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George E. Osborn
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“No, not that one”- Politico | Creator of Video Games Industry Memo | MD, Half-Space Consulting | Author of Power Play (June 2026) | Pun Appreciator

Order my book 👉 https://linktr.ee/Power_play_book
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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.
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i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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.
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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!
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 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 👍
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Y'know, someone could make this kind of thing into a great game about being a stuntman working on an action movie
Usually, video game trailers that show gameplay show successful gameplay, because presumably that's what sells

But, I guess to tamp down on depictions of gory violence, the Resident Evil Requiem footage in today's Nintendo Direct showed some missed attacks.

Frankly, it made it feel more authentic
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
We've had a fabulous response to the news that Games for Change is coming to London in April. But I'd love for you to add to the agenda.

If you've got an idea for a talk, panel, or roundtable about using video games for societal good, get it submitted here by 26th Feb

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Games for Change Summit, London - Call for Submissions
The Games for Change Summit is a one day event taking place in London. The event will bring together 150 leaders across games, business, and civil society to discuss how games can deliver positive imp...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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I have zero bandwidth to develop the idea, but the last decade has given rise to a gulliblity style, where a source’s statement is treated as the story regardless of whether it’s true or plausible. It creates stories that are technically true but functionally misinformation. You see it everywhere.
February 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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New York-based non profit organisation Games for Change is coming to the UK in a new partnership with London Games Festival

www.gamesindustry.biz/games-for-ch...
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I'm delighted to say that I'm curating the first ever Games for Change Summit at London Games Festival.

More details in this week's Video Games Industry Memo, sponsored by k-ID.

videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/games-for-...
Games for Change is coming to London, 05/02/2026
And VGIM is curating its first UK summit 😎
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A truly blessed Balatro run 🙏
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Despelote achieved so much as a video game, but its biggest achievement is making the world aware of the importance of Agustin Delgado
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I had a look for some video game references in the Epstein files and found:

- Taking the Xbox round to one of the Rothchilds
- Sharing Pokemon Go with a member of Qatar's ruling family
- Mulling over Nintendo's value in an 'egaming' strategy
- One of his associates popping over to E3 (!)
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Don't you just hate it when you have to earn your living as a professional writer by doing some writing? Outrageous, I tell ya...
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
We regret to inform you that the secretive unregulated currency used to finance paramilitary groups, assassins and the mob was also used by an international nonce network
February 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM
It's a banger, get it bought 💪
Finally! My book Super Nintendo is out TODAY in the US + Canada. Here's where to buy it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753986...

"MacDonald is one of the best games journalists... Here is a book bursting with love. Bop your head against it and see if a shower of gold coins comes out." -The Times
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
We're in the age of Anichebe
February 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Bloody hell, I've only gone and written an actual effing book.

Uncorrected proofs go out tomorrow for the purposes of securing swanky endorsements.

If you'd like to get your copy when it launches later this year, you can buy Power Play here: linktr.ee/Power_play_b...
February 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Presumably, he's a sibling of
February 2, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Moltbook is a LARP that got out of hand
February 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world
February 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Thank you to everyone who subscribes to my silly little newsletter about video games.

Genuinely humbled to have so many of you on board 🙏
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
So much of the Government's approach to tax and debt at the moment is like working with the most delinquent business imaginable.

HMRC owes you money? Impossible to get it.
You owe them cash, whether actually or hypothetically? Aggressively chased.
Also - unless I've misunderstood something, the payment due on 31 July is to cover the second half of predicted tax in the 2025-6 financial year, which *literally hasn't finished yet*. I not only don't owe that money yet, I *haven't finished earning it*.
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I preferred the Englishman, Irishman, and Scotsman jokes, to be honest with you
January 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I’ve spent months investigating the results of the 2025/2026 season and I’m convinced Luton Town are the Premier League Champions, Champions League Winners, and have lifted the World Cup too.

Bias: it’s fantastic 🫡
President Trump's national intelligence director has been "studying information about voting machines, analyzed data from swing states and pursued theories that President Trump has promoted to claim the 2020 election was unfairly taken from him."

www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 PM