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Keza Macdonald, author, games editor The Guardian.
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- Mar 3, 2026
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Summary
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.