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Keith Stuart, journalist & novelist (A Boy Made of Blocks, Love is a Curse).
Episode 67
My guest today is the English author and journalist, Keith Stuart. He grew up in a town near Stockport in Greater Manchester, then studied English an…
1 year, 8 months ago
Masaya Matsuura, musician, gamemaker (PaRappa the Rapper).
Episode 66
My guest today is Masaya Matsuura, a Japanese musician and game designer widely considered to be the inventor of rhythm action video games. Born in O…
1 year, 8 months ago
Sarah Keyworth, comedian.
Episode 65
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 b…
1 year, 8 months ago
John Johanas, creative director Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within, Hi-Fi Rush).
Episode 64
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 …
1 year, 9 months ago
Siobhan Reddy, co-deputy chair, BAFTA.
Episode 63
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 t…
1 year, 9 months ago
Correspondence Special #1: Revisiting Jack Thompson.
In this special correspondence edition, host Simon Parkin explores feedback from the recent episode with Jack Thompson, reads out listeners' correspo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Wes Fenlon, senior editor, PC Gamer.
Episode 62
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 Univer…
1 year, 9 months ago
Jack Thompson, Former lawyer, "anti-video-game activist."
Episode 61
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…
1 year, 9 months ago
Abhi Swaminathan, gamemaker (Venba).
Episode 60
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…
1 year, 10 months ago
Val McDermid, crime writer, Booker Prize judge.
Episode 59
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 …
1 year, 10 months ago