One Life Left

As the Team went into the studio they took a moment to do a quick roll call. Ste - check. Ann - check. CD with the theme tune on - definitely check. Simon - Simon? Anyone? Simon? Apparently Simon was in Tenerife, but it was unclear if this had been cleared with HR. If you tune in next week this mystery will definitely be solved (assuming we remember it).

There was also no Super-Special Guest this week which meant Ste and Ann could talk about the most important subject in videogames over the past seven days which as we all know was: What was the most boring thing we have done recently?

We tried to work out if Ann had AR glasses, were fully entranced by Ste's Noita chat, and nearly went back on our letter ruling from last week. But we didn't. Team OLL has made a unanimous decision and we will stick with it, even if it affects our content levels.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Horror
https://noitagame.com/

Reviews:
https://www.thebradwellconspiracy.com/
https://www.ea.com/games/peggle/peggle-blast
https://www.capybaragames.com/Grindstone/
https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/
https://sociablesoccer.com/
http://guildlings.com/

Tracklist:

1. Gala - OPL2 + Reverb
   https://chipmusic.org/Gala/music/opl2--reverb

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The full team came into the studio with sufficient time for the show to start, only to find that the mixing desk didn't want to play fair. Was it upset that we didn't have a show last week? We may never find out. This did mean that this week's episode is one minute shorter than usual, but we increased the quality of the rest of the episode by 1.7% so you won't see any difference (statistic provided by Ann Scantlebury).

We managed to get Tom Vian from SFB Games in to talk about Tangle Tower, their latest release, and Snipperclips. Both games were launch titles for Apple Arcade and the Switch respectively so we had lots of questions about how what it was like dealing with Nintendo and Apple. Tom tried his best to answer those questions, without ruining any future relationships. Tangle Tower is a murder mystery game that's also available on Switch and Steam. There's also a soundtrack available, and we played some of it on the show. But more importantly, how do you make your own Snipperclips joycons?

There was also confusion about if the Playdate console had been released, Ste had an update from Reboot Develop, Simon might have finally got baseball out of his system (but his Switch habit is getting out of control). Best of all, we had a Damo update.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
http://adventurexpo.org/
http://www.sfbgames.com/
https://twitter.com/SFBTom
https://twitter.com/SFBDim

Reviews:
https://goose.game/
https://www.mosaiccorp.biz/
https://www.capybaragames.com/Grindstone/
https://www.daedalic.com/state-of-mind

Tracklist:

1. Hide Your Tigers - Dream Diver
   https://chipmusic.org/Hide+Your+Tigers/music/decaying-tigers--dream-diver-lsdj

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After last week’s transport trials we were happy to see the full team in the studio in time for the episode to start. But which one of us missed a flight in the past seven days? And which of us took advantage of the free cable cars that were available thanks to Extinction Rebellion? And did Ann get some shots?

There was no Super-Special Guest this week, but we took that as an opportunity to clarify if you needed to wear pants while playing videogames. We also found out if Dexter listens to One Life Left, worked out who was who in Ann’s family, and which of Ann’s naughty grandparents disgusted her the most with their videogame antics.

There was some confusion about the location of a letter that Tim Miller sent in, we thought Simon had found it, but maybe he didn’t. And we requested that our listeners send in cakes to the show, which works for Test Match Special. Just don’t do what a listener did with a cake that they sent to Mike Mendoza. That did not end well, or broadcastable.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/979120/Autonauts/
https://www.exploreyork.org.uk/event/simon-parkin-a-game-of-birds-and-wolves/
https://zaumstudio.com/

Reviews:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/assemble-with-care/id1450498694
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/sniper-elite-3-ultimate-edition-switch/
https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/
https://noitagame.com/

Tracklist:

1. Cuby The Box - Hello Chips
   https://chipmusic.org/CubyTheBox/music/hallo-chips

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The full team was back this week for almost the full episode. But which of the team let us down and came in late? Was it Ann, who finally got to show Simon her new party trick? Was it Ste, who managed to get confused as to what skeuomorphism is? (It’s like Link’s Awakening all over again) Or was it Simon, who has had a terrible week in videogame baseball? The answer is held within this episode. And gets answered within the first ten seconds after the theme finishes.

