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Keza MacDonald
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Formerly Kotaku UK's editor, now video games editor at the Guardian. I've spent 12 years writing about video games and gaming culture and co-authored a book called You Died: The Dark Souls Companion.
Whenever I’ve interviewed a games industry executive over the past few months, I’ve asked them what single thing…
In the past few months, a video game has become popular among young people, prompting experts and commentators…
I would like to tell you about a mortifying encounter I recently had with a very well known figure in video games.…
Sometimes you go into a game demo, and it’s just absolutely not what you were expecting.
Video games’ version of paternalism is usually reductive: parents and children rarely stray from the roles of…
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At a Square Enix event in London yesterday evening, I played through an hour of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the final…
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Hypnospace Outlaw is an alternate-reality Internet simulator set in 1999. It captures that half-remembered, vaguely…
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The first question you might have about Labo is: what’s so special about a box of cardboard and some mini-games? And…
If you’re into games yourself, playing video games with kids can be one of the great joys of parenthood (or…
I’ve played many hours of Far Cry 5 co-op, both with my partner and with colleagues. A lot of the time it’s been a…
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Homo Machina is an excellent example of what happens when video game creators look outside pop culture for…
Harry Potter has not had the most illustrious history when it comes to video game adaptations. It looks like things…
To the surprise of anyone who’s played Monster Hunter in the past decade, Monster Hunter: World has become extremely…
Monster Hunter: World is a showcase of the best creature design in video games. From fire-breathing wyverns to weird…
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Kotaku’s review of Monster Hunter World will be coming soon. (Sneak preview: it’s pretty damned good.) In the…
Couch co-op games tend to be more intimate than competitive multiplayer games; when it’s just you and a friend or…
Most years, I find whittling a best-of list down to just 10 entries a tortuous process. Not so in 2017, because in…
For Monster Hunter fans, the way that you describe the game to others has never really lined up with how it actually…