One Night Left
Just over 48 hours to go now. And Oh My GOD: the poster.
Thanks to the supremely talented daninski for that. So, so beautiful. So, so excited.
One Life Left — s05e13 — #109 — Definitive List
Critical success: ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED (5g)! Next up, popularity. Research shows that means coming up with arbitrary games-related lists and getting them Dugg, and so it is that OLL brings in the help of a List Expert. Definitive? We’ll see…
++ Lots of chat about Nottingham GameCity and the things we’re going to do there
++ Not one but Two! Listener! Guests. You could have been one of them if you followed OLL on Twitter*.
++ A handful of salient points about the videogame industry engulfed in a morass of immaturity
Probably not going to get the popularity this time, then.
But still, Nottingham! GameCity is almost upon us and we are so, so excited about it. Hopefully lots of you will be there, either for our low key live show (lunchtime in the square), the chiptune masterclass (5pm at Muse) or One Night Left in the evening (8pm at Muse). And after that? Who knows. We’re staying in the IBIS hotel but don’t worry if you’ve already booked for the other one — we’ve no idea where the after-party will be…
Music in #109:
White Tiger by Sabrepulse
A Chiptune to Save the World by Syphus
and Combat by Arman Bohn
Direct MP3 download link is here.
*And you lived close enough to Resonance, and you were free tonight, and you were checking your Twitter feed obsessively, and you wanted to. Obviously.
See you on Friday!
Team OLL xxx
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One Life Left — s05e12 — #108 — Words and Awards
We went to the Games Media Awards. We took enthusiasm, mischief and pocket-sized bottles of vodka to spike our drinks. We were fifteen again and primed for trouble. And then…
No spoilers, obviously. No expectations, right? Also:
+ Mark Ward of Warner Bros pops in to talk about words, awards and Scribblenauts with Ann, with some success and many yelps of delight
+ Breaking news of the Craig the Rage project we’ve hinted at for a while and how you, yes you, can acquire it
+ Taliah makes her One Life Left comeback and brings a friend.
Music on #108:
Italo Night by YERZMYEY
All I Want (Unicorn Kid Cover) by Superspink!
I promised a new doyouinverts track on Twitter but that last-minute Craig news pushed it out of the show. It’ll be on next week. Which will be our last show before AMAZING TIMES at Nottingham GameCity. See you there!
Direct MP3 download here.
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A preview of what we’ll be talking about for the next 12 months at the very least
Amazing!
(Yes, it is actually ours this time.We were literally flabbergasted. Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone.)
One Life Left — s05e11 — #107 — Superstar DJs
Superstars? Has the whole three-time award-nominees thing finally got to Team OLL? Not really; the superstars in #107 are in a special interview segment and the DJ part is to do with OLL’s event at Nottingham Game City…
What else? Lots else, including:
* Simon does a little bit of spot character assassination on our GMA competitors
* Ann doesn’t know how piracy works
* Ste forgets to record the show, hence the late podcast
Talking of the podcast, those of you who aren’t subscribed on iTunes or on our Libsyn RSS feed won’t have heard Ann Life Left (or the BAFTA special we put out last week). You should sort that out immediately because it’s brilliant.
As mentioned at the top news of One Night Left, OLL’s amazing event at Nottingham GameCity has leaked (courtesy of a huge poster in Nottingham and observant OLL listener Beth). We talk about it on the show and there’ll be more info here later but please, keep the evening of the 30th free. It’s going to be amazing.
Music on #107: Hiroshi and MoxoM ft Smiletron.
See you next week, by which time, with any luck, we’ll be three time award-disgracers. Follow that action on Twitter (onelifeleft / steishere / byronicman / scanters). Bye!
Team OLL
xx
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One Life Left — s05e10 — #106 — Show Offs
We thought the show was off, you see. And then Ste put off his trip to the US by a week, Ann wasn’t doing anything all that important, and, well, we’re all show offs. So show on!
Episode 106 contains the following unordered delights:
++ No Simon! Not that that’s a treat, you understand, and we know you’ll miss him terribly. But it’s a major feature of this episode that’s worth calling out for your attention. It’s just Ann and Ste in the studio, no guests, no frills, plenty of rambling, several features and some music. Not as much music as we say at the start, but some nonetheless.
++ Those features include a brand new S.Minton track, Derek doing some minimal industrial economising this week, and the irrepressibly analytical Dr Avatar. No Taliah this week because Simon wanted to be around to ‘explain’. Sinister.
++ A competition! I know! And the actual, genuine, honest-to-God One Life Left phone number which you can use to ACTUALLY, genuinely, honest-to-God phone us. So do that thing.
Also news of next week’s show which is going to be astonishing, a disaster or both.
Music on #106: Something Happened When You Were Born by minusbaby and Olden Days by syphus.
Download the MP3 of the podcast directly by clicking here.
Do email us, add us on Twitter and most of all, tell your friends. There’ll be special things going out for the next couple of weeks. We’ll be back as a full team on the 12th October. See you then!
Ste and Ann xx
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One Life Left — s05e09 — #105 — Emergency Services
Emergency Services because, like the rest of the world, this week OLL is talking about 999 and 911. What? No, we’re not actually talking telephone numbers. We’re discussing the dates that saved videoaming this week: Rock Band’s 9/9/9 Beatlapocalypse and Guitar Hero 5’s response on September 11th.
