About this podcast
In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, award-winning author video game critic for The Observer invites well-known guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on a fictional games machine. They discuss those five games in chronological order of release, interspersed with biographical chat about the guest’s life and career –– a lens that often leads to new and unexpected insights. "Thoroughly modern and…
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My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin
About this podcast
In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, award-winning author video game critic for The Observer invites well-known guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on a fictional games machine. They discuss those five games in chronological order of release, interspersed with biographical chat about the guest’s life and career –– a lens that often leads to new and unexpected insights. "Thoroughly modern and…
Recent episodes
- Mike Diver, journalist, author (Aliens: The Video Games)1 Sept · 1 h 27 min
- Soren Johnson, game designer (Civ III, Civ IV, Spore, Old World)25 Aug · 1 h 36 min
- Glen Henry, gamemaker, co-founder Jamaica Game Developer Society.18 Aug · 1 h 16 min
- Amelia Tait, journalist, children's author.11 Aug · 1 h 11 min
- James Trickey, comedian.4 Aug · 1 h 17 min
- Pierce Brown, science fiction novelist (Red Rising series).28 Jul · 1 h 33 min
- John Robertson, comedian, creator The Dark Room.21 Jul · 1 h 36 min
- Andreas Thorstensson, former Counter-Strike champion, founder GOALS AB.14 Jul · 1 h 20 min
- Abigoliah Schamaun, comedian.7 Jul · 1 h 24 min
- Luke Whittaker, gamemaker. (South of the Circle, Lumino City).30 Jun · 1 h 31 min
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