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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just back from Dominik Diamond Sings The Video Games. Having spent five years editing (excessive) dick jokes out of his columns, it was enormous fun to see him let loose on stage @dominikdiamond.bsky.social

Dominik on stage, in the middle of a song about Frogger's irresponsible parents

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Beggars belief that this is not only as good as Children of Time, but perhaps even slightly better? This is fast becoming an all time favourite series. Saying anything specific about it at all feels like ruining the magic but it is SO clever, unpredictable, imaginative and occasionally horrifying

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Books of 2026: The Castle by Jon Ronson. Bought this less than 48 hours ago and totally demolished it. So very readable, as you'd expect from Ronson. Though it did leave me (more?) depressed about the consequence-free lives of the ultra rich

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy 25th birthday to the Nintendo GameCube, the first games console I bought with my own money. I started saving up for it the month I bought this issue of Edge, nearly a year previously. What a cover!

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Incredible photo from Gamescom 2014 featuring @leonhurley.bsky.social. Truly we captured the spirit of the event

Keza, furious, scowling at a laptop with a tiny Koelsch beer in hand, whilst Leon is passed out in a chair

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was brilliant! Chinese historical fiction/fantasy in which a peasant girl rejects her pitiful fate and steals another's. Epic, powerful, tragic, very queer

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sent @mckkirk.bsky.social to Tokyo to interview Hidetaka Miyazaki. He asked the tough questions. (Read the whole thing, it's a banger) www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Six months of Super Nintendo! And it's my birthday this week! This book is the culmination of 20 years' work as a games journalist - all the time I've spent interviewing Nintendo creatives and thinking deeply about games and the place they occupy in our lives. Pick up a copy linktr.ee/super_nintendo

Keza with the colourful UK and US editions of her book Super Nintendo, a cultural history of the world's most beloved game company

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Books of 2026: I love that this surprisingly comforting sci-fi book was originally Kickstarted (by like 57 people) and self published. Becky Chambers is now a famously beloved author. Make the thing! It just might find its people!

the long way to a small angry planet, by Becky Chambers

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

My son has finally completed Sneaky Sasquatch after nearly 500 hours of play, beginning when he was a tiny guy who couldn't even read yet but was delighted by Sasquatch's gleefully greedy eating animation. (He's 9 now.) I hope that every game has at least one child who loves it this much.

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Books of 2026: a complicated California family falls apart in slow motion over the course of one wild house party. More beach-read familial drama to get me through hospital unpleasantness (on audio - very much enjoyed the narration)

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Every shop and hotel in Tenerife seems to sell them (usually fakes), they are EVERYWHERE Along with delightful merchandise such as this:

An extremely malformed Pikachu and Squirtle adorn a t-shirt with an upside down Pokéball

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Books of 2026: this was just extraordinary. Hard to believe that it came from a human imagination. I was repulsed, I was awed, I was moved to learn things about evolutionary biology, I was very sad when it was over.

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I love these Monk and Robot books. I also happen to be reading Wild Robot for my little son, and these are kind of like that for grown-ups

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today's the day! The legendary music game Gitaroo Man is available to buy once again. I was obsessed with this game as a teenager and it's still one of my PS2 favourites, here's its theme to celebrate

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Been racing through more Becky Chambers books. Extraordinary, surprising, humane and vivid sci-fi. This one is so good I immediately bought a second copy to gift to a friend. (Except I have ADHD, so immediately forgot, and then ordered another three on separate occasions, so now I have 5 copies 🙃)

To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My first Becky Chambers, and I'm already halfway through another one. I was not expecting a sci-fi novella to feel like the kind of hug you need after a long day. (Thanks @emilynordmann.bsky.social for the loan)

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Thank you to whoever recommended this one. A somewhat devastating hospital read, but it certainly took my mind off my own problems. (Yet another graphic memoir, my favourite type of memoir)

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Unintentionally read two books in a row about lesbians in space: first a short graphic novel about an astrophysicist who can't connect with other people, the second a breezy Taylor Jenkins Reid situation that went down very easy

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This is one of the most haunting things I've ever read. A poet travels back through time via the old casebooks from an abandoned asylum in her Irish town. Just beautifully written

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Why do all modern depictions of Van Gogh make him look like a 2012 London hipster

Knitted Van Gogh in his fisherman's beanie and on-trend cardigan

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This was a somewhat surreal moment for me as an old-school CollegeHumor enjoyer. Thank you @adamconover.net for having me on! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_dI...

