Brian Baglow

Scotland's Games Cross-Party Group - Last Meeting Before 2026 Elections - The Scottish Games Network Scotland's Games Cross-Party Group will meet for the last time before the Scottish elections on March 18th 2026

The final meeting of #Scotland's #games cross-party group before the Scottish elections takes place on March 18th (6-8pm). Submit your agenda items using the link below.

Business & Employment Minister Richard Lochhead has been invited to discuss the Action Plan.

scottishgames.net/2026/02/25/s...

Scotland’s Games Cross-Party Group – Last Meeting Before 2026 Elections The momentum following the recent Parliamentary debate on Scotland’s games sector is translating into action. The next meeting of the Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Scotland’s Games Ecosystem will take place on March 18th, from 18:00 - 20:00. Interest from across the industry and academia has already been exceptionally high. With the committee room in the Scottish Parliament restricted to a strict capacity of only…

Scotland's Games Cross-Party Group will meet for the last time before the Scottish elections on March 18th 2026. Submit your agenda topics and register today.

Scotland's Games Cross-Party Group - Last Meeting Before 2026 Elections - The Scottish Games Network Scotland's Games Cross-Party Group will meet for the last time before the Scottish elections on March 18th 2026

The final meeting of #Scotland's #games cross-party group before the Scottish elections takes place on March 18th (6-8pm). Submit your agenda items using the link below.

Business & Employment Minister Richard Lochhead has been invited to discuss the Action Plan.

scottishgames.net/2026/02/25/s...

talha and jack have the kind of track record which should see them funded for whatever they want to make. no-one is making weird stop motion games out of clay like they are making weird stop motion games out of clay

GAConf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Online conference, April 27th-28th 2026. Brighton social, July 2026.

The 17th (😮) #GAConf will be the Europe edition on April 27th-28th! Fully online, free to attend.

Two days of talks & networking, the central hub for the professional game accessibility community to come together, learn, share, & make connections.

Register at www.gaconf.com
#gamedev #accessibility

Digitalhumanities, #librarylife and #NLP friends: has anyone bought a large historical dataset (books, newspapers, maps etc, images or ocr) from a publisher/digitiser to data mine? I’d like to compare notes… either on here or DM me 🙏

Industry Alignment: IES's First Scottish Manifesto Validates Action Plan Priorities - The Scottish Games Network IES Manifesto: The new Interactive Entertainment Scotland (IES) manifesto aligns perfectly with Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan

The industry is now speaking with one voice. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎮

We welcome the new Ukie/IES manifesto, which validates the core pillars of our #LevelUp Games Action Plan.

Next stop: A formal ministerial review
scottishgames.net/2026/02/17/i...

#LevelUpScotland #ScottishGames

I’m so excited Fife is getting a Silent Hill set there because we get a lot of fog, there are quite a lot of evil omens, and sometimes the lady who works at the chipper is possessed

A foggy screenshot of a British town.

A foggy screenshot of a British town.

A foggy screenshot of a British town.

A foggy screenshot of a British town.

Very much here for Silent Hill: Townfall.

New National Games Qualification and Skills Forum to Headline 2026 Education Symposium - The Scottish Games Network The 2026 Scottish Games Education Symposium takes place at West College Scotland in Paisley on March 3rd 2026. Registrations Open Now.

Do you want your voice heard in the discussion around #games education in #Scotland? Join us on March 3rd at West College and help us bring games education and game #industry closer together and working more effectively.

Check out the incredible work from my friend Cassandra Harrison, artist and 'Live Illustrator'. She's captured the entire debate which took place in the Scottish Parliament, from the opening remarks to the points from each MSP.

It's wonderful... (and she's available for your next event!)

Hello World! Startup Summit – One Month to Go for Scotland’s Future Games Founders - The Scottish Games Network Hello World! the Students Startup Summit takes place in Glasgow on March 2nd. Come and learn what it takes to start your own games business.

Hey #games students in #Scotland. At college AND University. Whatever course you're studying. Whatever level you're at. We're running an event to help you decide whether starting your own videogames business (#studio #freelancer #whatever) is the right move for you

scottishgames.net/2026/02/06/h...

96% towards our funding target! Help us reach 100% and get a @scottishgreens.org ad running on major TV channels in the next few weeks!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-get-t...

Thank you to everyone who has tried my demo and wishlisted my game. Build you cosy island in "Fresh start" mode, while managing a cosy economy.
Play demo & wishlist Tiny Terra Spaces on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3788070/...
#wishlistwednesday #indiegame #cosybuilder

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

WATCH: Momentum Builds at Holyrood for Scotland's Games Future - The Scottish Games Network Level Up: The Scottish Parliament debated the publication of Scotland's Games Action Plan, with commitment to a CPG 'line-by-line' review.

Here's the debate in action: scottishgames.net/2026/02/04/l...

WATCH: Momentum Builds at Holyrood for Scotland's Games Future - The Scottish Games Network Level Up: The Scottish Parliament debated the publication of Scotland's Games Action Plan, with commitment to a CPG 'line-by-line' review.

It happened. The future of Scotland's #videogames sector was debated in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. Watch along. You'll be amazed at the depth and insight of some of the MSPs. We have real allies across the chamber: scottishgames.net/2026/02/04/l...

Here we go! Debate on #LevelUp: Scotland’s Games Action Plan. No photos from the chamber, so you’ll have to make do with the gorgeous pine n’ poured concrete staircase on the way in…

#games #videogames #ScottishGames
#SGAP #GamesActionPlan

Live Debate: Scotland's Games Action Plan @ Holyrood: 18:30, Feb 3rd 2026. - The Scottish Games Network The Parliamentary debate on Scotland's Games Action Plan will take place at 17:50 on Tuesday 3rd of February 2026. Watch online here.

UPDATE: The time of today's debate on hashtag#LevelUp Scotland's Games Action Plan has been moved back to approx 18:30. It will still be broadcast LIVE on Scottish Parliament TV. Links and details below.

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~B

Live Debate: Scotland's Games Action Plan @ Holyrood: 17:50, Feb 3rd 2026. - The Scottish Games Network The Parliamentary debate on Scotland's Games Action Plan will take place at 17:50 on Tuesday 3rd of February 2026. Watch online here.

The parliamentary debate on Scotland's Games Action Plan takes place tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd February) at 17:50 (or shortly thereafter). Watch it LIVE on Scottish Paliament TV. I'll aso be doing an #AMA afterwards. Full details below.

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Still loads to do but little Scottish island cosy builder is coming together nicely.
Thank you to everyone who has wishlisted - 160 wishlists so far! Thank you so much!
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #cosygame

It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.

(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)

From Paper to Parliament: National Games Debate Confirmed for Tuesday, Feb 3rd - The Scottish Games Network A National Games Debate will take place in the Scottish Parliament on Tue 2 of Feb to gather views on Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan

Fantastic news. The motion to debate Scotland's Games Action Plan has been approved and the debate will take place on TUE FEB 3rd 2026 (time TBC). Details below:

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#LevelUpScotland

a woman is standing in a living room with the words `` let 's do it '' written on her face . ALT: a woman is standing in a living room with the words `` let 's do it '' written on her face .

This is exactly what Scotland’s games industry needs and wants, Brian - let’s get this debated 🤩❤️‍🔥

One of the mot gratifying things about the Games Action Plan is that it's not rocket science. It asks for some basic help and an understanding of the unique aspects of the games ecosystem. So the plan aligns very neatly with many of the other calls for intervention & support for business in Scotland

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