Writer, critic, co-editor @tier-review.com
Hey it’s Hegelbon from No Cartridge! The less beloved host! Email at Trevor.strunk@gmail.com go listen at patreon.com/nocartridge!
digital editor @artreview.bsky.social / https://alexanderleissle.blog/contact
now you're playing with power / http://patreon.com/funlandmag / https://linktr.ee/funlandmag
I am the features editor at Edge magazine and one of the co-founders and co-editors of Bullet Points Monthly.
Gabrielle de la Puente & Zarina Muhammad write about culture @
thewhitepube.com
🍋📚 our book POOR ARTISTS is out now all across the world basically
extremely hireable games journalist, co-host of @girlmodepod.bsky.social, @insequence.pictures, @dotzip.online and twitch.tv/parallelplayers!
🏳️⚧️she/her🏳️⚧️ | robinbombus@gmail.com | robinbea.carrd.co
I make music for games I love, and also founded my own studio in 2025! https://linktr.ee/fbeckpeccoz
👁️🗨️ Imprinted - coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3980340/Imprinted/
Toronto Traditional Pen and Ink Artist.
PhD Religion 2010
pronouns (he,lui)
No AI no NFTs
If you like traditional old school illustrations and need sketches, portraits, illustrations, reach out!
https://linktr.ee/servsci
"warrenisdead". he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
28 🌱 she/her 🌱 editorial director at Possum Creek, lead game designer at Steve Jackson Games, award-winning trans gay 🌱 wrote wanderhome, yazeba's b&b, seven part pact, and others
email: jay@sjgames.com
games writer (they/she)
words at kotaku, a.v. club, unwinnable, into the spine
beewertheimer.com
writer, gamedev, video game consultant, homosexual. don't call me a solo dev. an example of the live mas mentality. Interstate 35, out now. making: UNANNOUNCED (TBD) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283890/Interstate_35/
Palestinian
Diana Jones award nominee
Solo developer of Quasar Tales From The Endless Void
Designer of tabletop terrain and miniatures
✋🏻إنّ الأعلى من الأسفل والأسفل من الأعلى🫳🏻
https://arcane-whiskers.itch.io/quasar-tales-from-the-endless-void
Curated game news for game workers & gamers
I run @LostInCult.co.uk's games label • Indie Mixtape creator • Debug IGA winner • BAFTA full Member • ex Super Rare/Numskull/journo • indies + physicals ❤️🏳️🌈
ryan@lostincult.co.uk
personal account. makes games & art with lots of cool people and sometimes just herself (if found, curtain, etc). @dreamfeel.bsky.social anti-cool, aunty-cool. often wrong, but self-correcting and self-improving
Former Bookseller, Mini Enthusiast, Coffee Master, Comedian, Certified “Very Huggable,” Amateur Human, 42, she/her, poly, occasional NSFW content, 18+ plz
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Xbox Strategic Mkt Expansion - SE Asia, TW, HK | SGGA Vice-Chair | SEA Game Dev Collective | @seagamesforgood.bsky.social | Cat dad | he/him #FreePalestine
Check out the SEA Game Dev Collective newsletter here https://seagamedevdigest.substack.com/
COPPER ODYSSEY & OTHER ARTWORKS
French miniature painter. I paint lot of pride inspired minis, so if you like colors, welcome! (He/Him).
Games + Performances
Part of Fantasia Malware
Making The House Before and The Abyssal Diplomat
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https://gabrielhelfenstein.mmm.page/
https://gabriel-helfenstein.itch.io/
https://fantasia-malware.net/
Game dev. Maker of UNFAIR FLIPS; FISH FEAR ME; SNAKE FARM; MEATPUNKS series. Enemy of posting. (she/her)
Avatar by @maximumgraves.bsky.social
Game Critic - NPR Contributor
Debug Mag Columnist
Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle - DiGRA
Words: Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
aguaspoints.com
👩🏻🦼🏳️⚧️💨
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
linktr.ee/annaanthropy
writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
Atlanta based gallery for experimental/alternative/weird games. Bridging the gap between local arts and videogame scenes
Patreon: patreon.com/AvantBeetle
Twitch: twitch.tv/avantbeetle
Discord: https://discord.gg/QVVyZBcs
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Artist in game industry since mid-70s. Recent work: Sorcery Contested Realm. Most recognized for Magic the Gathering; Tunnels & Trolls, FASA, Traveller, Middle Earth art for Iron Crown Enterprises. https://www.patreon.com/LizDanforth
Game studio from Louisiana.
https://linktr.ee/geographyofrobots
We made Push Me Pull You, and an Untitled Goose Game: goose.game. Next is Big Walk: bigwalk.game
househouse.com
Langbesti hreyfihamlaði paunktrommarinn í 105. Börn/Dauðyflin/D7Y/Guðir hins nýja tíma. (Hán)
Your best friend
Front end developer, chair of @gameworkers.co.uk
Palestinian that wants to make games and tell the stories of his culture.
