Maddy Thorson, game-maker (Towerfall, Celeste).
My guest today is Maddy Thorson, a Canadian writer and designer for video games. At the age of 14, she obtained a copy of GameMaker, software on which she learned to make simple games. After studying ...
26 Aug 20241h 8min
Holly Gramazio, curator, novelist (The Husbands).
My guest today is Holly Gramazio, a writer, curator, and game designer. Born in Australia, she earned her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide, then moved to London where she founded ...
19 Aug 20241h 18min
Listener Console Special #1
In this special episode, five My Perfect Console supporters share the games they would like to put on their ideal, fictional games machine, and the reasons behind their choices. If you would like to s...
15 Aug 202421min
Luke Muscat, gamemaker (Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride).
My guest today is Luke Muscat, the Australian video game designer behind some of the best-known smart phone games yet made. After graduating from Queensland University of Technology with a degree in I...
12 Aug 20241h 20min
Tribute Episode: Brett Jones, artist (Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Guardians of the Galaxy).
A special episode to celebrate the life and work of Brett Jones, an artist and animator for video games, film and television who passed away in July. Jones worked on the seminal N64 movie tie-in game,...
5 Aug 202433min
Steve Meretszky, author of interactive fiction (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; A Mind Forever Voyaging).
My guest today is the American video game developer Steve Meretzky. Born and raised in Yonkers, New York, he attended MIT, where he earned a degree in construction management. In 1981, after two years...
29 Jul 20241h 18min
Rhianna Pratchett, writer for games (Heavenly Sword, Mirror's Edge, Tomb Raider).
My guest today is an English writer for video games, TV, film, comics, and books. Born into a literary household – her father was the celebrated fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett –– she studied journal...
22 Jul 20241h 18min
Richard Sparks, librettist, writer (L.A. Opera, Not the Nine O'Clock News).
My guest today is the British scriptwriter and librettist for opera, Richard Sparks. In 1978 he wrote a sketch for Rowan Aktinson, the actor who later played Mr Bean, which Atkinson performed in the S...
15 Jul 20241h 11min
