One Life Left's Podcast

Excuse the brevity, lateness and general incompetence, but we're Writing this in a hotel four hours before we go on stage for One Laugh Left. So we sort of have other things on our mind. E.g. Being funny / avoiding bottles.     In this episode:   ++ Nigel Taylor, who is anything but nasty, joins us to talk about stand-up comedy, how it goes write and how ours could go wrong   ++ Other things that we can't remember right now   There was no episode this week because we were too busy 'preparing' for tonight, so apologies for that too. We'll all be back on Monday though and you'll be able to find out what happened (though we're sure you'll have heard about that on our Twitter, anyway) (if you're not following us, why not?).   Wish us luck, Team OLL-ers,   Ste, Simon and Ann xx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As One Life Left moves closer to its videogame stand-up comedy debut, the team are joined by Actual Real Life Comic Catie Wilkins, who explains to the team what being on stage under pressure to be funny is really like. Turns out it's genuinely no laughing matter.   Ulp. Also this episode (which is the last before the team lose the right to call themselves OFFICIAL BEST BROADCASTERS, incidentally):   ++ Poetry from Craig The Rage, new music from the doyouinverts, Derek Williams issues some wisdom from his market stall and Dr Avatar receives another patient   ++ Lots of Twitter jokes and Ann receives a suggestion for a feature from a listener. More letters, please, to team@onelifeleft.com   ++ News, gossip and reviews. Ste reviews Solitaire again. IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT WEEK   Music this episode from minusbaby, downstate and Daemon Hatfield.   Join us next Monday (or Thursday for the podcast) when we'll be joined by another comical studio guest. Write and tweet in the meantime. Oh, and if you do so

No special studio guest this episode which means the One Life Left team can forgo politeness and professionalism and just be themselves. What does THAT mean? Pointless pop culture chat, fractious behaviour and the smallest bits of videogame gossip / insight, apparently. It's episode 11!       (Insight? Yes, OK, let's go with that and see if anyone calls us out.)   Also in Episode 11:   ++ ALL NEW EX EX EX EXCLUSIVE material from The Doyouinverts!    ++ News on OLL's half-hearted Resonance co   ++ A robot comedian   Also music from Copy, L-Tron and Electric Children.   Tickets are now SOLD OUT for the preview show at The Blue Posts on the 23rd. If you want to attend your best shot is to email the address in the show and we'll put you on a waiting list. If you turn up we'll do our best to squeeze you in the room but no guarantees. You can totally drink with us afterwards, though.    Please do add us on Twitter, tell people about the show and generally perform the services of the marketing budg

Let's put videogames to one side for a moment, as if we didn't do that enough already. With under four weeks to go until the One Life Left team's latest public humiliation it's time to get serious. About comedy.    With that in mind, please welcome Radio 4 comedy producer and very special guest Tilusha to the studio.   Also:   ++ Videogame features, including Derek Williams!   ++ Chiptune music, including tracks by IAYD and Massive Until Morning!   ++ Reviews, previews and general gossip.   If that seems vague that's because we recorded this six days ago and every word I type here is another moment this isn't being podcast. SORRY.   Email us some letters. Book tickets for our preview show on the 23rd in London. Add us on Twitter. Do all those kinds of things! Yes! And again, sorry for the podcast delay, we were too busy negotiating a new contract with Resonance. We're demanding a shed! They're demanding professionalism. We'll work something out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch

Stop us if you've heard this one before, but musical guests are like buses. You don't have one for 128 episodes and then two come along at once. What? You've heard if before? And it doesn't really work as a joke? Oh God.     No worries, still plenty of time.    On this week's show:   ++ One Life Left welcomes 8-bit superstars Sabrepulse and Natty to the studio. They chat! They bleep! They play the hits!   ++ One Life Left announces a SECRET SPECIAL EVENT for London listeners (or those dedicated / foolish enough to travel down on the 23rd). Listen for details.   ++ One Life Left talks about cricket.   Musical contributions include little's scale's brilliant Bitshifter cover, The Rapids by Fighter X and our studio guests. Share and enjoy.   See you Monday, live on 104.4 FM or podcast later in the week. Add us on Twitter! We'll tell you all our secrets, promise.    Ste, Simon and Ann xxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  In which, with their comedy gig still far enough away for the whole thing to seem funny, the team are joined by Curve Studios' Ed Fear for the usual mix of somewhat game-related stuff and nonsense.     Also in this episode:   ++ Ann 'interrogates' Ed to find out some exclusive game news for the show   ++ The return of Ann Art and all the sketchiness that entails   ++ A brilliant new feature and instructions for audience participation   Music from the fabulous Henry Homesweet, Apricorn and Shirobon.    Add us on Twitter / Facebook and try to listen to the live show later today (Monday) on 104.4FM in London or www.resonancefm.com elsewhere -- will try and get the podcast up earlier this week, too. Honestly.   Team OLL xx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Team OLL are back from their summer holiday in Cologne. What happened? How are preparations for the One Laugh Left comedy night going? And has Ann managed to Get Vaizey? Find out here!       Also in this episode:   ++ Ste considers the 3DS, remains confused   ++ Derek considers the length of games, remains unsure   ++ Craig the Rage considers you, remains sexy   Music in this episode from 4mat, Smiletron and Euan Lynn.    Send us letters, stalk us on Twitter. Apologies for the podcasting delay and we'll see you Monday evening 7pm on Resonance 104.4FM or later in the week right here.   xx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Knock knock! Who's there? It's the One Life Left team, doing some early groundwork for their One Laugh Left comedy evening at Nottingham! The One Life Left team who? Exactly.       Don't worry, it gets better. A bit better.   Also in this episode: no, actually no idea about that, either. Since we recorded it a few weeks ago and it has been SOME TIME, you'll have to find out yourself and please, please accept my huge apologies this is late. First there was the whole ankle thing (possibly explained in this episode, I forget) and then our host was being all not-worky.   Ignore the warnings at the end of the show because they're out of date now. We will be back for real (and on a normal schedule) from next Monday. Letters, tweets and features to the usual address, please.   Ste + Team OLL xxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can tell there's a problem from the very start. Only five episodes into the new season and the team have reverted to the old theme. Something's gone wrong. But what? Or who? And what happens next?   Find out in this week's exciting episode of (sometimes partially) videogame radio show One Life Left.   Also in #125:   ++ A barely-thought-through pitch for a videogame is made and softly rejected   ++ A challenge is set for next week's OLL (and there's a theme for the letter's section too)   ++ It's difficult to remember, really. It was all a bit frantic   Music this episode from J8b!t and DEADBEATBLAST. And AN Other, too. Any help?   One Life Left is at The Big Chill this Saturday. I know, we're surprised, too. Find us at the Swap Meet area on the Friday and Saturday.    As usual, follow us on Twitter, tell your friends, subscribe to the podcast and email us.   See you Monday for the last OLL for a few weeks.   Team OLL xxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad

"No Future!" sang some pop group, once, and maybe they were singing about OLL #124, where Wired.co.uk's News Editor Duncan Geere joins the team to talk about what happens next. What happens next? The same thing as last time, apparently, but in 3D!!!!! OMG.   Also on #124:   ++ Ste begins the show in a bit of a mood and talks about videogames far too much   ++ Ann promises to do an Ann Art for next week. You might have to remind her   ++ Simon holds OLL's first ever live Twitter competition. You really should be following us   Music from Device, Coda + Cancel and -- apparently -- "Ant1", although I'm still struggling with that. All help appreciated.   You can also help us out by:   Telling you friends Posting on forums Following and tweeting about us Sending us things in the post Behaving pleasantly on public transport   See you on Monday!   Team OLL xxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode we're joined by Gamesbrief's Nicholas Lovell, who has just written a book on How To Publish A Game. Intrigued? Intimidated? Don't worry; highbrow discussion falls to lowbrow gossip pretty soon, including one especially salacious item involving Mark 'Unreal' Rein and a baby.   Also in episode #123, which we really should have done something special for but we didn't remember:   ++ Ann learns something about Hello Games   ++ Simon instigates a new Listener Recruitment Programme   ++ Ste (eventually) recalls how alcohol brought about what might be the worst decision in One Life Left's history   Talking of which, Simon's at Nottingham Game City nights tomorrow, so if you have a moment go and see him.   Music in #123 from Anamanaguchi, Smiletron and Grilly. Please do tell your friends / blogs / followers / whatevers about One Life Left, because we depend on word of mouth for warmth and comfort. We'll be back live on Monday at 7pm, or you can wait for the podcast to come out on Thursday. 

