@mackeza.bsky.social
Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
@mackeza.bsky.socialYou've got a director's eye, Andy 👌
@mackeza.bsky.socialAll Microsoft games seem to do this now, it happened with Halo too for me. There's usually an option to turn it off a few screens in
@mackeza.bsky.socialReposted by @mackeza.bsky.socialJust 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
@mackeza.bsky.socialJust 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
@mackeza.bsky.social100% agree. Playing the Halo remake also gave me this melancholy
@mackeza.bsky.socialMine slowly degrades the longer I write... I feel very apologetic towards anyone who gets an unintelligible squiggle because I've been signing for an hour 🫠
@alixeharrow.bsky.socialReposted by @mackeza.bsky.social10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath
@pixelatedboat.bsky.socialReposted by @mackeza.bsky.socialSad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy
@mackeza.bsky.socialYes it's telling that when resources dwindle, suddenly we return to "the default"
@mackeza.bsky.socialSigning 1000 of these was a treat, lemme tell ya
@mackeza.bsky.socialIt is absolute corporate vandalism. I worked on VG247 years and years ago and it saddens me greatly, can't imagine what it's like for the people who were there when it was taken over
@andyrobinson.bsky.socialReposted by @mackeza.bsky.socialGames media cuts have felt unending for a while, but the mood feels especially grim among indie outlets with the latest wave of layoffs. More than ever, if the game industry values its media, it needs to support them. Buy some advertising, sponsor content, purchase subs. It makes a big difference.
@paulscottcanavan.comReposted by @mackeza.bsky.socialVery honoured to have one of my sketches on the 10th anniversary release of You Died, the Dark Souls book written by @mackeza.bsky.social and Jason Killingworth.
I painted the cover back in 2016, love this version by @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social
@emilyoram.bsky.socialReposted by @mackeza.bsky.socialLiquid Bluesky
@mackeza.bsky.socialYes, all the training is in-person I believe
@mackeza.bsky.social"I'd advise editors to ask themselves: if you never get women pitching your site or applying for your jobs, why is that? Do you read female writers- and if not, why? Do you talk to women about whom they are reading, or do you only talk about work with other men? Not all of our biases are conscious."
@mackeza.bsky.socialApropos of nothing, here's the callout I wrote for Eurogamer about the glaring lack of female voices in the games media.
I wrote this in *2018*.
Things did seem to get better for a while but now we're backsliding again and the reasons for it haven't changed.
@mackeza.bsky.socialBest of luck!
@mackeza.bsky.socialUgh, it's hard out there. I think a lot of games media people are super qualified for these roles, due to the fact we often work across mixed media, and we're online natives
@mackeza.bsky.socialReposted by @mackeza.bsky.socialThe Guardian is doing some major hiring right now! If you have 2-3 years' experience in journalism, media and/or content creation, you can apply for the Digital Journalism Scheme - full time roles including 20% training time, £48k pa
