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Content warning: There was some swearing in this episode. Don't worry, it has been replaced by BLEEEEEEPs but I'm giving you a heads up now so that your imagination doesn't run too wild upon hearing those BLEEEEEEPs. I've kept the un-BLEEEEEEPed version in case anyone wants to pay good money for such filth in future. Also, apologies for any mouse-clicks and chair-squeaking that could be heard on recent episodes. I'll start the rumour now: I add those noises in to hide the fact that the show has been entirely done by AI for the past, I dunno, 5 years? Yeah, go with that. Anyway, welcome to our Glastonbury 2025 coverage episode! This week our intrepid hosts tackle the Xbox multiplatform strategy, PEAK selling millions, dbrand's Switch 2 blunder, Netflix culling games and a potential Black Flag remake. There's also a plan for Japan, Randy Pitchford speaks, Barcode Battler gets the briefest of mentions, Simon plays Switch 2 with other Dads in a park and Ste reveals his love of toilet roll. Sorry. The boys also

Welcome to another podcast edition of One Life Left, the world's longest running video game radio show (in the English language)! This week we are joined by Super Special Guest Mike Bithell of Bithell Games, here to talk about their new game, TRON: Catalyst, working with licences, the mysteries of the Disney Archive and what he doesn't want to talk about... There's also 'heated' debate about Donkey Kong, Nintendo have an accident underground, Charlesbot flips out over third party Switch 2 games and Ste and Simon's partners run away to Sheffield with Adam & Joe! Well, wouldn't you?? Meanwhile The Art of Video Game Design nears the end of it's course! A great philosopher once said "freedom is the right of all sentient beings" and that was never truer than right here, dear listener! And it actually works with most media - if there's ever something you don't like, just skip it. You are that sentient being. You have that freedom. Would you prefer $7200 or two weeks off work? We can't make either happen

Is life, the universe and everything easier to explain than the 'fun' value of Mario Kart? We might have the answers within... Hello dear listeners! Welcome back to another episode of One Life Left. This week we're joined by none other than Hannah Flynn of Failbetter Games, here to discuss new game, Mandrake, and seagull violence as well as to tell us how an intrepid group of game devs turned to cannibalism whilst on an adventure down a cave, looking for the magic rocks of Bleu Jaune! Honest! We also have Summer Games Fest 2025 shenanigans, Build a Rocket Boy shenanigans, Sony trying to look the best shenanigans, Microsoft and Asus handheld team-up shenanigans and Switch 2 already breaking records shenanigans. It's all shenanigans! Oh, but we do talk about our sparkly new Switch 2 consoles as well, though expect more to come!  How smooth do you think video game celebs are? What even classes as a video game celeb?! Write and tell us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord to write and chat to us on th

This week Simon is still in pain and Ste learns that football can still hurt you, though he's learned to love Vampire Survivors. For now. We also have Doom pizza, Fortnite's sweary Vader, Kojima's USB stick, some Gears of War movie stuff and GTA Paisley needs YOU... Meanwhile The Art of Video Game Design covers seasonal content and FOMO and a reminder that the next Maraoke 'out in the wild' will be on Friday 13th June at Loading Bar - tickets available HERE There's a section in this week's episode that I could've cut but I've kept in for humour value, see if you can spot it. Well, I thought it was funny and I'll stick to that decision but if you can tell which bit it was and disagree with me then write to us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and disagree with me on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links:The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/One

Today we're joined by Friend Of The Show and SSG extraordinaire Tony Gowland of Ant Workshop, here to talk about Into The Restless Ruins (out tomorrow!!) and the current trials and tribulations of game development. We also have Microsoft selling well on PlayStation, console price hikes, Nintendo Game-Key Card-criticism, Ste isn't impressed with the GTA6 trailer and Simon is still in pain, yet also still intoxicating! Meanwhile The Art of Video Game Design covers push notifications and the next open world Maraoke will be on Friday 13th June (lucky for some...) at Loading Bar - tickets are available HERE You'll never get a letter read out on the show if you don't write to us first so wang your correspondence to us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and drop a letter for us on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links:The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag

