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 GDC

An old game that was awful is being remade for reasons

Undertale is selling well again

Lego is doing a Pokémon (or vice versa)

The boys have no FOMO over missing GDC (and has it had it's day...?)

Groundshatter Maraoke report

The Art of Video Game Design covers loot boxes 

Did you know the available episodes of OLL online go aaaaaaaaallll the way back to 2007 (10/10/07 to be exact - spooky) so you can go back in time with us and see how the world has changed. It was, indeed, a different time...

Which games conferences are you looking forward to? Have you played Undertale? Are you passionate about Star Wars: Hunters?? What is a rogue like like when a rogue like likes rogue likes? Let us know at [email protected] or join our Discord and write to us on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Metal Gear Solid 2

Letterlike

Expelled!

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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 the Switch 2 plus an "exclusive reveal" of the release date.

B) More Xbox handheld possibilities.

C) Pocketpair moving into publishing.

D) Victoria Pendleton.

Is there a BRAND NEW FEATURE this episode?

A) What?! Nah! Don't be silly...

B) Abso-bloomin-lutely there is! It's called The Art of Video Game Design and long may it continue!

C) Fee-chure? What's one of them?!

D) Victoria Pendleton.

Is there any mention of Maraoke this episode?

A) Absolutely! We report on Maraoke from 14th March plus announce the next one will be on Friday 2nd May.

B) Nope. No. Not a single mention of Maraoke.

C) I'm starting to wish I'd not done the notes in this format.

D) Victoria Pendleton.

Do we have any letters this week?

A) Yes - and it's a quality bit of correspondence yet again from Chris Conroy.

B) No.

C) Something, something, something... I'm rushing a bit, here, to be honest. I should've devoted more time to this. Sorry.

D) Victoria Pendleton.

Are you allowed to write to us even if your name isn't Chris?

A) Absolutely! Yes please! Send us all of your letters. Every letter you may have in you! Zap them to us at [email protected] or join our Discord and leave a letter on there. Link below!

B) No.

C) You wouldn't get this with AI.

D) Victoria Pendleton.

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Lego 2K Drive

Football Manager 2022

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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 then the skies will turn as dark as your mobile phone on dark theme and the seas will be a bit choppy and not great to swim in. So it is said, so shall it be...

Sorry about that. As well as all that we've got Switch 2 tech details, $100 for GTA6 and Jackbox games get smart (TV) plus letters, reviews and more! We also have another Maraoke coming up on Friday 14th March at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington High Street, London. Tickets available HERE!!

Sneaking a quick message in for my cats: Happy Birthday, Rocket & Logan! 10 years old today! Where has the time gone etc etc... not that they'll understand a word of this but it's the thought that counts.

Has Balatro (or any game) annoyed you? Do you have 10 minutes to watch a game trailer?? Have you lost your internet banking details, or found Simon's??? Let us know at [email protected]. Or join our Discord and leave a letter for us on there - 100% guaranteed

to leave you with a warm sense of achievement. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Balatro

Metal Gear Solid 2

Quizzle

StepMania (DDR)

Season: A Letter to the Future

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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's also Ste's holiday memories, Simon's leaking house, toothfairy rates, lots of people playing Monster Hunter Wilds, old skool games about old skool films, CharlesBot appears to have problems talking about VR and OLL are still very much open to selling out - contact us for rates! Will cats fighting during the reviews section see a sudden spike in listeners?? Check back next week to find out...

We ripped through all your letters on this episode so the mail sacks are once again bare. Please send us more letters! Don't fear us, we don't bite. Drop us a line at [email protected]. Or join our Discord and leave a letter for us on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Metal Gear Solid 2

Hot Shots Golf 2

Everybody's Tennis

Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival

Granboard 3s (Darts!)

Hole

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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 running their annual fundraiser right now so please check out their fundraising page and help out, if at all possible: https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/ There will be a fundraising Maraoke event from us on Friday 14th March, more details to come... (unless they've already been posted on Bluesky by the time you're reading this...)

