One Life Left
One Life Left is a radio show about videogames, but only loosely so, treating gaming with precisely the seriousness it deserves. It features news, reviews, special guests, game-related music, and absurd segments like inappropriately dark-hearted poetry, gambling tips, and chart news from a market stall. The show airs on Resonance 104.4FM and is available online.
Episodes
OLL's Out... - #618
...For Summer! It's End of Term but rather than watch films in our own clothes all day while the teachers neck vodkas in the staff room we decided we'd smack one more episode out of the park for YOU!
So this week we briefly gloss over the football, despite EA being right again, and discuss yet more physical media axing shenanigans (that GameStop doesn't care about), CoD lobby 'banter', a Mii retu
Still Coming Home... - #617
... until it isn't - which may be the case on Wednesday evening, after this podcast has been released onto an unsuspecting world, but at the time of me writing this IT is very much in a state of STILL maybe COMING HOME.
Obviously I'm talking about football. Football. It's coming home...
On that note, welcome once again to the podcast edition of the world's longest running video game radio show,
Just Bobbing - #616
It would've been too obvious to name this week's episode after something Marvel Universe related. So I didn't. And even that might need some explanation, anyway, so HERE! 616, innit?!
Aaaaaanyway, hello, welcome to the podcast edition of the longest running English language video game radio show: One Life Left! We don't always discuss the logistics of watching a football match whilst sitting in a
Are We Analysts? - #615
This week we have heat coping mechanisms, Rockstar ditching discs, Meccha Chameleon being a big thing, the Steam Machine pricing buzz, Xbox having a dig at PlayStation (fight!!), Olivia Rodrigo on Fortnite, vanity projects updates and Mike Rose secrets (? and !)
We also have new Maraoke dates - Friday 10th July in London (book your tickets HERE) and the Thursday night at Develop in Brighton which
Scalped - #614
In this podcast episode of your favourite, longest running English language, video game radio show we see Ste getting invited into a Moomin's dressing room while Simon gets Charlesbot into hot water at the Houses of Parliament! We also cover the latest Nintendo Direct/Thumb Wrestling, Steam axing physical gift cards and EA making up World Cup winner predictions again (Ste predicts the loser).
Mea
Pints in High Places - #613
Hello! We've got a Super Special Guest this week! It's James Parker from Ground Shatter and he's here to talk about new game 2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces! It's not just shadow dropped but it's shadow dropped into early access and he's here to tell us all about it!
Meanwhile Simon gets dragged to the Houses of Parliament for beers with Kier, Ste doesn't go to the cricket and we all talk about Summer
Regrettable Burgers - #612
Welcome to another episode of One Life Left, dear listeners! This week Simon recognised his children for the first time in ages while Ste killed the games industry YET AGAIN! Yet he's still allowed to walk around as a free man! The police do nothing these days, etc etc...
We also discuss GTA6 still being 'on course', the Steamdeck price hike, Soccer Kid returning in time for the World Cup and Ge
Nice Warm Chat - #611
The boys are back from Japan and are here to tell you all about it in what is possibly multi-part episodic content! This week they cover buying stuff they didn't even want and/or need, including Virtual Boys and gachas as well as discussing the Nex Playground finally coming to the UK, Virtuos dreaming of other ports, Mixtape not being delisted (but, after only 3 years, LEGO 2K Drive is), Asha Shar
Just Keep Moving! - #610
This week is mainly brought to you by excitement from our intrepid duo over their impending trip to Japan! The boys still make time to talk about video games, though, including (but not limited to) Xbox exclusives being exclusively exclusive, May the Fourth be with the new Steam controller and what happened to the Sega Mega Game?
We also talk about video game pricing (courtesy of a listener's let
20 Not Out - #609
HEALTH WARNING: Do not use these show notes as any kind of official and/or legal record. Or even life guidance. Heck, no.
With that in mind, this week we see that Simon can't be improved while Ste went to Wembley but, as always with football, it's the hope that kills you. The intrepid duo also, yet again, carefully say "egg hunt" as is the tradition at this time of year.
