Dr Ian Sturrock
Researcher into game studies, game histories, motivation for play, ethics of game design, creativity and world-building. Capoeirista, HEMA practitioner, larper, TTRPG designer/publisher. HE teacher and UCU activist but my views represent only me.
@ianhague.bsky.social
Associate Dean of Research at London College of Communication, UAL. Reader in Graphic Narrative. Author and editor. More details at https://www.ianhague.com/. Currently researching digital comics.
@alchemistsjournal.bsky.social
native american game dev with a diploma in audio engineering. ᒣᑕᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ Metawewinstudios.com
@simonb.bsky.social
Lapsed-writer, ex-DJ, wants to be an academic again (is, in fact a real doctor) , old goth, larp designer, neurodiverse like light through a prism, poet before sunrise. Poster-child for burnout (Complex, Brooding, Challenging)
@kte75.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Co-Investigator, AHRC Youth & Horror network. Co-editor of Hidden Horror Histories book series. Lover of horror and British cinema, cats and strong tea. She/her.
@lizcable.bsky.social
Game-based learning in training and HE, game-maker, puzzle-setter, narrative designer, transmedia storyteller, boardgamer. Convener of #GamesInEdu25 at #UKGamesExpo web: www.Linktr.ee/lizcable book: https://tinyurl.com/yerhahc6
@lauraodbeke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Interactive Media, Screens, and Interfaces at Uni Utrecht #ecogames. #larp. #envhum. Founder of http://un-earthed.group. Knitter. Vegan.
@aladyofchance.bsky.social
Lecturer in Film, would-be time traveller & ever-aspiring Yiddishistke. Film history, fan studies, movie magazines & Norma Shearer.
@gailsimone.bsky.social
Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds Cyclops is so great I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
@transformativeworks.org
The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms.
@roaa-ali.bsky.social
I am a Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Manchester and Programme Director for the Creative and Cultural Industries MA. I research and write on race and diversity within the cultural sector.
@dnl.ink
writer & freelance creative brain • cultural omnivore • two rescue cats • runner & powerlifter • adhd • raised by hair metal & classic lit • ♥︎ horror ♥︎ • he / him / kind sir ✍️ dnl.ink ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/dnl
@katewagner.bsky.social
Unheil-bringer. architecture critic @thenation.com, sportswriter @escapecollective.bsky.social. creator of https://late-review.com, derailleur.net, mcmansionhell.com. she/her
@drkowert.bsky.social
Founder of Psychgeist. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
@vkankainen.bsky.social
PhD. Game scholar and designer out for new opportunities. Game studies, game design, games and learning, board games, TTG, 4x, pc, ps4, crpg, ttrpg, history, politics, geeking, music, djing, goth, post-punk
@riikkaaurava.bsky.social
Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
@nitessine.bsky.social
Reader, writer, translator, professional nerd, game scholar, larper, feminist. Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade, Stalker RPG, Astraterra, Chernobyl Mon Amour
@rainforestsb.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow ✒️ @ Tampere University 🇫🇮 Comms Officer 🎤 @cgsaacej.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Currently researching games and exhaustion.
@nicolleness.bsky.social
🔸️Media studies scholar 🔸️Fan studies, cosplay, games & tech 🔸️Passionate senior lecturer at HU Utrecht 🔸️Gamer, fan artist & Trekker 🖖 https://linktr.ee/nicollelamerichs
@analoggamestudies.bsky.social
Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog https://analoggamestudies.org
@mariaruotsalainen.bsky.social
I am cultural studies scholar from Jyväskylä, Finland.
@cdn-bergen.bsky.social
CDN is a Norwegian Centre of Research Excellence (SFF). We focus on algorithmic narrativity, new environments and materialities, and shifting cultural contexts in humanities-driven research. UiB, Bergen, Norway.
