Keza MacDonald
@mackeza.bsky.social
Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. She/her 🏳️🌈
OH MY GOD, IT IS A REAL YOUTUBER
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
OH MY GOD, IT IS A REAL YOUTUBER
Waterstones are doing 25% off preorders on my book Super Nintendo this week, alongside other 2026 titles. Preorders are super important for authors so please, buy your future self some cool books! www.waterstones.com/book/super-n...
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Waterstones are doing 25% off preorders on my book Super Nintendo this week, alongside other 2026 titles. Preorders are super important for authors so please, buy your future self some cool books! www.waterstones.com/book/super-n...
Just doing a bit of research into pre-2015 queer game characters for something I'm writing. By god, we were DESPERATE
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just doing a bit of research into pre-2015 queer game characters for something I'm writing. By god, we were DESPERATE
Proof copies of the US edition of my book just arrived! The note from my editor has made me emotional
linktr.ee/super_nintendo
linktr.ee/super_nintendo
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Proof copies of the US edition of my book just arrived! The note from my editor has made me emotional
linktr.ee/super_nintendo
linktr.ee/super_nintendo
For Super Mario Bros' 40th anniversary, here is an enjoyable insight into its creation (from my forthcoming book, Super Nintendo - linktr.ee/super_nintendo)
September 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
For Super Mario Bros' 40th anniversary, here is an enjoyable insight into its creation (from my forthcoming book, Super Nintendo - linktr.ee/super_nintendo)
For those in the US, that version is out slightly earlier on February 3rd and has an equally awesome cover (and a slightly different subtitle) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753986...
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
For those in the US, that version is out slightly earlier on February 3rd and has an equally awesome cover (and a slightly different subtitle) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753986...
My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
I may have a problem
August 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I may have a problem
Everything that @grahamsmith.bsky.social writes here about the purpose and technique of games criticism is so good that I want to steal it for my own style guide. (Actually a lot of this IS in my style guide, just not so brilliantly or succinctly expressed)
www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Everything that @grahamsmith.bsky.social writes here about the purpose and technique of games criticism is so good that I want to steal it for my own style guide. (Actually a lot of this IS in my style guide, just not so brilliantly or succinctly expressed)
www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
It's Pride month, so they legally have to let me put my gay nonsense in the paper
June 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's Pride month, so they legally have to let me put my gay nonsense in the paper
One of these guys surely
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
One of these guys surely
Monster Hunter fashion remains undefeated
February 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Monster Hunter fashion remains undefeated
I was searching for a particular quote from Reggie Fils-Aimé about the Wii's marketing strategy and instead I get this. YouTubers and streamers BARELY EXISTED IN 2006 and also that picture is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONSOLE, aaaaaa
February 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I was searching for a particular quote from Reggie Fils-Aimé about the Wii's marketing strategy and instead I get this. YouTubers and streamers BARELY EXISTED IN 2006 and also that picture is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONSOLE, aaaaaa
What did you just call me?
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What did you just call me?
FINALLY I can delete this app
January 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
FINALLY I can delete this app
A normal amount of oats for a Scottish family
January 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A normal amount of oats for a Scottish family
My gaming hours are so spread across different platforms and different work/personal accounts that none of these wrap-ups are massively useful, but I'm pretty sure my most played game of the year is Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket at this point 🤦
December 12, 2024 at 11:40 AM
My gaming hours are so spread across different platforms and different work/personal accounts that none of these wrap-ups are massively useful, but I'm pretty sure my most played game of the year is Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket at this point 🤦
An entirely normal number of virtual Pokémon cards
December 10, 2024 at 10:42 AM
An entirely normal number of virtual Pokémon cards
Thank you to everyone who responded to this with earnest baking advice. BEHOLD MY TRIUMPH
December 7, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Thank you to everyone who responded to this with earnest baking advice. BEHOLD MY TRIUMPH
Found one of my old Kotaku business cards. God I loved that job
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Found one of my old Kotaku business cards. God I loved that job
Didn't think I could love Astro Bot more, but we just bought a boxed copy and THIS is the manual
November 9, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Didn't think I could love Astro Bot more, but we just bought a boxed copy and THIS is the manual
FINALLY. And through a Wonder Pick too! I screamed aloud.
(Get in on this Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket action if you haven't already, it's been a fantastic distraction this week)
(Get in on this Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket action if you haven't already, it's been a fantastic distraction this week)
November 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM
FINALLY. And through a Wonder Pick too! I screamed aloud.
(Get in on this Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket action if you haven't already, it's been a fantastic distraction this week)
(Get in on this Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket action if you haven't already, it's been a fantastic distraction this week)