One Life Left

It's time for the post-GameCity episode and this one is no exception. Because - as usual - GameCity was fantastic and everyone who attended our amazing Marioke session are automatically FOTS and will be removed from the list. Except for Pip. She knows what she did.

And once again Ste was absent from this show. Apparently he was at a friend's birthday party which we think was being held at the Wacky Warehouse and, because he was waiting for a responsible adult to pick him up, he couldn't make it back in time. However in order to compensate for this we had two (count 'em - two!) Super-Special Guests on the show. There was Size Five Games' Dan Marshall and Mike Cook from Ann's old alma mater Goldsmiths, University of London.

We found out all about Dan's new game the Swindle, found out what he thinks about looking at pasties online and what he thinks is the 51st best game of all time. Mike told us about how you can create games by doing nothing (apart from doing a lot of programming at the beginning), upset Dan with this information (but then cheered him up) and explained his procedural gamejam (that's already sold out).

We also found out about what you need to do if you find a Mike Bithell in your house, make an allegation about Jonathan Smith and Ann explains what a bot is. Super Roger World and Sega Badawi provided some features. That we played between some excellent chiptunes and us talking.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
http://twitter.com/Mtrc
http://twitter.com/danthat
http://procjam.tumblr.com/

Track list:
1. YERZMYEY - Chasing
http://chipmusic.org/yerzmyey/music/chasing
2. VCMG - Orbital
http://chipmusic.org/vcmg/music/orbital
3. Jredd (feat. groovemaster 303) - Technocolor Street
http://chipmusic.org/jredd/music/technocolor-street-feat-groovemaster303

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We start this episode having to say goodbye to an unsung member of Team OLL. One who has played an integral part in numerous episodes and we're not sure if we'll ever be the same again. Farewell Ann's nose stud (unless she's found you again).

However, we decided against making this episode a memorial to the memory of the stud and instead chose to ask this week's Super-Special Guest Read Only Memory's Darren Wallabout his own piercings. Oh, and we asked him about ROM's new book about the Sega Megadrive which was written by the fifth-placed loser of the Journalist's Journalist award at this year's GMAs. Or Keith Stuart as he is commonly known. We tried to find out who is the subject of the next book that Darren is working on, but instead got annoyed at the acknowledgment section in Keith's book.

Ann found out about a different type of STI, Simon got annoyed with public transport and Ste got confused about where ducklings live. We also debated the sexiness of Bitmap Brother Eric Matthews and had features from Sega Badawi and Super Roger World.

Make sure to come and sing with us at GameCity if you're there or if you can't make it then come to our Christmas Party which we'll confirm next week. Maybe.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
http://twitter.com/romalerts
http://Readonlymemory.vg

Track list:
1. Volt 44 - Night Of The Living Dead
http://chipmusic.org/volt+44/music/night-of-the-living-dead-lsdj
2. Mister Beep - Slowing Down The Chaos
http://chipmusic.org/mister+beep/music/slowing-down-the-chaos-zx48
3. Syobonaction - Lilos
http://chipmusic.org/syobonaction/music/lilos
4. Groovemaster 303 - Pump It
http://chipmusic.org/groovemaster303/music/pump-it-scratchin-the-vinyl-remix

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WARNING: Simon once again forgets about sound levels and decides to shout "Get out" at a very loud volume fairly early on in this episode. This will be very annoying, so be prepared. Guy Cocker never has to put up with stuff like this. Sorry.

But the rest of the show is at a good level for listening to. The quality? Well that's for you to decide. Ste is back for the first show in four weeks and as if to add the pressure we had Simon the intern doing some independent verification on how well we produce a radio show. Luckily we had an excellent Super-Special Guest in Laughing Jackal's Alasdair Evans who spoke about his latest release, the py-rogue-a-like Flame Over, if it has any ghosts in it and what Sony Mobile are like to work for.

Ste temporarily changed into being a thesaurus, Ann went overboard with the selfie stick and Simon had a weird emphasis on the word 'spreads'. We also had features from Super Roger World, Sega Badawi and possibly a Super-Special-Secret Contributor!

