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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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4.9 stars from 202 ratings
Great show about video game people
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“This show gives such a good insight into the video game industry and the people that it is made up of. Simon is doing amazing work and deserves lots of credit for his interviews and hard work. Such an interesting show and must listen for anyone interested in gaming.”
Gooner0003 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/13/24
“I love this podcast & listen to it weekly. It is very interesting to hear the interviews and their stories. I also love to hear about the fine games that they pick and how they affected their lives. I also love the music that Simon sometimes creates if a game did not have music.”
Kiwimrt via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/08/24
Interesting, Warm and Nostalgic.
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“Often the games take a back seat to the guests. Always warm and inclusive. A rare treat in podcasts! Keep up the good work!”
Yorkstony via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/04/24
Recent Episodes
My guest today is the German filmmaker Uwe Boll. Born in Wermelskirchen he decided he wanted to direct films at the age of ten, after seeing Marlon Brando star in Mutiny on the Bounty. It wasn’t until he was in his mid-thirties, however, that he directed his first major motion picture,...
Published 09/24/24
Published 09/24/24
My guest today is the American video game artist and designer, Derek Yu. Born in Pasadena, California in the early eighties, he started mapping out games on graph paper when he was still a child. After graduating college with a degree in computer science, he moved to San Francisco to work as a...
Published 09/17/24
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