Best Liam O Podcasts (2025)

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Game of the Year 2025 (ft. Glenn Moore). 1:48:13

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The year is winding down, inboxes are quietening (lol), time is about to lose all meaning, and the year’s great cultural arguments are finally ready to be settled. Perfect timing, then, for My Perfect Console: Game of the Year 2025. In this special episode, host Simon Parkin is joined by comedian Glenn Moore to build two consoles that capture what …

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#6 - Before the Rules 25:30

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This episode explores why Catholicism is so often misunderstood as a system of rules, and why that starting point misses what the Church is actually claiming. Drawing on personal experience, it argues that Catholicism begins not with moral demands, but with deeper questions about reality, human nature, and meaning. Only once those foundations are i…

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#5 - Responsibility Before Rights 22:00

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This episode explores the growing gap between rights and responsibility in modern moral life, and asks why responsibility has become so difficult to articulate. It examines where moral authority comes from, why societies have historically trusted the Catholic Church to speak on moral questions, and how responsibility, rather than entitlement, has s…

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#4 - What Is the Church, and Why Trust It? 21:45

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This episode examines what the Church claims to be, and why it has historically asked for trust. Rather than approaching the Church as an idea or moral influence, it explores it as a living institution shaped by continuity, authority, and responsibility. By tracing how Christianity preserved truth through persecution, disagreement, and internal fai…

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#3 - Fragmentation, Authority, and the Cost of Division 28:00

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This episode explores how Christian fragmentation shaped my distance from faith — not through disbelief, but through confusion and paralysis. I examine the loss of shared authority, Britain’s Catholic past, the rupture of the English Reformation, and how the modern relocation of truth into the individual has weakened belief, community, and meaning.…

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#2 - Faith in a Modern World 17:14

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What does faith really mean in the modern world? In this episode, I explore faith as belonging, practice, and trust — drawing on history, Catholic tradition, and my own ongoing journey. Send us a textBy The Wayfarer

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Harvey Smith, game director (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Redfall) 2:01:37

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Harvey Smith is a game designer and writer whose work has helped shape some of the most atmospheric and influential games of the last two decades. After serving in the U.S. Air Force he began his career in video games as a tester on the formative System Shock. Then he joined Ion Storm worked as lead designer on Deus Ex, one of the most influential …

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#1 - Standing at the Door 18:01

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In this opening episode of Catholic Waypoint, Liam shares the personal journey that led him from atheism and cultural Christianity to taking his first serious steps towards Catholicism. Reflecting on community, history, identity, and the experience of attending Mass for the first time, this episode sets the tone for an honest, unhurried exploration…

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Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (Live @ University of Chicago). 1:44:06

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Alex Seropian is a pioneering American video game developer whose work helped shape some of the most iconic series in the medium. After studying mathematics at the University of Chicago, he co-founded Bungie in 1991, first developing Operation Desert Storm then titles such as Pathways Into Darkness, Marathon, and Myth. In 2001, he and his team rele…

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Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5. 1:30:56

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Mark Cerny is an American programmer, and game designer whose career has shaped not only how we play, but the systems we play on. A San Francisco native, he dropped out of UC Berkeley at 17 after receiving an invitation to join Atari. At 18 he designed the arcade hit Marble Madness. He then moved to Japan to work with Sega, for whom he founded the …

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Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2. 1:20:01

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Brandon Adler is an American game director and producer whose career has been defined by his work on some of Obsidian Entertainment’s most acclaimed role-playing games. After serving in Iraq with the U.S. Air Force, my guest studied Game Art & Design at The Art Institute of California. He joined Obsidian as a tester for Neverwinter Nights 2 before …

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Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moments in games 28:48

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In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions. Why are guests so often caught out when asked to name their console? What is the best moment in a video game? What might a My Perfect Console game jam look like? And can Simon settle a dispute between a father and his kids in the car?All this and much m…

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Andy Davidson, creator of Worms. 1:27:53

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My guest today is a British game designer whose ingenuity and persistence turned a bedroom project into one of the most iconic multiplayer series in video games. In 1991, he took the characters from the popular Amiga game Lemmings and placed them in a game of his own, a simulation of artillery fire. At school, the game proved popular among his frie…

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Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios. 1:23:17

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Shuhei Yoshida is former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. After graduating from Kyoto University with a degree in economics, he joined Sony in 1986 to coordinate the company’s PC business. Then, as one of the early members of the PlayStation project, he h…

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Alexander O. Smith, translator (Vagrant Story, Phoenix Wright, Final Fantasy series). 1:33:58

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Alexander O. Smith is a translator, writer, and creative producer whose work has brought some of Japan’s most acclaimed stories to audiences around the world. After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in classical Japanese Literature, he went on to become one of the most respected voices in literary and video game translation. He is be…

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Episode 104: Hollow Knight: Silksong 48:37