Luckily there more to this week’s episode than that. We also had live Fortnite updates, worked out which games company is going to be our next big score, and found out which of the team has been the closest to firing a gun.

And if you’re a tv company looking for a new brand to option, could you contact us as soon as possible? We’d be prepared to put you in our Apple Arcade family if that helps.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_(card_game)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2406516192962390/

Reviews:
https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/
https://widerightgames.com/
https://noitagame.com/
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mega-baseball-2-ultimate-edition-switch/
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/sniper-elite-3-ultimate-edition-switch/
https://www.ea.com/games/peggle/peggle-blast
http://sushicat.org/

Tracklist:

1. Chipzel - Beginner’s Luck (Dicey Dungeon)
   https://chipzel.co.uk/track/beginners-luck

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The episode was recorded on 07/10, or One Life Left Day as we always forget to say until the 9th, at which point the relevance of it has dissipated somewhat. Ah well. There’s always next year.

It’s another Ann free week unfortunately as she was ill, but she had managed to send us the news so we were not as stuck as last week. Plus we also had a Super-Special Guest! George Perkins from Super Rare Games to talk about the Switch games that his company releases in a physical form. We asked him how far in advance he knows what games Super Rare are going to release, if he keeps track of the second hand value of Super Rare’s releases, and which developer is the most attractive.

We also found out Simon’s system for remembering names, Ste told us if he was into mobile games, and we tried to work out where Alphabear 2 was on the Google Play store. If you have any leads let us know.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://twitter.com/SuperRareGeorge
https://twitter.com/SuperRareGames
https://twitter.com/WarpDigitalUK
https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/
https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/events/2019/10/21/resofit
https://www.facebook.com/events/2406516192962390/

Reviews:
https://widerightgames.com/ (Freedom Finger)
https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/sniper-elite-3-ultimate-edition-switch/

Tracklist:

1. DoragonJOKE - Adventurous Bubbleship
   https://chipmusic.org/%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3JOKE/music/adventurous-bubble-ship

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With Ann being out of the country in Iceland how will Ste and Simon cope? Well, Simon became obsessed with sleep tracking so it was business as usual for him. Ste however went a little off the rails and this episode became his Simon Mayo confessional. We’ll get HR to give him a verbal warning for bringing the show into disrepute.

We also spoke about unions, found out what game Simon launched the crowdfunding for, Ste explained auto chess, and Simon had a live reveal of the new Colonel Sanders.

We’re nearly caught up from our Season 20 backlog. The next episode will be uploaded this Thursday and then after that every episode will be released on Wednesday. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://rebootdevelopred.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/kiwo

Reviews:
https://supermegabaseball.com/
http://www.feralinteractive.com/en/switch-games/gridautosport/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colonel_Sanders_A_Finger_Lickin_Good_Dating_Simulator/
https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/

Tracklist:

1. Sofa Spartan - Etherial
   https://chipmusic.org/sofaspartan-music/music/etherial

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What do you do when one of your co-hosts is off and another one is stuck in traffic? Ste showed one of the potential options available in this week’s episode. Luckily Ann managed to get to the studio before her text did, which meant that we’ll have to go back to solo Ste in a future season.

No Simon meant that there was no Super-Special Guest, but Ste and Ann had lots to talk about. They made an executive decision to change the format of the news, which is something that will rock videogame radio shows for years to come. The major development of the week is that Marioke changed its name to Maraoke. This news didn’t sound too big, but now you can see it written down you realise that it actually looks different.

We also found out that Ann had been watching mucky movies, Ste’s students were doing a game jam on seasons, and Ann forgot what FMV stood for. Again. We also announced the launch party of Maraoke, which is taking place on 18th October at the Loading Bar. See you there.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://play.google.com/about/play-pass/
https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmMaCV1zXDA
https://twitter.com/SingMaraoke

Reviews:
http://diceydungeons.com/ (again)
http://www.tellingliesgame.com/
https://www.increpare.com/game/hypnocult.html

Tracklist:

1. adaMills - Star to Finish
   https://chipmusic.org/adaMills/music/star-to-finish

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It’s a full team this week, but Simon is poorly so it’s more of a team 2.5. Except we had Jack Attridge on as a Super-Special Guest which boosted us up to 3.5. He was on to talk about Erica, which is also the name of his newest game. Or is it a movie? We try to work out the differences between the two. More importantly, is it a lean back or a lean forward experience? Even more importantly, what does Jack’s Mum think about Erica?

