{"id":857,"date":"2009-01-28T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driph.com\/words\/?p=857"},"modified":"2009-01-30T09:34:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T17:34:58","slug":"a-life-well-wasted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/2009\/01\/a-life-well-wasted\/","title":{"rendered":"A Life Well Wasted."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/robertashley\">Robert Ashley<\/a>, freelance writer and one of the numerous victims of the 1UP meltdown, has released the first episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/alifewellwasted.com\/\">A Life Well Wasted<\/a>, a video game podcast that is, unlike many others out there, remarkably well-produced and edited. Looking to Ira Glass&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/\">This American Life<\/a> for inspiration, A Life Well Wasted weaves multiple interviews and musical interludes, guided by short bits of infrequent narration by Ashley, the host of the show. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alifewellwasted.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"858\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/2009\/01\/a-life-well-wasted\/alifewellwasted\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/alifewellwasted.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A Life Well Wasted\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/alifewellwasted-300x60.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/alifewellwasted.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/alifewellwasted.jpg\" alt=\"A Life Well Wasted\" title=\"A Life Well Wasted\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/alifewellwasted.jpg 500w, https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/alifewellwasted-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <em>inaugural<\/em> episode recounts the life and death of Electronic Gaming Monthly, and I highly recommend listening to it. Even if you&#8217;re the sort that can&#8217;t stand podcasts, take the time to check this one out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Ashley, freelance writer and one of the numerous victims of the 1UP meltdown, has released the first episode of A Life Well Wasted, a video game podcast that is, unlike many others out there, remarkably well-produced and edited. 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