podcast

My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

by Simon Parkin

Game of the Year 2025 (ft. Glenn Moore).

23.12.2025 • 01:48:13

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 t...

Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Redfall)

16.12.2025 • 02:01:37

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. Aft...

Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @ University of Chicago).

09.12.2025 • 01:44:06

Alex Seropian is a pioneering American video game developer whose work helped shape some of the most iconic series in the medium. After studying mathe...

Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.

02.12.2025 • 01:30:56

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 nati...

Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.

25.11.2025 • 01:20:01

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 r...

Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moments in games

21.11.2025 • 00:28:48

In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions. Why are guests so often caught out when asked to nam...

Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.

18.11.2025 • 01:27:53

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 v...

Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

11.11.2025 • 01:23:17

Shuhei Yoshida is former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and one of the most beloved figures in the video games industr...

Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.

04.11.2025 • 01:19:54

Danny Abbasi is a musician best known as the drummer for Miniseries, the genre-blurring band whose dreamy, cinematic soundscapes have been turning hea...

Rami Ismail, gamemaker (Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Australia Did It).

28.10.2025 • 01:32:20

Rami is a developer, speaker, and global ambassador for indie games. As the co-founder of Vlambeer, he helped create a string of critically acclaimed ...