Video game wise we wax l
Quick Sniff - #608
Well, good lord... I mean... wow... I wrote two things down for what Ste got up to this week and, dear listener, they're both TRUE: Ste becomes a hacker AND Ste behaves questionably in a gym! The two are indeed one and you will find out all about it in this episode! Our dynamic duo also recount past 'bad boy' school exploits whilst wondering if kids do any work these days and pondering over who to
It's a Dialogue - #607
This week there's no SSG but Charlesbot has had his meeting with HR and realised it's in his best interests to return to work and read about Nintendo planning a new Switch 2 already, as well as boosting the current one, Minecraft coming to Chessington, Cyberpunk getting a trading card game and Nvidia angering everyone with DLSS 5. Remember when Nvidia was typed out like nVidia? No? Just me? Ok the
Nervous Energy - #606
This week Ste talks to a woman at a bus stop and Simon goes out with Bingo Dave. We discover that we arrived very early, Parko has 'people' and Keza MacDonald is The Guardian, apparently!
We also tackle the news without Charlesbot who proves that AI is evolving even quicker than previously thought by pulling a Monday sickie! We battle on regardless, however, and still manage to cover a Pokemon sp
Gandalf's Hair - #605
Well well..... RHELL! This week we're joined by Alice from Slugglove talking all things Rhell and the joys of solo dev working as well as joining in on the rest of the show! Along with our trusty newsbot we cover Highguard going bye bye, the PS PC strategy fail, MS patenting a player lifeline system, a Rogue City mix up and Steam launch pressures amongst many other things.
We also get threats fro
Fake Spring - #604
This episode we're joined by Mike Diver, author of such books as From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, The Console, Indie Games and Retro Gaming. He's got another book coming out in August all about the history of video games from the Aliens franchise. Funnily enough it's called Aliens: The Video Games: An Unofficial Guide!
Together we tackle such subjects as the mini Gameboy music player, Red Octane's r
The Method - #603
This week we learn all about The Method! No, not Konstantin Stanislavski's acting style, championed by the likes of Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and probably Danny Dyer, but Daan Last's entirely new way of making video games - The Method! As well as that, our Super Special Guest tells us about his new game Bibidi Bibidi and you can check out his websites HERE and HERE!
I've also had a special r
Noodling - #602
It's the 10 year anniversary of Tony Gowland's first appearance on One Life Left so, to celebrate, our Super Special Guest this week is none other than 'Seasoned Game Dev' Leo Tan!!! He's here to talk about working with Flaming Fowl Studios on new game Konfronto, his game dev process, using community feedback and also his abs!
Charlesbot covers Sony's recent State of Play, Jaffe using an 'F' bomb
7/10 Week - #601
It's the week leading up to Ste's birthday, dear listeners, and everything is amazing, not bang average for a February at all! On this episode we have Epic is Xbox (maybe), Valve have a hardware hiccup, Nintendo Labo gets a new lease of life and game devs get knighted!
Meanwhile Simon plays with Thor and writes an open letter to the games industry and Ste gives the world a hot lap - HOT LAP 1982
It Doesn't Matter! - #600
It's the big '600' but it doesn't matter because the show turns 20 YEARS OLD in April!!! If those huge numbers put you off then this is only episode 14 of our 26th 'season'. There. That's nice.
This week we cover the recent Pocket Gamer Connects in London plus a Google project kills rival's shares, a fan-made PS handheld makes folk wonder what might happen if Sony did another, Switch Dispatch ce
Bathroom DIY - #599
Happy New Year, dear listeners, and welcome to the first show of our 20th year of One Life Left! We start the year by having to deal with Ste's neighbour having some noisy work done at their bathroom, attempting to sabotage the recording of the show! Who could that neighbour be and what exactly were they having done?! Write in and let us know...
Meanwhile we do actually talk about some video game
John Christmas - #598
You better watch out, you better not cry,
You better not pout, I'm telling you why...
John Christmas is coming to tooooooooown!
