<p>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&nbsp;<strong>GamesTM</strong>&nbsp;while she was still a teenager. Then, after earning a degree in German and Japanese from the&nbsp;<strong>University of Edinburgh</strong>—including a year studying in Japan—she became UK Games Editor at&nbsp;<strong>IGN</strong>, helping shape the site’s global editorial strategy.&nbsp;</p><br><p>She then launched and led&nbsp;<strong>Kotaku UK</strong>, where her team won multiple industry awards. Since 2018 she has been Games Editor at&nbsp;<strong>The Guardian</strong>, 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&nbsp;<strong>You Died: The Dark Souls Companion</strong>, and her new book,&nbsp;<strong>Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun</strong>, explores the cultural impact of one of gaming’s most influential companies.</p><p>Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole</p><br><p>Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: <a href="http://bit.ly/myperfectconsolewithsimonparkin-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>