CONTENT WARNING - This show includes a sports massage. Not, like, as a free gift for you, though something could be arranged, maybe. Let's not completely rule that out right this minute. Anyway, no, it's a descriptive thing. One of our intrepid hosts finds himself needing of some physio so gets a sports massage. From two ladies. Both called Sophie. Look, if that sounds far fetched then don't blame me, I'm just giving you a heads up. The word "buttocks" is used. If that's the kind of thing that offends then, I dunno, start the show 10 minutes in. That's a rough guess as once this gets uploaded and ads are thrown in the mix my timings go straight out the window but 10 minutes should be safe... Beyond that, welcome to the latest episode of One Life Left! This week there's still no Super Special Keef but we have a jam packed show that includes potential Nintendo Game-Key Card shenanigans, the Post Trauma of releasing a game in the shadow of Oblivion, a footy game doing well (and it isn't PES, FIFA, EA, SWOS, Kic

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This week Ste takes over summer and Simon is 'fine'. We don't have an SSG but we do have two men trying to find something on Steam 'live' on air! There's also Netflix doing games (still, in case you forgot), a rival to The Sims, Ninten-DO let you swap digital games, Ninten-DO have a 'C' button on Switch 2, GTA6 keeps up the hype and The Art of Video Game Design looks at streaks and milestones! Meanwhile in our exclusive podcast intro we have EXCLUSIVE Switch 2 speculation mere hours ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct! Do you base your decisions on the imagined dreams of 8 year olds?? Let us know at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and leave a letter for us on there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: The McDs Minecraft meals... Overlook Trail Portal Learn more about your ad choices.

Don't expect stunningly well crafted notes like last week, dear listeners. I think I burnt myself out a bit, there. This week you'll mostly get a list. Enter at your own peril. This week: No SSG! Simon is recovering from showing off his dart skills in Barcelona Ste made yet more games Star Wars: Hunters is being switched off (and it's not even been out a year...) There was a Phil Harrison jest at GDC An old game that was awful is being remade for reasons Undertale is selling well again Lego is doing a Pokémon (or vice versa) The boys have no FOMO over missing GDC (and has it had it's day...?) Groundshatter Maraoke report The Art of Video Game Design covers loot boxes  Did you know the available episodes of OLL online go aaaaaaaaallll the way back to 2007 (10/10/07 to be exact - spooky) so you can go back in time with us and see how the world has changed. It was, indeed, a different time... Which games conferences are you looking forward to? Have you played Undertale? Are you passionate about Star Wars: Hunt

Does One Life Left have an SSG this week? A) Yes - it's Chris Read from Fantata, here to talk about Quizzle/Fast Five, amongst other things. B) Yes - it's Clippy, the famous MS Office Assistant, here to discuss his triumphant return as the face of AI. He butt-dialled Simon to ask to be on. C) No. D) Victoria Pendleton. Which of these is covered in the news section by Charlesbot? A) The cost of the Switch 2 plus an "exclusive reveal" of the release date. B) More Xbox handheld possibilities. C) Pocketpair moving into publishing. D) Victoria Pendleton. Is there a BRAND NEW FEATURE this episode? A) What?! Nah! Don't be silly... B) Abso-bloomin-lutely there is! It's called The Art of Video Game Design and long may it continue! C) Fee-chure? What's one of them?! D) Victoria Pendleton. Is there any mention of Maraoke this episode? A) Absolutely! We report on Maraoke from 14th March plus announce the next one will be on Friday 2nd May. B) Nope. No. Not a single mention of Maraoke. C) I'm starting to wish I'd not d

