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.

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 Sep 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 20251h 23min

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 ...

5 Aug 20251h 31min

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 ...

29 Jul 20251h 28min

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...

22 Jul 20251h 6min

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