any
@alexbacalja.bsky.social
Digital Game Literacies - Critical Pedagogies - English Language Arts - Youth Literacies - Critical EdTech - Postdigital research. The University of Melbourne.
@darthtayrah.bsky.social
Postdoc @USyd on kids’ digital play 🎮 PhD @Swinburne on games & digital events 👾 Freeplay board member🤘silly little guy 🤠 she/her 🌿
@drstevemallory.bsky.social
Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant professor of Design Most recent publication: https://playstorypress.org/books/well-played-v14-n1-for-the-love-of-games/
@brookebennett.bsky.social
AAS - Austin Community College // BA - U Of Arkansas // MA - USC 🤓 ——— future Minnesota PhD student fall 2025 // feminist media studies // see also: horror film, pop culture, & identity // neurodiverse & dis/ability queen // she/her 🌈🍿🐕🦴🏈👾📚🎗️
@jzagal.bsky.social
Game scholar, academic, professor at University of Utah's Division of Games Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/ https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
@cgsaacej.bsky.social
Canadian Game Studies Association / Association canadienne d’études des jeux. Publisher of Loading... Journal. gamestudies.ca
@chrisarneil.bsky.social
professional(?) video game archivist @ the national film and sound archive of australia
@jordanking.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Bournemouth University in the psychology department. Video games, nostalgia, and well-being. He/Him
@zforzekk.bsky.social
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