Definitely the UK's favourite radio show (sort of) about videogames.
Commissioned by London’s award-winning Resonance 104.4 FM in early 2006, One Life Left was only meant to run for six episodes.
Take that, The Man because now, somewhere around one hundred and fifty episodes later, it’s in its seventh season and grown from humbling, terrified, fumbling beginnings into one of the station’s most valued shows.
Take THAT, The Man. Also take that, British radio standards.
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Music to Play Games by Too – Officially released.
December 22nd, 2011 Posted by Derek WilliamsSeveral days ago actually but never mind. I just realised I had negletected to let you know it was now available. It costs £6.99 + postage and is available from Amazon here(http://tinyurl.com/ollcd2). That’s 13 tracks of wonderful exclusive (and inclusive hopefully) video game music to enjoy. Here’s some quotes from the One Life Left team. About it: “Where’s the track from Muse then, Derek? Other than that easily worth an unbeatable 7/10″ – Simon Byron “I like the way the CD spins, it makes me feel dizzy.” – Ann Scantlebury “This is even more musical than our celebrated Videogame Karaoke.” [...]
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One Life Left Presents Music to Play Games By Too sampler…
December 12th, 2011 Posted by Derek WilliamsHere you go, this is what it sounds like.
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One Life Left presents… Music to Play Games By Too
November 30th, 2011 Posted by Derek WilliamsOkay so this doesn’t have a precise release date yet but I’d estimate a release around 15th of December. I know that’s leaving it a bit late but there have been a few technical difficulties along the way. Hopefully it will be out earlier. I’m putting this up to let you know what’s going to be on the CD. I’ll release some audio samples of it over the next couple of weeks. As mentioned on the show this is a compilation of music inspired by video games but not specifically video game sounding. This is not a chiptune compilation, though [...]
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GTA V WORLD EXCLUSIVE: 3:59PM TODAY
November 2nd, 2011 Posted by One Life LeftWe’ve been given the world exclusive of the GTA V unveil. Watch it here a full minute before everyone else: * Please note that due to the adult nature of the Grand Theft Auto series, we are having to delay our WORLD EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRANSMISSION by a minute in order to catch any fuck words.
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Your words in our mouths
October 11th, 2011 Posted by Simon ByronSo here is a (literally) copyright-infringing which proves FOTS Cat Stevens is better than The Proclaimers. You get the idea. Send us your lyrics, we’ll put them through the karaoke super computer (by hand, we’ll have you know) and the OLL Team or anyone one of the night’s super special industry guests could be leading a crowd of literally hundreds through your verses and choruses. Imagine. Now stop imagining and do.
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One Line Left Songlist: Help Required
August 1st, 2011 Posted by SteAs regular listeners will know, One Life Left is hosting an ill-advised / amazing [delete as applicable] karaoke evening at Nottingham Game City. Songs will have rewritten lyrics and we — and you — will sing them, culminating in a collective version of Do They Know It’s Christmas Time. Yes, we know. We know. We’d love for you to take some of the blame for this help us rewrite some of the songs. As a guide here are the sort of things we’d like to see on the playlist as we stagger around the venue: Don’t Stop Believin’: Journey [...]
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OLL the single ladies (and men)
July 19th, 2011 Posted by Simon ByronAs one of our more devoted listeners – hey, even we don’t bother logging on to the website any more – you’ll no doubt be aware of our proposed new project for the year – releasing a double A-side Christmas charity single. The Do They Know It’s Christmas? “tribute” (does that get you round any stupid legalities?) is reasonably self-explanatory, though we would, of course, appreciate your input. Remember, you could be immortalised in an MP3 – one that, potentially, will be the subject of legal enquiries as we plead ignorance and point at charity cases in order to avoid [...]
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OLL: Series 7
June 26th, 2011 Posted by SteHey everyone, Just a short note to welcome you to the new site and let you know that One Life Left relaunches on Resonance 104.4FM this Monday at 7pm BST. You can listen live on 104.4FM or on Resonance’s brilliant website. If you’re not around for the live show the podcast will be up later in the week. We have a new way of doing that! It doesn’t rely on unreliable Ste! More on that soon. So. Expect the same mixture of special guests, features (new and old), music and news. One Life Left remains our favourite thing and we’d [...]
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Why football games should treat us like children
April 28th, 2011 Posted by Simon ByronAnyone who says PES 2011 3D isn’t the best 3DS football game isn’t only an idiot, but a liar. The mixed reviews put me off initially, but since Pilotwings has ramped up the difficult spike and become basically impossible, Street Fighter essentially a quest for virtual figurines and Ghost Recon more of a marathon than a sprint, I’ve been looking for a five-minute diversion and on paper PES 2011 fitted the bill. As you probably know, I am excellent at football games, what with me being the current Sensible Soccer World Champion and everything (by everything, I mean that specifically). [...]
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Introducing One Life Left: No Continues
March 9th, 2011 Posted by One Life LeftNo Continues is new project for the OLL off-season: a radio show based on the videogame equivalent of a book club. Yes, that’s a little unwieldy and in the future perhaps we’ll be able to shorten it to ‘Game Club’. For now I want to make sure everyone’s on the same page. Or level. Mixed metaphors. The concept is simple. Each week, half-a-dozen people or more from the No Continues team gather at One Life Left’s Resonance FM studio to discuss three interesting, thematically linked videogames. At the end of the episode next week’s games are revealed and the cycle [...]
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