Power Play
Video Games, Politics and the Battle for Global Influence
$32.75
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2026
Summary
In Power Play, leading game industry expert George E. Osborn reveals how video games - the world’s largest entertainment medium - are being used by autocrats, populists and violent extremists to influence the real world around us.
Video games are the world’s largest entertainment medium: they are played by billions of people, across all age demographics, and they generate hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue every year.
But video games are more than an entertain…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035423293 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035423294 |
| Author: | George E. Osborn |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Wildfire |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
George E. Osborn
George E. Osborn is a leading expert on the video game industry with over a decade and a half experience explaining games to the wider world. He has previously worked as Head of Campaigns and Communications at Ukie, the UK video games trade association, where he advised politicians, business leaders and the public on the industry and its political, economic and social impact. George has been featured across the media, including The Guardian, Sky News, The New York Times, BBC World Service, Politico and Gamesindustry.biz. He is the creator of the Video Game Industry Memo newsletter, and founder of video game consulting business Half-Space Consulting.
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