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
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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.
As the rest of the games industry finds itself on fire, Capcom continues to pursue the bold strategy of *checks notes* releasing video games that people want to buy
According to Capcom's 2025 Intergrated Report, the company plans new inhouse projects for 'Devil May Cry', 'Mega Man' and 'Ace Attorney'
www.rockman-corner.com/2025/12/capc...
www.rockman-corner.com/2025/12/capc...
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As the rest of the games industry finds itself on fire, Capcom continues to pursue the bold strategy of *checks notes* releasing video games that people want to buy
Me, fighting off the final bits of work so I can take three clean weeks off for Christmas
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Neo vs Smith Clones [Part 2] | The Matrix Reloaded [Open Matte]
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December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Me, fighting off the final bits of work so I can take three clean weeks off for Christmas
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Five more working days of 2025 to go
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Five more working days of 2025 to go
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Banning trans women from esports is *bizarre* but good for these players boycotting
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Banning trans women from esports is *bizarre* but good for these players boycotting
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Pro move: put yourself at an advantage in conversation by saying: "Oh yes, we've met before!" every time you're introduced to a stranger, without explanation.
"Never, ever say ‘nice to meet you’. To anyone. There’s a high percentage chance that you have met them"
This is true. I mess this up all the time
This is true. I mess this up all the time
It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide on.ft.com/3Kv91S4 #FTEdit
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Pro move: put yourself at an advantage in conversation by saying: "Oh yes, we've met before!" every time you're introduced to a stranger, without explanation.
"don't mind me, I just local man who admires the watching of birds with metallic implements" the suspicious man said, in a Russian accent
🚨SPIES, DAY TWO: Counter-Terror Police were reported to a suspicious man spying on Lulworth Firing Range - flying drones and fixing metal devices in trees.
The call was made during the same time that a suspected Russian spy was near to the military base.
inews.co.uk/news/suspect...
The call was made during the same time that a suspected Russian spy was near to the military base.
inews.co.uk/news/suspect...
Suspected spy staying in Dorset shepherd's hut reported to counter-terror police
Man witnessed flying drone near Dorset military base where Ukraine's troops are trained
inews.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"don't mind me, I just local man who admires the watching of birds with metallic implements" the suspicious man said, in a Russian accent
I like to see your Spotify Wrappeds. It brings whimsy to the timeline. Keep it up.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I like to see your Spotify Wrappeds. It brings whimsy to the timeline. Keep it up.
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NEW: I spoke with the reporters behind Post Games, Aftermath, Game File, People Make Games, Rogue, and Rascal News to learn about the trials and triumphs of going independent in a shifting game media landscape dominated by conglomeration and layoffs.
'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
Can worker-owned outlets create a brighter future for video game journalists and their readers?
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW: I spoke with the reporters behind Post Games, Aftermath, Game File, People Make Games, Rogue, and Rascal News to learn about the trials and triumphs of going independent in a shifting game media landscape dominated by conglomeration and layoffs.
Elon Musk sucked at games, Nintendo Switch 2 launched well, and Trump tariffs caused mayhem in the first half of 2025. But what else shaped the year in games?
Anna Mahtani is at the helm for this week's Video Games Industry Memo
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/vgim-video...
Anna Mahtani is at the helm for this week's Video Games Industry Memo
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/vgim-video...
VGIM's Video Games Year in Review: Part 1, 04/12/2025
Switch 2 launch, Trump tariff mayhem, and Musk fails at games in the first half of 2025
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Elon Musk sucked at games, Nintendo Switch 2 launched well, and Trump tariffs caused mayhem in the first half of 2025. But what else shaped the year in games?
Anna Mahtani is at the helm for this week's Video Games Industry Memo
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/vgim-video...
Anna Mahtani is at the helm for this week's Video Games Industry Memo
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/vgim-video...
Well, that’s what spending a large bit of the year writing a book to jazz and classical music will do to you *sobs*
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Well, that’s what spending a large bit of the year writing a book to jazz and classical music will do to you *sobs*
One of the themes of my book Power Play is how games have unexpected political and cultural influence because media outlets 'multiply' ideas from fringe games communities into our wider discourse, distorting our wider societal conversation in the process.
Anyway...
Anyway...
Even by the standards of anti-woke journalism this is lazy dreck. The first piece of "evidence" that older gamers are mad about wokeness is a random Reddit comment — that isn't a complaint about wokeness.
