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04/12/2019

One Life Left -- s20e12 -- #397 -- Let’s Get Physical (mail)

It's another full studio this week as Ann, Ste and Simon welcomed Leo Zullo and Gareth Williams on the show to not talk about their day jobs. Instead we let them tell us all about Safe In Our World, which is the charity they co-founded that has the aim to promote and improve mental health in the videogame industry. They've helped Emily Richards remaster her Bafta award-winning game Fractured Minds, which is available to purchase and download on all major platforms. In a Schaffer-centred start to the show we found out how old Lewis is, what he eats, and what time of the year it is best to wear his headphones. Simon went viral, Ann told us about her special advent calendar, and Ste sang dark songs with his daughter. But most of all, we were disappointed by Google. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://safeinourworld.org/ https://twitter.com/SafeInOurWorld https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/oxsong https://twitter.com/leo_zullo https://twitter.com/Shakacarnage Reviews: https://www.ea.com/games/peggle/peggle-blast https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/marvels-spider-man-ps4/ https://noitagame.com/ https://www.lostember.com/ http://oldmansjourney.com/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/death-stranding-ps4/ https://www.devolverdigital.com/games/heave-ho Tracklist: Oxventure Presents - Literally Everyone Else in the World https://youtu.be/_gZmP3wcuiU Coconums - Worker https://chipmusic.org/Coconums/music/worker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

04/12/2019

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30/01/2019

One Life Left -- s18e04 -- #371 -- Viene Tormenta

The final episode of Dry January sees the team inspired with interactive ideas. We announced the date of our Resonance FM fundraising date (Friday April 26th), and came up with an artistic competition. Hopefully when we go through the entries next week it will work as an audio event. We've also moved into sponsorship. Instead of monetising our own brands, we've decided to monetise Rami Ismail's Gamedev.World conference. Hopefully it will turn out to have over 8,501 meetings during the event otherwise we'll not be getting our money's worth. There's blockchain chat (we really need some Super-Special Guests soon), Simon works out how to beat loot boxes, Ste updates an old joke, and Ann helps trademark a new brand. This time next year we'll be millionaires! Which means that Rami will be a millionaire on top of the billions he already has! Cheerio! Team OLL (and Simon, the Ultimate Gamer) x Links: https://gamedev.world/ http://fundraiser.resonance.fm Tracklist: Klamm - Worship https://chipmusic.org/Klamm/music/worship Amateur LSDJ - Debrief https://chipmusic.org/amateurlsdj/music/debrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30/01/2019

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1h 1m
29/11/2011

One Life Left -- s07e22 -- #166 -- The Con Is On

Now you may think that we're a bit harsh slagging off our rivals that only work through Medium Wave, but at least we don't go as far as Simon's company does to other PR firms. It's mostly the fault of our SSG and FOTS Pete Oliver from Namco Bandai as his Fight Club brings out the alpha male in all of us, apart from Ste and Ann who just want to do karaoke (for a change). We try to keep the show as Skyrim and karaoke free as possible, but we may lapse into speaking about it for a few brief moments. And it was mostly Pete that caused it. Honest. And he was definitely acting in an official Namco capacity when he confirmed the Xbox Loop and agreed to sponsor the newly announced OLLCON that is being held in January (LEGAL DISCLAIMER: He definitely wasn't. Or was he?) Old School fans of One Life Left will hear some names dropped that may cause memories in the back of your minds, and two of those come back to do some excellent features. As does Daria who may have cause to worry about one of the returning contributors... Cheerio! Team OLL x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29/11/2011

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1h 2m
10/05/2018

One Life Left with Gamasutra -- GDC18 -- Episode 3

First there was an episode of One Life Left from GDC 2018. Then there was another one of it. Then there was another one of it (we need a new joke for episode 4). Featuring the following Super-Special Guests: Jennifer Hazel (@rx_pixel) Osama Dorias (@osamadorias) Laura Bularca (@sarienn) Emily Short (@emshort) Will Porter (@batsphinx) Andrew Barron (http://andrewbarron.net/) Jennifer Scheurle (@Gaohmee) Hosted by: Kris Graft (@krisgraft) Ste Curran (@steishere) Ann Scantlebury (@scanters) Game played during the intro/outro: Puyo Puyo Tetris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10/05/2018