With ex-ex-exclusives galore and freelance journalist Daniel Nye as our first guest of the season, Episode Two is the hottest show we've recorded for a long time. Literally, not figuratively; it's like a sauna in the Resonance FM studio, and every bit as sexy.   ie Not at all. Still, the episode features:   ++ Ann making a good joke   ++ The unresolved introduction of a David Soul LP*   ++ Daniel's (doomed, but completely noble) efforts to try and engage Ste and Simon with intellectual games chat   Music from Little Scale, .hnz and Fighter X.    Email us: team@onelifeleft.com or follow us on Twitter (@onelifeleft). Letters totally appreciated (perhaps we need a weekly topic -- maybe the topic this week should be 'what should our weekly topic be?'). Would be contributors can pitch ideas to that address too, we're always listening.   See you next Monday (or Thursday for the podcaster listeners).     Ste, Simon and Ann xx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello. We're back.   Discussed in Episode 1 of Season 6:   ++ Where we've been   ++ What we're going to do next   ++ Videogames (a bit)   Wanted for Episode 2:   ++ Letters about anything (to team@onelifeleft)   ++ Suggestions for things to do at Nottingham GameCity   ++ People to tell people about us, because we've been away     Excellent music this episode from the brilliant Knuckle Joe and Downstate.    Oh, and hi. It's good to be back. We're sorry it has been so long. If you enjoy One Life Left, please let people know because we rely on word of mouth for listener figures, which are currently at zero. We're back properly now for the forseeable future (we cannot see further than 23 weeks ahead) so we'll see you next week.    In the meantime, follow us on twitter at @onelifeleft (you can follow our individual accounts at @steishere, @scanters and @byronicman if you want more personal nonsense).    See you!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the last of our Half-Minute Hero-inspired news sections. Five stories, super-fast: it's everything you need to know about the last seven days of gaming. Although one is already out of date. Curse this modern world. But enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the third of our Half-Minute Hero news "bites". If enough of you request, we'll issue the last line at normal speed, so you can set it as your ringtone. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bong! It's the familiar chime of news, but in an unfamiliar setting: welcome to Half-Minute Hero news number two. Five stories, delivered at breathtaking speed, but with the sort of rubbish jokes you've come to if not love then certainly expect. Tune in same time, same day next week as our journey to newsmageddon continues. See you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello! And welcome to the first of four bite-size news features, crafted in celebration of Half-Minute Hero as we try to cram the week's news into 30 seconds. We fail. These podcasts are available on the Rising Star Games Hoshi website (http.//www.risingstargames.com/hoshi), but delivered to OLL iTunes subscribers as a special treat for the ears. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So this is it, then, the final episode of our award-winning fifth season. We all knew it was coming, especially Ann, who can count. Sing along to the theme, grab a handkerchief, say your goodbyes: it's going to be emotional, that's for sure.    In episode #120 of San Antonio's favourite videogame radio show: ++ Figuratively billions of features from all our favourite contributors, including special season-closing songs from Derek Williams and The Doyouinverts ++ Steven Poole reveals the three rules every good troll must follow ++ Season 5 ends :( But don't worry, because we'll be back soon. There'll be bits and bobs on the podcast feed in the meantime, and do keep listening to Resonance because it's excellent. We'll see you in March. Bango! Team OLL xx PS: Music on #120 was from the brilliant little scale and Derris-Kharlan. Find them, like so much of the music we play, at 8bitcollective.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  It's the penultimate episode of Season 5. That comes right before the Ultimate episode of Season 5, which means, as a warm-up act, this One Life Left has quite a lot to do. Does it do it? Find out inside.    Also in #119:   ++ Two guests -- an OLL veteran, and an OLL newcomer   ++ News on Ste's contribution to the Global Game Jam 2010   ++ And Craig The Rage returns, albeit in a slightly muted form   In fact, sorry about the overall sound quality today, which is partly because we didn't soundcheck, but mostly down to a problem with the Resonance recording device thingy. And sorry for the delay. There was an actual power cut while I was uploading last night. I have never had a power cut before. Funny how these things happen just as Eurogamer start a podcast, isn't it?     Music on #119:   4Mat - Matryoshka Smiletron - BRKtime   See you next week!   Team OLL xxx   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up on this week's description of this week's One Life Left: a hastily written paragraph describing the content of episode #118 of Africa's favourite gaming radio show*. Apologies this is somewhat late. Will explain on the show next week (it's nothing really exciting, just something else Ste's been working on). Episode one hundred and eighteen of One Life Left features the following content: ++ Reviews Editor Taliah, who recently turned nine, discussing boyfriends ++ Our consider response to Eurogamer's new podcast ++ Lots of framing, just like this See you next week. (Still looking for a web designer / webmaster. Enquiries to the show's address, please.) Team OLL xx *Possibly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices