Ji@nBing Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Well the final episode is done and the best podcast on the net is over. I've been listening for 4 or so years, so it's a sad day for me :p. Haven't listened to the final product, but I watched the live stream last night and it was pretty epic. Garnett cried a few times, lol. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconboy Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 WHA!? am i the only one who feels like this came out of nowhere!? I mean, the death of the 1up yours podcast and an asss load of firings at 1up itself are still so fresh in my mind, when i heard garnett would stay and continue the podcast i thought it would never be the same and hence crappier, but to my delight and surprised the qualiy of the podcast (listen up) never dipped. this really truely sucks! what happened!? someome please summerize it for me as i go and try to piece it together myself.... what happened to lead upto this!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 :( With EGM gone and this, it might not be as popular anymore. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 Thought I may as well post Kotaku's take on it: It may have been two years ago when a friend told me I needed to be listening to the main podcast on 1Up.com. Dirt was being spilled on it. In part because the wrong people weren't listening.I've been behind on listening to what used to be called 1Up Yours and, more recently, Listen Up, ever since, trying to keep pace with a weekly release of audio talk about games that usually exceeded two hours. I will be caught up soon, for an unfortunate reason: The podcast, as it has been structured for three years, is ending. Today's Listen Up, recorded Thursday night, is the farewell episode for host, Garnett Lee, and regular guest, John Davison. Lee and Davison have started new jobs at outlets competitive with 1Up. 1Up editorial director Sam Kennedy, who described today's episode as "an end of an era," told me that, in some form, the podcast will go on, under the direction of show veteran David Ellis. "He has some fantastic ideas about the direction in which it should go next," Kennedy wrote in an e-mail to Kotaku. "We've also just upgraded 1Up's podcast studio with brand new equipment (ironically, which Garnett helped spec — he was only able to use it this once before leaving). So I'd say there are definitely some good things to look forward on the 1Up podcast front — in terms of a show to replace Listen Up but also some other things we have planned. The podcast, which I will refer to as Listen Up for simplicity's sake, has been a fine experiment for a different way to cover video games. Critics might say it was nothing more than a two-hour open mic for rambling about new games and news. But even at its most lengthy, the show was great for unraveling secrets and good for rants. While the published words of 1Up's writers may have been monitored by the gaming industry's press relations apparatus, the podcast was a good source to hear gaming reporters and reviewers talk recklessly unrestrained about what they were playing and hearing. They talked about new games that showed up in the office with the rhythm of friends at a bar — an effect aided by the constant presence of alcohol around the table where they recorded. Their most notorious guests were the talkers, developer Denis Dyack on a warpath about the irresponsibility and potential libelous nature of gaming forums... developer Bill Roper requiring more than an hour to explain his then-unreleased game, Hellgate: London. I was a guest a couple of times, though for better or worse, I don't think my stints earned me any infamy. The show regulars were the main attractions, a cast of characters who consistently had to say goodbye to their "fourth chair," the equivalent of the podcast drummer who never lasted long in the band. Today the first chair is gone as well. This latest and possibly last episode is billed as an emotional farewell. I hear there are tears in it. As a podcast listener — one who has often turned them into posts here — I'll miss Garnett's version of the show. He's off to Shacknews. Davison is taking over GamePro. For the faithful who want 1Up's flagship podcast to continue, Kennedy notes: "A podcast in the spirit of 1UP Yours and Listen Up will be coming shortly. And while it surely won't be the same without Garnett, it's an opportunity to bring in some new talent and change up the formula a bit. I always point to Saturday Night Live as an example: while in many peoples' minds no cast could ever quite compare to the original, it's a show that's reinvented itself so many times over the years. If it weren't for certain people moving on we would have never been introduced to others." This last episode is over three hours. Of course. Find the 10/09/09 Listen Up on the site's official show page. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 WHA!? am i the only one who feels like this came out of nowhere!? I mean, the death of the 1up yours podcast and an asss load of firings at 1up itself are still so fresh in my mind, when i heard garnett would stay and continue the podcast i thought it would never be the same and hence crappier, but to my delight and surprised the qualiy of the podcast (listen up) never dipped. this really truely sucks! what happened!? someome please summerize it for me as i go and try to piece it together myself.... what happened to lead upto this!? Garnett left 1UP for a new job. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/29/garnett-...y-media-includ/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted October 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2009 Its not the same, but the closest alternative to listen up/1up yours is the giantbomb cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus ^i^ Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Shame to see Garnett go, but I'm sure they'll manage to make a new good one with David Ellis, he's a veteran :) There are plenty of podcasts out there with people from the old 1UP days... Anthony Gallegos is at RebelFM, Ryan Scott and his gang at Geekbox, Ryan O'Donnell, Matt Chandronait etc at the videocast Co-Op etc, they're all excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Yeah, there are some good podcasts out there, but really what made the 1UP ones so good was Garnett. He's the best at what he does, bar none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 11, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 11, 2009 Yeah, there are some good podcasts out there, but really what made the 1UP ones so good was Garnett. He's the best at what he does, bar none. Hai. Nah, Garnetts awesome, sad to see this come to an end. Was a decent run from 1UP Yours till now. GiantBomb cast for me now until I see what Garnett does next. Dunno if I'll keep listening to any new 1UP podcasts :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 ?Dunno if I'll keep listening to any new 1UP podcasts?:(:( I doubt I will. David Ellis is ok as a 3rd chair I guess, but running the show? Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hm, Garnett always struck me as a worthless drunk and the kind of pedantic ****** who always thinks it's more interesting to take an opposing position instead of telling you what he actually thinks, which is possibly the most infuriating and intolerable personality trait I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ienhz Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Yeah, I've started listening to the Giant Bomb podcast and I actually started to like it better than the 1UP ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 24, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 24, 2009 4 Guys 1 UP :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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