Keith Stuart
@keefstuart.bsky.social
Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
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I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
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I was having an extremely bad time last year. I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right arm, pain that lasted for months (it's ongoing now). When Hollow Knight Silksong came out, I didn't know if I'd even be able to play it. On Silksong and suffering: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game
When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was in so much pain that I didn’t know if I’d be able to play it. Could a video game teach me anything new about suffering?
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I was having an extremely bad time last year. I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right arm, pain that lasted for months (it's ongoing now). When Hollow Knight Silksong came out, I didn't know if I'd even be able to play it. On Silksong and suffering: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
A disliked government will try to redirect anger at the most vulnerable people in society
Third time in not much more than a week for the "falconry, ski-ing & horses" anonymous brief on SEND. What's worse: the Westminster insiders who put this toxic, nasty crap about or the journalists who blithely repeat it? PS ask an OT professional about autism, dyspraxia, core stability & horses
January 11, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A disliked government will try to redirect anger at the most vulnerable people in society
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I'm going on a BOOK TOUR next month with Super Nintendo! I'm launching it in Glasgow on Feb 12, then London, Brighton Edinburgh, St Andrews and Manchester. Tickets for everywhere are through this link: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I'm going on a BOOK TOUR next month with Super Nintendo! I'm launching it in Glasgow on Feb 12, then London, Brighton Edinburgh, St Andrews and Manchester. Tickets for everywhere are through this link: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Goodbye David Rosen. I interviewed him ten years ago for my book on the Mega Drive and he was lovely. His influence on the arcade business is incalculable.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gaming
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Goodbye David Rosen. I interviewed him ten years ago for my book on the Mega Drive and he was lovely. His influence on the arcade business is incalculable.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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Fresco of January at Castello Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy, (detail), c. 1405-1410.
January 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Fresco of January at Castello Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy, (detail), c. 1405-1410.
Hi, I asked some lovely developers for their favourite Christmas gaming memories. Please have a read and add your own in the comments section. Also, if you celebrate this season or not, all the very best wishes to you from the Guardian games team xx
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories
From a family showdown on Guitar Hero III to the winter levels in Diddy Kong Racing, the designers of some of today’s top titles recall the gifts and moments that lit up their childhoods
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hi, I asked some lovely developers for their favourite Christmas gaming memories. Please have a read and add your own in the comments section. Also, if you celebrate this season or not, all the very best wishes to you from the Guardian games team xx
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Keza and I wrote about Vince Zampella. I suspect I have spent more time in his games than anyone else’s - I’m sure I’m not alone
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Call of Duty’s Vince Zampella was a video games visionary
Zampella created the template for multiplayer shooters that is still used today, and his cinematic and epic military, sci-fi and Star Wars games thrilled and moved millions
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Keza and I wrote about Vince Zampella. I suspect I have spent more time in his games than anyone else’s - I’m sure I’m not alone
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
For some reason today, I have remembered the fascinating iPhone game Blackbar, from 2013 about a censorious dystopian regime
mrgan.com/blackbar/pre...
mrgan.com/blackbar/pre...
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For some reason today, I have remembered the fascinating iPhone game Blackbar, from 2013 about a censorious dystopian regime
mrgan.com/blackbar/pre...
mrgan.com/blackbar/pre...
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a whopping 55% off in the Steam Winter Sale!
Inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft - our folk horror adventure is the perfect play for Christmas!
store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
Inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft - our folk horror adventure is the perfect play for Christmas!
store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a whopping 55% off in the Steam Winter Sale!
Inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft - our folk horror adventure is the perfect play for Christmas!
store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
Inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft - our folk horror adventure is the perfect play for Christmas!
store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
Hello, here are the best games of 2025 as chosen by Keza and me! Please enjoy responsibly
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
The 20 best video games of 2025
A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hello, here are the best games of 2025 as chosen by Keza and me! Please enjoy responsibly
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Hiya, I recommended eight local multiplayer games to try with your family and friends this Christmas/winter!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Karts, cakes and karaoke: the eight best party games to play with family this Christmas
Whether your household is in the mood for singing, driving, quizzing or shouting, here are our top choices for homely holiday fun
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hiya, I recommended eight local multiplayer games to try with your family and friends this Christmas/winter!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Hello! I am writing a little thing on Christmas (or wintery festive) gaming memories - e.g. getting particular consoles or games as presents or just memories of playing games. Do you have any that mean something to you? My DMs are open if you want to share?! Xx
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hello! I am writing a little thing on Christmas (or wintery festive) gaming memories - e.g. getting particular consoles or games as presents or just memories of playing games. Do you have any that mean something to you? My DMs are open if you want to share?! Xx
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Delighted to see this piece up! Massive thank you to all the women who shared their experience with me for this 🖤
www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...
