George Osborn
@GeorgeOsborn
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"No, not that one" - Politico. Creator of Video Games Industry Memo. Founder of Half-Space Consulting. Ambassador @specialeffect .
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Just saw someone doing a lateral flow test on a train and it’s fair to say we’re all anxiously awaiting the results now
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I once avoided having to self isolate because my work was taking part in a secretive trial that no-one else had heard of
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“haha turns out it was negative, that was lucky wasn’t it?”
YES IT WAS.
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Reading that Sunday Times piece and, well, here were two sections that stood out to me
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745 people aged 16-24 treated for "gaming disorder" over four years.
88% of the UK's 7.5m 16-24 year olds play games (6.6m roughly)
Therefore, "gaming disorder" affects 0.01% of players - making the risk de minimis and stories like this blatant scaremongering.
NHS treating hundreds of children as young as 13 for gaming disorders
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Alternative headline: “This joystick for your tongue could help millions of people play games”
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@JoeHart
@RamAlbumClub
Mate, I genuinely feel for you today and know what you're going through
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Having a debate with someone and wanted to use Twitter to solve it.
If you’re in the UK games industry and are pro EU, could you like this tweet?
RTs and the like appreciated.
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It’s the 20th birthday of Champ Man 01/02 today so it’s a good opportunity to share my favourite door from the SI offices, featuring many a classic name from games gone past
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The Water Temple isn’t that hard
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Fabrizio Romano looking at these tweets and understanding what Robert Oppenheimer felt like watching the first nuke go off
This is clearly deliberate, football transfer window-type tweeting : Here We Go, fire emoji, 'Huge move', 'He's back'...
All building up for the "We go again" tweet after the general election defeat...
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@regularuk
Agreed but you can do them at home on a clean surface, as advised, and not on public transport
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Love this piece from
@guardian
about the role that video games play in
@RoseEllenDix
and
@Roxetera
's marriage
"It reminds us that sometimes, you just have to screw over your partner to get ahead."
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- Sensationalist headline 'CASH TO BE TURNED INTO CHIPS' followed by quiet admission they can't be cashed out.
- Reports its an 18 rated game but then casually says 'yeah but teens play it right?'
- Doesn't point out that 'third party black markets' are ILLEGAL.
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When you’re issuing long bullet point lists to explain your one sentence slogan, you’re in trouble
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Our
#GamesForCarers
site has gone live!
We've worked with the UK games industry to gather together over 85,000 games to giveaway to NHS workers.
If you've got an NHS email address, you can access the site here now:
#PlayApartTogether
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£65bn divided by 52 equals £1.25bn lost per week since Brexit vote. That's 3 and a half times more than the £350m a week membership fee.
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The best bit about
@FootballManager
adding XG is that you really can quantify an 'FMing' properly now
#FM21
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Our tolerance for any disruption, whether through protest or otherwise, will be low.
We will deal robustly with anyone intent on undermining this celebration.
🧵🔽
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Thanks again to
@guardian
for covering a games news story without contacting anyone in the industry for a right of reply.
For anyone with a calculator, there’s about 12m people who play in that age category. So 56 referrals = 0.0000047% of players.
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Gary Taylor-Fletcher has announced his retirement from football.
This fake letter in Viz remains his most important contribution to the sport.
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Reporter: Sunderland’s 9 match unbeaten runs means they’re the form team going into the playoffs.
Luton Town fans, considering the club’s 14 match unbeaten run.
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Football fans when they realise Jonathan Wilson just saw Hungary smash England at Wembley for the first time since 1953
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Penny Mordaunt channelling “late game, overly levelled battle mage” vibes this morning, I see
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So I’m pleased to say that today is my first day as
@uk_ie
’s full time Head of Communications.
I promise I am more delighted about this than my expression suggests.
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The Banshees of Inishiren: for everything it does brilliantly, the part that isn’t leaving me is how much it captures the simple and profound pain of losing a friendship
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Big Jet TV is the best thing to happen to social media since the boat got stuck
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Feeling like a grizzled detective called out of retirement for one last job right now
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I’ve long suspected that most dislike of video games is based on little more than an embedded sense amongst the “higher echelons” that they’re a form of low culture.
This illustrates the argument effectively.
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“Is this another instance of video games inspiring violence?”