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I have been re-reading the original edition of my first book, You Died, which came out ten years ago this month. I wrote it with Jason Killingsworth in what felt like one long delirious crunch period. There's a lot I had forgotten, including this line that we put at the end of the acknowledgements:

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Really struggled to concentrate on this one for some reason, took me over a month to read, but I did eventually learn a lot (and especially enjoyed the chapter about Very Gay Vampires)

The book Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Hello from the Scottish island where I am currently recovering from a kidney infection instead of enjoying my planned post-book-tour holiday. Happily I brought this beautiful autobiographical graphic novel with me - I've read few better books about spiritual loneliness

The graphic novel Blankets by Craig Thompson

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I've had this on my shelf forever and only just read it. Magical-realist millennial existential angst 👌

The graphic novel Seconds, by Bryan Lee O'Malley

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Beloved internet, please help me. I recognise this guy. It's the head of a mascot costume, with headphones on. I cannot place the character but I remember him as a cartoon character with a yellow t-shirt over a long white shirt and baggy jeans, 00s style. WHO IS HE, it's driving me nuts

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Books of 2026: devoured this. More queer history, but historical fiction this time, set in early 1800s London. A vivid imagining of secret gay English life. Pulls off a gasp-worthy surprise ending.

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

My book in Italian 😎 It's also coming out in Polish and Japanese (If you are a German or French publisher you should totally pick it up)

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Next book of 2026: Queen James (on audio). Come for the queer history (nobody ever told me King James VI/I was bisexual and homoromantic in history class), stay for the murders, double-crosses, religious in-fighting and ceaseless plotting that define this era of the Scottish and British past

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Belated start to a books of 2026 thread, because the horrors just keep coming. First up: Spent by Alison Bechdel. Not as totally essential as Fun Home (her masterpiece, it would be *anyone's* masterpiece) but still a wonderfully observed piece of autofiction, highly recommend

The cover of Spent, a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Edinburgh Super Nintendo event was in a church, which was especially funny because everybody propped their books up in front of the pews like bibles. 10/10 I'm having a great time

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I'm still on book tour, doing my best to ignore The Horrors. Had a great time at Topping's in St Andrews last night. It is so great how genuinely enthused people are to turn up and talk about video games 💙

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Tomorrow I will be taking Super Nintendo to St Andrews, and Tuesday I'll be in my home city of Edinburgh at my favourite bookshop. Tickets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Many people have asked: What's the best way to support authors? I have been told: leave reviews on Amazon/Audible/etc because that helps with visibility, and buy from actual bookshops (or bookshop.org) if you can 🙏 Here's Super Nintendo in Waterstones! (thanks @vivalahazy.bsky.social for the pic)

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Thank you also to the brilliant @chrisbratt.bsky.social of People Make Games for hosting! The loveliest of pals.

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I've decided to bring back the traditional games journalist uniform of plaid shirt and graphic tee. It's been out in the cold too long. Thank you to everyone who came along to Loading Bar in Brighton last night! Next week: St Andrews and Edinburgh. Tickets here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo

Keza sits on a green couch next to her book, Super Nintendo

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Threw a wee party for my friends and family to celebrate Super Nintendo's UK publication day. No words for how I feel, it was just awesome 🙏 Book tour kicks off today!

Keza beaming at her book launch party in a shirt with little secret Pikachus on

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Huge day for the girls gays and theys

Lady Gaga and her favourite Pokémon Jigglypuff sing a duet

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The Super Nintendo audiobook is a Spotify pick of the month for February in the US and Canada 🎉 I narrated it myself!

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Finally! My book Super Nintendo is out TODAY in the US + Canada. Here's where to buy it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753986... "MacDonald is one of the best games journalists... Here is a book bursting with love. Bop your head against it and see if a shower of gold coins comes out." -The Times

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The ending absolutely floored me. Cairn develops into a game not just about climbing but about the nature of obsession, I was so into it

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

One week until my book about Nintendo is out in the US - the cover is just awesome, I'm so pleased with it ✨ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753986...

Keza's book Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked The Power of Play

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