podcast

My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

by Simon Parkin

Natasha Hodgson, writer, composer, performer, Operation Mincemeat.

28.04.2026 • 01:42:43

Natasha Hodgson is a British writer, performer, and composer for theatre, television, and audio. As a co-founder of the theatre company Spit-Lip, she ...

Simon Lockerby, streamer, founder Fateless Games.

21.04.2026 • 01:21:37

Simon Lockerby is a game creator and studio co-founder whose path into development didn’t follow a traditional games pipeline, but instead grew out of...

C. Thi. Nguyen, author, philosopher.

14.04.2026 • 01:36:29

C. Thi. Nguyen is an American philosopher whose work explores what games reveal about agency, and the ways in which metrics can shape our desires. Aft...

Michael French MBE, founder, London Games Festival.

07.04.2026 • 01:26:29

My guest today is a games industry leader whose career has spanned journalism, publishing, public policy, and cultural advocacy. He began in 2002 as a...

Felicia Day, actor, screenwriter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Guild).

31.03.2026 • 01:27:08

Felicia Day is an actress, writer, producer, and entrepreneur whose work has helped define internet-era geek culture. After studying mathematics and m...

Evan Narcisse, writer (Rise of the Black Panther, Spider-Man, Wu-Tang: Ruse of the Deceiver) - Live @ University of Chicago

24.03.2026 • 01:39:27

Evan Narcisse is an American writer, journalist, and narrative designer whose work spans comics, criticism, and video games. After graduating from New...

Ed Atkins, artist.

17.03.2026 • 01:24:48

Ed Atkins is a British contemporary artist known for his haunting, hyperreal digital videos—works that combine computer-generated bodies, poetic monol...

Tom Keegan, performance director (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Battlefield, Resident Evil 2 Remake).

10.03.2026 • 01:24:53

Tom Keegan is one of the leading performance directors in video games, whose career spans theatre, film, animation, and interactive entertainment. Aft...

Keza Macdonald, author, games editor The Guardian.

03.03.2026 • 01:38:00

Keza Macdonald is a Scottish journalist and editor who has spent more than two decades chronicling the culture and business of video games. She starte...

Ed Fries, former head of Microsoft Game Studios.

24.02.2026 • 01:40:19

My guest today is a video game executive whose career spans the medium’s earliest home computers to the rise of the modern console business. He create...