One Life Left's Podcast

Episode 6. Presented by Ste Curran, Ann Scantlebury and Jenn Frank and one last amazing lineup of guests: Tom Buscaglia (The Game Attorney), John Walker (Rock Paper Shotgun), Mattie Brice (Kotaku / Critical Distance), Doug Wilson (Die Gute Fabrik), Brandon Sheffield (Necrosoft / Insert Credit), Mare Sheppard and Raigan Burns (Metanet Software Inc), Teddy Diefenbach (Rad Dragon), Matt Boch (Harmonix Music Systems) and a final, choked-up appearance from Gamasutra Editor-in-Chief Kris Graft. It's our last episode of GDC 2013, recorded on the show floor at lunchtime on Friday with a tremendous stream of guests, gently interrogated between a few brilliant pieces of chiptune music. Topics include cloning, gender in the videogame industry, finishing (making) games, inspiration, how to behave on walkways, videogame interfaces and the audacity of mimes. It has been an intense, wonderful, voice-shattering week at the Game Developer's Conference and this last hour is a good summary of the atmosphere we've felt througho

Episode 5. Presented by Ste Curran, Ann Scantlebury and Michael Frederickson with Gamasutra representative Frank Cifaldi and another great lineup of interviewees: Seth Louey and Brian Corrigan (Mad Glory), Steve Gaynor (The Fullbright Company), Matt Boch (Harmonix Music Systems), Eric Zimmerman (NYU) and Georg Backer (Hot Sauce). As the final lectures of Thursday finish, One Life Left convenes another diverse panel to chat some more about life making games in 2013. Topics include the allure of statistics, portals, secrets, storytelling, the Harmonix Music System, Ahhhcade, the perils of presenting at a conference and "swag". We also get to hear the tale of Jason Rohrer's spectacular victory at the final ever Game Design Challenge and Steve Gaynor explains how you put a house in a game. Brilliant bleeps and beats courtesy of chipmusic.org break up the chatter; we'll be back tomorrow with our final broadcast from GDC 2013... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 4. Presented by Ste Curran, Ann Scantlebury and (eventually) Jenn Frank, sitting opposite Gamasutra colleague Christian Nutt and special guests Greg Rice (Double Fine), Patrick Hackett (Double Fine), Bennett Foddy (QWOP, GIRP, Pole Riders), Matthew Luhn (Pixar), Ben Liu (Pocket Gems), Daniel Cook (Spry Fox), and Anna Marsh (Lady Shotgun). One Life Left's relentless schedule continues with another special show, recorded live on Thursday lunchtime at GDC2013 from our temporary home at the foot of the North Hall escalators in San Francisco's Moscone Center. Topics include how to stay motivated, the creative process in big and small studios, cross-media pollination, mobile gaming, life / work balance, and some more brainstorming around our hug-game "concept". It's midway through the conference, we're losing our voices - our minds have somewhat gone too - but we'll get through this together, team, and continue regret nothing except the limited number of hours in every brilliant day. Learn more about you

Episode 3. Presented by Ste Curran, Ann Scantlebury and Michael Frederickson alongside Gamasutra representative Kris Graft  and a wonderful panel of guests: Thomas Bidaux (Ico Partners), Sarah Brin (Curator, Ahhhhcade), Anthony Johnston (writer on Dead Space and Zombie-U), and Cara Ellison (Rock Paper Shotgun) Day three -- or one, depending on how well you can count -- of GDC comes to a close and One Life Left reports live from a fast-emptying show floor. Topics include Kickstarter, diversity, the challenges in writing for interactive media, the universality of zombies, hugs (again), schedule highlights and how to be disturbing. There's also an unnerving discovery over at the iam8bit stand and the team discover whether they're more interesting than a staircase. Add in some excellent chiptunes and you've got the third episode of our videogame talk show. Three more to come! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 2. Presented by Ste Curran, Ann Scantlebury and Jenn Frank with today's amazing lineup Michael Pachter (Industry Analyst), Porpentine (Howlings Dogs), Margaret Robertson (Hide&Seek), Michael Brough (Glitch Tank), John Gibson (iam8bit), Chris Remo (Doublefine), Leigh Alexander (writing, singing, dancing, etc), Zoey Quinn (Depression Quest), Justin Who Approached Us And Said We Were Awesome (Telltale), Chris Dahlen (writer, narrative designer). Our second episode at GDC, recorded live at lunchtime from the foot of the escalators in the North hall at the Moscone Centre. Topics include what we can do with $20, tiny games, two-player games, making people attractive, game narrative, getting jobs, hugging games and depression. A brilliant, diverse panel captures life from the show floor of the Game Developer -- random encounters, smart ideas and stream of consciousness serendipity. Lots of sweet music from the wonderful http://chipmusic.org/, too. This is the first of two shows recorded on the Wednesday --

