My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Podcast
1) Console of the Year Award (2025).
A special episode with the winner of the My Perfect Console of the Year award, crowning the most popular console designed by a guest on the show this year, as voted by the listeners to the show.B...Show More
2) Game of the Year 2025 (ft. Glenn Moore).
The year is winding down, inboxes are quietening (lol), time is about to lose all meaning, and the year’s great cultural arguments are finally ready to be settled. Perfect timing, then, for My Pe...Show More
3) Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Redfall)
Harvey Smith is a game designer and writer whose work has helped shape some of the most atmospheric and influential games of the last two decades. After serving in the U.S. Air Force he began his care...Show More
4) Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @ University of Chicago).
Alex Seropian is a pioneering American video game developer whose work helped shape some of the most iconic series in the medium. After studying mathematics at the University of Chicago, he co-founded...Show More
5) Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.
Mark Cerny is an American programmer, and game designer whose career has shaped not only how we play, but the systems we play on. A San Francisco native, he dropped out of UC Berkeley at 17 after rece...Show More
6) Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.
Brandon Adler is an American game director and producer whose career has been defined by his work on some of Obsidian Entertainment’s most acclaimed role-playing games. After serving in Iraq with...Show More
7) Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moments in games
In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions.Why are guests so often caught out when asked to name their console? What is the best moment in a video ...Show More
8) Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.
My guest today is a British game designer whose ingenuity and persistence turned a bedroom project into one of the most iconic multiplayer series in video games. In 1991, he took the characters from t...Show More
9) Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.
Shuhei Yoshida is former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. After graduating from Kyoto University with a d...Show More
10) Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.
Danny Abbasi is a musician best known as the drummer for Miniseries, the genre-blurring band whose dreamy, cinematic soundscapes have been turning heads in the indie music scene. After graduating...Show More