My Perfect Console
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| My Perfect Console | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Simon Parkin |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Length | approx. 60 minutes |
| Production | |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | January 24, 2023 – present |
| Provider | Acast |
| Website | shows |
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My Perfect Console is a podcast created by Simon Parkin. In each episode Parkin interviews a guest who chooses five games that they would like to immortalize on their very own fictional video game console. In between talking about the five games, Parkin asks questions about the guest's life story.
Guests have included video game makers as well as public figures from the world of film, television, and comedy. One of Parkin's goals is "speaking about games in an intelligent way to audiences who are not yet convinced of their value."[1]
Notable Episodes[edit]
The episode with Phil Fish, the co-creator of Fez, was notable in that Fish had not done many interviews since the cancellation of Fez 2. Parkin asked Fish about why he cancelled Fez 2 and Fish revealed he "wasn't feeling it to begin with" and he had become "disillusioned with everything."[2] At the end of the episode, Fish named his fictional console the "Fez II." Fish's console was chosen by listeners as their favorite at the end of 2023.
Video game creative director Jake Solomon broke the news that he is planning to start a new video game studio on his episode of My Perfect Console. Solomon had previously worked at Firaxis Games for two decades. He told Parkin that his new studio's game would not be a turn-based stategy game like his previous work on the XCOM game franchise and instead would be a systems-based, simulation-style game. "I found that I wasn't that excited about doing another turn-based strategy game just because—not because the genre isn't amazing, that's where I've spent my life—but I felt like I didn't have anything more to say in that area."[3][4][5][6][7]
Erik Wolpaw, the co-writer of the Valve games Portal and Portal 2, made news on his episode by talking about why Valve has not yet made Portal 3. He explained that there is a large opportunity cost to working on a game at Valve which is a smaller company with a flat structure with few management layers. “The thing is, Valve is not a giant company,” Wolpaw told Parkin. “I think people sometimes think it is because of the outsize influence of Steam, but it’s not really that many people."[8][9]
Another notable episode featured veteran game developer Peter Molyneux as a guest. Parkin asked Molyneux about times where he had over-promised features that would be in his upcoming games. Molyneux expressed remorse for these incidents: "What I should have said in every interview is 'everything I say, take with a pinch of salt.'"[10] Molyneux later poked fun at this tendency by naming his fictional console "The Exaggerator."
Parkin recorded a live show of My Perfect Console on September 14, 2023 at the WASD x IGN video game event in London, England.[11]
Reception[edit]
My Perfect Console was recommended by The Guardian on April 15, 2023 as a "charming series" where the "interviewees are insightful."[12]
My Perfect Console was selected as one of the 50 best podcasts of 2023 by Time Out magazine. Editor Joe Mackertich wrote, "Simon Parkin is one of very few journalists capable of writing about gaming with the depth, wit and intelligence (unfortunately) usually reserved for art and cinema."[13]
Vulture selected My Perfect Console as one of the 10 best podcasts of 2023. They noted, "My Perfect Console is just less than a year old, but it’s already shaping up to be a vibrant historical record of the medium."[14]"
WBUR included My Perfect Console as one of their six best podcasts of 2023.[15]
List of episodes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Interview with Simon Parkin of 'My Perfect Console' podcast". prankster101. March 27, 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ "The real reason Phil Fish canceled Fez 2? 'I wasn't feeling it'". polygon. March 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ Brown, Fraser (March 22, 2023). "XCOM designer Jake Solomon is done with turn-based strategy for now: 'I felt like I didn't have anything more to say'". pcgamer. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "XCOM's Jake Solomon is forming a new studio and 'likely won't make a turn-based game'". videogameschronicle. March 21, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ Contributor, Kaan Serin; Serin, Kaan (March 21, 2023). "XCOM director Jake Solomon wants to open a new studio and make "more of a life simulator"". rockpapershotgun. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "XCOM designer Jake Solomon looking to fund new studio, move away from turn-based strategy games". Eurogamer.net. March 21, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "Jake Solomon wants to form a new studio following his Firaxis exit". shacknews. March 21, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "Portal writer says he's joking about making Portal 3, doesn't want to cause strife at Valve". videogameschronicle. April 11, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "Here's the "real reason" Portal 3 still hasn't happened, straight from the original's writer". gamesradar. April 11, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "Peter Molyneux says he regrets over-promising his games". Eurogamer.net. September 5, 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ "The My Perfect Console podcast will be live at September's WASD event". theloadout. June 29, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "From Renfield to Dead Ringers: a complete guide to this week's entertainment". The Guardian. April 15, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "The 50 best podcasts to listen to in 2023". timeout. July 28, 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "The Best Podcasts of 2023". vulture. December 7, 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ↑ "2023's best podcasts". wbur. December 22, 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Link to Apple Podcasts listing
- My Perfect Console on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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