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‘We all should push back against the political manipulation of video games’

‘We all should push back against the political manipulation of video games’

Update: 2025-11-06

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In today's episode of The Game Business Show, Chris is joined by video game political journalist George Osborn (Editor of Video Game Industry Memo), where they discuss the rise of global Governments utilising video games to influence the population. The duo also chat Nintendo financials, Amazon backing away from MMOs and the rise of remakes and remasters.

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‘We all should push back against the political manipulation of video games’

‘We all should push back against the political manipulation of video games’

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