بهترین پادکست های Simon Parkin (2024)

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Sarah Keyworth, comedian. 1:18:11

6d ago1:18:11

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My guest today is the English stand-up comedian Sarah Keyworth. Born in Nottingham in 1993 they studied drama at De Montfort University, where they became an active member of the university's comedy club. After graduating, my guest then worked for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, while performing on the circuit. Their first show, Dark …

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John Johanas, creative director Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within, Hi-Fi Rush). 1:26:29

13d ago1:26:29

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My guest today is John Johanas, creative director at the Tokyo-based studio Tango Gameworks. Born on Long Island, New York, he played in a Radiohead covers band while in High School. After graduating with a degree in East Asia studies from Brandeis University, he moved to Japan to work as an English teacher. He started translating Japanese books in…

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Siobhan Reddy, co-deputy chair, BAFTA. 1:13:34

21d ago1:13:34

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My guest today is Siobhan Reddy, a video game executive and the co-deputy chair of BAFTA. Born in South African to Irish and Australian parents, at the age of four she moved to Campbelltown, New South Wales in Australia. There as a student she became interested in filmmaking and technology. At eighteen she moved to the UK and began working for Perf…

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Correspondence Special #1. 38:25

25d ago38:25

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In this special correspondence edition, host Simon Parkin explores feedback from the recent episode with Jack Thompson, reads out listeners' correspondence, answers questions, and offers at least one reveal about a forthcoming special guest... Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…

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Wes Fenlon, senior editor, PC Gamer. 1:22:44

28d ago1:22:44

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My guest today is Wes Fenlon, a San Francisco-based writer and senior editor at the video game publication PC Gamer. Having graduated from The University of Georgia with a degree in journalism and magazines, my guest freelanced for The Wirecutter –– the product review website now owned by the New York Times –– and Tested.com where he reviewed and r…

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Jack Thompson, Former lawyer, "anti-video-game activist." 1:15:32

1M ago1:15:32

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My guest today is former lawyer who gained recognition in the late nineties and early 2000s as an "anti-video game activist", criticizing the content of violent video games and their alleged effects on children. Via a series of high-profile lawsuits, including several against Rockstar, the creator of the Grand Theft Auto series, he claimed that Mat…

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Abhi Swaminathan, gamemaker (Venba). 1:13:15

1M ago1:13:15

1:13:15

My guest today is a game developer and founder of Visai Games. At the age of twelve he moved to Canada from Southern India, then, hoping to enter the games industry, studied Computer Science at the University of Toronto. After graduating, my guest took a programming job at the mobile games studio, Uken Games. In his spare time he and an artist frie…

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Val McDermid, crime writer, Booker Prize judge. 1:07:12

2M ago1:07:12

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My guest today is a Scottish crime writer. Born into a working-class family in Fife, she studied English at St Hilda’s College Oxford, where she was the first student to be admitted from a Scottish state school. She first worked as a journalist, then a dramatist and, in 1987, published her first novel, Report for Murder. Since then, my guest has re…

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Patrick House, neuroscientist and writer. 1:20:49

2M ago1:20:49

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My guest today is an American neuroscientist and writer. Born in New York, he earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University in 2014, researching Toxoplasma gondii, the single-celled feline parasite that infects mouse brains and may––or may not––mess with their fear of cats. As well as studying ancient genetics – specifically conducting …

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Yoshinori Kitase, director & producer (Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger). 1:05:27

2M ago1:05:27

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My guest today is a Japanese video-game director, producer, and executive officer of Square-Enix. Born in 1966 in Fussa City in the suburbs of Tokyo, he studied filmmaking at Nihon University. After graduating, he was working at an animation studio when he first played Final Fantasy on the Famicom, and immediately saw the dramatic potential of the …

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Rod Fergusson, SVP Blizzard Entertainment (Gears of War, Bioshock Infinite, Diablo IV). 1:18:03

2M ago1:18:03

1:18:03

My guest today is Senior Vice-President of Blizzard Entertainment and General Manager of the Diablo video game series. After attending the University of Ottawa for Computer Science, my guest joined Microsoft as a Microsoft Consultant, before he moved to the company’s games division to work titles including Microsoft Train Simulator, then the Xbox v…

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Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché (Writers, H is for Hawk, Prophet). 1:18:24

3M ago1:18:24

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My guests today are co-authors of the techno-thriller novel Prophet. Helen Macdonald is an English writer, naturalist, and an affiliated research scholar at the University of Cambridge. Their 2014 book “H is for Hawk” tells the true story of a year spent training a northern goshawk while grieving. The book won, among many other things, the Samuel J…

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Iain Lee (broadcaster, comedian, counsellor). 1:19:30

