In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, award-winning writer for the New Yorker and The Observer newspaper's video game critic invites a well-known guest 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. 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. "Thoroughly modern and ahead of its time...a gift." - NEW YORK'S VULTURE"Charming, insightful." -- THE GUARDIANTIME OUT'S 50 Best PodcastsVULTURE's Best Podcast of the Year 
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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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