All from the GMA's second-favourite Radio Show or Podcast :(

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://twitter.com/Laughing_Jackal
https://twitter.com/ev4nac
http://gamecity2014.sched.org/event/a982cb2b80f29810abfc7bee791abdb9

Track list:
1. Weave Of K - Open Spaces
http://chipmusic.org/weave+of+k/music/open-spaces
2. Klamm - Robot Warrior Plus
http://chipmusic.org/klamm/music/robot-warrior-plus
3. Bitamin - Connected
http://chipmusic.org/bitamin/music/bitamin---connected

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We're sorry that we weren't on air last week, but Ann Life Left was so great that we felt you would need an extra week to recover. Whilst we allowed Simon to come back on air after he promised that he had learnt his lesson, Ste was being belligerent so we left him on a mountain in Norway. This resulted in a different show to the ones that you're used to. A show where mic levels and timetables were not appreciated.

However our Super-Special Guest Christos Reid was someone that we greatly appreciated. He came in at extremely short notice and proved to be an excellent guest. So much so that Simon had to merge the reviews and letters sections, but it was done so smoothly that you'll never notice. We found about Christos' time in media, why he created a game jam and what his Dad thought of his games.

Dr. Avatar made an appearance along with Sega Badawi. Sega has been moaning for ages about needing a weather presenter to help his local news feature so Simon and Ann decided to give a break to Cara Ellison who was in the middle of a typhoon in Japan. In the weeks to come we'll be auditioning Helen Lewis for our economics editor and Simon 'Parko' Parkin to be our Eye In The Sky.

Ste will be returning next week and we'll be moaning about losing in the GMAs. Unless something amazing happens! Other than this week's #THIRDSDAY which will definitely be amazing!

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
http://twitter.com/failnaut
http://twitter.com/caraellison

Track list:
1. Boy Without Batteries - Shake It Off
http://chipmusic.org/boy+without+batteries/music/taylor-swift---shake-it-off-chiptune-cover
2. Volt 44 - Rockhawk
http://chipmusic.org/volt+44/music/rockhawk
3. Arlen - Galactic Snax
http://chipmusic.org/arlen/music/galactic-snax

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Sometimes - if we've been really good and very lucky - Ste and Simon are both unable to get to the studio. This means that Ann is given free reign and can curate her own videogame radio show. So we welcome into the studio Rock Paper Shotgun's Philippa Warr as a Super-Special Co-Presenter and Leigh Alexander, Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris, Kerry Turner and Monica Ion as the Super-Special Guests.

In addition to the four SSGs we had messages from all around the world from Arielle Grimes, Tina Kalinger, Nathalie De Los Santos and Merritt Kopas telling us about how they work with games. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to this episode.

Next week all will be back to normal, for which we can only apologise.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
http://twitter.com/reallyfancy
http://twitter.com/MituK
http://twitter.com/leighalexander
http://twitter.com/Monica_ion
http://twitter.com/scanters
http://twitter.com/philippawarr
http://www.therabbitclub.com/
http://thetiniestshark.com/
http://leighalexander.net/
http://www.monicaion.com/

Track list:
1. infodrive - You Won't Remember Me
http://chipmusic.org/infodrive/music/you-wont-remember-me
2. powersupply - Underwater Cavern
http://chipmusic.org/powersupply/music/underwater-cavern
3. my.Explosion - Why Do You Care?
http://chipmusic.org/my.explosion/music/why-do-you-care

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Oh my God we're back again. Our summer break was so hectic that our parents refused to let us hang out with each other and it's only since school has started that we've been able to get together and talk about games and stuff.

Luckily Ollie Clarke is seen as a good influence so we were allowed to talk to him at great length about the amazing new game that he is working on - LA Cops. Unfortunately he wasn't allowed to tell us the exclusive news that he wanted to tell us, but if any synesthetes could translate what we did manage to find out it would help us greatly. We also found out if there was a red line between Simon and Ollie. What we found out may shock you (sorry we've got to get this habit out of our system).

Ann brought back an old joke but with a new twist, Ste tried to find out when it was best to ignore people, Simon had headphone and bag problems and we all got confused about what makes a niche. (Cheese, eggs, milk, cream and pastry - Hard of hearing Ed) We also had a really good discussion about GamerGate but chose to delete it from the podcast as we felt the general public wouldn't be able to cope with the truth. If it is included on this episode then something went wrong and we advise you not to listen to it.

What we do advise you to listen to are the features performed by Sega Badawi and Super Roger World. And our singing at the fifth #THIRDSDAY of the year! If you get this podcast on the day that it is released then you have NO EXCUSE for not attending. Unless you're Simon.

