Brian Baglow

Today's @heraldtweets has a list of the 50 most powerful people in Scottish #arts & #culture. As is all too common, #games is entirely absent. Here's why this is a problem - and why it has to change. scottishgames.net/2026/04/30/50-…

#Game devs, businesses and studios of all sizes - please help update our understanding around #skills in the UK.

Expressions of Interest Now Open Established companies with a track record and a video game development project at an early stage can submit an EOI for grants up to £100,000. tinyurl.com/5n7rd26x

A new fully-funded PhD research position, exploring the creation of a national collection for #games & #videogames is now open, supported by @AbertayUni @UofGlasgow & @NtlMuseumsScot. #SGN would love to support this through our projects across 2026/27. scottishgames.net/2026/04/28/phd…

Huge congratulations to the Scottish nominees in the 2026 @MCV_DEVELOP #Awards - @scottishgames (us!) @HyperLuminalUK, @PKTSizedHands, @codewizardsltd @_ScreenBurn & @JC_Accountants #Strategy #LevelUp #GamesActionPlan scottishgames.net/2026/04/24/202…

Fancy hearing a debate about the impact of #tech and #AI on Scotland's future? Tomorrow, I am part of a #hustings, alongside some leading experts and politicians. I will be championing games as a critical part of Scotland's digital infrastructure. scottishgames.net/2026/04/22/nat…

I tried of seeing every strategy, plan or report from #Scotland miss the huge transformative potential of the country's #games ecosystem. We need to do better. We have to do better. scottishgames.net/2026/04/21/gam… @scotent @scotgov @CreativeScots @skillsdevscot

Before you vote for reform in Scotland, this is what Nigel Farage thinks of us…

I started this as a university project… Always wanted to make an ARPG Now it’s my first commercial game: Rise of the Village Hero 🌿 store.steampowered.com/app/2737960/Ri… Early access in Jan 2024 -> full release in March 2025. #arpg #indiegame #gamedev

What does the UK Gov's new £30M funding package mean for #Scotland's ambitions in #videogames? @flackboy breaks down the benefits of the money - and where additional help is needed to produce radical change. scottishgames.net/2026/04/15/wha…

@AngusRobertson <waves from the #games industry> Hello?

The SNP has pledged to roll out a new “minimum income” for Scotland’s writers, musicians, filmmakers, playwrights, comics and visual artists if it returns to power after the Holyrood election. heraldscotland.com/news/26018299.…

Let's be clear, £30M of new funding for the UK #games sector is truly wonderful. But it doesn't solve some of the key challenges facing the games sector - and won't deliver #Scotland's ambition to become the UK's first £1bn games #supercluster. scottishgames.net/2026/04/15/wha…

#HelloWorld! is something genuinely ground-breaking for the UK's #videogames ecosystem. It helped 89% of students (& those impacted by closures and layoffs) to understand how to start and run a new #games business (with an emphasis on business!) Help me bring it to your region

This is fabulous news for the #UK's #games sector. £30M funding is great. However (you knew that was coming, right?) Funding is only part of the solution. We need strategic recognition, links to education & skills & to look beyond the consumer market. We need a GAMES ACTION PLAN.

Utter arrogance. Thanks Wes. You are making the Yes case for us.

I am pretty sure nobody is arriving into Peterhead or Aberdeen via small boats

Great news for the creative industries - including games - as the Tay Cities Region secures up to £20M in UK Government's Local Innovation Partnerships Fund. scottishgames.net/2026/03/30/tay…

The fabulous @glasindiegames is back for 2026, with two days of games, speakers, workshops, performances - and more games at the Barras Art & Design centre on July 11th & 12. Find out more: scottishgames.net/2026/03/27/gla… #games #videogames #ScottishGames #GIGF

@exQUIZitely @hardistymark Testify!

I often think about the technical limitations that game designers of the 80s had to work with - both in terms of software and hardware. The game that stands at the very top is Elite. Think about this for a second: The core game code on the BBC Micro version occupied roughly 22 KB of memory. Now think about what Braben and Bell turned that into: a universe with eight galaxies, each containing 256 star systems (for a total of 2,048 planets/systems). Each system featured unique details: government type, economy, technology level, population, commodity prices, and even descriptive text (e.g., a planet known for "carnivorous arts graduates" or similar quirky combinations). If you still need a bit more help to contextualize that, try this: Elite was smaller than many modern text files or desktop icons, yet it contained (and let you freely explore) a multi-galaxy-spanning universe that felt vast and limitless. Oh, and by the way, the game also rendered 3D wireframe ships, stations, and planets in real time on a 2 MHz 6502 processor. This is no slight on today’s game designers. They work with what they have, and that's okay. But when you think about the worlds that some programmers created with the tools they were given, it sometimes breaks my brain trying to understand how they did it. Elite is a true masterpiece on so many levels. I played the C64 version back in the day, and even 40+ years later it still feels like one of the most incredible programming wonders ever.

<New Scottish Indie Game Alert> Donut Panic is the latest release from @kylewbanks the man behind the incredible Farewell North. Taking things in a slightly... different direction.