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 (Spring 2026) | Pun appreciator
Order my book 👉 https://linktr.ee/Power_play_book
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.
But if someone asks me for some unprofessional advice, I've got loads.
worried mid-ranking military officer: sir, we don’t have a steve buscemi gif big enough to respond to this.
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
worried mid-ranking military officer: sir, we don’t have a steve buscemi gif big enough to respond to this.
Last week, Team VGIM went to the Green Games Summit. And what we found out was that video games genuinely can change real world behaviour in some very specific circumstances
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/four-lesso...
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/four-lesso...
Four lessons from the Green Games Summit, 13/11/2026
Also: UK and North American Power Play front covers drop 📚
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Last week, Team VGIM went to the Green Games Summit. And what we found out was that video games genuinely can change real world behaviour in some very specific circumstances
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/four-lesso...
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/four-lesso...
MbS has got the chequebook out again, lads*
*mark as baseless speculation for the lols
*mark as baseless speculation for the lols
Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
MbS has got the chequebook out again, lads*
*mark as baseless speculation for the lols
*mark as baseless speculation for the lols
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Very nice to see a 'lil plug for finding the perfect person for your next game's soundtrack via the revamped UK Games Composers site in this week's @vgim.bsky.social. Thanks @georgeosborn.bsky.social!
gamescomposers.co.uk
gamescomposers.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Very nice to see a 'lil plug for finding the perfect person for your next game's soundtrack via the revamped UK Games Composers site in this week's @vgim.bsky.social. Thanks @georgeosborn.bsky.social!
gamescomposers.co.uk
gamescomposers.co.uk
News: the final front cover for the U.K. edition of Power Play, my debut non-fiction book, has landed.
Thank you to the team @wildfirebooks.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for the great work.
Pre-order your copy ahead of its June 2026 release here: linktr.ee/Power_play_b...
Thank you to the team @wildfirebooks.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for the great work.
Pre-order your copy ahead of its June 2026 release here: linktr.ee/Power_play_b...
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
News: the final front cover for the U.K. edition of Power Play, my debut non-fiction book, has landed.
Thank you to the team @wildfirebooks.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for the great work.
Pre-order your copy ahead of its June 2026 release here: linktr.ee/Power_play_b...
Thank you to the team @wildfirebooks.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for the great work.
Pre-order your copy ahead of its June 2026 release here: linktr.ee/Power_play_b...
hey, we’ve seen this one before!
The co-leader of the far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party, has suggested that Poland is as much of a threat to his country as Russia is.
Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia
Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.
notesfrompoland.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
hey, we’ve seen this one before!
When people ask me how I'm doing while I'm writing newsletters, doing consulting work, preparing for more book edits, and trying to get work for 2026 confirmed, all at the end of the longest year ever that SOMEHOW has seven weeks to run
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When people ask me how I'm doing while I'm writing newsletters, doing consulting work, preparing for more book edits, and trying to get work for 2026 confirmed, all at the end of the longest year ever that SOMEHOW has seven weeks to run
I address this in Power Play in more detail, but policy proposals like this are the equivalent of suggesting you can end football hooliganism by changing the offside rule
This comes after an explosion at a high school in Jakarta that injured 96 people.
It is said that the perpetrator was a student who allegedly got the idea from online sources, including video games.
Banning games obviously doesn't address any actual issues.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It is said that the perpetrator was a student who allegedly got the idea from online sources, including video games.
Banning games obviously doesn't address any actual issues.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Indonesia Mulls Video Game Curbs After Jakarta School Blast
Indonesia is weighing restrictions on video games like PUBG following a school blast in Jakarta that injured nearly a hundred.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I address this in Power Play in more detail, but policy proposals like this are the equivalent of suggesting you can end football hooliganism by changing the offside rule
It’s giving big Bounce energy
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It’s giving big Bounce energy
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
*inserts a picture of Garth Marenghi saying "I've written more video games than I've played"*
Gosh, if only someone had already covered how to use choices to build subtext is a characterful linear scene already, in a talk that takes less time to read than a medium post from a guy who seems to have only played one game and that’s cos he wrote it
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
*inserts a picture of Garth Marenghi saying "I've written more video games than I've played"*
I'm not saying that I'm prejudging the outcome of an ADHD assessment.
