A Life Well Wasted - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This is by far the smartest and most enjoyable video game podcast I've ever heard. The production quality is on the level of This American Life or Radiolab, but it's all done by one guy. Each episode is a masterpiece. The downside of his meticulous and detailed (and no doubt, time consuming) approach is that there are only a handful of episodes to listen to. Public radio should hire this guy and give him a show, a staff and a nice budget.

A wonderful podcast, deeply thought provoking and full of polish. I only wish there were more! The guests Mr. Ashley is able to get for the show are also fabulous. I'm very happy to have stumbled upon ALWW and have been devouring each one of late

Whether you know much about video games or not, ALWW is top-shelf listening material, with a host who makes things understandable and relatable for the common man, while actually staying out of the conversation for the most part, leaving most of the talking to his consistently interesting interviewees. Presentation is key for this show, and Robert Ashley, the host and editor, kills it every episode. It's just a shame new episodes are so rare.

I come back to this podcast and give it a listen through every couple years, and it just seems to get better with age. Each episode is a brilliant standalone piece in itself. Many of the older episodes are like time capsules, they transport you back into the gaming culture of the past and what it was like, what people were excited about and what it all meant to them. It’s a shame we haven’t had this, or anything like this, since then. My favorite episode is „Why Game“ (both the A and B side). Words cannot describe what it means to me