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Now after its multiple-storefront-crashing release, we discuss the newest indie game mega hit, Hollow Knight: Silksong. We talk about its place in the modern gaming climate, what with its affordable prize tag and finely tuned unperturbed development time. And we debate over the topic that quickly became synonymous with Silksong's release: its diffi…

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Charlie Rosen, bandleader, The 8-bit Big Band. 1:27:51

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Charlie Rosen is a Grammy award-winning musician, composer, and arranger whose work sits at the intersection of jazz, pop, and video game nostalgia. As the founder and leader of The 8-bit Big Band, a 35-piece jazz-pops orchestra, he had transformed classic video game soundtracks into virtuosic symphonic showstoppers. Under his direction, the ensemb…

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Andy Robertson, journalist, entrepreneur (BBC, Ludocene). 1:22:12

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Andy Robertson is a veteran journalist, editor, and entrepreneur who has spent his career exploring how video games can bring people together. After graduating from Brunel University with a degree in Computer Science, he worked as a freelance games critic for the BBC before launching Family Gamer TV, a YouTube channel designed to help parents and c…

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Lizzie Killian, musician (Teens in Trouble). 1:21:12

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Lizzie Killian is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Teens in Trouble, an indie rock band known for its anthemic melodies, sharp lyrics, and emotionally charged hooks. Before taking to the stage, she started her career as a writer covering games, then moved into communications, collaborating with titans of the industry such Capcom, EA, and Riot. In…

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Episode 103: The road to Silksong 1:04:08

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On the eve of its release we chat about the long, long path that has led to the excessively hyped, almost deified, Silksong, taking a look at the lofty height it has managed to seat itself in gaming culture. And why not, we reflect on its predecessor too, the indie darling Hollow Knight.By heylooklistenthepodcast

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Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, creative director, Hell is Us. 1:20:12

4M ago1:20:12

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Jonathan Jacques-Belletête is a French-Canadian creative director and artist whose work has helped shape some of the most stylish and thought-provoking contemporary video games. After graduating from Dawson College in Montreal, he worked as a commercial illustrator before joining Ubisoft as an artist on the Far Cry, Prince of Persia and Assassin’s …

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Tonda Ros, gamemaker, Blue Prince. 1:31:44

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My guest today is an American visual artist whose work is redefining how we think about mystery, architecture, and imagination in interactive storytelling. In 2013 he founded Dogubomb, a Los Angeles-based independent Film and Game Studio making music videos, films, and commercials for clients such as Magic the Gathering and Netflix. In 2016 my gues…

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Episode 102: Live from Gamescom...kinda 55:14

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On this episode three of us gather for a loose discussion on video games in general. Our topics include a post mortem on 2025 game-of-the-year-contender Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, to some unabashed gushing about Cyberpunk 2077. However, the whole thing is tied together by our new correspondent, Jonathan Morrissey, who vaguely watches the live show…

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Brian Gibson, artist, musician (Lightning Bolt, Guitar Hero, Thumper). 1:17:34

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Brian Gibson is a musician, artist, and game designer best known for blurring the lines between sound, movement, and chaos. As the bassist for the legendary noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt, he’s released seven studio albums and played countless ferocious, high-velocity live shows. But he’s also spent much of his life working on video games, first as …

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Correspondence Special #7: Zelda snubs, lost gaming communities, and fake monkey languages. 36:54

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In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions. Why has The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time never made it onto a Perfect Console? Where have in-person gaming communities gone, and can they be revived? What happened to educational games after the days of Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego? Which made-u…

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Ralph Panebianco, critic, YouTube creator (Skill Up). 1:23:05

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Ralph Panebianco is an Australian video game reviewer and YouTube creator known for his sharp insights, no-nonsense delivery, and deep love of the medium. His reviews have been watched more than three hundred million times, and since 2015 his channel, Skill-Up, has become one of the most popular destinations for game criticism, both in Australia an…

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Episode 101: Our Top 10 Games (Part 1) 1:33:22

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On this episode three of us gather to chronicle our top 10 games of all time. But since that's quite the task, we each only get around to discussing our number 10 and 9 spots, so this will be an ongoing endeavour! In filling out the bottom two spots of our lists, we reveal the beginnings of the top tier of our gaming predilections, which range from…

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Greg Jenner, historian. 1:31:03

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Greg Jenner is a historian, author, and broadcaster who has made the past delightfully accessible to millions. Born in Kent, he studied Archaeology & History at the University of York, then mediaeval studies, before serving as historical advisor to the BBC’s hit children’s series Horrible Histories. He has since authored several acclaimed books tha…

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Nathan Brown, writer, analyst, former editor Edge. 1:28:51

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Nathan Brown is a writer, editor, and consultant with a deep well of experience in the video game industry. After starting his career in finance he switched to become a journalist, he spent more than a decade at the British publication Edge magazine, where he eventually rose to the role of editor. Since leaving traditional games media, he has carve…

