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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Charlie Rosen, bandleader, The 8-bit Big Band.

Charlie Rosen, bandleader, The 8-bit Big Band.

Charlie Rosen is a Grammy award-winning musician, composer, and arranger whose work sits at the intersection of jazz, pop, and video game nostalgia. As the founder and leader of The 8-bit Big Band, a ...

23 Syys 20251h 27min

Andy Robertson, journalist, entrepreneur (BBC, Ludocene).

Andy Robertson, journalist, entrepreneur (BBC, Ludocene).

Andy Robertson is a veteran journalist, editor, and entrepreneur who has spent his career exploring how video games can bring people together. After graduating from Brunel University with a degree in ...

16 Syys 20251h 22min

Lizzie Killian, musician (Teens in Trouble).

Lizzie Killian, musician (Teens in Trouble).

Lizzie Killian is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Teens in Trouble, an indie rock band known for its anthemic melodies, sharp lyrics, and emotionally charged hooks. Before taking to the stage, she ...

9 Syys 20251h 21min

Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, creative director, Hell is Us.

Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, creative director, Hell is Us.

Jonathan Jacques-Belletête is a French-Canadian creative director and artist whose work has helped shape some of the most stylish and thought-provoking contemporary video games. After graduating from ...

2 Syys 20251h 20min

Tonda Ros, gamemaker, Blue Prince.

Tonda Ros, gamemaker, Blue Prince.

My guest today is an American visual artist whose work is redefining how we think about mystery, architecture, and imagination in interactive storytelling. In 2013 he founded Dogubomb, a Los Angeles-b...

26 Elo 20251h 31min

Brian Gibson, artist, musician (Lightning Bolt, Guitar Hero, Thumper).

Brian Gibson, artist, musician (Lightning Bolt, Guitar Hero, Thumper).

Brian Gibson is a musician, artist, and game designer best known for blurring the lines between sound, movement, and chaos. As the bassist for the legendary noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt, he’s release...

19 Elo 20251h 17min

Correspondence Special #7: Zelda snubs, lost gaming communities, and fake monkey languages.

Correspondence Special #7: Zelda snubs, lost gaming communities, and fake monkey languages.

In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions. Why has The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time never made it onto a Perfect Console? Where have in-person...

14 Elo 202536min

Ralph Panebianco, critic, YouTube creator (Skill Up).

Ralph Panebianco, critic, YouTube creator (Skill Up).

Ralph Panebianco is an Australian video game reviewer and YouTube creator known for his sharp insights, no-nonsense delivery, and deep love of the medium. His reviews have been watched more than three...

12 Elo 20251h 23min

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