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
games - theatre - digital art – artistic research
gold extra is a collective of artists working at the intersections of games, digital art, theatre, film, and visual arts. They explore the development of new formats, such as documentary video games and ro
Games Transformed is a volunteer-run organisation celebrating games and radical politics 👾
We run a yearly festival and game jam, bi-weekly board game nights, and a year round programme of events.
linktr.ee/gamestransformed
Academic, Youtuber, Game Studies/Continental Philosophy Guy
https://www.youtube.com/@justinkeever2524
game creator and discarded object collector
https://woodyelm.itch.io/
27, she/her, philosophy detritus, yuriliker
Hi! We work on unique projects with fun themes like Roundabout and 100ft Robot Golf.
Next: Snap & Grab! Wishlist us on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/897160/Snap__Grab/
Handpicked tabletop RPGs and solo games delivered to your doorstep! Supporting indie creators and crowdfunded projects.
TabletopBookshelf.com
Run by @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com ✌️🤓
Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him
Ideas guy who cosplays as an indie games dev.
Latest project: SOUP ROOMS (https://kiteline.itch.io/soup-rooms)
https://kiteline.itch.io/
https://ko-fi.com/kiteline
a punk gaming fanzine
run and get your quarters in
ISSUE 1 - RE-PRINT OUT NOW!
controllerrevoltzine.bigcartel.com/
🌱 Studio Director @cozy-impact.bsky.social
💻 Producer & Mentor
🎮 Worked on Disco Elysium, Tails Noir, Beatbuddy
I believe in the power of arts&crafts, play, and starting fires.
whimsical she/her ✨
He/Him | Lazy Artist | Wannabe #Gamedev | Horror Enthusiast | Drag | Future Owner Of 100 Different Ghost Socks
Developing CHILDREN OF SATURN together with @shoray.bsky.social
Wishlist the game on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105190/CHILDREN_OF_SATURN/
Making games to fill the void
Dedicated to discovering and sharing hyper specific curated game lists. All human curated.
Created by @farfama.bsky.social
exhibitplay.com
Based in Japan
Website - https://farfamahar.github.io/
Games - http://farfama.itch.io
Curation - @exhibitplay.com
Wishlist TO:RI - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3215280/TORI/
founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Wishlist Moth Terra: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4086570/Moth_Terra/
📚 Doctoral Researcher in Games @york.ac.uk
🌿 Researching Ecogames
🌸 Boutique Games Studio at @flora.games
https://linktr.ee/floragames
she/her/they/them
https://sarah.games/
sullen assoc prof @itu.dk
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Games, Theory;
ERC StG Theorycraft (2022 - 2027);
I like weird games and JRPGs (header image: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor)
Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | Co-host of Games People Play on @wfmu.bsky.social | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social in 2026? | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
Queer, trans, purveyor of werewolfy things // PhD candidate, medieval lit // Muldumarec's number one fan // they/them // 🌈 ∞ 🌈
Atlantic Canadian game critic (She/They)
Words at Unwinnable and elsewhere
Co-Editor of @tier-review.com
https://muckrack.com/phoenix-simms
phoenixwritesdown@protonmail.com
Banner by Lina Wu
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Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
sonic nurse • the wire magazine • the quietus • respekt ❘ media studies at charles university ❘ nadšením nájem nezaplatíš
Founded by Double Fine and iam8bit. indie games are good. Join us March 8th at the Midway for DAY OF THE DEVS: SAN FRANCISCO EDITION 2026!
Game urbanist, game designer. Occasional city geographer, author, researcher, and educator. Teaching at D6 Learning.
Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
"the published, revered, and reviled woman queen" :: https://unlife.nyx.land :: mostly on the fediverse @nyx@social.xenofem.me
Candid conversations about the process of making games.
https://linktr.ee/secretlives.games
@nsuttner.bsky.social @nealen.bsky.social @doougle.net @stfj.net @selmaleh.bsky.social @lauraehall.bsky.social @robdubbin.bsky.social
(alienated-)game artist and researcher www.filiphauer.com
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🎮 game designer/engineer (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena)
🏳️⚧️ trans poly bisexual she/her
🇨🇦 victoria, bc
🦎 gex’s #1 fan
iznaut.com
Indie dev, witch; fae/faer. I've made a 99 character RPG, a game about retired adventurers, a fake MMO, and other things. Games at cannibalinteractive.itch.io contact: cannibalinteractive@gmail.com
Gamedev. Was Animation Lead at Ivy Road on Wanderstop.
