Keith Stuart, journalist & novelist (A Boy Made of Blocks, Love is a Curse).

My guest today is the English author and journalist, Keith Stuart. He grew up in a town near Stockport in Greater Manchester, then studied English and Drama at Warwick University . After graduating he joined Big Red Software , testing Game Genie codes for the Game Boy , and coming up with names for the vehicles and tracks in Big Red Racing . In 1995 he joined the team of the recently launched Edge magazine, before becoming editor of the unofficial Dreamcast magazine, DC-UK . In 2005 he assumed the pioneering role of games editor for The Guardian , a position he held for more than a decade, as one of the first long-term beat reporters on games for a broadsheet newspaper. In 2016 he published his first novel, A Boy Made of Blocks , based on his experience bonding with his autistic son in Minecraft . After the book became a Richard & Judy bestseller more followed, and he is now publishing his fourth novel, Love is a Curse , a story about generational love and trauma. Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.