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My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, New Yorker journalist and video game critic for The Observer invites guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to choose the fi... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Jake Solomon, designer: Marvel’s Midnight Suns, XCOM.

Jake Solomon, designer: Marvel’s Midnight Suns, XCOM.

My guest today is the American designer of some of the finest strategy video games yet made. After graduating from the U... Read more

21 Mar 2023

1hr 14mins

Ranked #2

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Phil Wang, comedian.

Phil Wang, comedian.

My guest today is a is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer. Born in the UK, when he was one week old... Read more

13 Mar 2023

1hr 5mins

Ranked #3

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Shahid Ahmad, former director, Sony PlayStation

Shahid Ahmad, former director, Sony PlayStation

Shahid Ahmad was a schoolboy living on a London council estate when he sold his prized BMX bike to raise money for progr... Read more

7 Mar 2023

54mins

Ranked #4

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Phil Fish, creator of Fez.

Phil Fish, creator of Fez.

My guest today is the reclusive designer of one of the greatest video games yet made. He studied game design in Montreal... Read more

28 Feb 2023

1hr 8mins

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Ranked #5

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Heather Anne Campbell, writer Rick and Morty.

Heather Anne Campbell, writer Rick and Morty.

My guest today is an Emmy-nominated writer, sketch comedian, voice actor and performer. As a teenager she studied improv... Read more

21 Feb 2023

1hr 4mins

Ranked #6

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Tarn Adams, creator of Dwarf Fortress.

Tarn Adams, creator of Dwarf Fortress.

My guest today is the American co-creator of one of the longest-running and most popular independent games yet made. In ... Read more

14 Feb 2023

1hr 6mins

Ranked #7

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Dara Ó Briain, comedian.

Dara Ó Briain, comedian.

My guest today is a stand-up comedian, television presenter and Irish national treasure. He studied Mathematics and Theo... Read more

7 Feb 2023

59mins

Ranked #8

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Ashly Burch, actor (Mythic Quest, The Last of Us, Horizon.)

Ashly Burch, actor (Mythic Quest, The Last of Us, Horizon.)

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of addiction to prescription pain medication and overdose.My guest tod... Read more

31 Jan 2023

1hr 6mins

Ranked #9

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Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle.

Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle.

My guest today is a software engineer who, in 2021, released a word game that soon became a global obsession. He grew up... Read more

24 Jan 2023

59mins

Ranked #10

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Trailer

Welcome to My Perfect Console with author, New Yorker journalist and The Observer's video game critic, Simon Parkin.Each... Read more

16 Jan 2023

9mins

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