Episode 1. Presented by Ste Curran, Ann Scantlebury and Michael Frederickson with special guests Kris Graft (Gamasutra), Charles Cecil (Revolution), Manveer Heir (Bioware), Jonathon Banks (Telltale), Jenn Frank (Unwinnable / Super Hexagon), Leigh Alexander (LIFE, episodes passim), Frank Cifaldi (UBM), Sarah Elmaleh (Voice Actor, p-pop-teacher) and Matthew Burns (University of Washington). An introduction to One Life Left and Gamasutra's conference-capturing adventure, recorded live at a small gathering on Tuesday evening on the 34th floor of the Marriott Marquis. Topics include the conference itself, industry inclusivity, education, creativity, art direction, journalism, obscenity, hugs, puerility and combinations therein. A few brilliant chiptunes, the sound of an increasingly rowdy party in the background and the occasional minor technical hitch complete the warm, welcoming, sort-of-competent audio signature One Life Left's tolerant listeners have embraced over the last seven years. Which type of embrace?

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme is 'Let's see what happens if Ann and Ste swan off to San Francisco to record some shows with Gamasutra and leave Simon to do a show all by himself'. And the resulting show is surprisingly broadcastable. We hear about how becoming a Super-Special Guest gets you automatic membership to Noel Edmonds' Dream Factory and the new and returning members to that factory floor are very excited by this news. The lucky people are Spilt Milk Studio's Andrew Smith, Savy Gamer's Lewie P, writer for hire Jamie Firth and Tom Trewhella who is a boy. Despite Ann being away in GDC land, we still manage to get some news on the show as Ann's Intern jumps off the subs bench to tell us all about excel games and what Ann thinks about Tetris. To be honest, we were just surprised that Ann has even heard of Tetris. In addition to all this we find out what Simon thought of wh

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme is 'Creativity'. Players: Aiofe - https://twitter.com/AoifeLockhartDaria - https://twitter.com/DariasaurGemma - https://twitter.com/GemmaLoughranMatt - https://twitter.com/Jam_Sponge Playlist: Playpen - http://playpen.farbs.org/index.php?title=Main_PageFolding Story - http://foldingstory.com/Draw Something - http://omepop.com/drawsomethingDrawception - http://drawception.com/Tone Matrix - http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/Tony B - http://www.tony-b.org/Online Sequencer - http://onlinesequencer.net/ Extra credit: Doodle or Die - http://doodleordie.com/ Tracklist: 1. Balloon Bear - Slack Jawedhttp://chipmusic.org/balloonbear/music/slack-jawed-ft-skip-sandwich-dx 2. Deep Shade - Rocket Chaserhttp://chipmusic.org/deepshade/music/rocket-chaser Play, listen and contribute to the show live on Resonance 104.4FM at 7pm on Monday evening, or we'll see

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme is 'Humour'. Players: Aiofe - https://twitter.com/AoifeLockhartGemma - https://twitter.com/GemmaLoughranKaty - https://twitter.com/KTsqueak Playlist: Lost Pig - http://www.grunk.org/lostpig/ Murder Dog - http://harmonyzone.org/MurderDogIV.html  Clop - http://www.foddy.net/CLOP.html http://king-soukutu.com/flash/owata.html Art Game - http://www.pippinbarr.com/games/artgame/ArtGame.html Achievement Unlocked - http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked Lee Lees Quest 2 - http://games.adultswim.com/lee-lees-quest-2-adventure-online-game.html Extra credit: Portal 2Secret of Monkey IslandThe CaveDrunk GuyPainShove ProMean Girls (the film, not the game) Tracklist: 1. Klamm - Mechanical Soul http://chipmusic.org/klamm/music/mechanical-soul 2. Laffe The Fox - Hyper Trouble http://chipmusic.org/laffe+the+fox/music/laffe-the-fox---hyp

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme is 'Love'. Players: Cara - https://twitter.com/Carachan1Gav - https://twitter.com/cymrogavGemma - https://twitter.com/GemmaLoughranJon/Log - https://twitter.com/disappointment Playlist: Bumpy Road - http://simogo.com/games/bumpyroad/ Richard and Alice - http://denbyraze.com/richard-and-alice/ Actual Sunlight - http://www.actualsunlight.com/ Slave of God - http://www.increpare.com/2012/12/slave-of-god/ Tracklist: 1. Chasing Bleeps - Robots Don't Cryhttp://chipmusic.org/chasingbleeps/music/robots-dont-cry 2. Fufugagakikilala - Danger Rangerhttp://chipmusic.org/fufugagakikilala/music/danger-ranger 3. Jredd - Slow Jamhttp://chipmusic.org/jredd/music/slow-jam-1-bit--effects Play, listen and contribute to the show live on Resonance 104.4FM at 7pm on Monday evening, or we'll see you back here for the podcast. We'll announce next week's games on