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Kat Abughazaleh, influencer, politician. 1:06:56

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Kat Abu is a journalist, influencer, and digital powerhouse who’s taken her sharp wit and political insight from the internet to the campaign trail. Best known for her viral videos dissecting right-wing media as a senior video producer at Media Matters for America, she built a vast following online by blending incisive commentary with biting humour…

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Jimi Famurewa, food critic. 1:16:30

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Jimi Famurewa is a British-Nigerian author, broadcaster and food critic whose writing blends cultural insight, wit, and deep empathy. As the former restaurant critic for the Evening Standard, he’s become one of the most recognisable voices in British food writing, known for capturing not just what’s on the plate, but also the people, stories, and h…

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Episode 100! 1:32:03

6M ago1:32:03

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The 4 of us come together to celebrate 100 episodes of the Hey! Look! Listen! podcast. We talk about everything from why Nintendo are terrible to why Nintendo are terrible. Here's to 100 more!By heylooklistenthepodcast

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Ed Night, comedian. 1:11:03

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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 Fringe, 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 dark…

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Cabel Sasser, co-founder Panic (creators of the Playdate console). 1:27:49

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Cabel Sasser is a designer, developer, and co-founder of one of the most beloved indie software companies in tech. In 1999, he co-founded Panic, the Portland-based studio known for its beautifully crafted Mac software and, later, its publishing work on standout indie games like Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game. Most recently, he helped lead the cr…

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Peter Whalen, game director (Hearthstone, Teamfight Tactics). 1:21:49

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Peter Whalen is a game designer and creative lead known for his work at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and competitive play. After graduating from Princeton with a degree in Mathematics, he earned his doctorate in algorithms at Georgia Tech. He then began his career in video games, first at Blizzard, where he was a senior designer on H…

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Ray Chase, voice actor (Final Fantasy XV, Xmen '97, Demon Slayer). 1:21:29

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Ray Chase is an American voice actor whose range and versatility have made him one of the most recognisable voices across anime, video games, and audiobooks. Known for bringing to life characters such as Noctis in Final Fantasy XV, Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Cyclops in Xmen ’97, and Zukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen, he has also voiced ma…

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Robbie Singh, streamer, studio founder (Omeda). 1:07:20

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Robbie is a studio head with one of the most unusual origin stories in the games industry. A former content creator and streamer, he fell in love with Paragon, the ambitious MOBA from Epic Games—so much so that when Epic closed the game in 2018, he refused to let it die. With no prior game development experience and no plans to enter the industry, …

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Listener Console Special #3 49:18

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In this special episode, five My Perfect Console supporters share the games they would like to put on their ideal, fictional games machine, and the reasons behind their choices. If you would like to share your console with the My Perfect Console audience, head to this post for more details. Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range …

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Elena Lobova, Ukrainian entrepreneur, game developer. 1:14:17

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My guest today is a Ukrainian game developer, entrepreneur, and one of the most respected community-builders in the video games industry. After graduating from East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University with a Master's in Computer Science she began her career in mobile game development. She founded initiatives such as Achievers Hub and Globa…

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Game Club (with Glenn Moore): Return of the Obra Dinn. 30:48

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Simon is joined by Glenn Moore for today's Game Club episode discussing the game we've been playing throughout May, former guest of the show Lucas Pope's Return of the Obra Dinn. Throughout the month, Glenn, Simon, and many of you, the listeners, have been playing through the modern classic puzzle game, as chosen by comedy writer Joel Morris on his…

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Character Theme Music 40:45

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This musically-inclined episode takes a look at some examples throughout gaming history of a melody or musical motif being paired up with a character, and how the music can be used to tell us everything we need to know about the character, as well as reinforce or enhance the storytelling overall.By heylooklistenthepodcast

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Bennett Foddy, philosopher, game designer (QWOP, GIRP, Getting Over It). 1:19:49

7M ago1:19:49

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Bennett Foddy is a game designer, moral philosopher, and musician best known for creating challenging games that explore frustration, perseverance, and the nature of play. Originally from Australia, he played bass for the electronic group Cut Copy, then in 2008 came to global recognition with QWOP, a slapstick track-and-field simulation that became…

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Tomm Hulett, game designer (Silent Hill series, Contra, Bloodstained, River City Girls). 1:16:15

7M ago1:16:15

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Tomm Hulett is a game designer and director who has spent his career championing bold, narrative-driven experiences. While at Konami, he worked on multiple Silent Hill titles, including Book of Memories, a critically acclaimed reimagining of the franchise. On the internet, however, his name became linked with the struggles of later Silent Hill game…

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Grentperez, musician. 1:07:08

8M ago1:07:08

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Grentperez is a 23-year-old Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter who has captivated audiences worldwide with his soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Born and raised in Sydney, he began sharing song covers on YouTube at the age of 13, soon amassing more than 100 million views. His 2021 debut single, Cherry Wine” achieved gold certification and t…