{"podcast":{"title":"My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin","slug":"my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647","podcast_index_feed_id":5970647,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63b458521043e00011114396","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-perfect-console","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63b458521043e00011114396/1777821946817-906809b2-9c93-4b1c-b277-18517c7c67e0.jpeg","author":"Simon Parkin","episode_count":198,"summary":"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. \"Thoroughly modern and ahead of its time...a gift.\" - NEW YORK'S VULTURE \"Charming, insightful.\" -- THE GUARDIAN TIME OUT'S 50 Best Podcasts VULTURE's Best Podcast of the Year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:20:51.393497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647"},"episode":{"title":"Keza Macdonald, author, games editor The Guardian.","slug":"keza-macdonald-author-games-editor-the-guardian","published_at":"2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/keza-macdonald-author-games-editor-the-guardian","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647","url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-perfect-console/episodes/keza-macdonald-author-games-editor-the-guardian","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63b458521043e00011114396/e/699c28561b49b62ccc8849f4/media.mp3","summary":"Keza Macdonald is a Scottish journalist and editor who has spent more than two decades chronicling the culture and business of video games. She started early, as a junior staff writer for  GamesTM  while she was still a teenager. Then, after earning a degree in German and Japanese from the  University of Edinburgh —including a year studying in Japan—she became UK Games Editor at  IGN , helping shape the site’s global editorial strategy.  She then launched and led  Kotaku UK , where her team won multiple industry awards. Since 2018 she has been Games Editor at  The Guardian , where she writes the widely read “Pushing Buttons” newsletter and appears regularly on television and radio as an expert on the medium. She is the co-author of  You Died: The Dark Souls Companion , and her new book,  Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun , explores the cultural impact of one of gaming’s most influential companies. Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Keza Macdonald is a Scottish journalist and editor who has spent more than two decades chronicling the culture and business of video games. She started ea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5880,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/episodes/keza-macdonald-author-games-editor-the-guardian/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/keza-macdonald-author-games-editor-the-guardian.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}