Demo reel is here: https://auratriolo.com/
Also find me on mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@MOOMANiBE
Jesse Patience (she/xe/her) 🏳️⚧️ 3D animator and artist :))
Commissions Open!!
contact me @ mallbatcommissions@gmail.com
linktr.ee/mallbat
An OG digital artist/writer: http://anthology.rhizome.org/mez-breeze. Permaculturalist. Designer + Developer. Blurrings + imaginings: https://www.patreon.com/mezbreeze + https://mezbreeze.itch.io/
senior writer and narrative designer 🎮📝
prev Blizzard 💛⚔️ Bungie 💙💫 and Arkane 🧡🐀
personal account 🍞🌹 20th century lit phd 🎓🗡
she/her 🌑✨
nyc 🍕🐁 to atx 🌻🦇
Artist, graphic designer, teacher lol
Writer, artist, game designer.
Itch - https://joffeorama.itch.io/
Artist/TTRPG designer. ECO MOFOS!! || Lost Eons || Solo games ||Weird little modules.
Blog - https://open.substack.com/pub/davidblandy
Zines - https://www.copypastecoop.com
Links - https://linktr.ee/davidblandyrpgs
Freelance illustrator and maker of cute things. Nonbinary creature of habit. 🩷💜💙 (they/she)
Contact & more: breelundberg.com
Portfolio: portfolio.breelundberg.com
Shop: shop.breelundberg.com
Newsletter: pencilbooth.com/bree
despelote is a soccer game about people, set in Quito, Ecuador.
made by julian cordero, sebastián valbuena, gabe cuzzillo, ian berman, and niall tessier-lavigne
OUT NOW!
https://despelote.game/
posting (at least) 1 video a day until my video game, CONSUME ME, sells one million copies.
buy now! 👇👇👇👇👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/Consume_Me/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 9-13, 2026, in San Francisco!
30 | Freelance writer & consultant for hire, I also 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
🦟 https://xrafstar.monster
she/her. writer. I'm backwards compatible.
snowttrpg.itch.io
youtube.com/@snowttrpg
Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
they/them, I make art and sometimes write ttrpg adjacent things. No a/i
Marketing & Events @ SoulMuppet Publishing
my work: molomoot.itch.io
mailing list: http://bit.ly/44tzYwG
pfp by @rossysdoesdrawings
Using computational methods for modelling, integrating, and interpreting cultural heritage. Assistant Professor at iSchool@Illinois | Formerly UNIGE, UZH, iTatti, CNRS | https://nicola.carboni.me
Karla is a Puerto Rican artist who loves to paint and draw. Karla works on Films (MCU, ILM,HBO), Games, TV, Covers, Fine art, etc. She is also a passionate advocate for better artist industries+ rights. Opinions are her own. ✌️
www.karlaortizart.com
http://netzkunst.berlin ➠ reconstructing, archiving and exhibiting pioneering and contemporary net art & culture · /rosa project space w/ @pankegallery.bsky.social · Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin Neukölln/Alt-Treptow
http://intima.org/stromajer „le Pavarotti du HTML“ · homo ex machina · low-tech post-electric non-artist · artworks in the Centre Pompidou & Museo Reina Sofía collections · a=tF² · https://intima.org · intimate tactical guerrilla + low-tech net strategies
Human rights centered design, art, and policy
https://www.convocation.design/
Executive Director @cordlabs
Artist working on critical AI, power, and belief @ IcarusSalon.com & ArtificialLifeCoach.com
Gray Area | Tech Inquiry | OCEAN | Kidd Lab UC Berkeley
Loyal to the Land & the Brass Tax -- #Turkish #Kanaka
Writer, filmmaker, artist. Creator of Loab.
Words in Vice, [o]gled
📍Sweden & around the world 🏳️🌈
supercompo.site
Artist, recomposing social platforms, AI futures, and interface cultures. Known for works like Demetricator, Computers Watching Movies, and minus.social. Faculty Associate @ Berkman Klein Harvard, Prof @ UIUC. bengrosser.com
Artist, enviro engineer & prof of Design & Media at New York University - https://tegabrain.com/ On now: https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/tega-sam-exhibition