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme is 'Work'. Players: Jon/Log - https://twitter.com/disappointmentKaty - https://twitter.com/KTsqueakMatt - https://twitter.com/Jam_spongeSteve - https://twitter.com/misterbrilliant Playlist: 1. Diner Dash:ios - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/diner-dash/id307011863?mt=8android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.masakapa.workout.mobine&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYXNha2FwYS53b3Jrb3V0Lm1vYmluZSJdonline - http://www.gamehouse.com/online-games/diner-dash-online 2. Space Station 13 - http://www.byond.com/games/exadv1/spacestation13 3. John Deere Drive Green - http://www.download-free-games.com/pc/john_deere_drive_green.htm 4. Cart Life - http://www.richardhofmeier.com/cartlife/ 5. Unmanned - http://unmanned.molleindustria.org/# Bonus Extra Credit Game:Every Day The Same Dream - http://www.molleindustria.org/ev

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme is 'Curiosity'. Players: Aiofe - https://twitter.com/AoifeLockhartCara - https://twitter.com/Carachan1Daria - https://twitter.com/DariasaurGav - https://twitter.com/cymrogav Playlist: 1. Amazing Alex:iphone - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/amazing-alex-free/id549771710?mt=8android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.amazingalex.trial&hl=en 2. Proteus:http://www.visitproteus.com/ 3. Space Engine:http://spaceengine.org/  4. P Moulinex's Curiosity:iphone - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/curiosity-whats-inside-cube/id557549271?mt=8android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pm22cans.curiosity&hl=en 5. Furiosity:http://bartbonte.com/furiosity/ Tracklist: 1. National Broadcast Network - 7 Billion Voltshttp://chipmusic.org/nationalbroadcastnetwork/music/7-billion-volts 2. Hutsvoid - Snow Over Snowhttp://chi

No Continues is One Life Left's off-season weekly book / game club. Each week the team discuss three different games that incorporate a single theme. This week's theme was 'Fear'. Playlist: 1. Whichhttp://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/which/1523/ 2. Hidehttp://superfriendshipclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=117 3. Slenderhttp://www.parsecproductions.net/slender/ Extra credits: 1. Forbiddenhttp://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/forbidden_exe 2. Amnesiahttp://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/ 3. Don't look back (also available on ios and Android)http://www.kongregate.com/games/TerryCavanagh/dont-look-back Tracklist: 1. Klamm - Ypsilons Dreamhttp://chipmusic.org/klamm/music/ypsilons-dream 2. Jredd - Storm of the Dark Moon (featuring Groovmaster303 and Dropbit)http://chipmusic.org/jredd/music/storm-of-the-dark-moon-feat-groovemaster303--dropbit 3. Downstate - I Never Think About You Anymore (featuring Slenderman)http://chipmusic.org/downstate/music/i-never-think-about-you-anymore Play, listen and co

It's the final One Life Left of the season. This is sad news. Ann might be ill. This also sad news. Ste was in Norway. We're unsure of the news status for this. Simon can't go to GDC with the rest of Team One Life Left as he's getting married*. This is sad news for the Blackberry Playbook and all females. What's even worse than all of this is that it is Derek Williams' final Free Market Economy. He's been a near-constant electronic presence on our show and we're going to miss the 3 minutes he regularly filled up while Simon went out for a fag break, Ste read about Taylor Swift and Ann fixed her tights. If you miss him too then catch him at his market stall in Doncaster or wait to see if his Jan Doyle Band play a gig near you. Still, every Yamaha/Korg/Moog cloud has a silver lining and we're glad to have Nicholas Lister on the show to give us more advice on how to make the One Life Left Videogame. He's busy developing his first game Imp Paired which prevented Ann from multitasking so it's sure to be a succes

It's the penultimate OLL of the season and as usual we've decided to go all out for our second to last show. We have a Super-Special Guest in the form of Hot Sauce's Law Abiding (in Greece anyway) Georg Backer who shows amazing patience in praising our ideas for our new game even though we're beginners at this sort of thing (Ste especially). Georg also tells us what it is like to work for Jonathan Ross and what it was like to work for Peter Moulinex. As well as Georg we also discover that Hookshot LNC have their own podcast (apparently it's been around for months - who knew?), Simon reinforces his status as the Michael Winslow of Videogames by adding a machine gun to his excited noise from last week, we hear tales of how the voice of God goes to the toilet and Ste says we don't have a Steam group even though we literally do. There's also Derek Williams, but we can always rely on Derek can't we? Can't we? *sob* Cheerio!Team OLL x Links: https://twitter.com/georgbackerhttp://steamcommunity.com/groups/OLLht