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1h 1m
20/10/2021

One Life Left -- s21e07 -- #453 -- On A Boat

Welcome once again, dear listeners, to another packed episode of One Life Left! This week we discuss the "impending" sale of OLL for what could be millions! Simon went on a boat and reports back plus we find out more in the Saga of Scantlebury! Ste reports back from the latest Maraoke, including public Monkey Ball arguments and news of future events. There's also not one but TWO SSGs!! This week we're joined by none other than Ann Scantlebury and Alice Curran! Meanwhile, we're still eager to hear from you all! Write in with a video game related musing for us to discuss on a future episode to team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord (link below) and drop letters for us there! Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: The OLL Discord Channel Invite Link!!! https://discord.gg/pgTSzpgfcD Reviews: Metroid Dread ElecHead Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania Tracklist: 8 Bit Computing by 8-Bitchintendo https://chipmusic.org/8-BITchintendo/music/8-bit-computing-nes Uncertain Path by Feryl https://chipmusic.org/Feryl/music/uncertain-path Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20/10/2021

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1h 1m
24/07/2012

One Life Left -- s08e04 -- #174 -- Markin' Parkin

Finally, everything is back to normal. No legal issues causing us to miss a week, no trips to Sweden or San Francisco breaking up the series. So let's have a roll call. Ste? Check. Ann? Check. Simon? Check - wait - you look different Simon. For one thing you have your top on. And you also have a Pong tattoo on your arm.Oh, of course! Simon Byron had booked the day off for holiday so instead we welcome EOTS/FOTS/SSG/G Simon 'Parko' Parkin. He explains the differences between writing for Eurogamer and writing for the Guardian in such a way that it's likely he won't be employed by either of them anymore. But they should keep him employed as we think his failed poetry method of reviewing is great.The features this week are the excellent Derek Williams, Craig 'The Rage' McClelland and Duncan Timiney. That is: they're all excellent. Not just Derek. Please don't send in any more letters of complaint. Unless they're about Parko.Our listeners sent in a load of prospective tattoos for Parko to add to the Pong one. Which one did he choose? The only way to find out is to listen to this episode.Cheerio!Team OLL xLinks:http://twitter.com/SimonParkinhttp://instagram.com/p/MNX1NhHXgg/http://lunaticobscurity.blogspot.co.uk/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/internet/2012/07/foolproof-way-improve-games-journalism-ban-number-7Tracklist:1. Je mappelle - Lobbyhttp://chipmusic.org/je+mappelle/music/intro--lobby2. Axilion - Behaviourhttp://chipmusic.org/axilion/music/behaviour3. AnthRamen - Nocturnal Bitshttp://chipmusic.org/anthramen/music/nocturnal-bits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24/07/2012

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1h 2m
13/11/2012

One Life Left -- s08e16 -- #186 -- The Old Curiosity Box(er)

It's not often we have someone on the show who started in videogames around the same time as Simon, usually because they've seen Simon with his top off so often that they refuse to be near him again, but SSG Steve Boxer is a man who is prepared to take that risk. We ask him what it is like to work under a leader/dessert eater like Keith Stuart at the Guardian and the difficulties that were had working under a maker of rudie magazines*. We also told an ENTIRELY HYPOTHETICAL story about Keith Stuart's GTA5 interview. And at least Steve had somewhere to go after the show as he had been invited to the Codblopsii event. All we had to do was to watch Ste walk around London in his Stockport County kit muttering to himself about Taylor Swift and Westfield. Come on PRs, invite us to your new launch parties, we're totally prepared to sell ourselves for some tiny hamburgers and sixty dollars. And that's to share between us. Cheerio! Team OLL x * We're trying to not attract the attentions of work filters. Links: https://twitter.com/realsteveboxer http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/nov/12/grand-theft-auto-v-preview-gta-5 Tracklist: 1. Switch-On - Old Abandoned Cave http://chipmusic.org/switch-on/music/old-abandoned-cave 2. Indiaton - spooked http://chipmusic.org/spooked/music/indiaton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13/11/2012