Let us try with all our might, dearest listeners, to get some momentum going with these letters! Keep them coming, please! Like in the "old" days when readers used to write to their favourite video games related magazine - Let us be your favourite/tolerated video games related radio show/podcast! Throw your letters to us at [email protected]. Or pop into our Discord and leave a letter for us on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

The Roottrees Are Dead

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Bauhaus Bonk

Skeleton Gelatin

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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 week, Ste has people sliding into his DMs, Multiversus is going, Nintendo tickets re-sale shenanigans, Microsoft doing alright for themselves according to PR and PS5 gets Forza! We also have the welcome return of Sega Badawi with the local news and ANOTHER OLL Nintendo Switch 2 "exclusive"!

Speaking of radio shows - Our beloved home, 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/

We still have an upcoming Maraoke event in London (being run for "reasons" on a Steam Deck, apparently) on Saturday 8th Feb, tickets available HERE

Am I going to have to come around and chuck all your consoles/computers into the canal?! SEND US MORE LETTERS!!! Pretty please. Tell us what is going on! Who the hell is Claude?? Zap letters to us at [email protected]. Or join our Discord and join in the "fun" on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga

Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Spider-Man 2

The Jackbox Survey Scramble

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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's going to UKIE (maybe with magic tricks), Simon renamed the Northern Line (OK, just the one station), Sega want your deets, video game prices only going up, digital winning, Switch 2 - finally - and Video Game History Foundation do Good Stuff!! We also have our report from Pocket Gamer Connects, which includes a bad bouncer at The Piano Works, and EXCLUSIVELY reveal the Switch 2 release date. Maybe.

DO NOT FORGET - Simon has challenged all of you to a game of darts. Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough etc etc. Hop on to Discord and start trash talking*. PLUS there's that Maraoke in London on Saturday 8th Feb, tickets available HERE

Seriously we need more letters. Please. I'm going to have to start posting more stuff on social media about this, aren't I? For starters you could tell us which tube stations you would rename, in a video game stylee. Send your missives to us at [email protected]. Or join our Discord and leave a letter for us on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

*Well, no, be nice or one of us will swing the ban hammer, most likely.

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Batman: Arkham City

Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga

Dragonsweeper

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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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 next week the boys are off to Pocket Gamer Connects in that London so, if you're there or thereabouts, hunt them down! Simon is also open to any and all challenges to his darts supremacy from all our listeners - give him a shout on our Discord server and a link to his magic dart board is in the review links below!

SEND MORE LETTERS, PLEASE!! Fire them to us at [email protected]. Or hop onto our Discord and drop a letter for us on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Granboard 3S - Simon's online capable magic dart board

Dubio

Stimulation Clicker

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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 bins and Notch teasing Minecraft fans. There's also a date for the next Maraoke (Saturday 8th February, might have a link next week...) and Block Words hits iOS! And I've been saying "BLOCKWORDS" all this time, what a fool!

Feed us with your letters! They're what keep us alive!! Send us your 2026 games industry maxim suggestions!! We've got this! Do the thing! Send them to us at [email protected]. Or join our Discord and drop a letter in our mailbag channel over there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

Block Words Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

Astrobot

Chained Together

Carry the Glass

The Exit 8

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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 Darn. Amongst other things he also reveals some cheat codes for the game "exclusively" for OLL! It's the sort of thing you'd usually have to write in to GamesMaster for!!

Caveat: This episode was fully intended to be SEEN and, as such, there's probably a fair number of visual puns and general shenanigans that don't work as well in an audio podcast... Sorry! If you want to watch the full glorious technicolour video version then it's on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOPjt6j3sGE

Why not escape from the family and bad TV over the holidays and write us a letter for one of our future episodes?! Zap them to us at [email protected]. Or join our Discord and have a good ol' chinwag over there. Link below!

And, again - Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from all at OLL Towers!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Maraoke Everything Link!

https://hello.maraoke.com

BLOCKWORDS Link!

https://blockwords.app/

The Shure link!

https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure

Reviews:

NONE!

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