Critic Atlas

Reviewer profile

Keza MacDonald

Current outlet: The Guardian

Previously at: Kotaku · PC Gamer

Reviews

49

49 games · 49 scored

Avg score

74

49 scored reviews

Score style

Harsh

-5 vs peer avg · 49 compared

Outlets

3

Kotaku · PC Gamer · The Guardian

Latest

2026

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores about -5 points below the peer average on games where Critic Atlas has comparable scored reviews.

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A lower-than-peer score from this reviewer may be part of their normal baseline. Their positive reviews may be especially worth noticing.

Based on 49 compared reviews against other scored reviews for the same games.

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Review history

How this reviewer maps across games

Review history follows the reviewer as a person, even if they have moved between outlets. Each review keeps the outlet where it was originally published.

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Pokémon Pokopia

The Guardian

Pokémon Pokopia review – collectible creatures create their own perfect world

Published 3/5/2026

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Score

80

-11 vs game avg

Cairn

The Guardian

Cairn review – obsession, suffering and awe in a climbing game that hits exhausting new heights

Published 1/29/2026

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Reviewer assigned after source-page byline enrichment.

Score

80

-6 vs game avg

Ghost of Yotei

The Guardian

Ghost of Yōtei review – a brutal and stunningly beautiful samurai revenge quest

Published 10/2/2025

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Score

80

-7 vs game avg

Avowed

The Guardian

Avowed review – Annihilation meets Oblivion in a vast, intricate fantasy

Published 2/13/2025

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The GuardianText review

Score

60

-20 vs game avg

Astro Bot

The Guardian

The Guardian Astro Bot Review

Published 9/5/2024

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Score

100

+5 vs game avg

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

The Guardian

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure review – shifting expectations

Published 7/25/2024

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Score

80

0 vs game avg

Reigns Beyond

The Guardian

Reigns Beyond review – sci-fi silliness meets rock band road trip

Published 4/18/2024

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Score

60

-16 vs game avg

Under the Waves

The Guardian

Under the Waves review – a glitchy, but captivating underwater expedition

Published 9/5/2023

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Score

60

-7 vs game avg

Dredge

The Guardian

Dredge review – horrors lurk in the deep in this eldritch fishing game

Published 3/23/2023

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Score

80

+3 vs game avg

Arcade Paradise

The Guardian

Arcade Paradise review – enjoy some 90s retro vibes in this tribute to classic games

Published 8/11/2022

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Score

60

-18 vs game avg

As Dusk Falls

The Guardian

As Dusk Falls review – superior storytelling elevates this interactive thriller

Published 7/19/2022

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

Lake

The Guardian

Lake review – a small-town drama about delivering post in a picturesque place

Published 9/1/2021

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Score

60

-7 vs game avg

Harvest Moon: One World

The Guardian

Harvest Moon: One World review – a farming game that's gone to seed

Published 3/19/2021

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Score

40

-11 vs game avg

PixelJunk Raiders

The Guardian

PixelJunk Raiders review – space adventure carries too much baggage

Published 3/5/2021

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Score

40

-22 vs game avg

Olija

The Guardian

Olija review – exquisite throwback to early-90s adventure games

Published 2/4/2021

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

The Almost Gone

The Guardian

The Guardian The Almost Gone Review

Published 6/25/2020

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Reviewer assigned after source-page byline enrichment.

Score

60

-14 vs game avg

Lonely Mountains: Downhill

The Guardian

Lonely Mountains: Downhill review – adrenaline-pumping adventures in nature

Published 5/14/2020

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Score

100

+18 vs game avg

Knights and Bikes

The Guardian

Knights and Bikes review – a tribute to friendship and long summer days

Published 9/5/2019

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Score

80

0 vs game avg

Metal Wolf Chaos XD

The Guardian

Metal Wolf Chaos XD review – unreconstructed mad mech trash

Published 8/15/2019

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Score

40

-26 vs game avg

Tetris Effect

The Guardian

Tetris Effect review – makes your skin tingle and your mind hum

Published 7/19/2019

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Score

100

+9 vs game avg

Observation

The Guardian

Observation review – you are the AI in this unsettling space-station thriller

Published 5/22/2019

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Score

80

+4 vs game avg

Astrologaster

The Guardian

Astrologaster review – comedy quack stalks the streets of Shakespeare

Published 5/9/2019

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Score

80

+4 vs game avg

Hypnospace Outlaw

The Guardian

Hypnospace Outlaw review: a surreal tribute to the 90s internet

Published 3/14/2019

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

Trials Rising

The Guardian

Trials Rising review – a global adrenaline rush

Published 2/28/2019

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Score

80

+2 vs game avg

Crackdown 3

The Guardian

Crackdown 3 review – flimsy futuristic fun as moreish as popcorn

Published 2/14/2019

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Score

60

-2 vs game avg

Pokémon: Let's Go

The Guardian

Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee! review – a children’s classic, refreshed

Published 11/20/2018

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Score

80

-1 vs game avg

Reigns: Game of Thrones

The Guardian

Reigns: Game of Thrones review – death, disaster and dark magic on your phone

Published 10/18/2018

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Score

80

+2 vs game avg

Forza Horizon 4

The Guardian

Forza Horizon 4 review – the best racing experience, in an ideal Britain

Published 10/3/2018

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Score

100

+8 vs game avg

Donut County

The Guardian

Donut County review – a dastardly raccoon plot to take over a town

Published 8/29/2018

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Score

60

-15 vs game avg

God of War

The Guardian

God of War review – violent, vengeful and more brilliant than ever

Published 4/12/2018

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Score

100

+6 vs game avg

Far Cry 5

The Guardian

Far Cry 5 review – cults, chaos and all-American silliness

Published 3/26/2018

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Score

60

-21 vs game avg

Shadow of the Colossus

The Guardian

Shadow of the Colossus review – a game of majesty and melancholy steps back into the light

Published 2/6/2018

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Score

100

+7 vs game avg

Monster Hunter World

The Guardian

Monster Hunter World review – feast of fun and fury where you're on the menu

Published 1/30/2018

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Score

100

+10 vs game avg

Iconoclasts

The Guardian

Iconoclasts review – retro-futuristic binge-worthy brainteaser

Published 1/19/2018

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Score

80

-4 vs game avg

Thumper

PC Gamer

Thumper review

Published 10/13/2016

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Score

82

-2 vs game avg