Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I tweet insights about gaming + more.
Supporting people and projects to connect the UK & Japan since 1988. Grants • Scholarships • Events.
Website🔗: dajf.org.uk
Facebook🔵: https://www.facebook.com/DaiwaFoundation/
A Kyoto-based boutique indie game studio. Currently developing TANUKI: Pon's Summer (Wishlist on Steam now!)
🎮 Indie Game Dev Director / Owner @ Cloudy Games LLC, nextReality Games, クラウディリアリティゲームズ合同会社
✨ Dev at GeekOut Studio | Former Gameplay Dev @ Mojang
🐉 Making Dragon Drop (slowly but surely) + indie-quality Roblox games
🇺🇸➡🇯🇵 | 日本語OK 💖💜💙
Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
Editor at @tokyoreview.net. Freelance journalist & translator. Independent researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. Volunteer lexicographer. Aspiring tanka poet.
研究者。記者。翻訳者。編者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。元短期間早稲ギャル。
JPN translator, Global Studies MA, former JET. 10年間以上日本に滞在。Minnesotaיהודי מ. 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇩🇪🇦🇹 Ghibli stan. EiC/writer at Unseen Japan, head of UJ Tours.
Writing/making videos on intercultural meeting points and lesser-known historical junctures in Japan.
Author and games journalist seen on Polygon, Game Informer, APWOT and many more 🫠 Currently pitching a middle grades horror anthology 🪦
Board game designer behind Bark Magic, Mythic Menu, and Head Hauntcho for RadishGames.com
Interested in Linguistic Landscape, Ethnography, Foriegn Language Teacher Identity, Academic Publishing, Walking as a Methodology, and lots more!
🇯🇵→🇺🇸 Translator & Editor; Writer
和米翻訳家・編集者・修正者
Currently, Tokyo. Kagawa is always in my ❤️
I enjoy reading, cooking, & long walks.
I teach Modern Japanese Literature and Media at Waseda University.
Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
日本語ＯＫ
著述業（フリーランス）。デザインのひきだし編集（2011-）。マイナビニュースで「写植機誕生物語〈石井茂吉と森澤信夫〉」連載中。著書に『もじモジ探偵団 まちで見かける文字デザインの秘密』『「書体」が生まれる ベントンと三省堂がひらいた文字デザイン』『時代をひらく書体をつくる。書体設計士・橋本和夫に聞く…』『34人の名工の肖像』など／連絡先 yukiakari.contact@gmail.com
自己紹介 https://note.com/yuki_akari/n/n8aeeb8f1d038
ロンドン在住の書体デザイナーです。とりあえずアカウント作ってみた。
OC ReMix promotes video game music as an art form.
5,000+ FREE VGM fan mixes since 1999!
🎵 https://ocremix.org
🎮 https://discord.gg/ocremix (All VGM fans welcome!)
🚫 NO GenAI music
CEO: @darkesword.com / CM: @larryoji.bsky.social
OFFICIAL account of DidYouKnowGaming. Seen on MTV, Game Informer, Nerdist, IGN & more. Created by @shane.didyouknowgaming.com
Creator behind @Spriters-Resource.com, @DidYouKnowGaming.com and @VGFacts.com
email: dazz@didyouknowgaming.com
Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history!
Patreon: http://tinyurl.com/pdp5pdrj
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos
Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Editor of Gaming Alexandria
Creator Advocate at @trylightweave.com
#gamedev & #fonts with @burpyfresh.bsky.social
Co-coordinator of @seoulindies.bsky.social
Seoul. 한국어 日本語
Japan’s leading indie game dev festival, getting ready to rumble in May 22-24, 2026! Save the date for the world's best indie gaming event!
日本を代表するインディーゲーム開発者向けフェスティバルが、2026年5月22日～24日に開催決定！世界最高のインディーゲームイベントの日程を今すぐ確保しよう！
just a little guy piloting a 2-meter meatsuit
language stuff, indie stuff, space-design, tourist traps | friendly face for @Fangamer | he/they | 🕸️Anishinaabe 🕸️ | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | BLM | 🍉
Video game insights and photos from Japan!
Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: “Spy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.” This book is the sequel to “Cracking the Crab”.
TF, two letters that stand for Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography).
https://www.205.tf/
Scottish 🏴| Ivor Novello & World Soundtrack Award winning, BAFTA, IFMCA & ASCAP nominated composer | wrote the DK Rap and the Goldeneye Pause Music .. among others 🤣
Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Sucker Punch Productions, developers of Ghost of Yōtei, Ghost of Tsushima, inFAMOUS, Sly Cooper, and Rocket. Part of the PlayStation Studios family.
Tu aimes l'histoire de Nintendo, le Japon, les voyages et le rétro en tout genre ? Alors bienvenue, tu es au bon endroit ! Donc n'hésite pas à t'abonner 😜
Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Additional obscure Mario content for http://suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suppermariobroth
Video maker, Nintendo collector, occasional artist. It's 'A-K', not 'ack'.
💬 Enquiries: akfamilyhome.enq (at) gmail
https://youtube.com/Akfamilyhome
https://patreon.com/Akfamilyhome
Co-creator of @kitandkrysta.bsky.social and Nintendo Minute | Co-founder Never A Minute Marketing | Former head of social/influencer/content at Nintendo of America | hello@neveraminute.com
Co-creator of @kitandkrysta and Nintendo Minute. Co-founder of Never A Minute Marketing. Formerly head of creator relations at Nintendo of America. Reach out at hello@neveraminute.com
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It's @breath0air.bsky.social and @kitellis.bsky.social | Previously at Nintendo of America | Sharing insider stories/analysis & our love of games through podcasts & videos | hello@neveraminute.com
Retro and obscure video game enthusiast and archivist.
Post-doc at the University of Waterloo. Game history and labour scholar.
🎮Dissertation on SNES/SFC preservation, emulation, repros, and hacking.
🦣TTRPGs at Mammoth Island Games.
🕹️Game industry research on unions, worker co-ops, incubators, and more.
(WILL-ert) | Investigating forgotten gaming history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | Asexual, autistic, artistic, 🏳️⚧️(she/her) | Linktree: https://katewillaert.com/link-tree
“Make way for Superman!” said Superman as he punched everyone at the Coffee Bean. He/him. Los Angeles. Dog. Mustache.
Gayest Episode Ever: https://gayestepisodeever.com
Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games: https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
Japanese translator, retro hacker, and all-around public educator. Three for the price of one, baby.
Super Mario Galaxy News, Media, Facts, Secrets & Unused Content!
Not affiliated with Nintendo.
News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan.
JT staff on Bluesky: https://jtim.es/bskysp
Our newsletters: https://jtime.es/newsletters
Elsewhere: jtim.es/m/social
Long-time game developer and CEO/Creative-Director/Art Director @17_BIT. Living in a Ghibli film in deep Kyoto. I love photographing remaining nooks and crannies of old Japan. Creator and director of AWAYSIS. Spends a lot of time underwater.
Game designer in Kyoto 🗾 Co-Founder of Denkiworks. Directing & Designing TANUKI: Pon's Summer. Creator of Cursed to Golf. 🦝⚡
The Home of Pokemon Lore on Youtube
Join the secret list 👁️ list https://lorekeepertoby.com
official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Video Game Culture, Preserved. Award Winning Creative Studio & No.1 Bestselling Book Publisher Est. 2020.
lostincult.co.uk
Independent researcher of Tangut, Khitan, and Jurchen. Developer of BabelPad and BabelMap. Maintainer of BabelStone Han font. Responsible for adding over 10,000 characters to the Unicode Standard.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-7389
An assistant professor in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Palacký University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Designated departmental baker (he/him) Signal: kurtishanlon.33
❤️ in lesbians with @psipuppy.fish
🏳️⚧️ she/her (trans af)
💤 i run @snoozykazoo.com
🌱 turnip boy's mom
👉 https://yukonmakes.games/
From the Bronx, now based in Kansai. Sharing Info, sights & news from Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo, & nearby areas. Also on Youtube, Instagram and Threads.
Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. “Final Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.” ｊａｐａｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ. Retweets ≠ endorsements, opinions are mine.
Licensed Shinto Priestess of the Konko Faith🌿教派神道金光教の神職です。I share about my life as a priestess and Shinto traditions. 📬Contact me at: livingwithkami@gmail.com | https://livingwithkami.carrd.co
Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All / Picked Charmander
著訳『掠れた曙光』『反ヘイト・反新自由主義の批評～』『～黄昏の原郷』『「世界内戦』～』『アゲインスト・ジェノサイド』、ウォーハンマーRPG、T&T、エクリプス・フェイズ、D&D、モンセギュール1244、向井豊昭・山野浩一関連、編「ナイトランド・クォータリー」『現代北海道文学論』『アイヌ民族否定論に抗する』『北の想像力』
2 x Eisner and Bram Stoker-winning Writer/Translator/Lecturer. Faculty at NYU. Noted Monster Scholar. Shigeru Mizuki stan. Sabre fencer. Seattle boy. Extra fancy.
ULTIMATE X-MEN, CONAN, MtG, ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI
www.zackdavisson.com
WayForward Game Director — Advance Wars (Nintendo), Shantae, Vitamin Connection | also Dodge Club, Dot Arcade, and more
the Willy Wonka of games
@JamesPopStar other places | follow if you like
We Philosophically analyze Videogames and Videogame Music. Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@philosospielvideogamephilo3736 #videogames #voiceacting #philosophy #comedy
real vinny social media bluesky twitch streamer youtube videos music red vox speen pizza corruption melpert guy
http://linktr.ee/vinnyvinesauce
Professor, author, former rocker.
My books: "The Invention of Religion in Japan," "The Myth of Disenchantment," and "Metamodernism" http://bit.ly/3dzW6ux
In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/.
Hosted by @percivalconstantine.com, Japan On Film is a podcast devoted to Japanese cinema! Member of @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social. Promo DMs = block/report. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes and guest info at: japanonfilm.com
🎌 Audio journeys through Japanese culture ⛩ Pop-Culture | Travel | History | Food | Language | Guest Interviews🎙Sponsored by Japan Society of New Orleans 👇SUBSCRIBE + MORE👇
https://linktr.ee/kojpodcast
Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan); Associate Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Montana State University (USA)
Cultural Anthropology, Japan Studies, Feminism
Senior Lecturer in Global Cultures at Macquarie University; East-SE Asia (Kpop, BL, idols), esp. queer media; opinions my own
Japanese Studies @ University of Vienna (https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/en/)
u:japan lectures series since 2020 (https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures)
Science Communication & Press Service
(https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/en/contact/#press)
Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies
Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
A 2D-video essayist crafting videos on the interwebs. 🏮
Video Essayist | Edutainment | Culture, et al.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DerekTriForce
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/derektriforceyt
GFX: @joppobarno.bsky.social
Game developer in Kyoto. Always on the look out for new and interesting fun!
Get ready to unravel the mysteries of the dream world in Dreams of Another!
Chat with us: discord.gg/qgamesforever
Blog and book about Nintendo toys and games from 1889 to the early 1980s; from before Mario.
(+ occasional transgression into things more recent)
beforemario.com
Freelance illustrator of chill and colorful scenes 🌿 commissions closed 🌿 prints on etsy under effiesketch 🌈 she/they
Un "nostalfag" más en internet.
https://www.youtube.com/@CharlyConNostalgia
旭川生まれのアイヌ。マレウレウとアペトゥンペのマユンキキ。最近はソロ多め、音楽以外も色々。ライブがしたいです。オファーお待ちしております。リプやDMはあまり返信はしませんが目は通しています。発言内容は個人の見解や思想に基づくものなので、アイヌ全体や所属する組織とは一切関係ありませんし、何も代表するつもりもないです。
Living the dream in Japan’s northern wilderness. Backcountry skiing, hiking and motorcycles. I live in a cat hotel!