But I was handed a massive list of providers via the NHS's Right to Choose system and my immediate thought was 'lol, no way I'm reading all that'.
But I was handed a massive list of providers via the NHS's Right to Choose system and my immediate thought was 'lol, no way I'm reading all that'.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm not saying that I'm prejudging the outcome of an ADHD assessment.
But I was handed a massive list of providers via the NHS's Right to Choose system and my immediate thought was 'lol, no way I'm reading all that'.
But I was handed a massive list of providers via the NHS's Right to Choose system and my immediate thought was 'lol, no way I'm reading all that'.
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The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Amen to this. It's also a reminder on a much wider level that the more you try to appease political radicals, the more and more and more they take from you.
Time to stick by a line drawn in the sand, not continually kick at the dirt every time a handful of noisy voices tell us to move it
Time to stick by a line drawn in the sand, not continually kick at the dirt every time a handful of noisy voices tell us to move it
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Amen to this. It's also a reminder on a much wider level that the more you try to appease political radicals, the more and more and more they take from you.
Time to stick by a line drawn in the sand, not continually kick at the dirt every time a handful of noisy voices tell us to move it
Time to stick by a line drawn in the sand, not continually kick at the dirt every time a handful of noisy voices tell us to move it
hey, it's my therapist!...wait, hang on
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
hey, it's my therapist!...wait, hang on
I've finally caught up with the BBC News news. What a mess.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I've finally caught up with the BBC News news. What a mess.
I’m reading an advance copy of this at the moment and it is a corker. Get it ordered 🙏
Within our lifetimes, rising temperatures, sea levels and scarcity will inevitably drive both conflict and mass migration globally.
What will living on a warmer planet actually look like?
Elemental by Arthur Snell is out March 2026🔥🌬️🌊🌍
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Pre-order now
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What will living on a warmer planet actually look like?
Elemental by Arthur Snell is out March 2026🔥🌬️🌊🌍
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Pre-order now
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November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’m reading an advance copy of this at the moment and it is a corker. Get it ordered 🙏
Dear The Premier League,
Idrissa Gueye’s white leggings makes it look like he’s wearing trousers while playing football.
Please ban him from wearing them again.
I am not a crackpot.
Idrissa Gueye’s white leggings makes it look like he’s wearing trousers while playing football.
Please ban him from wearing them again.
I am not a crackpot.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dear The Premier League,
Idrissa Gueye’s white leggings makes it look like he’s wearing trousers while playing football.
Please ban him from wearing them again.
I am not a crackpot.
Idrissa Gueye’s white leggings makes it look like he’s wearing trousers while playing football.
Please ban him from wearing them again.
I am not a crackpot.
Men only want one thing and it’s disgusting (a Glaswegian man praising their work ethic on a football pitch)
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Men only want one thing and it’s disgusting (a Glaswegian man praising their work ethic on a football pitch)
…are we back?
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
…are we back?
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My credit card has been blocked. Fortunately, NatWest has sprung into action to resolve the problem not very urgently
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My credit card has been blocked. Fortunately, NatWest has sprung into action to resolve the problem not very urgently
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Great to chat with @georgeosborn.bsky.social, creator and editor of the Video Games Industry Memo, about the GTA 6 delay and more - check out the extended video interview with him below
#GTA6 #GTA #RockstarGames #Gaming
#GTA6 #GTA #RockstarGames #Gaming
GTA 6 delay 'disappointing' but very 'few surprised this time' says gaming expert
YouTube video by indy100
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great to chat with @georgeosborn.bsky.social, creator and editor of the Video Games Industry Memo, about the GTA 6 delay and more - check out the extended video interview with him below
#GTA6 #GTA #RockstarGames #Gaming
#GTA6 #GTA #RockstarGames #Gaming
This reminds me of the WHO’s meta-analysis about the prevalence of gaming disorder globally, where it forecast either a few million suffers or over one billion people afflicted
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This reminds me of the WHO’s meta-analysis about the prevalence of gaming disorder globally, where it forecast either a few million suffers or over one billion people afflicted
Sacking off work early today to go and look at some maps AMA
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sacking off work early today to go and look at some maps AMA