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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Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Redfall)

Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Redfall)

Harvey Smith is a game designer and writer whose work has helped shape some of the most atmospheric and influential games of the last two decades. After serving in the U.S. Air Force he began his care...

16 Des 20252h 1min

Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @ University of Chicago).

Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @ University of Chicago).

Alex Seropian is a pioneering American video game developer whose work helped shape some of the most iconic series in the medium. After studying mathematics at the University of Chicago, he co-founded...

9 Des 20251h 44min

Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.

Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.

Mark Cerny is an American programmer, and game designer whose career has shaped not only how we play, but the systems we play on. A San Francisco native, he dropped out of UC Berkeley at 17 after rece...

2 Des 20251h 30min

Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.

Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.

Brandon Adler is an American game director and producer whose career has been defined by his work on some of Obsidian Entertainment’s most acclaimed role-playing games. After serving in Iraq with the ...

25 Nov 20251h 20min

Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moments in games

Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moments in games

In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions.Why are guests so often caught out when asked to name their console? What is the best moment in a video ...

21 Nov 202528min

Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.

Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.

My guest today is a British game designer whose ingenuity and persistence turned a bedroom project into one of the most iconic multiplayer series in video games. In 1991, he took the characters from t...

18 Nov 20251h 27min

 Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

Shuhei Yoshida is former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. After graduating from Kyoto University with a d...

11 Nov 20251h 23min

Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.

Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.

Danny Abbasi is a musician best known as the drummer for Miniseries, the genre-blurring band whose dreamy, cinematic soundscapes have been turning heads in the indie music scene. After graduating from...

4 Nov 20251h 19min

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