Designer Notes is hosting a special guest episode from Simon Parkin’s excellent podcast My Perfect Console, in which he interviews Soren Johnson about his career and his favorite games. In each episode, Simon asks the guest to choose five games to compose their version of a perfect console or, in Soren’s case, a perfect personal computer. Check out the show at myperfectconsole.com.
Games discussed: Pinball Construction Set, M.U.L.E., Seven Cities of Gold, Legacy of the Ancients, Alpha Centauri, Oxford Mercer, Civilization III, Civilization IV, Spore, Offworld Trading Company, Old World
Great crossover. Opening with Pinball Construction Set and M.U.L.E. says a lot about the “games as systems you can tinker with” thread that runs all the way to Civ IV and Old World. Fun to hear the picks trace a line from early-80s toolkits to your own designs. Thanks for sharing Simon’s episode here.