One Life Left

This week in your single video game podcast that releases a single episode per week (most of the time) that covers industry news, new releases (often) and has smart thoughts and analysis (we try), we have Cliff Bleszinski waiting on a call from Microsoft, Ste cancels Netflix in anger, Hideaki Itsuno doesn't like fast travel and the Switch successor brags an 8" (screen). We also have a Pocket Gamer report and Charlesbot points the finger at fat cat bosses!

Plus in our exclusive podcast intro section, Simon gives us a history of Phillip Schofield while Ste shows us a "behind the curtain" view of virtual studio use and the perils therein!

WRITE TO US BECAUSE THE SHOW IS BETTER WITH YOU IN IT!! Please? Drop a letter to us at [email protected]. Or come along and join in the fun on our OLL Discord where the party never stops! Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

LEGO 2K Drive

JAILBREAKER

51 Worldwide Games (as it's known in Europe & Australia, 51 Worldwide Classics everywhere else...)

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You should always take your socks gaming with you. That may or may not be the important lesson to be learned in this week's episode, or I misheard something. Possibly that. On this week's RADIO SHOW that is also a podcast (but a RADIO SHOW first and foremost) we also find out what is "confusing AF" about Bluey's Xmas episodes, Palworld copies from Pokemon shocker, 8% of all devs are working on Switch 2, PS4 outsells XSX, 100 is small, Simon bursts into song and Charlesbot tries out his Australian accent!

Plus there's a test run of our new trivia quiz that may never get repeated. Winner gets a pair of socks - the perfect co-op gaming companion!

Things are getting dangerously low on the letters front, dear listeners! Beat those January blues by writing us a missive to [email protected]. Or come and join us in our OLL Discord and pop a letter for us on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Pâquerette Down the Bunburrows

Can of Wormholes

Exiled

Kyle is Famous

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Hello! It's show time once again! And this show is hangry. Or Simon is, at least. This week we have a Past Guest Postmortem, Steam breaks records again, Sony drive a car, Altec Lansing guess things, Valve clamp down on AI, there's something about Suicide Squad and Ste gets a new controller. One Life Left: Consistently consistent since 2006!

Meanwhile there's another Maraoke! It's on Monday 22nd January at Pocket Gamer in London and you can get tickets from here: https://lu.ma/34n830m9 Tickets are limited so don't think about it, do it!

Have you got any virtual studio recommendations for us? Do you know what the Rabbit R1 does?? Or are you happy to wildly speculate, at least? If so then fire your missives in our direction at [email protected]. Or slide into our Discord and drop us a note on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Sifu

Creed: Rise to Glory

Baldur's Gate 3

The Exit 8

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Happy New Year! We are back from a very video-game Xmas and we might all be a bit rusty after the holidays! In this episode we have Steam releasing a lot of games (though the signal to noise ratio isn't great), a 13 year old kills Tetris, Nintendo might have a new console out this year and new life is breathed into Cyberpunk 2077. Simon and Ste also share their experiences of the Meta Quest 3 with you, dear listeners, because you deserve it!

Did you make any New Year Resolutions?! Tell us all about them and how many days they lasted!! Send your letters to us at [email protected]. Or you could 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 Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Everybody 1-2-Switch!

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On the last show before Christmas

Ste and Simon gave to me

A real, live, talking SSG!

That's right, dear listeners! You've been good this year, mostly, so you get an SSG in the form of Andrew Smith from Spilt Milk Studios, here to talk all about Trash Goblin, amongst other things! There's also Game Awards "excitement", vegan gangsters, a zombie MMO that might not be an MMO (and definitely isn't now), Sega takes ages going back to old games, we play a quick game of Steam Top Trumps and Fortnite ramps up their attempt at world domination. All in this bumper Christmas issue of One Life Left!

Maraoke did Jingle Jam!! If you missed it, that's OK coz the lovely folks at Yogscast have put it on their YouTube channel - all 2 hours and 44 minutes of it! Link is below...

There may also still be time for you to get a ticket for the Maraoke Xmas Party 2023, happening on Saturday 16th December at Loading Peckham, here:

maraoke.com/xmas

Will our mailbag be as full as Santa's sack by the time we return?? We'd like to think so but we'll be realistic as we all know Santa only comes once a year! Please send your letters to us at [email protected]. Or join us and other listeners on our Discord and leave a letter on there. Link below!

Hope you have a good Xmas and all the best for 2024!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

The Jingle Jam 2023 Maraoke Stream Link!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oli6lNT6c2c (WARNING: Contains swears, mainly from Ste)

The Maraoke Twitch Link!:

https://www.twitch.tv/singmaraoke (may be in use for the Xmas Party)

The Trash Goblin Link!:

https://www.trashgoblingame.com/

Reviews:

LEGO Fortnite

A Highland Song

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Born of Bread

Baldur's Gate 3

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

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This week stuff happened. What stuff? Well you could just listen to the episode to find out OR maybe you're reading this at some point in the future when there are thousands of OLL episodes and you're searching through the notes, trying to find something specific... Hello, listeners from the far flung future! How is your commercially viable rocket-pack? Are you living on Mars? In this episode you will find that Simon hates books, Ste talks sausages, Rockstar devs have leaky offspring, PlayStation cause a content licensing/ownership stir and Yorkshire Tea think you'll spend £150 on one of their branded controllers... WHY?? It doesn't even come with any of their teabags!! Anyway... In the latest Tales From Japan we see our intrepid pair (plus Responsible Adult) take on the Nintendo Store in full Supermarket Sweep style!

