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

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Tonda Ros, gamemaker, Blue Prince.

Tonda Ros, gamemaker, Blue Prince.

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

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

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

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

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

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Greg Jenner, historian.

Greg Jenner, historian.

Greg Jenner is a historian, author, and broadcaster who has made the past delightfully accessible to millions. Born in Kent, he studied Archaeology & History at the University of York, then mediaeval ...

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Nathan Brown, writer, analyst, former editor Edge.

Nathan Brown, writer, analyst, former editor Edge.

Nathan Brown is a writer, editor, and consultant with a deep well of experience in the video game industry. After starting his career in finance he switched to become a journalist, he spent more than ...

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Kat Abughazaleh, influencer, politician.

Kat Abughazaleh, influencer, politician.

Kat Abu is a journalist, influencer, and digital powerhouse who’s taken her sharp wit and political insight from the internet to the campaign trail. Best known for her viral videos dissecting right-wi...

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