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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 ahead of

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1:14:06

Dr. Elin Festøy, creative producer (My Child...

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2026/02/10

Dr. Elin Festøy is a Norwegian creative producer, researcher, and storyteller whose work uses interactive media to illuminate some of the most painful and overlooked histories of the 20th century. After completing aMaster’sdegree in 1995, she began her career as a journalistcovering techduring the early emergence of digital culture. She later founded the transmedia studioTeknopilot, and in 2013 began a long-running project about the Lebensborn,children born to Norwegian mothers and Nazi soldiers

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1:32:22

Jon Ingold, co-founder Inkle (80 Days, Expelled!,...

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2026/02/03

Jon Ingold is a British game designer and writer whose work has helped redefine how narrative, choice, and player agency function in interactive storytelling. He began making parser-based text adventures and releasing them free on the internet. After studying mathematics at Cambridge University, he moved into professional game development at Sony PlayStation, where he worked as a designer in the concept group on several unreleased titles. In 2011, he co-founded the independent studio Inkle, where he

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1:12:44

MPC Remastered: Phil Fish

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2026/01/27

Before the start of My Perfect Console's fourth season, we revisit a classic early episode with the reclusive game designer,Phil Fish.Phil studied game design in Montreal and, after a brief stint working at Ubisoft, left to begin work on a game of his own, a platformer that combined the art style of the Super Nintendo classics of his youth, with perspective-shifting innovations of his own.Six years in the making,Fezlaunched in 2012 to near universal acclaim, part of the first wave of so-called indie

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1:05:53

MPC Remastered: Heather Anne Campbell

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2026/01/20

Before the start of My Perfect Console's fourth season, we revisit a classic early episode with comedian, writer and podcaster, Heather Anne Campbell.My guest today is an Emmy-nominated writer, sketch comedian, voice actor and performer. As a teenager she studied improv comedy at the famous ImprovOlympic studio in her home city of Chicago, training that prepared her for when she later starred onWhose Line Is It Anywayand the sketch comedy showKey and Peele.She has worked on the writing staff

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My Perfect Console: Best of 2025 (pt 2.)

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2026/01/13

Please enjoy this collection of some of our favourite clips from My Perfect Console episodes released in 2025.Featuring: Tonda Ros, Kat Abugazaleh, Nathan Brown, Adanna Nedd, Joel Morris, Basia Bulat, Andy Davidson, Bennett Foddy, Rami Ismail, Brian Gibson, Greg Jenner, Chris Plante, Tomm Hulett, Harvey Smith, Mark Cerny, Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Lorien Testard, and Alexander O. Smith.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsoleTake the Acast

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1:00:34

My Perfect Console: Best of 2025 (pt 1.)

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2026/01/06

Please enjoy this collection of some of our favourite clips from My Perfect Console episodes released in 2025.Featuring: Tonda Ros, Kat Abugazaleh, Nathan Brown, Adanna Nedd, Joel Morris, Basia Bulat, Andy Davidson, Bennett Foddy, Rami Ismail, Brian Gibson, Greg Jenner, Chris Plante, Tomm Hulett, Harvey Smith, Mark Cerny, Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Lorien Testard, and Alexander O. Smith.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsoleTake the Acast

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Console of the Year Award (2025).

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2025/12/29

A special episode with the winner of the My Perfect Console of the Year award, crowning the most popular console designed by a guest on the show this year, as voted bythe listeners to the show.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsoleTake the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:48:13

Game of the Year 2025 (ft. Glenn Moore).

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2025/12/23

The year is winding down, inboxes are quietening (lol), time is about to lose all meaning, and the year’s great cultural arguments are finally ready to be settled. Perfect timing, then, forMy Perfect Console: Game of the Year 2025.In this special episode, hostSimon Parkinis joined by comedianGlenn Mooreto build two consoles that capture what this yearfeltlike to play.Expect games obsessed with truth and lies, long walks through beautiful ruin, and at least one adventure that asks what honour even

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2:01:37

Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored,...

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2025/12/16

Harvey Smith is a game designer and writer whose work has helped shape some of the most atmospheric and influential games of the last two decades. After serving in the U.S. Air Force he began his career in video games as a tester on the formative System Shock. Then he joined Ion Storm worked as lead designer on Deus Ex, one of the most influential immersive sims of the era. In 2008 he became a partner at Arkane Studios, where he co-directed the acclaimed Dishonored series and, most recently,

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1:44:06

Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @...

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2025/12/09

Alex Seropian is a pioneering American video game developer whose work helped shape some of the most iconic series in the medium. After studying mathematics at the University of Chicago, he co-founded Bungie in 1991, first developing Operation Desert Storm then titles such as Pathways Into Darkness, Marathon, and Myth.In 2001, he and his team released Halo: Combat Evolved, a landmark first-person shooter that not only revolutionised console gaming but also established Microsoft’s Xbox as a viable

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1:30:56

Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.

