In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, contributing writer for the New Yorker and The Observer newspaper's video game critic invites 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 their very own fictional games machine, and discuss what their choices mean to them. "CHARMING, INSIGHTFUL" -- THE GUARDIAN."EXCEEDINGLY THOUGHTFUL" -- VULTURE.TIME OUT "50 BEST PODCASTS". 
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Iain Stirling, comedian, voice of Love Island.

My guest today is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter, narrator, and Twitch streamer. It was during his final year studying law at the University of Edinburgh, the city in which he grew up, that my guest first tried stand-up comedy. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year he reached the final of the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year, taking second place to Joe Lycett. After being spotted at a gig, my guest then became one of the main presenters for&nbsp;CBBC, working alongside various puppet sidekicks – an experience that later formed the basis for his sitcom, Buffering. After writing and presenting shows for the channel, in 2014 he was nominated as Best Children's Presenter by BAFTA. The following year, my guest’s voice became familiar to millions, when he became the narrator of ITV2’s reality show Love Island. As well as appearing as a contestant on the eighth series of Taskmater, my guest also hosts a <a href="https://m.twitch.tv/iainstirling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">popular Twitch channel</a>, on which he plays video games.&nbsp; Play the console: <ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Us-Remastered-PS4/dp/B07FXTHTNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7IC9QED9YBTF&amp;amp;keywords=Last+of+Us+Remastered&amp;amp;qid=1701112176&amp;amp;s=videogames&amp;amp;sprefix=last+of+us+remastered+%252Cvideogames%252C120&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=chewingpixels-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=780a0c2d309284aaf66a518d30354a5f&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Last of Us Remastered&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FIFA-17-Standard-Edition-PS4/dp/B01F5D1MHG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FUWK1Q2YMCC2&amp;amp;keywords=FIFA%252B17&amp;amp;qid=1701112235&amp;amp;s=videogames&amp;amp;sprefix=fifa%252B17%252B%252Cvideogames%252C74&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;th=1&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=chewingpixels-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=21bbc29567ae1026b129d02d1370734c&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FIFA 17&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222700/A_Way_Out/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Way Out&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rustylake.com/adventure-games/the-white-door.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The White Door&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hogwarts-Legacy-Nintendo-Switch-Exclusive/dp/B0BB7QP3SZ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3IMWJH7TELXSJ&amp;amp;keywords=Hogwarts+Legacy&amp;amp;qid=1701112593&amp;amp;s=videogames&amp;amp;sprefix=hogwarts+legacy+%252Cvideogames%252C115&amp;amp;sr=1-5&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=chewingpixels-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=7e89ad3955b2b2af09a45591c0053631&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hogwarts Legacy</a>&nbsp;</li></ul> Thank you for listening to My Perfect Console. Please consider becoming a Patreon supporter; your small monthly subscription will help to make the podcast sustainable for the long term, and you'll receive bonus content, and access to the My Perfect Console community: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole</a>

Simon Parkin

A Guest. Five Games. One Perfect Console.

My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

One Guest. Five Video Games. A Perfect Console.

Each week, author and journalist Simon Parkin invites a guest to pick the five video games they would like to install on their very own, fictional games console. They discuss what each of the games means to them, and share a little of their life and career to date.

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