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 (186)
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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Alexander O. Smith, translator (Vagrant Story, Phoenix Wright, Final Fantasy ser...
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Charlie Rosen, bandleader, The 8-bit Big Band.
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Andy Robertson, journalist, entrepreneur (BBC, Ludocene).
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Lizzie Killian, musician (Teens in Trouble).
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Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, creative director, Hell is Us.
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Tonda Ros, gamemaker, Blue Prince.
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Brian Gibson, artist, musician (Lightning Bolt, Guitar Hero, Thumper).
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Correspondence Special #7: Zelda snubs, lost gaming communities, and fake monkey...
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Ralph Panebianco, critic, YouTube creator (Skill Up).
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Greg Jenner, historian.
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Nathan Brown, writer, analyst, former editor Edge.
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Kat Abughazaleh, influencer, politician.
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Jimi Famurewa, food critic.
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Ed Night, comedian.
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Cabel Sasser, co-founder Panic (creators of the Playdate console).
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Peter Whalen, game director (Hearthstone, Teamfight Tactics).
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Ray Chase, voice actor (Final Fantasy XV, Xmen '97, Demon Slayer).
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Robbie Singh, streamer, studio founder (Omeda).
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Listener Console Special #3
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Elena Lobova, Ukrainian entrepreneur, game developer.
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