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Sometimes One Life Left is scheduled against big events, which means that some of our listeners usually have to catch up through these podcasts. Luckily this week all that was happening at 7pm was an England match - which pretty much everyone agreed was a 7/10 performance. For some reason Simon was away this week (which HR are investigating), but he managed to book Luke Williams as a Super-Special Guest before he went off. Luke was on for his fourth or fifth appearance and took his third or fourth chance to talk about Worlds Adrift. Except this time Worlds Adrift has finally been released. As it’s an open world MMO we found out if Americans are nicer than Europeans, why Team OLL was missed off Bossa's big sky ship event, and if the game broke in a good way. We thought of a great mod for The Last of Us 2, Ann decided she was going to become great at Fortnite, then realised that she was already a legend in Worlds Adrift, Ste showed even more love for Smash Bros, and we found out if Luke enjoyed swinging. Che

The full team is back in the studio for the second week in a row, so that should mean that we had no issues with playing jingles correct? Assuming that the Caretaker made the edits that needed doing then the answer is yes. Our Super-Special Guest was the games designer and writer-for-hire of Little Mix fanfic Holly Gramazio. She clarified some points of order that related to our first episode of this season as she part-curates the amazing Now Play This festival and runs design superstar company Matheson Marcault - our favourite gaming company with the initials MM (at least until Media Molecule are on the show). We find out all about Holly’s new Kickstarter project Art Cards, which cards were rejected from Art Cards, whether people prefer to be Arty or to Party, and what border control think of her job. Ann brought her backpack into the studio and also found a great loophole for doing E3 news that she should have implemented twelve years ago. Simon has a new purchase that he hasn’t opened yet and jointly pro

The full team were back from their bank holiday off including Simon (who had also taken another four months off for some (literally) small reason and we were willing to answer the most important question in gaming today: Is caviar vegetarian? We managed to get Tom and Sam from Roll 7 into the studio to tell us all about their new game Laser League 1.0, which sounds (and is) excellent. We found out what it is like to be beaten at your own game, how useful feedback from the public is (remember to send in your letters to us) and what colour their new game is. Hey - some running jokes just span multiple seasons. We also find out that Ste didn’t want Sam to talk very much on the show, if we had a shark in the studio, try to remember if we’re on Spotify (spoiler: not yet), and find out rough Simon is with his Switch. Cheerio, Team OLL x Links: https://twitter.com/Roll_7 Tracklist: 1. Klamm - Doc (seems to have been deleted from Chipmusic - Ed) https://twitter.com/Klamm00/status/1003197641927380992 2. sudstep -

We’re back! And as usual for us coming back for a new season, we’re not on next week. We also don’t have a Super-Special Guest, Super-Special Simon or the Super-Special reviews theme. So normal service has resumed. We are also proud to announce that One Life Left is GDPR compliant, which famous person an Italian Ste looks like and that Ann has forgotten her headphone and hairdo preferences. There’s also a review of how Marioke has taken over the world and we tell you all how great Now Play This was. Not only that you get to find out if our partners are snorers or not. As we said, normal service has resumed. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6lY1GXTu5M http://nowplaythis.net/ Track list: 1. ada Mills - prelude (NES) https://chipmusic.org/adaMills/music/prelude-nes 2. Lognes - Artificial Intelligence Assistant https://chipmusic.org/Lognes/music/fish-out-of-water 3. Justbeenwarpzoned - Ignorance https://chipmusic.org/Justbeenwarpzoned/music/ignorance Learn more about your ad cho

This is our final episode from 2018’s GDC. Ste finally manages to get the subject onto ice cream, but we also got to speak to these fab* Super-Special Guests: Robin-Yann Storm (@RYStorm) Esben Kjær Ravn (@esbenravn) Daniel Nye Griffiths (@D_Nye_Griffiths) Mare Sheppard (@MareSheppard) Raigan Burns (@raiganburns) Carli Velocci (@velocciraptor) Hosted by: Bryant Francis (@rbryant2012) Kris Graft (@krisgraft) Ste Curran (@steishere) Ann Scantlebury (@scanters) Cheerio! Team OLL (and Team Gamasutra) x * Clever wording we know, cheers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our fourth GDC episode sees us missing Kris for the first set of Super-Special Guests, but we manage to get him back partway through the show. Speaking of which, the Super-Special Guests on the show were: Robin-Yann Storm (@rystorm) Joel Nyström (@reallyjoel) Nathalie Lawhead (@alienmelon) Bennett Foddy (@bfod) Robin Baumgarten (@robin_b) Frank Cifaldi (@frankcifaldi) Vincent Diamante (@vincentdiamante) Hosted by: Alex Wawro (@awawro) Kris Graft (@krisgraft) Ann Scantlebury (@scanters) Ste Curran (@steishere) Cheerio! Team OLL (and Team Gamasutra) x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

