One Life Left's Podcast

Are They Gamers? - #592

Hello and welcome to another episode of One Life Left! There's no super special guest this week but there's still LOTS of good stuff including the Switch 2 selling loads, MS denying that stores are ditching Xbox, Nintendo sparking Pikmin speculation and the majority of US gamers don't buy many games - according to some stats! We also have Simon reporting back from IndieDevDay 2025 [https://www.indiedevday.es/en/] in Barcelona, despite eating a dodgy burger, Ste reporting on last week's Maraoke, game dev struggles, auteurs in game dev and good games journalism and is it all connected?!? No, not the dodgy burger but all the other stuff. Maybe. The letters have been brilliant recently so PLEASE keep them coming to team@onelifeleft.com [team@onelifeleft.com] or hop over into our Discord and drop us a letter there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ [http://hello.onelifeleft.com/] The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com [https://hello.maraoke.com] Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ [https://blockwords.app/] The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure [https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure] Reviews: Baby Steps [https://www.babystepsgame.com/] CloverPit [https://www.panikarcade.games/] Is This Seat Taken? [https://www.potipoti.studio/] Star Wars Outlaws: Wildcard DLC [https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/star-wars/outlaws] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

SLOP - #591

Dan Marshall [https://bsky.app/profile/danthat.bsky.social] put out a call and we answered that call for this week Dan joins us as our SSG! He's here talking all things Earth Must Die [https://earth-must-die.com/] including influences [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekxLg1X6DS8] , rubbing shoulders with comedians and dealing with Ste's puritanical Steam feed! We also have the MS Game Pass price hike, Lego Gameboys, Amazon Spring clean their game service yet again and Charlesbot writes a K-pop song! There's still time for YOU to get tickets for our next Maraoke event on Friday 10th October at Loading Bar, N16 0PH. Get them here: https://maraoke.com/booknow [https://maraoke.com/booknow] We are loving these letters! PLEASE keep them coming to team@onelifeleft.com [team@onelifeleft.com] or join our Discord and drop a letter for us there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ [http://hello.onelifeleft.com/] The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com [https://hello.maraoke.com] Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ [https://blockwords.app/] The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure [https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure] Reviews: Baby Steps [https://www.babystepsgame.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

What am I? - #590

Had this episode been released closer to Halloween, and/or I been a braver person, I would've given it the title "Grave Reads" because this week our Super Special Guest is none other than Sam Read-Graves [https://bsky.app/profile/readgraves.com], creator of the ONLY trolley problem themed video game worth YOUR time, funnily enough called Trolley Problem Inc [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1582680/Trolley_Problem_Inc/]. Sam is here to talk about development of his new game Task Time [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2182680/Task_Time/] as well as how to not blow the budget when going to GDC. He's probably also very happy that I'm a wimp and decided not to go with my initial episode title. Meanwhile we have confessions, EA buyouts, GDC renames and Nintendo pop-ups! The Pickaxe Week 2025 edition of One Life Left IS still available HERE [https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2573718636?t=00h09m15s] for those of you so inclined to check it out! The next Maraoke event is on Friday 10th October at Loading Bar, N16 0PH. You'll be wanting to buy your tickets here: https://maraoke.com/booknow [https://maraoke.com/booknow] PLEASE send more letters to team@onelifeleft.com [team@onelifeleft.com] or pop into our friendly Discord and leave us a letter there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ [http://hello.onelifeleft.com/] The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com [https://hello.maraoke.com] Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ [https://blockwords.app/] The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure [https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure] Reviews: Star Wars Outlaws [https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/star-wars/outlaws] Super Mario Odyssey [https://supermario.nintendo.com/] Unfair Flips [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3925760/Unfair_Flips/] Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy [https://www.crashbandicoot.com/nsane-trilogy/] Spyro Reignited Trilogy [https://www.spyrothedragon.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Bosched It - #589

Bosched it is a new technical term invented by Ste and we want everyone to start using this until we start to hear it everywhere. Write in and give us some ideas as to the finer points of what it actually means. Meanwhile, this episode, we have Team OLL going on a ramble, Borderlands 4 hiccups, Lenovo Legion being too popular, fans resurrecting The Crew, EA release another footie game and Sega are still taking digs at Nintendo all these years on... If you are bothering to read this then, yep, the OLL appearance on the Yogscast Twitch channel for Pickaxe Week 2025 was... yesterday! However, until it disappears you can still catch it as a "recent broadcast" on Twitch HERE [https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2573718636?t=00h09m15s] (and I might get the all clear to turn it into a bonus episode in future - I think it was quite a good show, anyway!) Don't forget we have a Maraoke event in October and you can get your tickets here: https://maraoke.com/booknow [https://maraoke.com/booknow] Thank you for all the letters this week, they were BRILLIANT!! The only thing is that we need more letters for next week, then the week after and the week after that. What I'm saying is PLEASE keep them coming!! Send your letters to team@onelifeleft.com [team@onelifeleft.com] or join our Discord and drop them in the mailbag there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ [http://hello.onelifeleft.com/] The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com [https://hello.maraoke.com] Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ [https://blockwords.app/] The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure [https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure] Reviews: Super Mario Odyssey [https://supermario.nintendo.com/] Sonic X Shadow Generations [https://sonicxshadowgenerations.com/?lang=en] Mindset Go! [https://mindset.game/] TikTok effect house [https://effecthouse.tiktok.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Unscripted - #588

In this episode we have Simon spying on other podcasts, a Nintendo Direct dissect, US Patent Gaming Mechanic Shenanigans, game release timing faux pas and Acclaim is the name of the game. Again. We also have a Maraoke report and news of the NEXT event in October, tickets for which can be purchased here: https://maraoke.com/booknow [https://maraoke.com/booknow] Is the moon falling? Do you play games in cars?? How DO Venn diagrams work??? SEND US LETTERS!!!! Seriously. Please. We have two shows next week and need ideas of what to do so fire us your suggestions at team@onelifeleft.com [team@onelifeleft.com] or join our Discord tell us there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ [http://hello.onelifeleft.com/] The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com [https://hello.maraoke.com] Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ [https://blockwords.app/] The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure [https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure] Reviews: Nintendo Switch 2 [https://www.nintendo.com/sg/switch2/index.html] Mindset Go! [https://mindset.game/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]