“Frankly Kent, yes it is”
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@SebastianEPayne
@CatrinNye
@maitlis
@afneil
Anyone care to answer how this isn't in contravention of the BBC's editorial guidelines?
Specifically from the Politics, Public Policy and Polls section
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We must not campaign, or allow ourselves to be used to campaign.
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A few people have been tweeting about how unfortunate Robert Jenrick was to do the media round pre u-turn, but I’ll save my sympathy for when he’s made sure property developers pay for the removal of dangerous cladding on the buildings they put up 💁♂️
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A game made by a fantastic British business goes viral and attracts millions of players.
The first thing the team does with that audience? Raise an absolute shed load of money for charity.
That’s how you use a platform for good
New Challenger!
$325k by
@piques15
as the highest donation bid to
@SpecialEffect
If you don't know what's happening, look here:
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I made this meme literally an hour ago and it’s already out of date, greatest government ever
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@IanDunt
Average annual income of non UK EU nationals in the UK video games industry sits at around £28k. Bye bye one third of the sector if this is rolled out...
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It’s minor news but, after two years of service on the good ship
@uk_ie
, I’m pleased to say my fiefdom has ever so slightly expanded and I am now its Head of Campaigns and Communications.
Onwards!
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Nintendo, when they realise I’m solving every puzzle in Zelda by making a massive bridge
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The results of the UK Games Industry Census are out.
Over 3600 people in the UK games industry told us about their backgrounds and working lives (including what impact Covid had on it) and BOY did we learn a lot.
Thread!
#RaiseTheGame
#UkieCensus22
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Theresa banging on about a Britain our kids and grandkids will be proud of after Brexit.
People's kids and grandkids voted Remain.
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Turns out hermit crabs have a more progressive attitude towards property ownership than we do
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The games industry has a dedicated global programme for decarbonisation and the majority of its players are younger people who support efforts to stop the climate crisis.
But hey, why let facts get in the way of stopping a Tekken tournament?
🚨 THIS ISN’T A GAME: Just Stop Oil Disrupt UK’s Biggest Gaming Convention
🦺 3 supporters of Just Stop Oil have disrupted the winners final of Tekken 7 at
#EGX2023
, covering the equipment in orange paint.
🖋️ We’re fighting for our lives. Join us —
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Hi
@FootballManager
and
@SI_games
I have a mug fixing request (aka my FM cup is leaking)
Should I post about this on the forum?
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My new obsession is my Garmin’s Body Battery score, which has taken all the complex factors that add up to my physical/mental well being and converted it into a number to make me feel like a poorly charged smartphone.
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One legend? How about a whole team of them 😎
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It's also the third time that this private clinic - which receives funding from the NHS to provide the service, but must argue for funding to be renewed - has reported "soaring cases" of gaming disorder to the press (previously did so with the FT and the BBC).
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The woman who refused to get a third book on three for two, despite the fact she was buying the first two parts of the Bourne trilogy
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The Government has announced details of the Video Games Research Framework and it is veryyyyyy interesting stuff.
Mini thread incoming 🧵
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Communicado Oficial (I’ve quit my job to set up a business in the games industry again yikeeeeees)
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The Luton Town fans are chanting “we all voted Labour, you all voted Tory” at the Fulham fans, if you wanted to know how the day is going so far
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Thanks to
@beckyfr0st
for giving me the present of the perfect stock reply to accidental Twitter interactions
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@keefstuart
@guardian
@RoxeteraRibbons
@RoseEllenDix
As I was told repeatedly during school PE lessons, it's the taking part that really counts
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I was a quiz clue on fucking Only Connect???? What the fuck is going on!!!!
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I would take Conservative claims that school is vital more seriously if they hadn’t overseen years of real term funding cuts to education and the biggest teacher recruitment/retention crisis in our lifetimes
I applaud and share the sentiment of young people wanting to address climate change - and am really proud of our 25 Year Environment Plan and UK record of decarbonisation - but school is vital and this protest could be done at the weekend or in half term
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Four days after the A50 notification and there is talk of war. Top work, everyone.
Theresa May would go to war to defend the sovereignty of Gibraltar, says Michael Howard
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Hitchin Priory results:
Conservatives - 660
Lib Dems (me) - 512
Labour - 308
Greens - 123
Turnout of 45.4%. Really pleased to have significantly cut the Tory lead and ready to win it next time for
@NHDCLibDems
.