That’s right. Discussing. One Life Left #105 features a rarity for Europe’s favourite / only videogame radio show, an actual serious discussion of videogames on the radio. We’re just trying it out, don’t be scared.
Also in #105:
+ Lots of excellent features incuding Mathew Kumar’s Best Worst Games, Dr Avatar’s horrifying game injuries and the ever informative Week o’ Wiki Wah Wah
+ Exclusive, if essentially sketchy, pre-information information on OLL’s long-rumoured presence at Nottingham Game City
+ We finally reach the point where we can’t even remember our own phone number
Music in #105 is from 8bitcollective.com, tracks specifically by Derris-Kharlan and Chipzel.
The MP3 direct download is here.
We’re away for another couple of weeks now (Simon and Ste have to go to the US, Ann has to stay home and look after the cat). In the meantime we hope to put up some secret stuff. Even if we don’t, please do write, tweet and call. Assuming you can find the number*. We couldn’t.
love,
Team OLL xxx
* It’s 03300 600 079. And if you’re the one who made us the jingle can you resend it? Please? Thanks!
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One Life Left — s05e08 — #104 — Dream Cast
You want dreams? Easy. Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep little listener. No! Wait! Not now! Wait until the episode’s finished at least. Come on. Wake up. This isn’t… Oh, fair enough.
But if you ARE still awake here are some of the things in episode #104 that might keep you that way.
+ Dave Green (I’m Dave Green!) returns to teach Ann the joys of the BBC Micro and to chat enthusiastically about some exciting events he’s organizing
+ Ann ex-ex-exclusives her news a little by announcing a new Sony handheld device! Although we’re still not sure she noticed she was doing it. Look for the story on Kotaku tomorrow AM.
+ Features: Derek’s back, Science Officer considers giant crabs and Craig ‘The Rage’ McClelland takes on Noel Fielding. Who wins? No spoilers!
Also letters, reviews (in which Ste startles himself by noticing just how contrary he is), music from Sabrepulse and Henry Homesweet, and lots of somewhat unprofessional giggling. We had a lot of fun and we hope you enjoy listening. We’ll be back in a week. Probably.
See you then! xxx
Oh, and here’s a direct link to the MP3.
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One Life Left — s05e07 — #103 — Broken News
No time to waste on snappy / elegant / laborious intros tonight. We’re on the cusp of a three week break which means we’ve got three weeks worth of game-related nonsense to get through. So look! Urgency! Enthusiasm! Two guests! One Mic! Actual news! It’s One Life Left!
And hidden like ruthless game tigers amongst the wild jungle of news, music, reviews and gossip you’ll find on this week’s show…
+ Pat Garrett, king of vg247.com, brings the HARD FACTS and RUTHLESS BREAKING NEWS and some PRESSURED GUESSWORK
+ Mathew Kumar, gaming journalist and Best Worst Game contributor brings the GOSSIP, ARROGANCE and doesn’t RUIN OUR RADIO SHOW LIKE HE RUINED SOMEONE’S PODCAST*
+ Craig the Rage visits The Big Chill, the doyouinverts are Coming Out and Dr Avatar has some bad news for Kirby
There’s also a bonus Taliah for podcast listeners (we ran out of time during the hour). Apologies if you notice some sound problems this week — there were a few problems with the desk which Resonance are going to fix over the next few weeks. And that’s why we’re not here until September, too, but we might put some secret things up on iTunes. If you’re not subscribed, sort that out immediately.
Other things to do while you’re waiting for us to restart:
- Call / write / follow us on twitter (@steishere, @byronicman, @scanters, @onelifeleft)
- Find someone for Ann to Tw-interview and let her know
- Get OLL in the London Lite (or, frankly, anywhere we don’t belong)
- Link us on your super popular blog! Or website! Or livejournal! Do the kids still use Livejournal? Is that cool? Oh God
- Suggest some guests! I think Stephen Fry’s a bit busy, though
- Send us email on a subject of your choosing. The address is in the show
- Start an international games industry OLL-sponsored fight. Uh oh!
That’s it. See you soon! Oh, and here’s the direct MP3 link in case you need it.
Ste, Ann, Simon and The One Life Left Team
xx
*Made it ^x more awesome.
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One Life Left — s05e06 — #102 — OLL O.B.E.
Not to be competitive, here, but how many videogame radio shows can say they’ve had an Officer of the British Empire as their weekly superguest? We’re betting one. And, what ho, chaps, it’s this one:
Ian Livingstone, President 4 Lyfe of Eidos, Fighting Fantasy hero and founder of Games Workshop stops by the Resonance FM studios for a chat with the team about life, games, and turning to page 73 to find out.
In this week’s show:
* Controversy! As Ian Livingstone DECLARES outright favouritism for a system!
* Intrigue! As Taliah meets a boy!
* Predictability! As Ann ‘gets’ Twitter, after some explanation.
Plus news, reviews, letters (there was a prize this week so get writing), music (Hash Pipe / Seal of Quality and Charizard / Zantos!), etc.
You’ll note a little bit of The Bike Show at the start of the podcast. It is, obviously, One Life Left’s favourite show about bikes ever, ever but it’s also worth listening to even if you’ve no interest in the subject. That’s one of the things we’ve always hoped to do with OLL. It’s definitely true here. Try it.
See you!
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