Correspondence Special #9: Which games should have been on the podcast by now (and much more)
In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions.Is there a cut-off point for working in games journalism? Which video game does Simon think should surel...
17 Sep 38min
Chris Cantrill, comedian, writer Saturday Night Live UK.
Chris Cantrill is a British comedian, writer, and actor from West Yorkshire whose work combines rapid-fire jokes with an off-kilter view of everyday life. He first came to prominence as one half of th...
15 Sep 1h 29min
Sarah Maria Griffin, poet, author (Eat the Ones You Love; Strange is the Light)
My guest today is an Irish writer, poet, critic, and podcaster. Born and raised in Dublin, she began writing seriously as a teenager, studied English, Media and Cultural Studies at IADT, and later com...
8 Sep 1h 25min
Mike Diver, journalist, author (Aliens: The Video Games)
Mike Diver is a British journalist, editor, and author whose career has moved fluidly between music criticism and video games writing, always with an eye for subculture, history, and stories beyond th...
1 Sep 1h 27min
Soren Johnson, game designer (Civ III, Civ IV, Spore, Old World)
Soren Johnson is an American programmer and game designer whose work has helped shape the modern strategy genre. After earning a master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, he joined...
25 Aug 1h 36min
Glen Henry, gamemaker, co-founder Jamaica Game Developer Society.
My guest today is a Jamaican game developer and studio founder. Based in Kingston, he is the founder of Spritewrench Studios, a narrative-focused micro studio he built after realising, in his final ye...
18 Aug 1h 15min
Amelia Tait, journalist, children's author.
Amelia Tait is a British journalist and author whose work has made her one of the sharpest observers of modern life online and off. As a freelance writer, she has built a reputation for following the ...
11 Aug 1h 10min
James Trickey, comedian.
James Trickey is a British comedian whose work blends sharp writing, physical comedy, and, in his new show, one of the more extraordinary Edinburgh Fringe stories in recent memory. By day he works as ...
4 Aug 1h 16min
