George E. Osborn
@georgeosborn.bsky.social
“No, not that one”- Politico | Creator of Video Games Industry Memo | MD, Half-Space Consulting | Author of Power Play (June 2026) | Pun Appreciator
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If someone asks me if I have any professional advice about becoming a writer, I say no.
But if someone asks me for some unprofessional advice, I've got loads.
But if someone asks me for some unprofessional advice, I've got loads.
Great to head out to celebrate the launch of @mackeza.bsky.social’s Super Nintendo over @loading.bar tonight
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Great to head out to celebrate the launch of @mackeza.bsky.social’s Super Nintendo over @loading.bar tonight
So much discourse about online safety, so little chat about the massive PC game store with social network that casually allows the injection of hate speech, propaganda, and disinformation into the digital bloodstream 👍
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative ‘anti-woke’ reviews
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
So much discourse about online safety, so little chat about the massive PC game store with social network that casually allows the injection of hate speech, propaganda, and disinformation into the digital bloodstream 👍
"you look like someone who has been kicked in the head a lot, how does the idea of hurling down a hill on a tea tray sound"
really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"you look like someone who has been kicked in the head a lot, how does the idea of hurling down a hill on a tea tray sound"
If I have a family friendly video game with a character creator, I always spend at least an hour or two creating a cast of history's greatest villains to populate the game world.
Watching Tony Blair and Idi Amin line up in Wii Sports remains a defining video game experience.
Watching Tony Blair and Idi Amin line up in Wii Sports remains a defining video game experience.
i have made my wife in every game with a character creator from oblivion to baldur's gate and beyond. fighting, rpg, adventure, trombone champ, you name it. the best was battletech where every time she died it made a clone and i ended up with a memorial wall featuring 29 dead wife clones
When ur game has an amazing character creator I'm 70% more likely to try it out
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
If I have a family friendly video game with a character creator, I always spend at least an hour or two creating a cast of history's greatest villains to populate the game world.
Watching Tony Blair and Idi Amin line up in Wii Sports remains a defining video game experience.
Watching Tony Blair and Idi Amin line up in Wii Sports remains a defining video game experience.
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I’ve picked up on an interesting vibe lately that pro-OSA and child safety groups are sussing that spending five years trying to rewrite the global internet (≠ platforms), whilst labelling anyone who criticised them pro-child abuse shills for Big Tech, achieved nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer pledges crackdown on 'addictive elements' of social media
The government's new plans will mean no online platform will get a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I’ve picked up on an interesting vibe lately that pro-OSA and child safety groups are sussing that spending five years trying to rewrite the global internet (≠ platforms), whilst labelling anyone who criticised them pro-child abuse shills for Big Tech, achieved nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mobile Legends is one of the big games featured in the Esports World Cup.
It also happens to be one of the favourite games of the Saudi prince, who I interviewed for Power Play.
Do with these facts what you will.
It also happens to be one of the favourite games of the Saudi prince, who I interviewed for Power Play.
Do with these facts what you will.
TikTok owner ByteDance is allegedly in "advanced talks" to sell Mobile Legends developer Moonton Technology to Savvy Games Group for between $6 billion and $7 billion
www.gamesindustry.biz/bytedance-re...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bytedance-re...
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Mobile Legends is one of the big games featured in the Esports World Cup.
It also happens to be one of the favourite games of the Saudi prince, who I interviewed for Power Play.
Do with these facts what you will.
It also happens to be one of the favourite games of the Saudi prince, who I interviewed for Power Play.
Do with these facts what you will.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I bet they wish they hadn't taken these promotional photos last week hur hur hur hur
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I bet they wish they hadn't taken these promotional photos last week hur hur hur hur
This month's Playing Politics newsletter (paywalled) explores three stories:
- Roblox's rumble down under
- Discord's age verification roll-out
- The Epstein files and their overlap with the video game world.
Read on here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/robloxs-ru...
- Roblox's rumble down under
- Discord's age verification roll-out
- The Epstein files and their overlap with the video game world.
