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One Life Left
One Life Left is a radio show about videogames, only not really. We love games but we take them precisely as seriously as they deserve. 99% nonsense and 1% heart-stopping brilliance, they are all supposed to be fun and so are we. We have news, reviews and special guests, sure, but we also play game-related music and we have stupid game-related features like inappropriately dark-hearted poetry, gambling tips and chart news from a market stall. We're on the wonderful Resonance 104.4FM at 7PM…
Episodes
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s05e03 -- #99 -- 99 Not Out
It's been a busy seven days for tawdry, frivolous news, which means it's up to Ann to raise the bar. Can she do it? No, obviously not, but listen to her try…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s05e02 -- #98 -- Trauma Center
It takes a special kind of show to carry off two comebacks in three weeks but here we are. After a one-week hiatus to take stock, hire and fire, One Life Left…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s05e01 -- #97 -- Guess Who's Back?
One Life Left -- s05e01 -- #97 -- Guess Who's Back? Guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back... For the newcomers: One Life Left…
One Life LeftOne Life Left Presents: Nolan Bushnell ‘My Life In Videogames’ recorded at BAFTA
It’s another One Life Left special, as we meet Nolan “the father of videogames” Bushnell ahead of his brilliant BAFTA presentation: “My life in videogames.”…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e24 -- #96 -- Poole Over
Season Finales are meant to offer closure, but What mortal could write an ending for a season that's included all-star contributions from Joe Cornish, Iain Lee…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e23 -- #95 -- Authority Complex
OLL faces up to the challenge of a Simon-less show this week in the only way it knows how: by packing in half a dozen features, keeping the libel to a minimum…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e22 -- #94 -- Ha Ha Bonk
What goes ha ha bonk? That’s right, it’s the sound of the OLL team laughing their heads off at this week’s guest: comedy writer, stand-up performer and…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e21 -- #93 -- EU/AU
Desk checked: check. Guests checked: check. Live in three... two... one... Oops. With Ste in America selling the rights to USA Life Left, it’s down to Simon…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e20 -- #92 -- Tan Man
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One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e19 -- #91 -- Bond Life
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One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e18 -- #90 -- Lee Way
Following #89 was never going to be easy. If we could stop time we would but with all the crushing inevitability of a discrete, week-based counting system…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e17 -- #89 -- Yo Joe
It begins with an interview because, hey, we don't let just anyone guest on One Life Left, much less give them the coveted title of OLL's Resident Film Expert…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e16 -- #88 -- Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad
It's a reasonably Happy New Year as two-thirds of One Life Left mark their first day back in the office with resolutions, chat, songs, mistakes and one…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- x05 -- Christmas Special '08 -- Christmas Mixtape
Hello! As you probably already know, OLL’s Christmas gift to you isn’t a show, but a mixtape of sorts, badly-put-together by Ste. The tracklist is below. It’s…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e15 -- #87 -- Snow Business
It’s 6.15pm, in the studio and we’re all set up, missing one guest. Ste makes the call. Hey Ellie Gibson of Eurogamer Dot Net! Where are you? “Hey Ste! I’m in…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e14 -- #86 -- Math Problem
It's Simon's last show before Christmas! So what better way to celebrate than with a return to One Life Left values of old: awkward silences, and dozens of…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e13 -- #85 -- Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz -- champagne cut with orange juice for reasons of cost masked by reasons of taste; the sort of drink you have at a company party just before…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e12 -- #84 -- Terrain Man
We’re halfway through Season 4 (like the day after the summer solstice it’s all downhill from here) but if you think we’re getting complacent, thing again: One…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e11 -- #83 -- Troll Booth
Om nom nom nom? What? No! The OTHER kind of troll, the one that resides on the internet and says naughty things to gain a lol-some reaction. That's what OLL's…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e10 -- #82 -- Party Favour
No last-minute dramas this week, except that the show before ran on for three minutes into our slot and we were outraged. And which week is this? It's week in…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e09 -- #81 -- Rush Hour
No time for a long explanation here because 1/3 of One Life Left is getting a flight to Lyon in a few hours, which leaves precious little time for sleep /…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e08 -- #80 -- Mother's Day
We're One Life Left's parents and we love all our children, but our eightieth (recognised) child was certainly born under a bad sign. Seconds before the show…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e07 -- #79 -- No Prizes
No prizes for naming this week's guest after the first, ooh, three words of the show. No prizes for working out what's up with Ann's voice, either…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e06 -- #78 -- Broken Record
We've never been afraid of tempting fate -- would we self-herald as Britain's favourite videogame radio show if we were? -- but the news we received this…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e05 -- #77 -- Illegal Alien
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One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e04 -- #76 -- Desk Job
In which Simon assumes control of the One Life Left radio bus, Ste cowers in the front seat and peers between his fingers, and Ann makes out with boys on the…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e03 -- #75 -- Saddle Up