See?! It fits! This week we're wearing our gaudiest Xmas jumpers and talking Game Awards, Stranger MS Flight Sim Things, Xbox almost being 25 and Skyrim being out. Again. For the bulk of our last show of the year, though, we discuss our, and YOUR, games of 2025! Do you a
Grumpy Innkeepers - #597
This week we discuss the Black Friday sales results, the Monster Hunter Wilds director asking players to have another go, "learning" from Kojima, post Postal post AI post (I dunno...) and Something Something The Old Republic.
There's also a Minecraft guide for parents and there's that game that Simon can't talk about. As promised in the show, here is a link to someone else not talking about the s
Record Breakers! - #596
Dedication.
Dedication.
Dedicaaatioooon! That’s what you need.
If you wanna be the best,
and you wanna beat the rest.
Oo-ooh dedication's what you need!
Look, World Records is mentioned in this show and that got the theme tune to Record Breakers stuck in my head so I'm just sharing the joy/pain (delete as required)...
Anyway, this week we have Valve banning horses, Crocs are Xbox, TimeSplitters
Beautiful Objects - #595
Welcome to another episode of the One Life Left RADIO SHOW: Podcast Edition!! No SSG this week but we do find out why Ste's neighbour has slapped an harassment order on him despite his new game and national newspaper fame while Simon has a second birthday LIKE ROYALTY! But, maybe, without all the controversies...
Meanwhile Valve unveil new hardware that isn't spherical, worst games of 2025 are re
Fruit or vegetable? - #594
Because, in life, that's all it ever really boils down to: fruit or vegetable? Trust me. This week there's drama at Rockstar x2, Switch 2 (still) sells a lot and Remake Vs Remaster... FIIIIIIGHT!
Meanwhile Simon reads a book and Ste goes national (with maybe a little bit of 6-7ing on the side) before the boys have a brief disagreement over the length of the show! AND learn the origin of The Under
"Incident" - #593
This episode finally gets released despite Bezos' best attempts to take us down last week! Today we have next Xbox speculation, Atari bring their competition back from the dead, McD x SF and Waze goes Sonic.
We also have Simon breaking down the "grey" market and Ste accidentally getting involved with spies.
Keep those letters rolling into us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and leave
Are They Gamers? - #592
Hello and welcome to another episode of One Life Left! There's no super special guest this week but there's still LOTS of good stuff including the Switch 2 selling loads, MS denying that stores are ditching Xbox, Nintendo sparking Pikmin speculation and the majority of US gamers don't buy many games - according to some stats!
We also have Simon reporting back from IndieDevDay 2025 in Barcelona, d
SLOP - #591
Dan Marshall put out a call and we answered that call for this week Dan joins us as our SSG! He's here talking all things Earth Must Die including influences , rubbing shoulders with comedians and dealing with Ste's puritanical Steam feed!
We also have the MS Game Pass price hike, Lego Gameboys, Amazon Spring clean their game service yet again and Charlesbot writes a K-pop song!
There's still ti
What am I? - #590
Had this episode been released closer to Halloween, and/or I been a braver person, I would've given it the title "Grave Reads" because this week our Super Special Guest is none other than Sam Read-Graves, creator of the ONLY trolley problem themed video game worth YOUR time, funnily enough called Trolley Problem Inc. Sam is here to talk about development of his new game Task Time as well as how to
Bosched It - #589
Bosched it is a new technical term invented by Ste and we want everyone to start using this until we start to hear it everywhere. Write in and give us some ideas as to the finer points of what it actually means.
Meanwhile, this episode, we have Team OLL going on a ramble, Borderlands 4 hiccups, Lenovo Legion being too popular, fans resurrecting The Crew, EA release another footie game and Sega ar
Unscripted - #588
In this episode we have Simon spying on other podcasts, a Nintendo Direct dissect, US Patent Gaming Mechanic Shenanigans, game release timing faux pas and Acclaim is the name of the game. Again.
We also have a Maraoke report and news of the NEXT event in October, tickets for which can be purchased here: https://maraoke.com/booknow
Is the moon falling? Do you play games in cars?? How DO Venn diag
Just Contractors - #587
Hello! Welcome back to Season 26 of the world's longest running video game radio show (in the English language) podcast edition! In this week's "new term" special we cover Silksong breaking the internet, GTAAAAA6, speed vs cost vs Star Wars Outlaws on the Switch 2 and a Lego Mega Drive controller that you can't buy (easily).
We also have bugs that can only be seen when you're not looking for them
End of Term! - #586
Hello! By the time you read these notes (does anyone?!) I will already be on holiday and, as I still have to pack(!) these notes will be 'short' and 'sweet'!
This week we're 'joined' by SSG Ste Curran! Here to finally name the secret game he's been mentioning for ages whilst inventing a whole new games genre (sub-genre?) and to generally co-host the show!
Speaking of games! Here are some very im
one eight zero - #585
Named in honour of Simon's darting triumph, welcome to this week's podcast edition of the One Life Left radio show, dear listeners! This week we are joined by Super Special Guest Richie Shoemaker, games magazine editor extraordinaire, here to talk about new project Debug++ plus PCZone, MCV and A Certain Type of Game.
We also review our time at Develop: Brighton last week which, of course, includ
GTA6. "Exclusives" - #584
Content warning: This week there is blood. There may also be some gore but that's all down to how good/bad your imagination is.
In this week's episode Simon gives out sound financial advice that could help fund your gaming addicition and Ste tries to cut off his own finger - not on air! We also cover Gamepass being under fire yet again, Hideo Kojima wants to go into orbit, AI uh oh, Nintendo Dire
Just a Joke - #583
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 r
The Joy of Game Dev - #582
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 Don
Bus Battle - #581
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
The Blue Glove - #580
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' wil
Shed Stretching - #579
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
No Smurfs - #578
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
The Switch 2 Show! - #577
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#576 - Fine
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!
Me
#575 - No FOMO
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
#574 - Quizzed
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 th
#573 - Hoo Haa
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 the
#572 - Cat Fight!
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'
#571 - Not weird
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
#570 - Busy Being Blokes
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
#569 - Ah!
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
#568 - Enhanced Support
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 ne
#567 - Unlink Everything!
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 b
#566 - "Bonus"
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 D
#565 - Disco Magician
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 bef
#564 - Rude Finger
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 tic
#563 - Yo GaMa!
This week there are flimsy cards, Simon turns 53, Sony attempt another handheld and shadows are important! There's also undercover "journalism" as Ste goes all Cook Report and stalks/hounds/illegally records/chats to (delete as appropriate) Keith Stuart at GaMaYo! Which is also where we had a great time and heard A codename for the Switch 2! But was it the correct codename?! Only time will tell...
#562 - Reality Augmented
Before you ask - no, this is not an Xbox (Hi, Microsoft! Thought you might appreciate us playing along with your latest PR campaign! Send any payments/Xbox goodies to us via the usual email, OK? Ta!)
This week, dearest of listeners, we have Overcooked! revelations, Xbox do marketing (see above), Nintendo patrol the high seas for pirates (ah harr!), game "awards" and starter packs? Starter packs!!
#561 - Say Nothing
This week we ask the BIG questions: Who is following us on Bluesky? What is a turnip driver? Is a disk drive a dongle?? We also discover AI's weakness, Netflix kill off their interactive shows, the Borderlands movie never happened, Ste shoots all the time in everyday life, Simon has "beef" with "the man" and what exactly is all this UKIE shenanigans, anyway?!
We also talk about upcoming appearanc
#560 - ... pause
WARNING: This show contains a brief mention of private body parts that Ste probably still hasn't heard! Shocking! It's OK, though, coz it's related to something glow-in-the-dark that was bought in Blackpool! Oo-er!
ANYWAY! SSG klaxon ahoy! This week we are joined by Paul Monaghan who recently interviewed Simon as part of his amazing work collecting games magazine journos and telling their stori
#559 - Dramatic...