And, lo, for it is true: One Life Left have our second Super Special Guest in a row on today's show! For we are this day thus joined by Andy Robertson, video game journo and founder of Family Gaming Database, here to talk about Kickstarter hell with Ludoscene which, if you're very quick, you might still have time to back HERE!!! And it is told that should One Life Left get three SSGs in a row then the skies will turn as dark as your mobile phone on dark theme and the seas will be a bit choppy and not great to swim in. So it is said, so shall it be... Sorry about that. As well as all that we've got Switch 2 tech details, $100 for GTA6 and Jackbox games get smart (TV) plus letters, reviews and more! We also have another Maraoke coming up on Friday 14th March at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington High Street, London. Tickets available HERE!! Sneaking a quick message in for my cats: Happy Birthday, Rocket & Logan! 10 years old today! Where has the time gone etc etc... not that they'll understand a word of this but

Hello and welcome once again, dear listeners, to another episode of One Life Left. WE HAVE A SUPER SPECIAL GUEST!!! This week we're joined by James Parker of Ground Shatter to talk all about their new game, Knights in Tight Spaces. While I'm linking things, here's another that will take you straight to the KiTS Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/Knights_in_Tight_Spaces/ There's also Ste's holiday memories, Simon's leaking house, toothfairy rates, lots of people playing Monster Hunter Wilds, old skool games about old skool films, CharlesBot appears to have problems talking about VR and OLL are still very much open to selling out - contact us for rates! Will cats fighting during the reviews section see a sudden spike in listeners?? Check back next week to find out... We ripped through all your letters on this episode so the mail sacks are once again bare. Please send us more letters! Don't fear us, we don't bite. Drop us a line at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and leave a lette

Hello and welcome to another episode of One Life Left - the show that doesn't know when to quit!! This week we have PSN going down and some Sony customers over-reacting, Football Manager 2025 getting a red-card and some FM fans over-reacting, Troy Baker beating AI and... nobody over-reacting... I don't think... Meanwhile, here's another reminder that ResonanceFM, our home on the radio waves, are running their annual fundraiser right now so please check out their fundraising page and help out, if at all possible: https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/ There will be a fundraising Maraoke event from us on Friday 14th March, more details to come... (unless they've already been posted on Bluesky by the time you're reading this...) Let us try with all our might, dearest listeners, to get some momentum going with these letters! Keep them coming, please! Like in the "old" days when readers used to write to their favourite video games related magazine - Let us be your favourite/tolerated video games related radio show/pod

This week the boys have been "down the darts" and "down the football" and generally leaning into their blokeyness in blokey ways but then it's all back to "normal" for another episode of the One Life Left radio show! (This is the podcast edition of the radio show that you're listening to, just in case you didn't know.) This episode we have Simon being performance art and releasing TWO games this week, Ste has people sliding into his DMs, Multiversus is going, Nintendo tickets re-sale shenanigans, Microsoft doing alright for themselves according to PR and PS5 gets Forza! We also have the welcome return of Sega Badawi with the local news and ANOTHER OLL Nintendo Switch 2 "exclusive"! Speaking of radio shows - Our beloved home, ResonanceFM, are currently having their fundraiser for 2025 so please check out their fundraising page and help out, if at all possible: https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/ We still have an upcoming Maraoke event in London (being run for "reasons" on a Steam Deck, apparently) on Saturday

Welcome, dearest listeners, to another podcast edition of the One Life Left RADIO SHOW because, first and foremost, it is a radio show on ResonanceFM, our faithful home since neolithic times. ResonanceFM are currently having their fundraiser for 2025 so please check out their fundraising page and help out, if at all possible: https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/ Meanwhile, on this week's episode, Ste's going to UKIE (maybe with magic tricks), Simon renamed the Northern Line (OK, just the one station), Sega want your deets, video game prices only going up, digital winning, Switch 2 - finally - and Video Game History Foundation do Good Stuff!! We also have our report from Pocket Gamer Connects, which includes a bad bouncer at The Piano Works, and EXCLUSIVELY reveal the Switch 2 release date. Maybe. DO NOT FORGET - Simon has challenged all of you to a game of darts. Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough etc etc. Hop on to Discord and start trash talking*. PLUS there's that Maraoke in London on Saturda