3M ago1:19:30

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My guest today is an English broadcaster, writer, television presenter and stand-up comedian. Born in Slough, he began working as a comic in the early nineties, soon landing a gig as co-host of Channel 4’s The 11 O’clock Show, the satirical comedy programme that launched the careers of Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais. A slew of high-profile TV …

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Gary Whitta, screenwriter (The Book of Eli, Star Wars: Rogue One). 1:20:44

3M ago1:20:44

1:20:44

My guest today is a British author and screenwriter for film and video games. Born in London, he began his career as a writer for the games magazine Commodore User, then joined the team that founded PC Gamer, of which he later became editor-in-chief. In 2010, my guest found success in Hollywood as the writer of The Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic n…

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Best of 2023 (Part 2). 1:11:32

4M ago1:11:32

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Another selection of some of our favourite clips from My Perfect Console's amazing line-up of guests from 2023. Cast in Order of Appearance Henk Rogers Dylan Cuthbert Charles Cecil Jörg Tittel Ellie Gibson Danny Pudi Joseph Mackertich Josh Wardle Dan Vecchitto Tarn Adams Kelsey Lewin Stella Wisdom Tetsuya Mizuguchi Nolan Bushnell Thanks for listeni…

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Best of 2023 (Part 1). 58:29

4M ago58:29

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It's been a thrilling first year for My Perfect Console. Here are some of our favourite clips from 2023. Cast in Order of Appearance Dara Ó Briain Heather Ann Campbell Pierre Novelli Ashly Burch Jennifer Hale Dominic Armato Phil Wang Jason Schreier Lucas Pope Meghan Jayanth Peter Molyneux Ronan Farrow Naomi Alderman Mike Rose Susan Calman Josh Sche…

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Console of the Year Award (2023) 29:12

4M ago29:12

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A special episode announcing the winner of the My Perfect Console of the Year (2023) Tournament. It's time. Fifty-two consoles have now been whittled down to two final machines. It's an all-North American final, as the U.S.A.'s Heather Anne-Campbell takes on Canada's Phil Fish. Both machines are spectacular, potential best-sellers: Heather Anne-Cam…

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Nolan Bushnell, co-founder Atari. 1:13:44

4M ago1:13:44

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My guest today is an American scientist, entrepreneur, and a founding father of the video game industry. Born in 1943, he grew up in Utah, in a Mormon family, before leaving to study engineering and business at Utah State University. While a student he played Spacewar!, one of the earliest digital games designed for the PDP-1 computer. After gradua…

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Josh Scherr, narrative director (co-writer Uncharted 4, The Last of Us Part II). 1:21:46

5M ago1:21:46

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My guest today is an American writer and narrative designer for video games. After graduating from the USC School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Animation, he worked as an animator in Hollywood, contributing to an early version of Shrek at DreamWorks, Dinosaur at Disney, and to the music video Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2001…

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Iain Stirling, comedian, voice of Love Island. 1:13:06

5M ago1:13:06

1:13:06

My guest today is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter, narrator, and Twitch streamer. It was during his final year studying law at the University of Edinburgh, the city in which he grew up, that my guest first tried stand-up comedy. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year he reached the final of the Chortle Student Comedian of the …

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Mike Rose, indie game publisher (No More Robots). 1:20:25

5M ago1:20:25

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My guest today is founder and director of the independent game publisher No More Robots. After graduating from the University of Manchester with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, he became editor-in-chief of IndieGames.com. From there he worked as UK editor of the North American video game industry website Gamasutra ––today known as Gam…

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Jason Schreier, investigative journalist, Bloomberg. 1:20:27

5M ago1:20:27

1:20:27

My guest today is a New York Times-bestselling author and journalist. After graduating from NYU with a degree in writing, he worked as a freelance journalist covering video games for Wired magazine, Joystiq, Edge, Paste, and others. In 2012 he joined the staff of Kotaku, the video game website run, at that time, by Gawker. There he made a name for …

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Bryan Lee O'Malley, graphic novelist (Scott Pilgrim). 1:10:42

6M ago1:10:42

1:10:42

My guest today is a Canadian cartoonist and creator of one of the best-loved graphic novels of the 2000s. Born in London, Canada, he joined the Film Studies programme at the University of Western Ontario, but dropped out and moved to Toronto, where he became involved in the city’s comics scene. His first graphic novel, Lost at Sea, was published in…

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Naomi Alderman, novelist (The Power, The Future). 1:16:17

6M ago1:16:17

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My guest today is an award-winning novelist, journalist, writer of games, and presenter of radio programmes. She grew up in London, studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, then received an MA in creative writing at the UEA. Her first novel, Disobedience, was released in 2006 and later adapted into a feature film starring Ra…

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Meghna Jayanth, narrative designer (80 Days, Sunless Seas, Thirsty Suitors). 1:23:20