Isn't it horrible when someone leaves you out of something? Well, dear listeners, this week we discover how a veteran Edge writer has been left out of a new periodical written by veteran Edge writers!!! The injustice!! We also have Charlesbot evolving into something that swears and says "aaah" a lot, the "console arms race" has levelled out and it's Tetris aaaaaaall the way down. Tetris! Plus much
#558 - Ste's Bits & Bots!
Hello! Welcome to another episode of One Life Left - the podcast version of the video game radio show that is now "officially" old enough to buy alcohol (in the UK, anyway).
This week we have more licence "owning" shenanigans, speculate over top secrets at Nintendo (who have also just invented the alarm clock), Konami get cosy with FIFA, Ste had general anaesthetic AND created a bot while Simon h
#557 - Next Stop: The World!
This week Field Commander Byron starts a war against TIGA (maybe), Ubisoft shares take a nosedive and Nintendo sues on the Daly, amongst many other things, gaming and non-gaming related. Meanwhile I run out of time to write what I wanted to write but, trust me, it was going to be amazing!
Don't forget to send us your questions! Send them to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord, leave a
#556 - We 'Are' Dads!
This week we have Kojima doing his usual, Zelda winning stuff, Kutaragi claims everyone thought PS would fail and do you buy or lease your games?! Does anyone actually know anymore?!?
Meanwhile Field Commander Byron went to Spain and Ste continued work apace on the OLL game now known as "Make Diamonds"!
Don't forget there's another Maraoke coming up this Friday (4th October) at Loading Stoke New
#555 - Lucky for some
On the show this week we have more Switch 2 rumours while Nintendo take Palworld to court and Sony pour $400million down the drain at the same time as preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of PlayStation. Woo!
Meanwhile we have another Maraoke coming up on Friday 4th October at Loading Stoke Newington! Tickets available HERE!
Would you like to hear your name read out on the show? Well, you
#554 - Now with more litter!
It's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2024 as Simon continues his quest for world domination via election to the board of UKIE!! If you're eligible to vote then VOTE SIMON and it'll be drinks for everyone around at Buck House if he gets voted in*!
Meanwhile we also ponder how to pronounce Godot, question how many more lamp-posts the PS5 Pro will give us and apologise for the lack of Switch
#553 - We go again. Again.
We're back with another episode 1! We talk about things, we discuss stuff and we take no prisoners! For any new listeners considering using this episode as a "jumping on" point: Welcome! Come in! Don't let 18 years of vague/near zero "continuity" scare you! Here's a quick, absolutely non-comprehensive, guide to help:
- Review scores are always 7/10.
Meanwhile, we need suggestions for our appeara
#552 - Holidays!
This is the last episode of this season - join us next season to find out what happens in the adventures of our intrepid duo! This has been a One Life Left production brought to you by Ste Curran voiced by Steve Kurran and Simon Byron voiced by Bainsy Bainsington. Charlesbot is played by some hamsters in wheels rigged up to a keyboard and a microphone. Technology today, eh?
DON'T FORGET there's s
#551 - NDA
Well, listeners, this week It Did Not Come Home. Unless your home is in Spain, obviously. Meanwhile Simon goes on stage, Nintendo get scary and Mickey Mouse gets pickpocketed. Plus lots more video game related news and general banter!
There's another Maraoke coming up! Where and when?! Friday 2nd August at Loading Peckham! Get your tickets here: https://lu.ma/ax682w5w
What Olympic sport would yo
#550 - Ofcom Free!
This week we learn that things are going to be "OK" whilst, also, that there is always fear. It's an important life lesson that we probably don't make enough song and dance about. Also, at the
point of recording AND of the podcast release of this episode, IT may still be coming home. I mean, IT likely won't but we're in that Schrödinger's Football Championship zone where anything can happen. Howe
#549 - Inverting the Y
This week OLL is coming home, we're Shure of it! We talk about AAA games not doing well on iPhone, a grown man having a tantrum at Nintendo, the Cyberpunk sequel being more American and Steam members having a lot of unplayed games! We also reveal that Ste is not a Saudi prince and Simon doesn't appear to be a fan of the Tour de France. And, yes, I appear to have fixed the issues Ste mentions in th
#548 - Full of Rizz
Iiiiiiin this week's episode of the longest running video game radio show in the English language we have Keef Stuart's skin-care regime, a Nintendo leak runs dry, Elden Ring's DLC doesn't go down well and GAME to sell what, exactly? Or are they carrying on as "normal"?! Who knows...
