Michael Sherman, director of e-sports, Riot Games.
My guest today is Michael Sherman, director of esports for Riot Games. While attending the University of Texas at Dallas for Computer Science, he worked as an Automotive Safety Software Engineer for T...
24 Juni 20241h 14min
Correspondence Special #3: What was the best year for video games?
In this special correspondence edition, host Simon Parkin reads out listeners' correspondence, answers questions, and offers at least one clue about a forthcoming special guest.Hear Simon discuss whic...
20 Juni 202434min
Eric Barone, creator of Stardew Valley.
My guest today is the American game designer and musician Eric Barone. Born in Los Angeles, he spent his childhood in the suburbs of Seattle. In 2011 he graduated from the University of Washington Tac...
17 Juni 20241h 15min
Nina Freeman, gamemaker (Cibele, Tacoma, Last Call).
Nina Freeman is an American independent video game writer and designer. While a student at Pace University in New York, she was drawn to the work of Frank O’Hara and other poets of the New York School...
10 Juni 20241h 12min
Abubakar Salim, actor (Napoleon, House of the Dragon).
My guest today is the British actor Abubakar Salim. Born in Hertfordshire to a family of first-generation Kenyan immigrants, he joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of sixteen, then won a scho...
3 Juni 20241h 13min
Chet Faliszek, gamemaker (Half-Life 2 series, Left 4 Dead series, The Anacrusis).
My guest today is the American writer and game designer Chet Faliszek. In the nineties he and his friend Erik Wolpaw founded the website Old Man Murray. The satirical online publication poked fun at v...
27 Maj 20241h 22min
MPC Game Club: Stephen's Sausage Roll (feat. Glenn Moore).
Friend of the podcast Glenn Moore joins Simon for a special bonus episode to discuss April's book-club-game, Stephen's Sausage Roll edition.This previously supporter-only episode gives a taste of the ...
23 Maj 202437min
Veronica Roth, novelist (The Divergent Trilogy, When Among Crows).
My guest today is the American novelist and short story writer, Veronica Roth. Born in New York and raised in Illinois, she studied creative writing at Northwestern University. While a student, she wr...
20 Maj 20241h 10min