Read on here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/robloxs-ru...
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
This month's Playing Politics newsletter (paywalled) explores three stories:
- Roblox's rumble down under
- Discord's age verification roll-out
- The Epstein files and their overlap with the video game world.
Read on here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/robloxs-ru...
- Roblox's rumble down under
- Discord's age verification roll-out
- The Epstein files and their overlap with the video game world.
Read on here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/robloxs-ru...
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IMPORTANT
The court has not yet formally ordered the quashing of the provision, and so it still remains in force pending an Order - see highlighted text.
So provision remains in force.
Suspect government may seek urgent appeal before Order made.
The court has not yet formally ordered the quashing of the provision, and so it still remains in force pending an Order - see highlighted text.
So provision remains in force.
Suspect government may seek urgent appeal before Order made.
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
IMPORTANT
The court has not yet formally ordered the quashing of the provision, and so it still remains in force pending an Order - see highlighted text.
So provision remains in force.
Suspect government may seek urgent appeal before Order made.
The court has not yet formally ordered the quashing of the provision, and so it still remains in force pending an Order - see highlighted text.
So provision remains in force.
Suspect government may seek urgent appeal before Order made.
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Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
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UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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This week's @vgim.bsky.social, sponsored by k-ID, was a simple one.
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
Why Nintendo is Super, 12/02/2026
Keza MacDonald discusses her new book and the magic of Nintendo 📖
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
This week's @vgim.bsky.social, sponsored by k-ID, was a simple one.
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
And now time for a brief break from jury duty to chase down unpaid invoices 🙄
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
And now time for a brief break from jury duty to chase down unpaid invoices 🙄
Devastating news for Father Christmas's business model
The best play is just to never, at any cost, be on any list
February 12, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Devastating news for Father Christmas's business model
This week's @vgim.bsky.social, sponsored by k-ID, was a simple one.
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
Why Nintendo is Super, 12/02/2026
Keza MacDonald discusses her new book and the magic of Nintendo 📖
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
This week's @vgim.bsky.social, sponsored by k-ID, was a simple one.
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
I interviewed @mackeza.bsky.social to discuss Super Nintendo, her outstanding book about the Big N. And it was, unsurprisingly, a great chat.
Read the piece here: videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/why-ninten...
It is known that I am the most professional interviewer in the world
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It is known that I am the most professional interviewer in the world
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
It's grim up North London
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM
It's grim up North London
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Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers
Ho-oh my
www.nintendolife.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
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i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
Absolutely adored @alansiegella.bsky.social’s Stupid TV, Be More Funny.
A forensically funny account of how The Simpsons transformed television, which successfully puts the people who made it right at the heart of the story.
A forensically funny account of how The Simpsons transformed television, which successfully puts the people who made it right at the heart of the story.
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Absolutely adored @alansiegella.bsky.social’s Stupid TV, Be More Funny.
A forensically funny account of how The Simpsons transformed television, which successfully puts the people who made it right at the heart of the story.
A forensically funny account of how The Simpsons transformed television, which successfully puts the people who made it right at the heart of the story.
I’m visiting the Wes Anderson exhibition at London’s Design Museum and reflecting on the obsessiveness of the design of his ephemera.
It’s meticulous work that stands in absolute contrast to the idea that generative AI should be used to make background items. Totally the wrong approach!
It’s meticulous work that stands in absolute contrast to the idea that generative AI should be used to make background items. Totally the wrong approach!
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I’m visiting the Wes Anderson exhibition at London’s Design Museum and reflecting on the obsessiveness of the design of his ephemera.
It’s meticulous work that stands in absolute contrast to the idea that generative AI should be used to make background items. Totally the wrong approach!
It’s meticulous work that stands in absolute contrast to the idea that generative AI should be used to make background items. Totally the wrong approach!
Spent a load of the past month building up to a launch announcement, so naturally the cold that's been waiting in the wings has hit me now 👍
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Spent a load of the past month building up to a launch announcement, so naturally the cold that's been waiting in the wings has hit me now 👍