There's also part 1 of what is possibly a one part series from Simon on "How to Set Up a Political Party" in our e
#547 - Hot Tub Beta
This week we have blown over tomato plants, collapsing gazebos, how to get Steam games cheaper (just launch a class action against Valve), a Ubisoft dev can help us ignore Musk, SW: Outlaws might be boring and Xbox might get a handheld.
Meanwhile one of our presenters might be getting cancelled but can you guess which one?! We also discuss Steam's recent Next Fest and the Mad(rid) Games Show!
Do
#546 - Too Many Games!
Welcome to another episode of One Life Left, the video game radio show presented by Simon "Undisputed King of Comedy" Byron and Ste "Product of a Thatcherite Economy" Curran! On this week's episode we discuss the prices for Summer Games Fest, Blumhouse hit a six, Tetris now demands your blood and Ste applies for a job in a pixelated Ikea. What a load of Roblox!
We also get an update on Ste and Si
#545 - Shed Origin
Thanks to our podcast platform having a hiccup, everything I'd originally written and hyperlinked got wiped out but, unlike a corrupted video game save that put me off playing a game for life, I can't walk away this time so, here, these are not the greatest show notes in the world, no, these are just a tribute...
This week we have, albeit briefly, the Origin Story of Why Simon is in The Shed. Kin
#544 - Cat Included
This week Simon briefly sounds like a robot (but it's not the mics fault, corporate overlords!) and Ste doesn't go to Buckingham Palace but, hold the front page, WE HAVE AN SSG!!! We're joined by Jupiter Hadley who tells us all about new indie game showcase Brilliant Indie Treasures which is aiming to take down Develop whilst also helping us to execute a bank heist. While those two things may fail
#543 - For Shure!
We have corporate overlords! We now influence people! Hear our "wonderful" voices in all their "glory" thanks to the new microphones we've been gifted by the lovely folk at Shure and then click on this link and, maybe, buy one for yourselves!! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure
(In all seriousness, I used to use Shure mics back when I was in a band and again when doing production work and they're r
#542 - Standing Room Only
Welcome, dear listeners, to another podcast edition of the One Life Left video game radio show and another set of lovingly hand-crafted, "artisanal", show notes with zero AI influence whatsoever! This week Simon holds in his wee to bring you this show, we mention something questionable (but definitely biological so it's OK) at least twice, Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham football club (and nobody else) get
#541 - In Tents!
Hello listener! PhilBot here with this week's show notes for this week's show! On this week's podcast episode of One Life Left, Europe's first and only dedicated videogames FM radio show, the conversation includes:
1) Portugese Football Shops.
2) Apple Welcome Retro Emulators Back.
3) Microsoft Meddling with AI Support Bots.
4) Roblox Development Not Exploitation.
5) Absolute nonsense (From BAFTA
#540 - "Life Changing"
We're back after a week off due to globe trotting shenanigans aplenty! This week we have rumours from GDCs past, Simon's embarrasing embrace(r) story, Capcom are top of Metacritic/does anyone care about Metacritic anymore? Dragon's Dogma moaning, Shinobi (Guerrilla) Warfare and Ubisoft jump on the AI bandwagon!
There's also a GDC 2024 report from Simon and Maraoke plus Black Diamond updates from
#539 - OLL/Scams
There's shenanigans afoot this week and it only dawned on me while putting these notes together of the potentially top level criminal activities afoot in the UK games industry! In amongst the weekly dose of totally innocent fare we have two seemingly unconnected stories from Simon: Peter Molyneux's car breaks down... Then Simon gets his car carjacked... Come to your own conclusions, dear listeners
