Journalism, non-fiction, video games, historical non-fiction
Simon Parkin is an English writer. He is a contributing writer for The New Yorker,[1] a critic for The Observer,[2] and the author of three non-fiction books. His work has appeared in The New York Times, the New Statesman, 1843, and he is a frequent contributor to The Long Read in The Guardian.[3] He also hosts a podcast called My Perfect Console where guests talk about five video games that were meaningful to their life.
Parkin has been the recipient of two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. His book A Game of Birds and Wolves was shortlisted for the 2020 Mountbatten Award for Best Book. His book The Island of Extraordinary Captives was one of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022,[4] and winner of the 2023 Wingate Prize.[5]
^"Simon Parkin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^"Simon Parkin". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^"Simon Parkin". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^"The Best Books of 2022". The New Yorker. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
SimonParkin is an English writer. He is a contributing writer for The New Yorker, a critic for The Observer, and the author of three non-fiction books...
the game both "bizarre and memorable". Official Nintendo Magazine's SimonParkin thought the game's script was its best asset, as "one of the medium's...
Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016. SimonParkin (March 31, 2015). "Bloodborne creator Hidetaka Miyazaki: 'I didn't have...
lauded Elden Ring for rewarding exploration in every part of the map. SimonParkin of The Guardian called the game's environments "intriguing and inventive"...
detective work" and contained an "excellent payoff" and "epilogue". SimonParkin of The New Yorker also cited the game as one of the best of the year...
"artfully teased hair and devil-may-care grin". Although Eurogamer's SimonParkin found Zack's physical appearance to be highly similar to Cloud's, he...
into, much like their real lives". Similarly, in MIT Technology Review, SimonParkin observes that most players will never encounter the poem in-game, but...
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"partly depressing, partly enlightening" experience. The Guardian's SimonParkin felt that the game was "fierce and unflinching", and that although the...
"I Tried to Sell My DIY Sex Robot at an Invention Convention". Vice. Simon, Parkin. "The Never-Ending War on Fake Reviews". The New Yorker. "'The Shed...
as painful and protracted as Mother 3's. SimonParkin of Eurogamer, Mother 3 review, 2008 Eurogamer's Parkin wrote that the "childlike" and "unusually...
signature style" and some of "the best boss fights in any Souls game". SimonParkin of The Guardian gave the game 5 out of 5 stars and wrote that while Dark...
its utter dorkiness", while English writer and videogame enthusiast SimonParkin in The Guardian described it as "a valuable snapshot of early critical...
Rockstar's best game to date, a culmination of its previous successes. SimonParkin of Eurogamer concluded that Red Dead Redemption was "a blockbuster video...
children's television, including Children's BBC presenters Andy Crane and SimonParkin, Blue Peter's Caron Keating, and Anthea Turner and Jenny Powell who worked...
work." The game's four campaigns received criticism from reviewers. SimonParkin from Eurogamer was divided over the campaigns, citing Leon's campaign...
the game is riddled with JRPG narrative tropes"; however, Eurogamer's SimonParkin praised the game's story, calling it "witty". USgamer's Jeremy Parish...
Words between 1994 and 1996. She was assisted by Mark Speight before SimonParkin took over. In 1997, several months before joining Blue Peter, Huq presented...
Cayman Net News, 17 June 2005: Brac's land wreck makes it to TV fame SimonParkin: Colin Firth on Donald Crowhurst, the sailor lost at sea in a boat made...
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