This week we start 2025 again because last week was just a practice run. There's Microsoft making more handheld noises, Ubisoft postpone Assassin's Creed Shadows again and is Half Life 3 on the horizon? We also "exclusively" reveal that the Switch 2 will be released on March 3rd which happens to be my birthday making the Switch 2 an ideal, if not perfect, birthday present, hint hint! Meanwhile next week the boys are off to Pocket Gamer Connects in that London so, if you're there or thereabouts, hunt them down! Simon is also open to any and all challenges to his darts supremacy from all our listeners - give him a shout on our Discord server and a link to his magic dart board is in the review links below! SEND MORE LETTERS, PLEASE!! Fire them to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or hop onto our Discord and drop a letter for us on there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words

Join us as OLL hurtles towards it's 19th year, dearest listener, and for Simon's NYE tale of woe - a Kafkaesque Meta magnum opus if ever there was one! (Listeners on our Discord have already had a brief snippet but hear him tell the full story here without him using any F, S, B or C bombs!) Meanwhile we also have a crazy number of Steam games in 2024, Atari teasing a new handheld, Rockstar have bins and Notch teasing Minecraft fans. There's also a date for the next Maraoke (Saturday 8th February, might have a link next week...) and Block Words hits iOS! And I've been saying "BLOCKWORDS" all this time, what a fool! Feed us with your letters! They're what keep us alive!! Send us your 2026 games industry maxim suggestions!! We've got this! Do the thing! Send them to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and drop a letter in our mailbag channel over there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link! http

Thought you'd heard the last from us in 2024, did ya?! Well, you were wrong! Santa's put you on the nice list so here's a bonus episode of OLL just for YOU. This episode was originally broadcast on September 24th this year on the Yogscast Twitch channel as part of Pickaxe Week and has a Super Special Guest in the form of Ozan from Perfectly Paranormal showing off their latest game: The Holy Gosh Darn. Amongst other things he also reveals some cheat codes for the game "exclusively" for OLL! It's the sort of thing you'd usually have to write in to GamesMaster for!! Caveat: This episode was fully intended to be SEEN and, as such, there's probably a fair number of visual puns and general shenanigans that don't work as well in an audio podcast... Sorry! If you want to watch the full glorious technicolour video version then it's on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOPjt6j3sGE Why not escape from the family and bad TV over the holidays and write us a letter for one of our future episodes?! Zap them

Hope you're full of festive cheer, dear listeners! We have a Santa's sack full of gaming related goodies for you this week. There's Game Awards bla bla bla, Balatro is still pronounced Balatro, more Game Awards bla bla bla, Ciri grows up, DBrand's cheeky Switch 2 "reveal", Funko Pop kill itch.io and Xbox get into darts! There's also loads of lovely letters to get through and, with a week to go before the big day, we also chuck a couple of gift ideas your way! What cheese would you use for cheese sandwiches? Who owes Simon twenty quid?? Tell us who you think it is at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord to keep in touch over the holiday break. Link below! We hope you have a Merry Xmas, dear listeners, and here's wishing you all the very best for 2025! 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! https://hello.maraoke.com BLOCKWORDS Link! https://blockwords.ap

Welcome to another episode of One Life Left, dearest listeners! This week we have Devolver delays, PS2 sells loads, Xbox fight Google, Slow Game Club and the Lego Bond we nearly got!!! Meanwhile should we be worried that Ste is seeing both his doctor and his dentist in the same week?! Don't forget that Maraoke will be LIVE on the Jingle Jam stream on Twitch on Saturday 7th December at 5pm AND tickets are still available for the Maraoke Xmas Party on Friday 13th December at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington High Street: https://maraoke.com/xmas2024 There's only two more OLLs before Xmas!! Forget Santa and send us your Christmas letters instead! Your hopes and fears for the future (of gaming) and what you'd like to get if you're on the nice list can be fired to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and leave some yuletide cheer there. 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