Meanwhile Maraoke does Jingle Jam! On Friday 8th December at 5pm GMT (according to the Yogscast schedule) we will be LIVE on the Jingle Jam Twitch Stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/yogscast

There's also a LIVE and IN PERSON Maraoke/OLL Xmas Party on Saturday 16th December at Loading Peckham and you can get your tickets here: maraoke.com/xmas

Does your Mum and/or Dad work for Rockstar? Is buying owning?? What have you asked Santa for Xmas??? Let us know at [email protected]. Or join all the cool kids and hop onto our Discord server 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 Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Cyberpunk 2077

Yousician

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Hello and welcome to another episode of One Life Left! In this episode Ste confuses a Royal Mail employee LIVE ON AIR, Simon has a new laptop that doesn't seem as bad as strangers on the internet make it out to be, Ubisoft assassinates Assassin's Creed pop-up ads, Gamemaker goes free (for some), Fortnite to have a Big Bang, Activision watch what you watch and we ponder past PR pop-ups.

Meanwhile, in a world where it seems to be getting more acceptable to put Xmas decorations up in November, we have the second of our features that absolutely nobody is calling Tales from Japan that sees our dynamic duo (plus Responsible Adult) visit an arcade. In Japan, obviously.

What happened, dear listeners? I thought we were friends?? How come you don't write to us anymore?!? Why don't you send us some "media recommendations" or tell us if you know what "the dogs are barking" means at [email protected]. Or join our friendly Discord server 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 Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Cyberpunk 2077

Spiderman: Miles Morales

Robocop: Rogue City

Terminator: Resistance

Puzzmo

Pixel Cup Soccer

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Welcome back, dear listeners, to another episode of One Life Left! This week I, Phil the Undercaretaker, try not to get jealous as we hear Part I of (kind of new feature, I suppose) Tales from Japan! (I need to work on that title... it was a last minute decision...) Meanwhile we discover just who the heck Jonathan Smith is and why he's the Responsible Adult. There's also Simon in a plane toilet, Ste still being jetlagged, Charlesbot getting annoyed by Geoff Keighley, people exchange money, scalpers have love for the PS Portal, DLC thoughts and a 25 year old game gets an update! Woo!

Do you play inappropriate video games in public? What is Simon paralyzed by?? Will we find out next week?!? Let us know at [email protected]. Or jump into a jet plane and fly across to our Discord to chat and leave a letter on there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Robocop: Rogue City

Mr. Sun's Hatbox

Caves of Qud

Puzzmo

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This week we might mention that we're going to Japan. Did we mention that we're going to Japan? Well, we're going to Japan. In fact, by the time you read this we'll be up in the air or there already! Excitement!!! Anyway, besides all that, in this episode we have Simon's squeaky chair, Ste's dislike of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, an accidental bank account shutdown, a game is too hot for Microsoft and Nintendo, lots of people play Fortnite again, Lords of the Fallen gets harder and Modern Warfare gets forced on people. Kind of.

How many pairs of pants do you take on holiday? How many bank accounts have you opened this week?? What are the account details and your Mum's maiden name?? Send your answers to us at [email protected]. Regular correspondence, questions and ponderings are also welcomed. Or join our Discord and hurl love/abuse at us there. Link below!

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

Robocop: Rogue City

Aliens: Dark Descent

Caves of Qud

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We suffered some technical issues not of our making yet again this week, folks, so apologies in advance for any drop in quality you may experience. You'll be hearing a few apologies during the show, too, though I (Phil the Undercaretaker) will hold my hand up and say that I don't think it's all that bad. It certainly could've been worse... and, admittedly, if I'd edited out much more then all the apologies and some of the in-show comments wouldn't have made much sense so... there we go.

Despite all that, we still have a bumper show for you! This week we hear about Ste's Challenging Weekend(TM), we get a cheese explosion update and Simon speculates on a Switch 2 launch date (he was right about F-Zero so get to the bookies!) We also have a big week in GTA history, Ste's cat behaves weirdly, Blizzard are out for blood, we learn how to smell like Shadow Moses Island and Simon gets so cross about Dreamlight Valley that he breaks the internet!

Have you ever been sailed down the Thames as part of a PR stunt? If so then write to us at [email protected] and tell us all about it. Regular correspondence is also welcomed. You can also join our Discord server and post a letter for us there. Link below!

Remember to always use a Rawlplug, dear listeners. (Other wall plugs are available)

We are not financial advisors.

TTFN,

Team OLL x

Links:

The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!:

http://hello.onelifeleft.com/

The Purely OLL Discord Link!:

https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk

The Maraoke Everything Link!:

http://hello.marao.ke/

Reviews:

EA Sports FC

Metal Gear Solid Remaster

Cyberpunk 2077

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