6M ago1:23:20

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My guest today is an award-winning writer and narrative designer for video games. As a child she split her time between Bangalore, London, and Saudi Arabia before settling in the UK to study English Literature at University. After a stint commissioning games for the BBC, she wrote the script for 2014’s BAFTA-nominated narrative adventure game, 80 D…

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Lucas Pope, gamemaker (Papers, Please; Return of the Obra Dinn). 1:15:27

6M ago1:15:27

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My guest today is the American designer of two of the most highly regarded experimental games yet made. He grew up in Virginia, where his interest in hobbyist robotics led him to study mechanical engineering at Virginia State University. At that time he started designing mods for Quake, which eventually led to a job at Naughty Dog where he worked o…

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David Wilson, former Director of Communications, PlayStation. (LIVE @ WASD) 1:08:20

7M ago1:08:20

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My guest today is the former Director of Communications for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. After graduating from the University of Exeter, he joined Dennis Publishing where he worked as deputy editor of Your Sinclair, before becoming the games correspondent for News International’s Today newspaper. In 1992 he left journalism for the world of P…

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Pierre Novellie, comedian. 1:08:39

7M ago1:08:39

1:08:39

My guest today is a stand-up comedian, writer, radio host and podcaster. Born in South Africa, his family then moved to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. He studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic languages at Cambridge University, where he became vice-president of the Footlights comedy society. In 2014 The Guardian newspaper described his debut show…

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Jennifer Hale, voice actor (Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, Knights of the Old Republic, Cinderella) 1:10:41

7M ago1:10:41

1:10:41

My guest today is a is a Canadian American actor for video games, television and film. Born in Labrador in Canada, she soon moved to Alabama in the United States, where, as a teenager, she began working as a commercial voice over artist for radio. After graduating from Alabama School of Fine Arts, she took on voice roles to fund her dream of becomi…

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Kieron Gillen, comic book author (Star Wars, X-Men, Iron Man, DIE). 1:16:01

7M ago1:16:01

1:16:01

My guest today is an award-winning creator and writer of comic books. Born into a Staffordshire working-class family, he was a student of Applied Biology at Bath University when he started contributing to the prominent computer games magazine Amiga Power. Upon graduation, my guest joined the staff of PC Gamer, then left the magazine to go freelance…

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Annabel Ashalley-Anthony, founder Melanin Gamers. 1:10:41

7M ago1:10:41

1:10:41

My guest today is a British-Ghanaian writer and advocate for inclusion and diversity in the video game industry. Having graduated from the University of Westminster with a degree in creative writing with English literature, she founded Melanin Gamers, a support community for people of colour who play video games, or who want to join the game indust…

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Clint Hocking, creative director (Splinter Cell, Far Cry 4, Watch Dogs Legion, Assassin's Creed Infinity) 1:21:18

8M ago1:21:18

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My guest today is a Canadian video game designer and director. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with an MFA in creative writing, he joined Ubisoft Montreal where he co-wrote the script for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. In 2005 he directed a sequel to that game, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and three years later released the op…

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Peter Molyneux O.B.E., video game designer (Populous, Theme Park, Fable). 1:14:41

8M ago1:14:41

1:14:41

My guest today is an English video game designer and programmer. In 1984 he designed The Entrepreneur, a simulation game about running a start-up company. When it sold just two copies, however, my guest left the world of video games and began exporting cans of baked beans to the Middle East. When the computer manufacturer Commodore mistook this ven…

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Frank Lantz, founding chair, NYU Game Center. 1:16:06

8M ago1:16:06

1:16:06

My guest today is a game designer and Founding Chair of New York University’s Game Center. An influential writer, speaker, and thinker on video games he has taught generations of emerging young designers. The New York Times once described him as the “reigning genius of the mysteries of games.” My guest’s experience is not merely academic, however: …

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Stella Wisdom, digital curator, British Library. 1:05:56

8M ago1:05:56

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My guest today is Digital Curator for Contemporary Collections at The British Library. After graduating from Aberystwyth University with a degree in Library Studies and Art History, my guest was awarded an MA in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Then, having worked as curator of maps at the National Library of Scotland, my guest joined…

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Sam Barlow, game director (Silent Hill, Her Story, Immortality). 1:12:20

9M ago1:12:20

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My guest today is a game director who has pioneered new forms of nonlinear storytelling that blend film and games. After twelve-year stint at the British development studio Climax, where he directed Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, he began work on an independent project, Her Story. In the game, partly inspired by Sharon Stone’s audition tapes for …

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Joseph Mackertich, editor, Time Out. 1:12:29

9M ago1:12:29

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My guest today is editor-in-chief of Time Out London. After graduating from SOAS University with a degree in religion and the history of art, he moved to China for a few years, then struck out as a freelance writer contributing to, among other publications, The Times, the Observer, Heat magazine and the New Statesman. In 2012 he assumed the role of…

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Paul Chowdhry, actor, comedian. 1:09:20

