My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

A podcast by Simon Parkin - Tuesdays

Tuesdays

Categories:

Technology

100 Episodes

  1. Iain Cook, musician (Chvrches).

    Published: 5/1/2023

  2. Ellie Gibson, comedian (Scummy Mummies).

    Published: 4/28/2023

  3. Ronan Farrow, investigative journalist, New Yorker.

    Published: 4/24/2023

  4. Dan Vecchitto, gamemaker (Trombone Champ).

    Published: 4/20/2023

  5. Charles Cecil MBE, gamemaker (Broken Sword, Beneath a Steel Sky).

    Published: 4/17/2023

  6. Grace Curtis, science fiction author (Frontier, Floating Hotel).

    Published: 4/13/2023

  7. Erik Wolpaw, writer Portal 1 & 2.

    Published: 4/10/2023

  8. Sir Ian Livingstone, co-founder Games Workshop.

    Published: 4/6/2023

  9. Susan Calman, comic, writer, presenter.

    Published: 4/3/2023

  10. Henk Rogers, the man who sold Tetris.

    Published: 3/27/2023

  11. Jake Solomon, game designer (Marvel’s Midnight Suns; XCOM: Enemy Unknown.)

    Published: 3/21/2023

  12. Phil Wang, comedian.

    Published: 3/13/2023

  13. Shahid Ahmad, former director, Sony PlayStation.

    Published: 3/6/2023

  14. Phil Fish, creator of Fez.

    Published: 2/27/2023

  15. Heather Anne Campbell, comedian, screenwriter (Rick and Morty).

    Published: 2/20/2023

  16. Tarn Adams, creator of Dwarf Fortress.

    Published: 2/14/2023

  17. Dara Ó Briain, comedian.

    Published: 2/7/2023

  18. Ashly Burch, actor (Mythic Quest, The Last of Us, Horizon).

    Published: 1/31/2023

  19. Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle.

    Published: 1/24/2023

  20. Trailer

    Published: 1/16/2023

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In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, award-winning writer for the New Yorker and The Observer newspaper's video game critic invites a well-known guest from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on their very own 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 ahead of its time...a gift." - NEW YORK'S VULTURE"Charming, insightful." -- THE GUARDIAN.TIME OUT'S 50 Best Podcasts.(Note: Episode descriptions may contain affiliate links). Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.