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
@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; [email protected] 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
@whitakeralmanac.bsky.social
Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer. https://linktr.ee/bobwhitaker
@enwright.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
@chriskempshall.bsky.social
President @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Public Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. He/him https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
@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/ ]
@writegameread.bsky.social
Writes stories, makes games, reads history. Assistant Professor, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for AAA games (since 1998). Designer of board games.
@katexe.bsky.social
Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and the Ancient World in video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
@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.
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair
@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
@plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com
Historian and PhD student in Tkaronto (Toronto). Likes bats, monsters, sincereposting, and alt text. Genderqueer. Trans. Autistic. 40s. 👬 🧛 nicomaramckay.com There will be typos. Ephemeral Record of trans and queer histories: patreon.com/ephemeralrecord
@hollynielsen.bsky.social
Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit she/her
@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
@carrythezero.bsky.social
PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | lifting my skinny fists like antennas to heaven
@casusscribere.bsky.social
Kirk M Lundblade, PhD (he/him) Digital Humanities @ UCF History (RICHES) Digital cultures + historical game studies @ UCF T&T I study platforms, digital games, history, and the people embedded within. Recent work: Crusader Kings III and the CK3 community
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️ Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
@vinicius-marino.bsky.social
Writer | Historian | Post-doc, UNICAMP | ARISE, Middle Ages in Modern Games 🎮 Stair na hÉireann 🍀 Environmental History 🐈⬛ Cat dad | Gaeilge Meu romance: http://bit.ly/4kioHUZ Blog: https://finisgeekis.com.br/ Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3F9RVGD
@composertom.bsky.social
Composer and wargame designer. Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@patguy.bsky.social
Thing that writes, and sleeps. Not that other asshole. The Sunday Scaries appear weekly at ghoulishdelights.com pat-harrigan.com
@michellefranklin.bsky.social
Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects. ✒ Understands about semicolons 🐺 Myndil's mum 🕹️ Games and Narrative @spaceboat.bsky.social 🎵 Metal enthusiast and vocalist 📖 33 books published https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
@lollardfish.bsky.social
Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #Oathbreakers: https://tinyurl.com/oathbreakersHC. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedieval
@kurtishanlon.bsky.social
A lecturer in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Yale University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Designated departmental baker (he/him) Signal: kurtishanlon.33
@tinerassalle.bsky.social
Ex-curator, archaeologist, researcher of Jewish and Christian history, video gamer, museum studies, technology. Immigrant. PhD from @UNC
@jliedl.bsky.social
Historian at Laurentian University (Canada) & Director of the School of Liberal Arts. Researching early modern crime, but I can never stay away from questions of popular culture & history. Technophile, fan, fibre artist.
@videogamehistorian.bsky.social
Videogame historian extraordinaire FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation CGSA Francophone Rep Creator of Deadplay podcast
@lhaasis.bsky.social
Senior Researcher | German Maritime Museum Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Former Research Coordinator | Prize Papers Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
@amandarosevphd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Performance & Pedagogy. I think of myself as an Ethical Paladin but am known for intimacy choreography, larp, immersive theatre, laughing loudly, teaching teachers, adopting dogs, & editing the Journal of Consent-Based Performance
@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
@susanlongfieldkarr.bsky.social
Historian of Early Modern European Legal & Political Thought, Renaissance, Italian Wars, Humanist Jurisprudence, Jus Gentium, Legal History, & History of Human Rights Jus Gentium in Humanist Jurisprudence: On Justice and Right (DOI: 10.1163/97890045237
@medievalappalachia.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in medieval literature at CUNY Grad Center | writing a dissertation on medieval romance, game studies, and premodern race She/her 🌺 Okinawan/Ryukyuan diaspora ✨Professional Yapper 👩🏫 Dork Academia
@archarise.bsky.social
Página do laboratório de pesquisa ARISE, sediado na FURG e vinculado ao MAE-USP | ⛏️ Archaeogaming | 🎲 Historical Game Studies | 🎮 Métodos digitais
@theozymandiasp1.bsky.social
Connecting Modern Societies to Ancient Worlds. Ancient Office Hours Podcast & The Reading Party Podcast. Pnyx Digital Magazine. #history #Archaeogaming, #podcasts, #reception #funding & more!
@blairapgar.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @ Kutztown (Fall 2025) | Mixed bag Medievalist obsessed w/Matilda of Canossa, video games, virtual reality & 3D models. PhD @ UofYork 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (They/Them)
@archaeoplays.bsky.social
They/them. Disabled/chronically ill Minecraft YouTuber, & digital archaeologist (alias: Dr. Heather Christie). Also early medieval Scotland specialist and glass bead nerd. Lead Researcher for Carved in Stone. Business enquiries: [email protected]
@lexie-henning.bsky.social
🤓 Founder @TheOzymandiasP1 🎤 3x ancient history podcaster 🇬🇷 Digital Classics & reception studies 🎮 Archaeogamer; ☕️ tea connoisseur 🎭 Musical theatre/Broadway enthusiast 🌍 MSc in Southeast European Politics: cultural heritage, nationalism, & iconoclasm
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Blogs at acoup.blog