It's our second episode from GDC 2018. Featuring: Jonathan Ying (@Fancymancer) Kate Edwards (@geogrify) Anna Lapinsh (@treslapin) Gabby DaRienzo (@gabdar) Luis de Leon (@luisfdeleon) Brendan Greene (@playerunknown) Ben Myres (@_benjamming) Tammy Duplantis (@tambalaya) Hosted by: Kris Graft (@krisgraft) Ste Curran (@steishere) Ann Scantlebury (@scanters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recorded live in San Francisco, 19/3/2018. Presented by Ann Scantlebury, Ste Curran and Gamasutra's Kris Graft. Guests: Jerry Belich (Jerrytron) Eline Muijres (Dutch Game Garden) Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) Martine Spaans (Tamalaki Games) Tadhg Kelly (What Games Are) Daniel Nye Griffiths (Improbable) Martin Jonasson (Grapefrukt) David McCarthy (Cygames) Anita Sarkeesian (Feminist Frequency) Adriel Wallick (Train Jam) Quintin Smith (Shut Up & Sit Down) Matt Boch (Harmonix) Leigh Alexander (Reigns: Her Majesty) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello! It’s Ste, Simon and Ann here. As we type this – each taking a word, because we broadcast in a democracy – we are in the midst of “The Beast From The East” which is 2018-speak for “Some Snow”. Listeners in the UK will be familiar with Some Snow because when it happens The Man puts it on the news and in the papers. Trains get cancelled and right-wing idiots make a joke about global warming. The country comes to a standstill. But not us! Oh no, at least two of us and hopefully a Super Special Guest made the arduous trek to Resonance Eff Em to bring you this show, which once again does not feature The Other One. (Who is a little frustrated because he or she has been meaning to tell you about Celeste – great even though it’s hard – and Mercenary Kings – hard, even though it’s great – both solid 7/10s, full reviews to follow). As ever, this is probably a brilliant show. The Other One hasn’t listened to it yet because it’d likely wake the baby and we literally frame our lives around trying to keep it asl

Roses are red Violets are flowers Missed One Life Left? Then enjoy this hour's   Hi Listeners. HUGE Apologies for being so tardy with the podcast so far this year. All have us have been so busy, we’ve neglected our duty to you, our biggest fan. We have found a short-term solution, though – one of us has been sacked from show and forced to upload the podcast, which also involves writing this bit. See if you can guess who. This week, the show features Ste and Ann talking about stuff, which includes videogames and probably Marioke. I dunno, I haven’t heard it, I have a baby. Ste said I could do this bit whilst literally holding it but that’s not true. Have you ever held a baby? It takes, at the very least, half of your arms. Anyway, I’m going to upload this now. I hope you enjoy it. Happy Valentine's Day! Love from, Ste, Simon, Ann PS: Please help support Resonance FM - head to the fundraiser site here https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice

Right, the Caretaker stayed a lot later at work than expected today so this intro is going to be missing the (attempts at) jokes that you usually receive. There was no Simon this week or at our Christmas Party and Ann couldn’t be bothered to do any news, so we reviewed 2017 and Si Park’s review of 2017. Expect the CD of Resonance FM tunes to become a major part of the show in 2018. We also gave the definitive list of iPad games which we shall type here for posterity: Getting Over It Anything by Zac Gage Picross Galaxy Reigns: Her Majesty Anything by Simogo Anything by Mediocre Games Space Team Desktop Dungeon Any Synthesiser simulators Cheerio and Merry Christmas! Team OLL x Links: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2017/dec/10/best-video-games-of-2017-observer-critics-review Tracklist: 1. The Emu - Foodman in Duckland https://chipmusic.org/The+Emu/music/foodman-in-duckland 2. Shizundeiru Chip - Sabertooth https://chipmusic.org/shizundeiru_chip/music/sabertooth 3. METRO - Codename: Sailor V https://chipmus

Due to a swollen tongue we were unable to have a Super-Special Guest this week. As this is likely to be the final episode of 2017 with the full team we took advantage of the extra time to complain about Animal Crossing and Battlefront 2. Outside was pretty cold, but the studio was fairly hot so it was tops off for all attending - even the piano. It was Simon’s birthday last week and he took to his new hoverboard to become a YouTube/drug deal busting Superstar. Expect it to be in a canal near you at some point in 2018. We also discussed which industry celebrities are confirmed for our Christmas Party. Ste is making preparations for Ste Life Left, Ann isn’t paying attention and Simon played PUBG for the first time ever. By the end of the show we were talking about nursery rhymes. Maybe we do need Super-Special Guests. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: NOT https://twitter.com/ammonite https://www.facebook.com/events/1870461506601750/ Tracklist: 1. PSS-270 - Mikromusikwerk 01 https://chipmusic.org/PSS-270/music/mik