The one thing you can trust with One Life Left is that we are never late, and you'll find this out in today's episode which starts incredibly smoothly and finishes in style (NOTE TO CARETAKER: Edit out the bit where Ste enters the studio late due to British Transport, thereby putting off Simon and causing problems with our CD player). There's no SSG this week, but we can understand this as they're obviously all preparing ideas for own new game that we're writing so that they look silly when they finally do come on the show. You can also help with the game design too! (Providing you do not expect any financial recompense for any ideas that you come up with and we use) Just send them in to our e-mail address and we'd be only too happy to use them, especially if it means we have less to do. Simon and Ste had less to do this week as Ann returned to show how to do a proper news feature which in this episode made Simon's excited noise happen. We also heard how Ste stole money from FFOTS Zach Gage, along with feat

Ok, first show of the year, let's do a roll call. Simon? Here Sir, but he's been talking to strangers in Day Z again Sir. Simon's top? He's absent Sir. Tsk, that's always the case. Super-Special Guest? Yes Sir, we've got Mike Bithell to make third appearance. He's been promoted to milk monitor and Chief Design Officer to help Team OLL create the best videogame that has ever been made after his amazing game Thomas Was Alone did well in the IGF awards. Danny Wallace? It's best he's not here Sir. Ste? Here Sir, and he seems not have jet lag this time. Scanters? Scanters? Scanters? I think she's ill Sir, or she's got a ladder in her tights again. Well who will do the news? We can do it Sir, it's not difficult. You'll not even notice that she's missing, it'll be that smooth. Ok. Incredibly long and complex introduction to the episode in an attempt to hide the caretaker's lack of inspiration? Unfortunately he was always here Sir. Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://twitter.com/mikeBithell Tracklist:

There was a chance that Ste was nearly not going to make the recording of this show. He claims it was because the train was late, but did he stop for a pasty? And if so had it cooled enough for it to still be VAT free? Or did he mean the other type of pasty? At least FOTS Leo Tan managed to make it on time to the show and he came all the way from America. How is he finding it across the pond? Has he offended the whole country yet or just their videogame journalists? All will be revealed in this episode. We also have a new feature in Press XY to Continue, Derek Williams provides us with another Free Market Economy and we explain the reasoning behind the tweet we made to Daniel Nye Griffiths during the show. Unfortunately while we were recording this episode Polygon broke into our houses and took photos of where we 'game', expect to see that bit under the stairs where Simon's Wii used to live on their website soon :( This will be the last episode before Christmas so enjoy the Winterval (sorry Ann)! Cheerio!

If there's one person that One Life Left chooses to follow as their leader in life other than Taylor Swift or Martin Hollis then it has to be Dean Gaffney. So when we read that he had applied to join MI5 we thought that if we got an actual spy on the show then it would help us in our quest to Be Like Dean. Unfortunately Simon read the e-mail wrong and booked Matthew Reynolds, gaming editor for Digital Spy. But that actually turned out to be a great decision as we're a radio show about videogames and we're not sure Judi Dench would be able to tell us much about the Wii U (although Nintendo have probably signed her up for an advert). Matthew tells us what it's like to work for the Internet's fourteenth best website and what the Wii U is actually like to play as Nintendo didn't send us one after that incident with Shigsy we can't talk about. He also manages to avoid staring at Simon's massive coldsore, getting confused by Ste's hungover questioning and the thing Ann did that was literally unbroadcastable. How

Here's a transcript that one of Team OLL had with their boyfriend on the recently banned ios game Boyfriend Maker: "I love going on dates with you" "Nothing much" "Have you listened to the latest One Life Left? It has Ed Fear from Mediatonic on there. He helps the team design their new social game that will take over the world." "Robots and humans will always live in peace with each other!" "There's also a discussion about Peter Molyneux and how amazing his name game will be. Although we're a bit worried with what's happened to Milo. Do you see Milo where you are?" "Oops I don't know what to say..." "You don't have to say anything. Unless you can say if you've seen Pat Garrett and Julian 'Jaz' Rignall in the same room together" "How?" "Perhaps they'll be at the OLL Christmas Party to be held on December 15th." "Up momma's house." "I think that's the after party." "Oh yea sorry" "What happens after the afterparty?" "Depends on what you believe" "Ann says it's the hotel lobby" "fiesta" "What do