@myperfectconsole
“CHARMING, INSIGHTFUL” - THE GUARDIAN. “A GIFT” - VULTURE. TIME OUT 50 BEST PODCASTS One guest. Five video games. A perfect console. Patreon.com/myperfectconsole Podcast by @simonparkin.bsky.social
Revealed: The untold story behind one of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order's most powerful scenes.
Performance director Tom Keegan shares how telling an actor to dial it back created an unforgettable moment.
Full episode available next week: bit.ly/43RMgx9
Would you have chosen any of @mackeza.bsky.social's perfect console picks?
1. Super Mario 64 - 1996
2. Amplitude - 2003
3. Demon’s Souls - 2009
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017
5. Hollow Knight: Silksong - 2025
If you haven't listened to the episode, catch up here: bit.ly/3OMBODk
Thank you @mackeza.bsky.social for my little name check. Honoured to have been a tiny part of your Nintendo journey. The book's fab, by the way ☺️
THRILLED to be on @simonparkin.bsky.social's brilliant podcast, what an honour. If you want to hear me ramble through basically my entire life history via video games, cue it up
Did a chance encounter with Demon’s Souls in Japan help bring FromSoftware’s games to the West?
In today's episode, Scottish journalist and Guardian Games Editor @mackeza.bsky.social talks about chronicling the video game industry, and her new book covering Nintendo.
Available now: bit.ly/3OMBODk
Ever invited someone you met in an online game to stay at your house?
In the early noughties, that kind of thing wasn’t quite as unusual as it sounds. @mackeza.bsky.social reflects on the early days of online gaming communities, her new Nintendo book and more this week.
Listen here: bit.ly/43RMgx9
What do you think of Ed Fries perfect console picks?
1. Spacewar – 1962
2. Rogue – 1980
3. M.U.L.E. – 1983
4. Twilight Zone (pinball) – 1993
5. Halo – 2001
Missed it? Catch up here: bit.ly/476Pnng
Here is one of my favorite episodes of "My Perfect Console" @myperfectconsole.bsky.social . Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5 is the guest. #gaming #podcast
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Who better to build a perfect console than someone who helped launch one?
Today’s guest is Ed Fries — founding VP of Microsoft Game Studios and a key figure behind the original Xbox.
Tune in to hear how his career spans the modern history of games: bit.ly/476Pnng
How would former Microsoft Games boss Ed Fries fix Xbox?
Not by creating the ‘Spotify’ for games…
Listen to Ed talk about his life, career, and the future of Xbox on My Perfect Console - out this week.
What’s your most unforgettable game memory?
In our next episode, Ed Fries retells the cinematic Halo gameplay that’s stayed with him ever since.
Listen to the full episode with the founder of Microsoft Game Studios next Tuesday: bit.ly/43RMgx9
Why not banish those winter blues with the next Audience VS on 26 February?
Join host @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social and comedians @robbotron.bsky.social and @horatiogould.bsky.social as they take on audience members in a series of video game challenges.
Last few tickets remaining: bit.ly/48m5FbJ
Our guest combines @SimonParkin.bsky.social’s favourite subjects: video games & history.
Kingdom Come Deliverence's lead designer, Prokop Jirsa, is a Czech game designer whose work has helped redefine what historical realism can look like in a modern role-playing game.
Listen now: bit.ly/3MzTAZR
This was a really great conversation, the diversity of guests on MPC is fascinating –– not just my favourite voice in gaming, but one of the best interview platforms in culture today!
Blade Runner, The Last Express and Shadow of the Colossus made this the most instant-click episode for me so far
What makes a Czech video game Czech?
Kingdom Come Deliverence 2's lead designer, Prokop Jira, believes the country's complex history can be seen across its most popular games.
Listen to Prokop discuss this and much more in next week's episode: bit.ly/43RMgx9
Could a Tamagotchi teach us about childhood trauma?
This week on the podcast we meet @elinfestoy.bsky.social, creator of My Child Lebensborn — the BAFTA-winning game that asks players to care for a child born of war, and confront the lasting damage of stigma & exclusion.
Listen now: bit.ly/4aGSwMQ
Ever wondered what our interviews look like in real life?
Wonder no more. We’re pleased to announce that MPC is now available as weekly video episodes, currently exclusive to our Patreon supporters.
Sign up now to watch EP 146 with @jon.inkle.co: bit.ly/3HPvNSM
Video games can be a powerful medium for conveying history to young people.
Next week, Simon's joined by @elinfestoy.bsky.social creator of the BAFTA-winning My Child Lebensborn, to discuss how her game gave voice to the children born into the Lebensborn programme.
Subscribe here: bit.ly/43RMgx9
For his perfect console @jon.inkle.co, narrative designer and co-founder
of @inkle.co, chose:
1. Plundered Hearts
2. Blade Runner: The Adventure Game
3. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
4. The Last Express
5. Shadow of the Colossus
Listen to Jon discuss his picks in this week's episode:
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Joining us for our first episode of 2026 is the mathmetician and narrative designer, @jon.inkle.co.
In 2011, Jon co-founded the independent studio Inkle, and has since worked on titles such as 80 Days, A Highland Song, and now a game set in a wartime computer: TR-49.
Listen now: apple.co/45JM19p
How did Inkle co-founder @jon.inkle.co go from a Maths Teacher to a BAFTA-winning narrative designer?
Tune in next Tuesday for the full conversation: bit.ly/43RMgx9
Next week, we’ll be sharing our first episode of 2026.
To get back in the My Perfect Console mood, why don’t you treat yourself to our rerelease of Phil Fish's episode?
Listen to @SimonParkin.bsky.social's conversation with the creator of Fez: bit.ly/4ah1lwD
In 2025, we welcomed some incredible guests to share their perfect consoles. But who do you want to see on the show in 2026?
We’re looking for fantastic people to join this year’s lineup. Have a suggestion? Let us know 👇
Were you a listener back in 2023?
If you weren’t, there’s a chance you missed @SimonParkin.bsky.social’s chat with comedian and Rick and Morty screenwriter, @heathercampbell.bsky.social.
Join us as we revisit the fifth episode of the podcast: bit.ly/4jLaJvA
The Best of 2025 Part 2 is here!
Simon's back, chatting with a fantastic lineup of guests from different walks of life - all with a shared passion for video games.
Listen to Part 2: open.spotify.com/episode/5cbd...
2025 was a year filled with amazing guests, including game devs, comedians, writers, and musicians.
For this bonus episode, @SimonParkin.bsky.social has put together a compilation of his best moments of 2025.
Part 1 available now: bit.ly/4qDGZDh
Happy New Year!
If you spent much of the Holidays playing the nine-time Game Awards winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, then be sure to listen to our interview with Lorien Testard, who composed its incredible score.
Start the year with this fantastic episode: bit.ly/44y6MUU
It's time to declare the winner of the 2025 Console of the Year tournament.
After a series of heats and some close calls, your thousands of votes have whittled the guests down to one worthy champion.
Listen now to find out which guest created the most popular console of 2025: bit.ly/3MZ6lNl
The votes are in. On Tuesday, @SimonParkin.bsky.social will share who's won the 2025 Console of the Year.
Massive thanks to everyone who participated. Each and every one of your votes is hugely appreciated!
Join us for the big reveal: bit.ly/43RMgx9