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2025/12/02

Mark Cerny is an American programmer, and game designer whose career has shaped not only how we play, but the systems we play on. A San Francisco native, he dropped out of UC Berkeley at 17 after receiving an invitation to join Atari. At 18 he designed the arcade hitMarble Madness. He then moved to Japan to work with Sega, for whom he founded the Sega Technical Institute, developers of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Then played a key role in landmark titles such asCrash Bandicoot,Jak and Daxter,

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1:20:01

Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.

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2025/11/25

Brandon Adler is an American game director and producer whose career has been defined by his work on some ofObsidian Entertainment’s most acclaimed role-playing games. After serving in Iraq with theU.S. Air Force, my guest studied Game Art & Design atThe Art Institute of California.He joined Obsidian as a tester forNeverwinter Nights 2before working his way up through various disciplines on games such asSouth Park: The Stick of Truth,Fallout: New Vegas, andPillars of Eternity. Known for his

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Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out,...

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2025/11/21

In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions.Why are guests so often caught out when asked to name their console? What is the best moment in a video game? What might a My Perfect Console game jam look like? And can Simon settle a dispute between a father and his kids in the car?All this and much more.And congratulations to letter-writer Spencer Tennant, who wins a signed copy of Blood Echoes.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range

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1:27:53

Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.

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2025/11/18

My guest today is a British game designer whose ingenuity and persistence turned a bedroom project into one of the most iconic multiplayer series in video games. In 1991, he took the characters from the popularAmigagameLemmingsand placed them in a game of his own, a simulation of artillery fire.At school, the game proved popular among his friends, so he worked on it further, replacing theLemmingswith worms, and calling itTotal Wormage. The teenager’s project quickly captured the attention of the

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1:23:17

Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive...

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2025/11/11

Shuhei Yoshida is former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. After graduating from Kyoto University with a degree in economics, he joined Sony in 1986 to coordinate the company’s PC business. Then, as one of the early members of the PlayStation project, he helped oversee the development of landmark titles across multiple generations, including Gran Truismo, Legend of Dragoon, and Ico, championing video

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1:19:54

Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.

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2025/11/04

Danny Abbasi is a musician best known as the drummer forMiniseries, the genre-blurring band whose dreamy, cinematic soundscapes have been turning heads in the indie music scene. After graduating from theUniversity of Glasgowwith a degree in English Literature, he moved to China where he worked as a professional musician.In 2023, having returned to the UK, he joined Miniseries, the band co-founded by Angie Gannon fromThe Magic Numbers. The band’s debut album,Pilot, is out this week. With a background

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1:32:20

Rami Ismail, gamemaker (Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous...

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2025/10/28

Rami is a developer, speaker, and global ambassador for indie games. As the co-founder ofVlambeer,he helped create a string of critically acclaimed titles—includingSuper Crate Box,Ridiculous Fishing,Luftrausers, andNuclear Throne—that helped define a new era of independent game development.Beyond his work on games, he’s become one of the most visible and influential voices in the industry, advocating for accessibility, diversity, and support for developers around the world. Through his public

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1:18:08

Lorien Testard, composer (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33).

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2025/10/21

Lorien Testard is a French musician and composer. He started his career as a guitar teacher, composing instrumental tracks for imaginary video games in his spare time. He began to upload them to his Soundcloud, and soon had a collection of more than fifty pieces online. His life changed when he shared one of the tracks in an indie game forum. A video game director saw the post and invited my guest to craft the entire eight-hour score for his game:Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.The resulting soundtrack

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1:27:48

Chris Plante, writer, editor (Polygon, The Verge,...

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2025/10/14

Chris Plante is a journalist, editor, and one of the sharpest voices working in video game media. After studying atNew York University, he worked as freelance writer for outlets includingThe Guardian,Vulture, andEdgebefore, in 2012, co-foundingPolygon, a website blending coverage of pop culture, longform storytelling, and thoughtful games criticism.Alongside his journalism, he co-wrote the story for the hit podcast series,Limetown, later adapted into a TV series starring Stanley Tucci. In 2017,

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1:21:22

Claire L. Evans, musician, writer, artist (YACHT,...

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2025/10/07

Claire L. Evans. is an American musician, writer, and artist whose career has spanned music, technology, and cultural criticism. Best known as the co-founder and lead singer of the indie pop groupYACHT,she has helped steer the group into bold experiments at the intersection of sound, performance, and digital art.She’s also the author ofBroad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, a widely acclaimed history that re-centres the pioneering women whose work shaped our digital world

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