My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, award-winning author video game critic for The Observer invites well-known guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on a fictional games machine. They discuss those five games in chronological order of release, interspersed with biographical chat about the guest’s life and career –– a lens that often leads to new and unexpected insights.

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Ed Night is one of the sharpest and most original voices in British stand-up. He began performing comedy as a teenager and, in 2017 his debut hour at the Edinburgh Fring e , Anthem For Doomed Youth , saw him become one of the youngest ever nominees for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer . Since then, he’s established a reputation for his darkly funny, politically charged material. His writing has been featured on shows including The Mash Report , 8 out of 10 Cats , The News Quiz , Mock...

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