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/2...
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
One of the themes of my book Power Play is how games have unexpected political and cultural influence because media outlets 'multiply' ideas from fringe games communities into our wider discourse, distorting our wider societal conversation in the process.
Anyway...
Anyway...
We're working our way through the VGIM year in review pieces, which means I've just remembered the time where we sold newsletter subscriptions for a 34% discount in 'honour' of Trump's reciprocal tariff regime.
God, I love having editorial control sometimes.
God, I love having editorial control sometimes.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We're working our way through the VGIM year in review pieces, which means I've just remembered the time where we sold newsletter subscriptions for a 34% discount in 'honour' of Trump's reciprocal tariff regime.
God, I love having editorial control sometimes.
God, I love having editorial control sometimes.
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Right, you lot. I want your reviews - yes, yours - of your favourite video games from 2025 for the VGIM Game of the Year newsletter on 17th December.
Email [email protected] with a 200-300 word review by Thursday 11th December. Best ones get included in the newsletter.
Email [email protected] with a 200-300 word review by Thursday 11th December. Best ones get included in the newsletter.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Right, you lot. I want your reviews - yes, yours - of your favourite video games from 2025 for the VGIM Game of the Year newsletter on 17th December.
Email [email protected] with a 200-300 word review by Thursday 11th December. Best ones get included in the newsletter.
Email [email protected] with a 200-300 word review by Thursday 11th December. Best ones get included in the newsletter.
In what will be surprising news to nobody except this dumbass, it turns out that you get quite tired if you go on a four-day trip to Delhi
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In what will be surprising news to nobody except this dumbass, it turns out that you get quite tired if you go on a four-day trip to Delhi
Indian weddings: they’re the best
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Indian weddings: they’re the best
Hopped to Delhi for a wedding. Usual service resumes on Tuesday x
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hopped to Delhi for a wedding. Usual service resumes on Tuesday x
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The world's largest distribution engine is censoring LGBTQ+ content in Russia - helping Putin to enforce censorship.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-steam-...
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-steam-...
How Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government, 27/11/2025
When Roskomnadzor calls, Valve answers
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The world's largest distribution engine is censoring LGBTQ+ content in Russia - helping Putin to enforce censorship.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-steam-...
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-steam-...
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An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
How Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government, 27/11/2025
When Roskomnadzor calls, Valve answers
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
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Rodin's The Drinker
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Rodin's The Drinker
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Excellent scoop from VGIM. Steam has a monopoly on PC storefronts and they've proven that they will cower to autocratic ideals. This is why monopolies are bad and stores like GOG and EGS should be relevant. As it stands, there is no relevant competitor that Flick Games can go to be sold in Russia.
An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
How Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government, 27/11/2025
When Roskomnadzor calls, Valve answers
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Excellent scoop from VGIM. Steam has a monopoly on PC storefronts and they've proven that they will cower to autocratic ideals. This is why monopolies are bad and stores like GOG and EGS should be relevant. As it stands, there is no relevant competitor that Flick Games can go to be sold in Russia.
An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
How Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government, 27/11/2025
When Roskomnadzor calls, Valve answers
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
An @vgim.bsky.social exclusive: we reveal how Steam is censoring games featuring LGBTQ+ content in Russia on behalf of state censor Roskomnadzor.
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
Thank you to Ian Masters and the Flick Games team for being brave enough to share their story.
videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/how-steam-...
A handful of tickets have opened up for tonight's VGIM drinks in London.
Sign up here, if you can make it along for a drink: www.tickettailor.com/events/halfs...
Sign up here, if you can make it along for a drink: www.tickettailor.com/events/halfs...
Select tickets – VGIM 2nd Birthday Drinks - Sponsored by Fifty, Renaissance PR, and The Games Rating Authority – The Craft Beer Pub
VGIM 2nd Birthday Drinks - Sponsored by Fifty, Renaissance PR, and The Games Rating Authority – The Craft Beer Pub, Wed 26 Nov 2025 - Video Games Industry Memo is celebrating its second birthday. And ...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A handful of tickets have opened up for tonight's VGIM drinks in London.
Sign up here, if you can make it along for a drink: www.tickettailor.com/events/halfs...
Sign up here, if you can make it along for a drink: www.tickettailor.com/events/halfs...