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The tax relief it claims is:
- Done so legitimately because it passes the cultural test.
- Supports jobs in Lincoln, Leeds, London and Edinburgh.
- Adds £4 to the British economy for every quid put into it.
But let’s not allow facts to get in the way of a good moral panic.
The developer of the computer game Grand Theft Auto V is paying no UK corporation tax but claiming millions of pounds in public subsidy for the game’s contribution to British cultural life
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Rare to talk publicly about dating fails, but the person who ranted to me for ten minutes about games being toxic and THEN asked what I do for a living is up there.
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American Game of Thrones fans: I am going to transcribe and tweet the entire script of Avengers Endgame in two weeks time if you don’t learn to rein it in a bit.
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I get Rare's game wrong on Twitter.
They tweet me two stamp designs instead.
Siri, define 'heroic'
@GeorgeOsborn
No hard feelings George, here's a proper Blast Corps one. Threw in a bonus Jet Force Gemini design in case it was the bug blasting that you particularly liked in Body Harvest.
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Lucy Bronze is an absolute beast. Her all round play is extraordinary.
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Fascinating insight into
@LutonTown
manager Nathan Jones from
@KDH__8
in The Times this weekend.
This level of thought, preparation and man management seems to be a major reason why we consistently punch above our weight.
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The
@Games4EU
Brexitometer is getting filled up and there is a lot of support for
@peoplesvote_hq
in Birmingham
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And now for the full match report from Fulham vs Luton Town
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My Nan told us that she wanted to live beyond 89 and stay in her home until the end of her life. Naturally for someone as driven and determined as she was, she achieved both.
Rest in peace x
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“And another pundit has pulled out of Match of the Day, who is it this time Chris Kamara?”
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Brexit will cause serious harm to the UK games industry, reports
@GIBiz
.
Damn right it will. That's why we're supporting
@peoplesvote_uk
and aiming to get us out of this mess as much as possible.
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Fun fact: Xbox could have bought the ten most valuable football clubs and had $30bn+ change leftover for the amount they paid to acquire Activision Blizzard King.
Games are quite big business, apparently.
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Luton Town are right in the playoff mix now. Still under dogs given our budget and size of club around us but bloody hell we are giving it a go.
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People are watching this feeling stressed but I saw Luton Town lose a play off final against fucking York at Wembley and that’s real pain
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If video games have prepared me for anything, it’s dystopian futures where resources are scarce and we battle for essentials.
Which is to say that I’m ready for Christmas this year.
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Support me through my misfortune by supporting the less fortunate in my annual charity fundraising drive.
Donate here:
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Luton Town following an 8-2 win with a 1-0 defeat is the most Luton town thing imaginable
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Man, I'm really looking forward to sitting on a train in two weeks time and having my Nintendo Switch nicked off me
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George Osborne
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I know a lot of people will wade in on someone answering like this, but he’s not the person to be angry with.
Instead, it’s important to keep your anger focused on the leading leavers.
They sold the lie and they have to be held responsible for it.
All products legally made in the UK are automatically legal across Europe.
That's what the Single Market means. So what does Brexit mean for Sunderland?
@Femi_Sorry
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I don't want to say that people bloody love video game stamps. but both Sensible Soccer and Dizzy are currently trending in the UK...
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And as has happened every time its popped up in the news cycle, journalists have rarely bothered to ask the industry for its perspective or even for a fact check (e.g. there are tools already available to manage screen time and spend) to give the story a basic shakedown.
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In under 12 hours, we'll finally know whether or not Britain retains the World Dickhead Crown it's held so confidently since June 23rd
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My room for the night happens to be next to the living room, so my nieces are making me put this sign on the door to stop Santa disturbing me
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I remember when I did my history degree that I once thought “gosh, wouldn’t it be interesting to live through a defining moment in history?”
I take it back.
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Is the CEO of the UK industry trade body being interviewed by a soft toy fox?
No comment.
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Patiently waits for the tweets to come in
1/ EXCLUSIVE:
@George_Osborne
APPOINTED EDITOR OF THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD (ES). Will continue as MP.
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@HackedOffHugh
@Otto_English
Thank G-d Michael Gove's wife, Demonic SCumming's wife,
@GeorgeOsborn
and the other, the puppet PM, the BlowJo one, have nothing to do with that
#mediascum
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