My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin
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 ahea...
Notable Guests
Episodes (205)
Sarah Maria Griffin, poet, author (Eat the Ones You Love; Strange is the Light)
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Mike Diver, journalist, author (Aliens: The Video Games)
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Soren Johnson, game designer (Civ III, Civ IV, Spore, Old World)
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Glen Henry, gamemaker, co-founder Jamaica Game Developer Society.
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Amelia Tait, journalist, children's author.
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James Trickey, comedian.
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Pierce Brown, science fiction novelist (Red Rising series).
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John Robertson, comedian, creator The Dark Room.
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Andreas Thorstensson, former Counter-Strike champion, founder GOALS AB.
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Abigoliah Schamaun, comedian.
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Luke Whittaker, gamemaker. (South of the Circle, Lumino City).
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Rob Dubbin, comedy writer, game designer (The Colbert Report, Scripto).
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George Osborn, strategist, author (Power Play: Video Games, Politics, and the Ba...
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Gabríel Ólafs, pianist, composer, founder Reykjavík Orkestra.
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Elise Kova, romantic fantasy novelist.
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Brendan Greene, game-maker (PUBG, Prologue: Go Wayback!)
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Stephen Totilo, journalist, editor.
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Jerk Gustafsson, studio director, MachineGames (Wolfenstein series; Indiana Jone...
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Chandana Ekanayake, founder Outerloop Games (Falcon Age, Thirsty Suitors, Dosa D...
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Natasha Hodgson, writer, composer, performer, Operation Mincemeat.
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Simon Lockerby, streamer, founder Fateless Games.
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C. Thi. Nguyen, author, philosopher.
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Michael French MBE, founder, London Games Festival.
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Felicia Day, actor, screenwriter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Guild).
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Evan Narcisse, writer (Rise of the Black Panther, Spider-Man, Wu-Tang: Ruse of t...
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Ed Atkins, artist.
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Tom Keegan, performance director (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Battlefiel...
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Keza Macdonald, author, games editor The Guardian.
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Ed Fries, former head of Microsoft Game Studios.
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Prokop Jirsa, lead designer (Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2).
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Dr. Elin Festøy, creative producer (My Child Lebensborn; My Child: New Beginning...
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Jon Ingold, co-founder Inkle (80 Days, Expelled!, TR-49).
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MPC Remastered: Phil Fish
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MPC Remastered: Heather Anne Campbell
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My Perfect Console: Best of 2025 (pt 2.)
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My Perfect Console: Best of 2025 (pt 1.)
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Console of the Year Award (2025).
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Game of the Year 2025 (ft. Glenn Moore).
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Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Redfall)
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Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @ University of Chicago).
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Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.
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Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.
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Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moment...
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Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.
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Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studi...
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Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.
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Rami Ismail, gamemaker (Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Austral...
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Lorien Testard, composer (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33).
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Chris Plante, writer, editor (Polygon, The Verge, Limetown, Post Games).
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Claire L. Evans, musician, writer, artist (YACHT, Blippo+).
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