Yo, gaming tough guys the broadcast / podcast world over, know this: One Life Left has never been afraid of making enemies. Our independence allows us that…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e02 -- #74 -- Second Hand
A rambling preamble in lieu of the one that we can't do now we're back on Resonance: You know, knowing your own mind isn't as easy as it sounds. You need to…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s04e01 -- #73 -- Wave Hello
Kick, punch, you all remember… Hello. We’re back. It has been too long, except it’s like we’ve never been away. News. Music. Reviews. Five features. Three…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e24 -- #72 -- Any Other Business
It’s the last episode of Season 3 of One Life Left and we have an agenda. That agenda: to tidy up all the loose ends from the other shows in Season 3, to…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e23 -- #71 -- Telephonic Spree
Those of you who can think as far back as the start of Season 3 might remember that we often promised to call people and never ever got around to it, mostly…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e22 -- #70 -- Event Horizon
Maybe you'll have noticed by now but episode 70 of OLL clocks in at well over 63 minutes. That means it's the longest One Life Left ever, assuming you don't…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e21 -- #69 -- Mistakes and Regrets
Those of you who tune in live to the preamble might be surprised to hear that actually, all things considered, OLL is pretty well prepared. We have a list of…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e20 -- #68 -- Dolled Up
Like a perfect adventure game it begins with a quest: a listener who wants us to make something happen. And it finishes with... Well, you'll have to listen…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e19 -- #67 -- Present and Correct
Present because there are presents, correct because there were no major sound problems this week. Simple. So simple and trouble free that there are, for the…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e18 -- #66 -- Fuzzy Logic
Welcome to the severely delayed OLL #66. Delayed because the audio quality within is, uhm, what's the technical term for this? Ruined. Let us say ruined…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- x04 -- Eurogamer Test Transmission -- Can You Hear Me Now?
Usual caveats for an OLL special: this is not a typical One Life Left if such a thing exists, and if this is your first time here you should probably go back a…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e17 -- #65 -- The End of Radio
Is this thing on? OK. You might think you've guessed the news by now. Listen on, listen on. At least as far as Ann's news, and then read on. ... So. OLL #65…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e15 -- #63 -- The Hardest Word
Can it ever be a good sign when you find the three minute apology backing music just isn't long enough? In One Life Left #63 we try to make the best of it…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e14 -- #62 -- Speccy Eight Eyes
Speccy because this week's One Life Left is a Spectrum Special, obviously, but eight eyes? Two eyes per person and none of us are wearing glasses which means…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e13 -- #61 -- Hot Coughy
Coughing: an action that the body takes to get rid of substances that are irritating the air passages. That's what Wikipedia has to say but, as typical with…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e12 -- #60 -- Hearing is Believing
Firstly Happy New Year. Enough smalltalk. This will be quite brief for reasons that will soon be obvious. The podcast is uploading now. It is late and it is…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- x03 -- Christmas Special '07 -- Festively Unbroadcastable
As you might have guessed by now (and those tuning into Resonance on the 23rd will have surmised) our One Life Left Christmas party it was literally…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e11 -- #59 -- Stay
It's Christmas Time / There's no need to be afraid. Because Simon isn't here. Why? It doesn't matter. We can't answer questions about oft-inexplicable…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e10 -- #58 -- Gin and Juice
Hello, welcome to - NO DON'T TOUCH THAT - to One Life Left, Europe's only - THAT'S MY EMAIL ACCOUNT STOP READING IT - videogame radio sho - LEAVE ANN ALONE --…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e09 -- #57 -- Just Like That
There's an informal code of conduct amongst the One Life Left Team to try and avoid doing anything on Tuesday evenings. So Ste's cancelled his weekly…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e08 -- #56 -- Softcore Romance
Remember the announcement we promised to make last week and then didn't? The one we said we'd make this week if you read the descriptions, which I assume you…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e07 -- #55 -- Poorly Performed
In One Life Left's experience* there are three sorts of letters that come in card-backed brown paper envelopes. 1) Signed contracts from the BBC offering…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e06 -- #54 -- Keith and The Girl
First things first. As mentioned last episode, the One Life Left team is a (wo?)man down in #54. Don't let that put you off. Why? Bang! A more-than-capable…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e05 -- #53 -- Take Two
We'll be honest because hey, we're 53 episodes in and we think we've known you long enough to trust you, to call you a friend: you almost didn't get to hear…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e04 -- #52 -- SafeSearch Off
Celebrity is a curse: just ask Keeley Hazell, the Page 3 stunnah hired to front (lol) EA's Simpsons game at the London Games Festival. Work's exhausting when…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e03 -- #51 -- Nothing Like Tempest
There is a legend that states that should One Life Left ever produce a radio show that is less professional than the last then the house of Scantlebury will…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e02 -- #50 -- Three Separate Places
It's Episode 50! Already? Episode 50! Where does the time go? Episode 50! It seems like only yesterday etc. and so on. Episode 50. A half century of episodes…
One Life LeftOne Life Left -- s03e01 -- #49 -- Back, Back, Back
We're back. Oh, how we're back. How are we back? With a new studio, a new series, a new (post-watershed!) timeslot, and a newly-rejuvenated team back from…