Simon Parkin is the video game guru for both The New Yorker and The Observer, but it looks like the famed journalist will add podcast host to his resume in the very near future with the announcement of My Perfect Console.
Each episode of the interview podcast will introduce a new guest (“from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more”) who will sit down with Parkin and discuss the five games that mean the most to them:
In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, New Yorker journalist and video game critic for The Observer invites guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to choose the five video games they would like to immortalise on their very own fictional games machine, and discuss what their choices mean to them.
There’s no start date for My Perfect Console just yet, but Parkin has shared a short preview to give listeners a taste of what’s to come. The first episode will feature Josh Wardle, the creator of Wordle, while a subsequent episode will bring in Charles Cecil, the co-founder of Revolution Software and creator of the Broken Sword franchise.
My Perfect Console will be produced by Acast, and each episode will be available to download through your favorite podcast service.