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
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...
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
It’s giving big Bounce energy
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It’s giving big Bounce energy
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.
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
I've had a busy, but brilliant week. Hosted the Green Games Summit, pitched my book to the publishing trade at a "Big Ideas" showcase, talked politics in games with The Game Business, and made it along to the AI and Games Conference.
I am feeling so grateful to be doing what I'm doing 🙏
I am feeling so grateful to be doing what I'm doing 🙏
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I've had a busy, but brilliant week. Hosted the Green Games Summit, pitched my book to the publishing trade at a "Big Ideas" showcase, talked politics in games with The Game Business, and made it along to the AI and Games Conference.
I am feeling so grateful to be doing what I'm doing 🙏
I am feeling so grateful to be doing what I'm doing 🙏
Inspiring day hosting the Green Games Summit, which is all about deploying games for the good of the climate.
So good to hear from PlayStation, Supercell, University of Oxford and even an actual real life explorer about the potential for games to meaningfully change minds (and behaviours)
So good to hear from PlayStation, Supercell, University of Oxford and even an actual real life explorer about the potential for games to meaningfully change minds (and behaviours)
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Inspiring day hosting the Green Games Summit, which is all about deploying games for the good of the climate.
So good to hear from PlayStation, Supercell, University of Oxford and even an actual real life explorer about the potential for games to meaningfully change minds (and behaviours)
So good to hear from PlayStation, Supercell, University of Oxford and even an actual real life explorer about the potential for games to meaningfully change minds (and behaviours)
First promotional event for the book DONE ✅
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
First promotional event for the book DONE ✅
Speaking at a big event later this evening
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Speaking at a big event later this evening
I’m trying to be more open about the ups and downs of life lately.
So, I’m sharing a little thing a friend popped to me in the post a couple of weeks ago just in case it’s handy for you to read too.
So, I’m sharing a little thing a friend popped to me in the post a couple of weeks ago just in case it’s handy for you to read too.
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I’m trying to be more open about the ups and downs of life lately.
So, I’m sharing a little thing a friend popped to me in the post a couple of weeks ago just in case it’s handy for you to read too.
So, I’m sharing a little thing a friend popped to me in the post a couple of weeks ago just in case it’s handy for you to read too.
Another successful mission 🫡
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Another successful mission 🫡
Happy Halloween everyone. I celebrated last night by dressing up as Timothee Chalamet dressed as Bob Dylan.
One person shouted “hey DYLAN” at me in the street. It made my night.
One person shouted “hey DYLAN” at me in the street. It made my night.
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Happy Halloween everyone. I celebrated last night by dressing up as Timothee Chalamet dressed as Bob Dylan.
One person shouted “hey DYLAN” at me in the street. It made my night.
One person shouted “hey DYLAN” at me in the street. It made my night.
In this week’s VGIM, sponsored by Testronic, I look at the appropriation of games aesthetics by the White House and how it marks an escalation in the populist right’s co-option of video games culture for its own political ends.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/say-halo-t...
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/say-halo-t...
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In this week’s VGIM, sponsored by Testronic, I look at the appropriation of games aesthetics by the White House and how it marks an escalation in the populist right’s co-option of video games culture for its own political ends.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/say-halo-t...
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/say-halo-t...
Scheme to sell tickets? Or dire warning?
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Scheme to sell tickets? Or dire warning?
You can’t tell me what to do, automated email from a personality test company
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
You can’t tell me what to do, automated email from a personality test company
Prepping a talk for next week to introduce me to an audience of people who don't know me.
I think the first slide gets the main point across.
I think the first slide gets the main point across.
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Prepping a talk for next week to introduce me to an audience of people who don't know me.
I think the first slide gets the main point across.
I think the first slide gets the main point across.
US front cover just dropped for the book and HOLY SHIT
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
US front cover just dropped for the book and HOLY SHIT
I took my sweet time about it but I finally have unfettered bar access
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I took my sweet time about it but I finally have unfettered bar access
Deadlines this week. Lots of them.
October 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Deadlines this week. Lots of them.
number goes brrrrrr
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
number goes brrrrrr
For example, Aussie dark pattern researchers claimed free to play games were a more dangerous dark pattern than skin betting.
For context, skin betting has long been associated with actual crime like money laundering compared to say, I dunno, someone going ape on Candy Crush Saga.
For context, skin betting has long been associated with actual crime like money laundering compared to say, I dunno, someone going ape on Candy Crush Saga.
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
For example, Aussie dark pattern researchers claimed free to play games were a more dangerous dark pattern than skin betting.
For context, skin betting has long been associated with actual crime like money laundering compared to say, I dunno, someone going ape on Candy Crush Saga.
For context, skin betting has long been associated with actual crime like money laundering compared to say, I dunno, someone going ape on Candy Crush Saga.
But if you say yes to more regulation or more enforcement of existing rules, you're shown a hidden follow-up question that allows you to quickly tick off a load of pre-defined concerns and whack in a lengthy plain text answer if you have something else to say.
October 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
But if you say yes to more regulation or more enforcement of existing rules, you're shown a hidden follow-up question that allows you to quickly tick off a load of pre-defined concerns and whack in a lengthy plain text answer if you have something else to say.
Another day of book editing, is it?
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Another day of book editing, is it?