Gaming the System(s) is a 501c(3) charitable organization dedicated to promoting the use of games in educational & therapeutic settings. We also organize the Game-Based Education & Therapy Conference embedded in Origins Game Fair.
Game Scholar, narrative designer, consultant.
Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese | Games Outreach for Kickstarter |Vice President of DiGRA.
Boardgamer, writer, teacher, girl dad, recovering academic.
Unsettling Catan: lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
The Looking Glance: lookingglance.com
Transfemme PhD student studying environmental lit, SFF, and Comics
gay artist, game dev in nz // my website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
making Tryhard, a tactics RPG about rugby https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
Asst. Professor of Game Design. Sword Nerd. (Secretly a Tekken and Wrestling account) He/They/Any
Designing digital and physical games that delight, inspire, and make you feel seen. ✨
Founder & Game Designer @haiduc.co in NYC
Pro Wrestler @beetlewrestles.bsky.social
Ambassador for Women in Games
Portfolio| MaryGeorgescu.com
Associate Professor @ Howard
Explores how people imagined themselves in the past & how we (mis)remember them.
I’ve a book on #c18 representations of the Ottomans, articles on Black Britons, teach gender/sexuality, & talk games with @friede.bsky.social
Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
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.
Game designer making mathematics and science interactive. I also do the All the Adventures project where I play and write about every adventure game ever made in chronological order.
http://bluerenga.blog
10+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Past Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
phd candidate researching monstrosity and identity formation in video game music/sound, with additional interests in animation and kr/jp pop cultures. also a voracious reader.
Former academic; current library web admin. Probably gonna be saying something about Warhammer or Interactive Fiction. Tá cúpla focal agam—labhair Gaeilge liom, le do thoil.
He/him; sé/é
Story Games Enthusiast,
veteran in roleplaying and larp
TTRPG accessibility consultant, layout, and writer. Layout lead for MCDM's Draw Steel, Accessibility and Layout with Brotherwise, Underground Oracle, and more. Edtech and Farming in Austin's backyard.
DMs open or more at linktr.ee/chrishopper
PhD student at the University of Kentucky
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
markhines.me
I teach writing, play games, and read medieval.
The Larp Census is an exciting project to discover how many larpers there are in the world, and to explore the different ways in which people larp.
larpcensus.org
researching disability and TTRPG safety tools forever and ever | also still a linguist | @gameassistyt.bsky.social | @TakeThis.org Accelerate Fellow '25 | @IGDAFoundation.org Grantee | pan-accessibility dreamer | crip and proud | she/her
Wishcraft Simulations. USC Games. Game Brain Podcast
PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & 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
Brotherwise Games is the indie board game & TTRPG publisher bringing you Boss Monster, Call to Adventure, Adulthood, and the Cosmere RPG!
Official account for the Queerness and Games Conference #QGCon established in 2013. QGCon is a registered nonprofit based in Montreal, Canada.
Stay tuned for news on presenting at or attending the next QGCon!
https://www.qgcon.org/
We make games, we play games. Through #KiwiRPG you will discover a new constellation of world-class TTRPGs and actual play shows from Aotearoa New Zealand. https://www.kiwirpg.com/
Producer at EA SPORTS
Games researcher
Former game development instructor
Tabletop game designer
Occasional poet
steinea.ca / steinea.fyi
📚 PhD student on informal learning & fiction in board games
🎓 Experice lab (Sorbonne Paris Nord university)
📢 Ex research fellow at Game in Lab
💬 they/them
Own opinions in 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷
Creative Director, Bully Pulpit Games. Designer of games and playful experiences like Fiasco, Night Witches, and Desperation.
gloringalbright.com
Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2026).
Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
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.
Storyteller about storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
ecfriedman.com
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Teacher. Writer. Gamer. Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Scholar of literature, games, & pop culture. Author of Tellings RPG & Archaea LARP.
official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