9M ago1:09:20

1:09:20

My guest today is multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Born in Edgware London, to a Punjabi Sikh family, he was in his mid-twenties when he first tried stand-up. Five years later he became the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad. Since then he has been a guest panellist on 8 out of 10 Cats,…

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Dominic Armato, food critic & voice actor (The Curse of Monkey Island, Sea of Thieves) 1:17:01

9M ago1:17:01

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My guest today is an American food critic and voice actor. Born in Chicago in the late seventies, he began performing in public as a young child after he joined the chorus for a production of the opera Carmen, appearing alongside the tenor Plácido Domingo. He began voicing commercials at the age of seven, before moving to California hoping to take …

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Chella Ramanan, narrative designer (Tales of Windrush; Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora) 1:06:22

10M ago1:06:22

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My guest today is a writer and narrative designer for independent and blockbuster video games. Born in London she studied English Literature at Kingston University, then completed her postgrad in journalism. She worked as a freelance writer, contributing to the Guardian and the BBC, often covering in games and the lack of representation of people o…

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Dylan Cuthbert, President Q-Games. 1:14:06

10M ago1:14:06

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My guest today is an English programmer, game-maker and President of the Kyoto-based video game studio Q-Games. Born in London, he dropped out of school at the age of 17 to join Argonaut Games where, among other titles, he worked on the Game Boy space combat title, X. The project so impressed Nintendo, that the company invited my guest to Japan, wh…

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Glenn Moore, comedian. 1:18:46

10M ago1:18:46

1:18:46

My guest today is an English comedian, actor and one of the most prolific joke writers in the UK. He first made a room laugh as a young child at his aunt’s wedding, when, during the ceremonial speeches, the other guests overheard him speaking to his mother. While a student at the University of Sheffield he again became an accidental stand-up when, …

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Marie Le Conte, political journalist. 1:06:32

10M ago1:06:32

1:06:32

My guest today is a French Moroccan political journalist and author based in London. She grew up in Nantes on the west coast of France, then moved to the UK in 2009 to study journalism at the University of Westminster. After graduating, she freelanced for several broadsheets, then joined the Evening Standard as a political diarist. In 2016 she beca…

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Jörg Tittel, writer & director (The Last Worker, C-Smash VRS) 1:10:51

10M ago1:10:51

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My guest today is a writer, producer and director of plays, films and videogames. In 1997 he left Belgium to study theatre at NYU in New York. While a student my guest began freelancing as a video game journalist contributing to Next Gen, Official Dreamcast Magazine and Famitsu in Japan. He then joined Treyarch to work on the video game adaptation …

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Greg Kasavin, creative director, Supergiant Games (Hades, Bastion.) 1:16:17

11M ago1:16:17

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My guest today is creative director and writer of some of the most memorable and influential independent games of recent years, including Bastion, Pyre, Transistor and, most recently, the smash hit Hades, which topped many of 2021’s best games of the year lists. In the nineties he co-founded Arcadia, a website dedicated to films and video games, wh…

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Tom Bissell, author & scriptwriter (Gears of War, Star Wars: Andor.) 1:19:06

11M ago1:19:06

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My guest today is an award-winning author, journalist and writer for film, television, and video games. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in English literature, he travelled to Uzbekistan as a volunteer for the Peace Corps. He then returned to New York where he worked as author and editor, reporting on the Iraq war for H…

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Sooz Kempner, comedian. 1:02:01

11M ago1:02:01

1:02:01

My guest today is an English actress, pianist, singer and award-winning stand-up comedian. Born into a showbiz dynasty – the family dog appeared in an advertisment for Nissan, and their cat, Boris, played Jonesy in Aliens – she moved to Ayia Napa to work as a Christina Aguilera tribute act. After she returned to England she began a post-graduate co…

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Kelsey Lewin, co-director Video Game History Foundation. 1:14:56

11M ago1:14:56

1:14:56

My guest today is co-director of the Video Game History Foundation, the non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. In 2017, after graduating college, my guest helped curate an Atari-themed pop-up exhibition at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Two years later Game Informer enlisted her as a volunteer to …

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Danny Pudi, actor (Community, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet). 1:00:42

12M ago1:00:42

1:00:42

My guest today is an American comedian and actor, who played the role of Abed Nadir in the long-running American sitcom Community. Born in Chicago, Illinois to a Polish mother and an Indian father, he studied communication and theatre at Marquette University in Milwaukee having won the inaugural Chris Farley Scholarship – an award that led him to p…

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi, gamemaker (Rez, Lumines, Child of Eden). 58:49

12M ago58:49

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My guest today is the Japanese designer of some of the most transcendent music-themed video games yet made. He graduated with a degree in media aesthetics from Nihon University, then, inspired by a photograph of a virtual reality headset made by NASA, joined Sega hoping to work on a similar project. A keen sports car enthusiast, he developed the ar…

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