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://twitter.com/OllieClarke
http://www.la-cops.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1458589364418194/

Track list:
1. Legacy - Sad Machine (overheated remix)
http://chipmusic.org/legacy/music/sad-machine---overheated-remix
2. Kremland - Disgo/CHROME
http://chipmusic.org/kremland/music/disgo
3. Klamm - Mega Man Rescues The Pink Girl
http://chipmusic.org/klamm/music/mega-man-rescues-the-pink-girl

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This episode was actually recorded two weeks ago so prepare yourself for vintage/retro One Life Left. Ann had a karaoke injury, Simon was in a grump and Ste was possibly replaced by an imposter so we had to use the latest in eye tracking technology to suss him out.

Luckily we had an excellent Super-Special Guest in Ground Shatter's James Parker who came all the way from Bristol just to be on our show. Actually, this is why the episode is two weeks late as knowing the state of Britain's public transport he'll probably only just be getting home now! He told us what it was like to work with Mike Bithell before fame changed him, what you buy when you quit your job and - more importantly - a bit about the King of Fighters style game that he's working on.

And that's not all! We also had Vlambeer's Rami Ismail and the Train Jam's Adriel Wallick dropping in. Rami talked about his games distribution helpsite / Lady Diana's dead boyfriend tribute site http://dodistribute.com/ whilst Adriel needed hashtag branding advice for the next Train Jam that's going to be held. Annoyingly it's not being held the day before Wednesday otherwise the most apt hashtag would be #ChooChooChoosday.

We also had Sega Badawi make a recorded appearance and lots of amazing letters from our amazing listeners. Hope you enjoy the summer holidays!

Cheerio!
Team OLL x

Links:
https://twitter.com/GamesWriting
http://groundshatter.com
https://twitter.com/MsMinotaur
https://twitter.com/tha_rami
http://dodistribute.com/
http://Msminotaur.com


Track list:
1. Laffe The Fox - Heaven for Monsters
http://chipmusic.org/laffe+the+fox/music/laffe-the-fox---heaven-for-monsters
2. Stinkbug - Starlight Mall
http://chipmusic.org/stinkbug/music/starlight-mall
3. Volt 44 - Zero
http://chipmusic.org/volt+44/music/zero
4. Klamm - Remember Super Mario/Super Mario Isn't Dead
http://chipmusic.org/klamm/music/remember-super-mario

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One Life Left returns after a two week break and everything has changed. Or at least one thing has: the caretaker is on holiday, which means Ste is back to uploading the podcast which means it's frankly some kind of miracle that you're even reading this. If there's a second miracle and you can hear it too, here's what to expect:

* Super special guest Rachael Reynolds talks Sunless Sea, Fallen London, drops some exclusive news involving another dev studio and teaches us how to do interviews

* The team discuss their various engagements, including Simon's fun at Develop, Ste's adventures in Joensuu and Ann's trip to Kelis

* There's some promotion for the not-at-all-confusing third #THIRDSDAY, this time on a Wednesday, i.e. potentially tonight, so see you at The Loading Bar

* Reviews, news, features, letters, etc. And lots of music, talking of which...

Track List:

1. Iron Ore - Sentiment

2. Klamm - Score

3. Calavera - About Us

4. Motionride - Whatever You Wish

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After her adventures in journalism Ann is moving into new worlds. She's going to join Pip in our roster of esport athletes by winning the co-ed Hearthstone tournament. The only possible spanner in this plan is that she doesn't really know what Hearthstone is. Will she be able to learn this important information during the show?

While Ann's working this out we interviewed this week's Super-Special Guest - Iain Simons from GameCity. We quizzed him about why GameCity is amazing (mostly for Iain to say why we're amazing), corrected him about the GameCity prize winners and found out about what's happening at the closing ceremony. But will the Sheriff that's attending the closing ceremony be Alan Rickman or Tony Robinson?

We also brain stormed ideas for what we're going to do for this year's GameCity, then gave up and offered you (yes you!) the chance to do it for us. Not only that, but we were given an EXCLUSIVE about an attendee that has got our pushing arms twitching in anticipation. In addition to all this amazing info we had features from Super Roger World and Sega Badawi.

Cheerio,
Team OLL x

Links:
https://twitter.com/gamecity
https://twitter.com/iainsimons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaZZvbuPqmw

Track list:
1. Ypmid - Puzzles
http://chipmusic.org/ypmid/music/puzzles
2. 8 Bit Kidd - Slow death
http://chipmusic.org/8bit+kidd/music/slow-death
3. Arc Of Dream - Descent
http://chipmusic.org/arcofdream/music/descent
4. Cam - Safe Banana
http://chipmusic.org/cam/music/safe-banana

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