George E. Osborn is a video games industry expert with over a decade and a half of experience explaining games to the wider world. Osborn was previously Head of Campaigns and Communications at the UK video games industry trade association, Ukie, where he drew upon his expertise in media, politics and the video games sector to tell the games industry’s story to media, business, and politicians across the UK and beyond between 2019-2023.

Since leaving Ukie, Osborn founded Half-Space Consulting – a business dedicated to bridging the divide between the games sector and the wider world with clients including regulators such as The Games Rating Authority, NGOs such as the United Nations, and not-for-profits such as The Lucy Faithfull Foundation.

He is also the creator of Video Games Industry Memo (VGIM), a weekly newsletter covering the games industry for professionals, major regulators, policy officials, business leaders, and journalists around the world. A recognized voice within the media, Osborn and has work has appeared in The New York Times, Politico, Sky News, The Guardian, BBC World Service, Bloomberg and Times Radio, among many others, discussing the intersection of economic, regulatory, technological and cultural topics in regards to video games. He lives in London.