Is WarioWare secretly the greatest gameplay testing tool Nintendo ever created?
Don’t miss Simon's chat with Michael French MBE, former Develop editor, director of the London Games Festival, and champion of inclusion through The Game Changer programme.
Available now: bit.ly/4sPlZLg
Today’s guest is a true games industry leader.
Welcome Michael French, whose work has spanned journalism, public policy, and, as director of the London Games Festival, cultural advocacy for video games.
Learn more about Michael’s illustrious career that led him to be awarded an MBE: bit.ly/4sPlZLg
Which of @Felicia.Day’s perfect console picks surprised you the most?
World of Warcraft - November, 2004
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - November, 2011
Stardew Valley - February, 2016
Assassin's Creed Odyssey - October, 2018
Balatro - February, 2024
Enjoy the full episode: bit.ly/4m1Gvpu
It’s a real pleasure to welcome @Felicia.Day to the show this week.
Actor, writer, and creator of The Guild, Felicia has been at the forefront of online storytelling and games culture from early web video to founding Geek & Sundry.
Don’t miss this one: bit.ly/4m1Gvpu
When actress @Felicia.Day moved to Hollywood, she found refuge and community in World of Warcraft, the MMO that went on to change her life.
Find out which five games are on her perfect console next week: bit.ly/43RMgx9
Five titles, one console. But which of @evnarc.bsky.social's picks is your favourite?
1. Yars' Revenge (1982)
2. Rez (2001)
3. Alan Wake (2010)
4. Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry (2013)
5. Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (2025)
Listen to the stories behind Evan’s choices: bit.ly/4tak4AR
From Wakanda to Harlem.
This week, @evnarc.bsky.social, comic writer, journalist, and narrative designer, joins Simon to discuss storytelling across Black Panther and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and the cultural threads that run through his work.
Listen now: bit.ly/4tak4AR
How would you rate Ed Atkins’s perfect console out of 10?
1. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis – 1992 (PC)
2. Diablo (demo) – 1996
3. Hearthstone – 2014 (PC)
4. Vampire Survivors – 2022
5. Thank Goodness You're Here! – 2024 (PC, consoles)
Enjoy the full episode: apple.co/3P4SUwB
If you’ve ever felt unsettled by a hyperreal digital body speaking directly into your soul, you may already know today's guest.
Ed Atkins is one of the most exciting contemporary artists working today, who has exhibited at Tate Britain and the Museum of Modern Art.
Listen now: apple.co/3P4SUwB
POV: it’s 1999 and you have one demo disc and infinite patience.
In our upcoming episode, contemporary artist Ed Atkins reminisces on the forgotten joy of demo discs.
Enjoy the full instalment next week: bit.ly/43RMgx9
Did any of your favourites make it onto Tom Keegan’s perfect console?
1. Journey - 2012
2. The Last of Us - 2013
3. Battlefield 1 - 2016
4. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - 2017
5. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - 2024
Find out why Tom picked these titles: bit.ly/4lk41h9
Which well-known video game voice actor is difficult to work with?
Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with legendary performance director Tom Keegan, who has pioneered the evolution of acting in video games such as Resident Evil 2, Wolfenstein and Battlefield.
Listen now: bit.ly/4lk41h9
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
