My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

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.


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Pitof Comar, film director (Catwoman, Alien: Resurrection).

Pitof Comar, film director (Catwoman, Alien: Resurrection).

My guest today is a French film director and pioneer in the world of digital imaging. Born in Paris, he studied architecture and medicine at university before joining the film industry. He co-founded ...

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Hannah Nicklin, playwright, narrative designer (Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles).

Hannah Nicklin, playwright, narrative designer (Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles).

My guest today is Hannah Nicklin, a British writer and narrative designer for video games. After studying Drama at Loughborough University, and Playwriting at the University of Birmingham, she returne...

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Danny Wallace, writer & broadcaster (Yes Man, Assassin's Creed series).

Danny Wallace, writer & broadcaster (Yes Man, Assassin's Creed series).

My guest today is the award-winning humourist, writer, and presenter Danny Wallace. Born in Dundee, Scotland, he published his first professional video game review at the age of thirteen while conduct...

14 Loka 20241h 6min

Nainita Desai, composer (Immortality, Call of Duty, Tales of Kenzera: Zau).

Nainita Desai, composer (Immortality, Call of Duty, Tales of Kenzera: Zau).

My guest today is Nainita Desai, the British composer for film, television and video games. Born and raised in London by her Indian parents, she earned a degree in mathematics, then studied sound desi...

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Eugene Jarvis, gamemaker (Defender, Robotron: 2084, Smash TV).

Eugene Jarvis, gamemaker (Defender, Robotron: 2084, Smash TV).

My guest today is the American video game designer and programmer Eugene Jarvis. Born in California, he studied computer science at Berkeley, where, in the basement of the physics laboratory, he playe...

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Uwe Boll, film director (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Postal).

Uwe Boll, film director (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Postal).

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...

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Derek Yu, gamemaker (Spelunky, UFO 50).

Derek Yu, gamemaker (Spelunky, UFO 50).

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. Afte...

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Correspondence Special #4: Clickbait?

Correspondence Special #4: Clickbait?

In this special correspondence edition, host Simon Parkin reads out listeners' correspondence and answers your questions.Hear Simon discuss the recent, headline-making episode with former PlayStation ...

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