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Simon Parkin
My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin
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...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 167 ratings
Thoughtful and entertaining
Great podcast! Always thoughtful and entertaining.
pikamookie via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/05/24
Fantastic format and interviewing
The format helps guests open up and become so much more genuine and Simon is a phenomenal interviewer.
PureFazz via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/05/24
My Perfect Podcast
There aren’t enough superlatives to describe how amazing this podcast is. To hear the guests describe some of their favourite games whilst it is intertwined it with their career journeys and some life changing events make this a must listen. Simon is the perfect host, not afraid to ask the hard /...Read full review »
lombers via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 02/11/24
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