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1h 1m
22/09/2021

One Life Left -- s21e03 -- #449 -- Thanks, Sir Clive

Ladies and gentlemen, on today's episode you will learn what it is like to be kissed and cuddled by gaming itself. Yes, we get the lowdown on Simon's new gaming chair - and should our discussion win you over, a link to said chair is below for you to own one yourself. Mr Byron says it's the most comfortable sit ever! We also talk about Sir Clive Sinclair and what the Spectrum meant to us, along with all your usual OLL favourites including Simon Byron's Fast Five and a report on yet another live Maraoke event! Meanwhile: Did you ever punch Ste in the face ever? Why not write in and tell us all about it at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord (link below) and leave a letter there, as well as joining in on one of our many conversations! Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: Own a chair just like Simon's: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9376467 The OLL Discord Channel Invite Link!!! https://discord.gg/pgTSzpgfcD Reviews: Deathloop Golf Club: Wasteland Tracklist: Jakten På Hästaguldet by ScanianWolf https://chipmusic.org/ScanianWolf/music/jakten-p-hstaguldet KrakrZ by MotionRide https://chipmusic.org/MotionRide/music/krakrz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22/09/2021

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1h 1m
25/10/2023

#524 - Cheese Explosion

Is Simon wearing trousers? Is he a firestarter, a twisted firestarter?! Is any of this real any more? Maybe I'm AI and haven't even realised. Maybe we're all programmed by Ste! I think this has been considered before... I must need a defrag. Welcome, dear listeners, to another episode of One Life Left! This week we find out whose logo is biggest, Skull Island: Rise of Kong battles is up for worst game of the year but it's what's inside that counts and Netflix consider swooping for GTA. There's also another dose of ClickMate and the team ponder adventures in Japan. The excitement is building! Have you been waiting for our intrepid duo in Regent's Park? Do you want to make a claim for travel expenses due to them not showing up?? If so then write to us at team@onelifeleft.com and we'll look into your case. Or join our Discord! There you can leave a letter, expenses claim and join in the general banter. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!: http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Purely OLL Discord Link!: https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk The Maraoke Everything Link!: http://hello.marao.ke/ Reviews: Assassin's Creed Mirage Yakuza 0 Titanfall Sonic Superstars Super Mario Bros. Wonder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25/10/2023

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1h 6m
05/10/2016

One Life Left -- s13e15 -- #296 -- Starring Val Kilmer

After a wonderful time at the Slush Play conference in Iceland, Ste successfully made it back to the studio. Ann didn't and neither did Ste's top. Unfortunately Simon was also going through sports jet lag due to the baseball and also because of him 'be'ing Alex Hunter. Yes, it's hard to believe but a game has finally knocked Star Wars Battlefront off. Perhaps it'll be joining Simon's Wii at the bottom of the canal before too long. Our Super-Special Guest is James Long, who created a game that is Top Secret. It is based on Edward Snowden and the events leading up to him releasing his leaks. Perhaps we've said too much just by having James on our show, but we think we can tell you that it is a real time email game where you react to actual emails that were sent out at the time. And we provide clear evidence that you can monetise your brand on One Life Left through Simon, sorry 'Alex', buying the game on air. And, if we haven't made it clear enough, the game's name is Top Secret. We also had some Confessions of a Part-Time Gamer, a bit of Local News and an Ann Investigates From Iceland. Well, maybe not the last one but we're going to pretend we did in our next show just to check if Ann listens to the show and reads this bit. Although going by our news section this week we probably shouldn't annoy her too much. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://playtopsecret.com/ https://twitter.com/jamestyro Track list: 1. REDACTED 2. Garvalf - Deux Saisons http://chipmusic.org/garvalf/music/deux-saisons 3. Veenomn - Wake up! http://chipmusic.org/veenomn/music/wake-up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

05/10/2016

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1h 2m

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