@elinako.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research fellow in game studies at Tampere University. Main Research Coordinator @CoEGameCult 👾 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-6582 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YjdTawkAAAAJ
@rosgakori.bsky.social
PHD student at Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. Warhammer hobbyist. Poly Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. Likes might contain spice. She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 33 https://medium.com/@aasa.timonen4 https://throne.com/aasat
@badsquiddogames.bsky.social
Annie Norman. Pioneer of Believable Femme Miniatures for wargames & TTRPG. Historical, Fantasy & Sci Fi. International TV, Radio & Magazine star. Humble. www.BadSquiddoGames.com
@danielleri.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief at GameDeveloper.com, Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork, volunteer EMT. She/her.
@savasavasava.bsky.social
academic. filmmaker. straight-presenting-bi. nyc asshole in tkaronto. she/her/auntiefa. acab. www.screeningsurveillance.com amuse|muse|use|us|u pfp: me drinking coffee from guillotine mug banner: jealous gf meme with Marx, & Rom & Quark from ds9 iykyk
@jameswallis.bsky.social
Game designer, publisher, teacher, critic, writer, evangelist, FRSA. Wrote Everybody Wins, runs http://www.gamedesignmasterclass.com, co-host of RPG podcast http://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com, & setting up www.bigtable.games, a trade body for the UK&I.
@doni.bsky.social
Games and History, History and Games, History Games, Games History, Games for Change, Games with Purpose, (ex) Games Industry, Game Design, Game Production, Game Quality.
@ffreibert.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ Film & Media Historian. Media Studies Assistant Professor. PhD in Visual Studies. Research Areas: Film Studies & Film History; Media Industries; Bisexual, Trans, Gay, & Queer History; Distribution & Exhibition; Archives; Horror Studies. She/Her.
@nvmuk.bsky.social
The NVM's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret videogames for everyone. Forever. 🎮🕹▶️ #PlayTheMuseum https://thenvm.org/
@charstevens.bsky.social
Lecturer @ Birmingham City University (film/tv, fandom, games), she/her
@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/
@jamskigames.bsky.social
Games VFX Artist and Producer, currently Lecturer in Games Dev @ Uni of Staffs. Technically a cyborg! Beep boop.
@bcmcr.bsky.social
We are the team behind the events at the Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research at Birmingham City University.
@dangphd.bsky.social
Lecturer at Robert Gordon University. I study inequitable interactions with digital games and media, often by trying to design with those most excluded by these systems. I have book coming out with MIT Press. You can see more at my https://dang.page
@jasonboomer.bsky.social
Director @ SideFest | PhD @IoCT_DMU @DMULeicester. #Gaming #Community #DigitalCulture.
@wolfskulljack.bsky.social
Artist, she/her, possibly a werewolf. Clients include Metallica,Smashing Pumpkins, Magic!The Gathering, Boom!, Anchorage Brewing and more Volunteer at Wolf Watch UK, a wolf sanctuary https://wolfskulljack.com/ HUMAN MADE ART
@oliverbates.co.uk
designer and researcher. https://fractals.coop/ he/him. works on emergent climate futures, tech, and social change. making games, zines and narrative explorations for transition from the current system. Links to my stuff: https://oliverbates.co.uk
@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social
Purveyor of bleak climate fantasy and, apparently, cookbooks. Newsletter at https://nightbeatseu.ca/newsletter/. https://rachelarosen.carrd.co/ to find me all over the internet. Pre-order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
@robinzingarelli.bsky.social
He/him. Doctoral researcher working on transgender representations in video games, game designer, London based coffee enthusiast.
@juliebrixeyw.bsky.social
Royal Soc of Sculptors + Rambert School Ballet & CDance UK Artist interested in all things RD Laing/dance/body/place/mvt/writing/academia/interdisciplinary/collaborative process. Inst: @juliebrixeywilliams www.juliebrixey-williams.co.uk (images ©) she/her
@enwright.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
@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://thevideogamelibrary.substack
@merilainen.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming. Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games. orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X mikkomerilainen.com
@adrishaw.bsky.social
Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive, professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
@clarafv.bsky.social
NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler. https://clarafv.com