Keza MacDonald

Serrels your sons appear to have multiplied

Consume Me review - anything but empty calories A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

I also did exactly this 🤣

I felt like I'd been demoted from CEO of my own brain to a hapless regional manager. But I did recover the capacity for high level thought! It will be okay! (The second time around was harder BUT that was my pandemic baby sooo... lots going on there)

You will get your brain back eventually 🙏

Electrotransvestism!

There is indeed

Those are already in the wild! Would you like one?

Keza holds a copy of her forthcoming book, Super Nintendo

The editor's note at the front of the book

Proof copies of the US edition of my book just arrived! The note from my editor has made me emotional

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As a video games journalist I am very used to men emailing me to tell me things I already know, but a fun new subgenre of this is men emailing me *ChatGPT summaries of things I already know*

Strong contender for most annoying use of AI (it's a crowded field)

Have you encountered the travesty/boob joke vehicle that was P2 magazine? I briefly worked at the same publisher and the editor was possibly the most vile man I have ever met. For weeks he subsisted entirely on free microwave burgers that he blagged for the magazine as a competition prize

I think I remember buying this issue and feeling powerfully embarrassed at the newsagents... Or possibly it was Edge's DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball edition

I couldn't quite put my finger on why I liked Atsu so much in the context of Yotei's environment, but you've nailed it

Ghost Of Yotei's Star Is A Deadly Force Of Feminine Nature Sucker Punch's sequel is all about Atsu, a woman who can summon wolves and spear enemies with ease

I had to write more about Ghost of Yotei because I couldn't stop thinking about ecofeminism, women as a deadly force of nature, and Atsu's love for animals.
www.gamespot.com/articles/gho...

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

A model of a snowy level from Mario 64.

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

Yeah actually, there was one section that really felt overlong - I happened to choose the most complicated assassination plotline first - but you get to choose the order you do things, which helps

I am similarly over open-world games and like this much more than anything else I've played in years. I think it's because the combat is particularly good and feels dangerous, you can never get *too* powerful

Ghost of Yotei tip: go climb the mountain. In the early hours I was wavering on how much I liked this game, and climbing the mountain was a turning point

Cover the book Super Nintendo by Keza Macdonald with the subtitle “The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play”

Just got an early copy of @mackeza.bsky.social’s new book about Nintendo and this is exactly what I need right now.

I truly never felt that open world fatigue feeling

Much less of all that!

Ghost of Yōtei review – a brutal and stunningly beautiful samurai revenge quest The follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima leans into its young protagonist’s thirst for bloody vengeance

As someone who was left a little cold by Ghost of Tsushima, I liked Ghost of Yotei SO MUCH better. Verges on a 5* game for me www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Thank you Toby, I'll get this corrected - this was a mix-up in the edit!

Jason Biggs, actor, American Pie II “I do play PlayStation. I have a PS2 console and it is awesome... It is amazing. PS one is still great, but the graphics and the concepts on PS2 are incredibly realistic… I had PS2 in my trailer for American Pie II. Me and the rest of the guys would get into some heated games.”

Vin Diesel, actor, The Fast & The Furious “If I'm not playing Sony PlayStation or rereading a classic or watching a foreign film…my friends and I get on the Internet and find out who I'm dating, and it's always hysterical.”

Jimmy Fallon, actor, Saturday Night Live “The PlayStation 2 is sweet! The new Madden game sounds insane... I want to play it now. I’m also excited about playing over the Internet. If they make an Olympic game it will be awesome to actually play someone in China. Too much fun.”

Dave Mathews, singer, Dave Mathew’s Band “The band is so into PlayStation 2. I can’t imagine being on the road without it. Our lounge on the bus is dedicated to PlayStation 2”

This 2002 press release of 'celebrity testimonials' for the PS2 is an absolutely incredible time capsule.

It remains the most expensive game I ever got into

Occult objects, a dead dynasty and a mobile bookshop: ten cosy new video games for autumn From shopkeeping sims to daring dating, here are the best games to snuggle up with as the weather turns

Hello, I have recommended some new(ish) cosy games for autumn! Comments are open so please come and add your own faves!

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...

Loved that book, especially when it went off the deep end towards the conclusion

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

Reb I have never understood why people enjoy shopping as an activity in and of itself, but I ALWAYS bring an extra suitcase to Japan because when I'm there I transform into a gleeful child who's been told they can have anything they want from the toy shop

In GREEK MYTHOLOGY??