Keza Macdonald, author, games editor The Guardian.
About this episode
Keza Macdonald discusses her extensive career in video game journalism and her new book on the cultural impact of Nintendo.
Keza Macdonald is a Scottish journalist and editor who has spent more than two decades chronicling the culture and business of video games. She started early, as a junior staff writer for GamesTM while she was still a teenager. Then, after earning a degree in German and Japanese from the University of Edinburgh —including a year studying in Japan—she became UK Games Editor at IGN , helping shape the site’s global editorial strategy. She then launched and led Kotaku UK , where her team won multiple industry awards. Since 2018 she has been Games Editor at The Guardian , where she writes the widely read “Pushing Buttons” newsletter and appears regularly on television and radio as an expert on the medium. She is the co-author of You Died: The Dark Souls Companion , and her new book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun , explores the cultural impact of one of gaming’s most influential companies. Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025…
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