We tried to work out if we were a family, checked what we were collectively subscribed to, and did an investigation into if piracy was still popular. Simon undid one button too many on his shirts and Jack told us that he was on the BAFTA jury for best narrative game. Oh the stories he could tell!

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://twitter.com/JacksFlavour
https://languagedrops.com/
https://www.bandainamco-am.co.uk/machine-sales/deluxe-games/space-invaders-frenzy/

Reviews:
http://www.mediocre.se/pinout/
https://supermegabaseball.com/
https://ripstone.com/game/snooker19/
https://buy.mutantyearzero.com/
http://diceydungeons.com/
https://spryfox.com/our-games/alphabear2/
http://popcannibal.com/kindwords/

Tracklist:

1. Tsuwami - Battle Music
   https://chipmusic.org/Tsuwami/music/battle-music

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So we’re back with season (BEEP). And we have been for the past three weeks, but we forgot to tell anyone. Included in that list was The Caretaker, which is why you’re going to have four episodes over the next two weeks. Aren’t you a lucky bunch of listeners?

There was no Simon this week, which meant this episode was a bit Taylor Swift heavy. There was no Super-Special Guest either, which meant we told you everything we knew about Death Stranding. And being our first day back meant we also got to tell you What We Did On Our Holidays.

Ste told us about his Gamescom adventures, showed us his astounding powers of recall, and also why he’s going to do a Billy Madison. Ann is now a non-Endless runner and spoiled Succession (luckily off-air). We also gave Cassetteboy a great idea for a new video, explained why Spotify has ruined the art of the hidden track, and told everyone that Marioke is changing its name. Except that was two weeks ago Grandad!

Sorry about the delay in uploading the podcasts. Normal service will resume in two weeks. Although, by us failing to upload the episodes two weeks after they aired you could argue that normal service has already started.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO3NJCPIoY

Reviews:
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/erica-ps4/
http://diceydungeons.com/

Tracklist:

1. adaMills - The Motherchip
2. Derris Kharlan - Machine Learning EX

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The last day of radio term always sees a bit of giddiness among the team. The presenters don't wear their usual radio uniform, you can bring your board games and videogames into the studio (although Simon always brings his Switch in), and Lewis Schaffer brings in cakes for us all to enjoy. But one thing Team OLL never does on the last day of term is go skiving. UNTIL NOW.

Ann decided that instead of doing the final news of the season, she would rather be driven to Italy by her in-laws. This meant that there was a news-shaped hole in our show. Normally this would result in Simon and Ste seeing what was on Eurogamer, but they had planned ahead and got Sega Badawi aka Caretaker Ben down the Skype line to tell them videogame news that was slightly too long for the news jingle. Considering that Ben couldn't hear the jingle and kept losing his place on his script it worked alright. He even provided us with some Nintendo Karen updates.

Once Ben was gone, Ste and Simon had the chance to talk about what they are planning to do over the summer and tried to clarify what the big Gamescom rumour was in 2018. We also booked our first guest of Season 20, made some Marioke announcements (and some pre-announcements), and joined the Slayers Club.

Cheerio and happy holidays!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://www.instagram.com/whoamiamyouareme/
https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en/
http://www.denki.co.uk/portfolio/autonauts/

Reviews:
https://www.konami.com/games/us/en/products/pixelpuzzle/
https://supermegabaseball.com/
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/FINAL-FANTASY-XII-THE-ZODIAC-AGE-1438870.html
https://store.steampowered.com/app/410320/EARTH_DEFENSE_FORCE_41_The_Shadow_of_New_Despair/
https://robjinman.itch.io/pro-office-calculator
https://store.steampowered.com/app/865270/LIBRARY/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071920/_Foreign_Frugglers/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1102030/KLAC/
Another word game

Tracklist:
1. adaMills - Lighthause
https://chipmusic.org/adaMills/music/lighthause
2. 8-BIT Chintendo - Stereophobia
https://chipmusic.org/8-BITchintendo/music/stereophobia

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