One Life Left
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| Other names | OLL |
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| Genre | Video gaming |
| Country | England |
| Home station | Resonance FM |
| Hosts | Ste Curran Simon Byron Ann Scantlebury |
| No. of episodes | 99 |
| Website | http://www.onelifeleft.com/ |
 Podcast |
http://onelifeleft.libsyn.com/rss |
One Life Left is Europe's first and only dedicated videogames FM radio show.[1][2] It is presented by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Ann Scantlebury. Earlier host Robert Howells stopped appearing on the show, to be later replaced by Simon, with no official reason given by the other hosts. It includes news, reviews, features, competitions and a weekly studio guest. One Life Left is broadcast on Resonance FM, a London community radio station at 19:00 every Monday, and is available as a podcast.
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[edit] Guests and features
One Life Left is presented in a magazine style, with guests and features. Guests have included industry figures such as Jon Hare, Charles Cecil, Paul Rose[3] and comedian and presenter Joe Cornish. Features range from comedy sketches (for example, Craig 'The Rage' McClelland's video game poetry and Ms. Snac-Man's "gaming recipes") to views from the industry (for example, Derek Williams' Free Market Economy, from the perspective of a market stall owner) and game reviews (for example Talia Reviews Nintendo Games Because They Are For Kids).
One Life Left has also recorded from the Develop Conference and Expo.[4]
[edit] Critical reaction
The video games website Kotaku considered One Life Left to be "a sweet blend of light-hearted discussion, music, interviews and ridiculous features", pointing out its uniqueness in gaming and in radio.[5] Guardian Unlimited's Aleks Krotoski has also commented on the quality of the show's podcasts.[6]
On August 31st 2007 it was announced that the show has been nominated for an award in the Best Games Podcast category at the 2007 Games Media Awards.[7] Other nominees in the category included, Cheap Ass Gamer's CAGcast, Gamespot, Gamesweasel and PC Gamer.
[edit] Music to Play Games By
In December 2008, One Life Left released Music to Play Games By, a compliation CD of music inspired by video games. It was arranged by Simon Parkin and produced by Andrew Smillie. The album covers various videogame themes and styles,[1]and has been described as "chip-indie".[2] Kotaku considered the album to be an excellent collection of "chiptunes, remixes, even normal songs that are just written about games."[8]
The tracklisting is:
- Copy - Playered
- Mark Denardo - Monkey Mountain
- The Lost Levels - Early Sheets
- Optimus Rhyme - Obey The Moderator
- Bracken - Heathens (8-Bit Remix)
- The Duloks - Red Wizard Needs Food Badly
- Botnik - Oil Ocean
- Derek Williams - Let's Play Video Games
- Frux - Doom and Gloom
- The Doyouinverts - 7/10
- Project A-Ko - Materia Girl
- Kid Carpet - Solitaire Rock
[edit] External links
- One Life Left home page
- 1UP-Zine published by Raina Lee
- One Life Left's Archive
- One Life Left at GamerWiki
[edit] References
- ^ a b "One Life Left presents Music To Play Games By". Music 4 Games. 2008-12-02. http://www.music4games.net/News_Display.aspx?id=1114. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ^ a b Keith Stuart (3 December 2008). "Music to play games by...". Guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2008/dec/03/gameculture1. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ^ "How Do I Be Goro?". Mr Biffo's Blog. http://web.archive.org/web/20061031005953/http://biffovision.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-do-i-be-goro.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ French, Michael. "One Life Left steps out in Brighton". developmag.com. http://www.developmag.com/news/28189/One-Life-Left-steps-out-in-Brighton. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ Plunkett, Luke. "One Life, Many Podcasts Left". kotaku.com. http://kotaku.com/gaming/podcasts/one-life-many-podcasts-left-242086.php. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ Krotoski, Aleks. "One Life Left podcast". Guardian Unlimited. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2007/03/09/one_life_left_podcast.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Games Media Awards finalists announced". MCV. http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28177/Games-Media-Awards-finalists-revealed. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ Luke Plunkett (Dec 3 2008). "Excellent Radio Show Releases Excellent Games Music CD". Kotaku. http://kotaku.com/5101218/excellent-radio-show-releases-excellent-games-music-cd. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