A decade on from Gamergate, how has the games industry changed for women?
Some of gaming's most influential women share their experiences, along with what still needs to be done
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Delighted to see this piece up! Massive thank you to all the women who shared their experience with me for this 🖤
www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...
There should be a Nobel prize for games preservation
As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
There should be a Nobel prize for games preservation
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You don't need to write about the vibe-coded game btw.
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You don't need to write about the vibe-coded game btw.
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VIDEOVERSE got 32/40 in Weekly Famitsu and entered the Famitsu Gold Hall of Fame! 🥳🥇
A huge thanks to everyone who helped on the Japanese localisation – This one is for you! 😄
A huge thanks to everyone who helped on the Japanese localisation – This one is for you! 😄
December 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
VIDEOVERSE got 32/40 in Weekly Famitsu and entered the Famitsu Gold Hall of Fame! 🥳🥇
A huge thanks to everyone who helped on the Japanese localisation – This one is for you! 😄
A huge thanks to everyone who helped on the Japanese localisation – This one is for you! 😄
Hi I interviewed Dan Houser in London and we talked about lots of interesting things
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
He wrote the world’s most successful video games – now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto
He rewrote the rule book with Rockstar then left it all behind. Now Dan Houser is back with a storytelling-focused studio to take on AI-obsessed tech bros and Mexican beauty queens
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hi I interviewed Dan Houser in London and we talked about lots of interesting things
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Incredible charity shop DVD haul this morning!
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Incredible charity shop DVD haul this morning!
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What was your go to Sega magazine back in the day? I spoke to MegaTech editor Paul Glancey about the good old days.
👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/megatech-mag...
#Sega #MegaDrive #SonicTheHedeghog #StreetsOfRage #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/megatech-mag...
#Sega #MegaDrive #SonicTheHedeghog #StreetsOfRage #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
What was your go to Sega magazine back in the day? I spoke to MegaTech editor Paul Glancey about the good old days.
👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/megatech-mag...
#Sega #MegaDrive #SonicTheHedeghog #StreetsOfRage #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/megatech-mag...
#Sega #MegaDrive #SonicTheHedeghog #StreetsOfRage #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
I think I am very late to this BUT if you haven’t played Evil Egg yet, play Evil Egg!! It is an incredible twin stick shooter which feels like some lost Commodore 64 masterpiece - you can pay what you like!
ivysly.itch.io/evil-egg
ivysly.itch.io/evil-egg
Evil Egg by ivysly
Twin-stick paradise.
ivysly.itch.io
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I think I am very late to this BUT if you haven’t played Evil Egg yet, play Evil Egg!! It is an incredible twin stick shooter which feels like some lost Commodore 64 masterpiece - you can pay what you like!
ivysly.itch.io/evil-egg
ivysly.itch.io/evil-egg
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I spoke to @fortune.com about my upcoming book Super Nintendo and the secret(s) to Nintendo's enduring success - a large part of which is cultivating and caring for developers instead of hiring and firing everyone in yearly cycles.
(Book deets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo)
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
(Book deets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo)
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
Nintendo’s secret to becoming a design powerhouse? Developers who have stayed at the company for decades | Fortune
“The people who first made Nintendo’s hits are still working at the company,” says Keza MacDonald, author of a forthcoming book about Nintendo.
fortune.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I spoke to @fortune.com about my upcoming book Super Nintendo and the secret(s) to Nintendo's enduring success - a large part of which is cultivating and caring for developers instead of hiring and firing everyone in yearly cycles.
(Book deets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo)
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
(Book deets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo)
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
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My book about Nintendo is out soon! Early readers have said incredibly nice things about it! Pre-order here for US/UK: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My book about Nintendo is out soon! Early readers have said incredibly nice things about it! Pre-order here for US/UK: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
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So @mikerose.bsky.social & I decided to do a silly podcast comparing notes about indie games & their history & also about suddenly being middle-aged & tired
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So @mikerose.bsky.social & I decided to do a silly podcast comparing notes about indie games & their history & also about suddenly being middle-aged & tired
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com