I make YouTube videos about Mario and Link and stuff
22 years old, she/her
Glider in the night, dancer in the dark, lover of lost rivers and paths in the woods and libraries and half-open doors. Moonlights as a writer.
All images and poems mine unless credited elsewise. AI is only acceptable if it's consensual.
Kirby Series／General Director
Game Designer
カービィ／ディレクター／ゲームデザイナー 🎮🎮🎮
Private. 北陸石川 東北 関東…所縁の住居。
製品に関するご質問にはお答えできません🙇♂️
Links ↓／皆さまに、感謝…🙏🙏🙏
> instagram.com/director_kumazaki_shinya
> https://www.tiktok.com/@director_kumazaki_shinya
2021年に任天堂を退職。大阪国際工科専門職大学教授。フリーランスとしても活動中。スターフォックス、F-ZERO 、ゼルダの伝説シリーズのアートディレクションなどを担当。2022年フランスにて漫画「OMEGA 6」発表。2024年、Switch版「OMEGA 6・ザ・トライアングルスターズ」を発売。
Assoc. Prof. of Religion @Princeton. Historian of Japanese religions (esp. 7th-9th c.) & Buddhism. Author of Ritualized Writing (UH Press, 2017). Unapologetic Boston sports fan.
Correspondent NOS & NRC, senior (Japan) researcher Leiden Asia Centre. In Tokyo.
author, illustrator, folklorist
creator of yokai.com
support me on Patreon: patreon.com/theyokaiguy
books and artwork available at yokai.com/shop
Santaku Dynamics tachi-class combat doll & Your Favorite Historydyke (PhD UPitt '17). Public historian. She/彼女. Anatolian altersex bimbo by Daoist praxis. PGH via BEY/PHL/SDJ. Byline @ Unseen Japan. 八幡信者. Opinions mine. Website: http://riverside-wings.com
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
Ultra veteran game dev, I have made a /lot/ of games, some of them are hits! Some of them aren’t! But I love every one of them.
Shimanchu (Okinawan) and Japanese. Currently a cultural heritage photographer.
R-GIRO Assistant Professor @ Ritsumeikan. Prehistoric archaeology, demography, mobility, & 3D applications in archaeology. Archaeology stories with a focus on Japan. He/him
ArchaeoJapan on that other app...
24M. 日本語OK!
Artist, writer, musician, game dataminer.
Graphic design @stifflermfg.bsky.social.
Ex-concept artist @Team Ari Games.
Texture archeology/writer @Render96/VGTP.
Writer/editor @tcrf.net.
#art ・ #info ・ #datamining
DO NOT REUPLOAD/AI/NFT MY ART
PhD of late antique Mediterranean religion | YouTuber @ Religion For Breakfast
Japanese media studies, digital studies, and STS. Author, ‘The Time of Laughter: Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan’ (UMich, 2023) http://press.umich.edu/12233973. Motivational speaker on dystopias and the end of days. Opinions my own
Instructor of Japanese at higher education. Pedagogy, Japanese language, literature, traditional performing arts, pop culture, Japanese American History.
Talking about Japan and its politics!
スペイン人/Spanish「Javier/ハビエルと申します」Here to learn
Independent scholar, PhD in communication and culture, occasional writer, always looking for a new project. I wrote a book on Mamoru Oshii’s films.
🕹️ Marketing and Production (VR and non-VR titles)
👾 Opinions are my own
🟡 Sometimes I wear yellow pants. (日本語OK)
Co-Director of The Plucky Squire and co-founder of All Possible Futures @apossf | Prev: Pokémon designer, Art Director for Pokémon | Carbon-based
critic and cultural historian of genre fantasies / senior acquiring editor @leverpress.bsky.social / associate editor of sf @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social / read more: seanguynes.com
▪️Folklore▪️Myth▪️Magic▪️Art▪️
Sharing Japanese and supernatural folklore, mythology, yokai, culture and art. Also love books, cats, crows and trees.
http://linktr.ee/curiousordinary
Associate Professor in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, University of British Columbia. She/her.
Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