As we approach December it becomes time for it to not only be tops on, but for double tops on along with hats and scarves. This week’s Super-Special Guest Teddy Dief held no truck with popular opinion and tried to go tops off from the very beginning of the show. He had flown into London to represent Square Enix Montréal in his role as Creative Director and we took the opportunity to ask what it was like working on AAA titles again after previously working on the indie title Hyper Light Drifter and also being in academia. Teddy also told us about an online crane game that sounds really interesting, an EXCLUSIVE reveal about a game that he’s working on, who he tells taxi drivers that he works for and we tell him how he could use that information to his advantage. One Life Left: always looking to use a system to their benefit. Or to push Phil Fish over. One of the two. We found out how many moons Ste has, how happy Simon is with Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Ann had to do some live editing of the news due to fon

We’re back to our usual podcasting schedule so from now on until the Caretaker’s next holiday (or our next holiday) you can expect a new episode to download at some random point on a Wednesday. This week we had David Nadal from Eden Games as a Skype Super-Special Guest to talk about driving games and in particular Gear Club, which is to shortly come out on Switch. We try to find out how driving games have changed since Eden was founded in 1998, what players want from a driving simulator and if Gear Club has the most important car as a playable option: a blue Ford Focus. In the show we announce that the tickets for our Christmas party have been delayed, but they’re on sale now. Which is a terribly confusing sentence. Anyway, if you want to come to our Christmas party and see if Father Keithmas will give you a present then click on the Eventbrite link at the bottom. We also try to work out if No Man’s Sky is indie, which of the team would like a cat VR game, how popular Simon is on YouTube and if Radio Five

This episode sees our latest attempt in Understanding Esports. The Super-Special Guest showing incredible patience as we ask obvious questions was Deborah Mensah-Bonsu from Space Ape Games. We find out when the first ever esport happened and how Twitter changed the world of esports. In addition we try to see if you can deliberately design a game to be an esport. Ann then uses this information to make her own esport. Space Ape have made lots of games that can be classed as esports so Deborah was a good guest to have. But in order for their new game to become an esport we need one of the team to be a watcher. Which one will it be? Ste was back from Finland so as punishment we put him a cupboard with a dodgy microphone for the first half, Simon works out a new way to monetise the show by entering a competition and Ann tries to remember if she's played The Witcher before. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links https://twitter.com/DebMensahBonsu https://twitter.com/SpaceApeGames https://crownchampionship.clashroyale.com/wo

It was the night before Halloween and all spooky things were going on in the studio which was affecting the jingles. Or maybe Ste was in Finland, which meant Simon was operating the desk and muffed it up. No. It’s definitely the first of those two options. Spooky right? What wasn’t spooky was our Super-Special Guest (or our ability to segue between topics). We got Jupiter Hadley on the show to talk about streaming indie games, her website indiegamejams.com which - no! but yes! - keeps track of all indie game jams, why she started streaming videogames and if a jam is better if it’s faster. Jupiter is nominated for a Golden Joystick and you could have voted when the show first aired, but it’s another unfortunate casualty of the Caretaker’s holiday. Sorry Jupiter. As Super Mario Odyssey had just come out, Simon may have gone slightly overboard with the song selection in this episode. Was it worth it? You’ll find out in the reviews. Ann did a football joke, despite having jet lag from playing Mario when the clo

Right, the Caretaker went away for a week with strict instructions for the two episodes that he would miss to be uploaded each Wednesday. These instructions were not followed. Therefore this week is now going to be One Life Left Week. This episode from two weeks ago will be uploaded on Tuesday, the following episode on Friday and the next one on Monday. This should get us back up to speed. It also means Dan Marshall is going to be doing a heck of a lot of running this week. So, what happened in this/that week’s episode? Ann was still playing Picross and managed to get juice all over the screen. Ste was doing Marioke in Sweden and also presented the Swedish Game Awards. Simon went to Blackpool for the Slime Fest and found out the correct way to talk to EthanGamerTV. Our SSSG was Yan Kuzovlev from Weappy Studio, who called in to talk about their game This Is The Police which was about to be launched on Switch, but has now been out for ages. Sorry Yan, it’s not my fault. Yan talked about how This Is The Police

We tried getting Lewis Schaffer on the show to be able to find out if he really does eat toilet paper and, if so, whether he eats it folded to the front or back. But really we wanted his son on the show so we could finally work out what League of Legends actually is. Unfortunately we didn’t do a great job of arranging it so we contacted the next League of Legends expert we knew: HRH Lord Sir Charles Cecil. Luckily we managed to catch Charles in a rare talkative mood and managed to find out lots of information. He’d just been to that burger shop Simon owns and told us various tales involving topics like the Congo (he didn’t tell us what he drank there), the Gunpowder plot, religion and Turkey (the country). We even managed to get a mini-audition for a new Weather Presenter on the show due to the strange weather across the country. And there’s an EXCLUSIVE! reveal about Charles’ latest game. Other than that we were all a bit under the weather, reminisced about buying Tamagotchis, had a LIVE NEWS UPDATE from S