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- badcrumble, on 01/07/2009, -1/+71They've also canceled the 1Up Show and podcasts. Taking a look at the UGO site, it looks terrible.
- nju0843, on 01/07/2009, -1/+65*tear* Hey! I don't wanna go to work today. I just wanna stay at home and play all my video games...1up 1up 1up 1up 1up 1up on the 1up show! *tear*
- AmazingAndrex, on 01/07/2009, -1/+47I've always been one to shoot insults to 1up and EGM every now and then, but in addition to the layoffs, one of the most influential beacons of mature journalism in such an immature industry (there's a reason "game journalism" is highly frowned upon most everywhere) is ending after almost twenty years. The end of an era. RIP EGM.
- mrlogical, on 01/07/2009, -2/+43Sad news. 1UP had all the best podcasts and I've been reading EGM for almost 20 years. Let's hope all these talented people land softly and continue to do great work.
- jarfmardisen, on 01/07/2009, -5/+42Dudes, you have to consider the number of employees that work at a company vs. the number terminated.
I work at a company that has 6 people. If 4 people were terminated, that would be a MASSIVE layoff. Why is this so difficult to grasp? - CoD4, on 01/07/2009, -0/+29RIP EGM
thanks for that awesome Sheng Long prank - darkchild82, on 01/07/2009, -1/+29I'm as sad and upset as I was in 2007 when Jeff Gertsmann got fired. I can't believe they fired the people who made the site great. They killed ALL the podcasts! What. The. *****.
Hey UGO, you know why people liked 1UP a lot? They came for the famed editors and the podcasts! Take that out and you're left with just another gaming news site. All the best. As with GiantBomb, the fans go where the editors go. - AmazingAndrex, on 01/07/2009, -2/+29Relatively, it's massive. There are apparently only 3-5 employees remaining. That's a 93% layoff rate.
- birdman98, on 01/07/2009, -1/+27***** end to Ziff Davis' woes. I'm gonna miss GFW/LAN Party.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -1/+24what...the...*****.
This is horrible news. 1up yours was my very favorite podcast.
Best wishes to the crew. This is horrible. - pulse768, on 01/07/2009, -1/+22Long live Sushi-X!
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+19Massive in relation to the size of the staff.
- Budkin, on 01/07/2009, -1/+19Weeping for the loss of the 1up Show and 1up Yours...
- OneSevenSixNine, on 01/07/2009, -0/+18Awww Man! I was waiting for this friday to download a new episode of the 1Up Yours and 1Up Show episodes. I love those podcasts. This really sux.
- AndrewDB, on 01/07/2009, -1/+17Atan,.. 30 people was most of the remaining company.
It was massive. - lodleader, on 01/07/2009, -1/+16i better be getting a check in the mail for the rest of my EGM subscription...
- Dignan666, on 01/07/2009, -0/+13I am really going to miss their podcasts. They were fantastic.
- BrokenVisage, on 01/07/2009, -0/+121up... 300down
- Paradoxt, on 01/07/2009, -0/+11Hey.
I don't wanna go to work today.
Wanna stay home and play,
All my video games
No.
I don't wanna take it nice and slow.
Wanna get ready to go,
On the 1up Show
On the 1up Show,
You know you'll be a star.
On the 1up Show, you already are.
Everyday is like a holiday.
So long, good bye.
I'm gonna run away right now.
Game on.
All night.
I'm gonna be on the 1up Show. - macbookpromat, on 01/07/2009, -1/+12I hope Garnett leaves UGO's ass in the dust and they go belly up from the purchase, it's all they deserve for destroying something so essential in my life. How am I going to have fun playing games when I can't hear Shane and Garnett go at it over some random video game *****, how I ask?
- 83457, on 01/07/2009, -0/+11They were replaces by good gaming websites???
- BradOFarrell, on 01/07/2009, -2/+13It is if they made most of the content and gave the site it's voice.
- SzymonStas, on 01/07/2009, -0/+9I'm really gonna miss the 1up show. It made me feel cool to be a gamer.
- ThePeacemaker02, on 01/07/2009, -0/+9I wanted this one to be more about the firing of the employees than UGO buying 1up. A lot of people loved the 1up shows that they had, now those are no more.
- monkiboi, on 01/07/2009, -5/+13Getting fired via a tweet? That is bullsh!*
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+8Shanestation is the best!
- themadhatter444, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7Terrible. I've recently filled my podcast queue with nothing but 1up (FM, Yours, etc), FullSignull, and Diggnation MP3. I always hated Shane Bettenhausen and his cocky attitude, but after this, I've realized that he was just another one of the vast array of personalities in the 1up crew. The same goes for EGM.
Regards, dudes. My iPod simply won't be the same without you. - ThePenguin, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7Most of the hosts of 1up FM have been let go also...
- Halsfield, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7please throw away your keyboard
- Rainemaker, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7EGM was my last "print" subscription/connection with childhood. I'll miss the writing and personalities, most especially:
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
James "Milkman" Mielke
thanks for pleasant reads while lying in bed trying to sleep:
- dpeck, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7i used to have a subscription to EGM. this is actually pretty depressing.
- theaceoffire, on 01/07/2009, -0/+613,000/100,000 is nothing.
30/35 is everything.
Relative man, its all relative. - tawnos, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6It must suck to get fired after your company gets taken over like that.
- Forbizzle, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6Obviously UGO doesn't appreciate the new medium of podcasting, as the majority of people cut were integral for that content. It's sad to see they only want the brand name and site traffic.
- MacHarborGuy, on 01/07/2009, -1/+7isn't trying to parse out semantics a bit insensitive?
- Vectorkov, on 01/07/2009, -1/+6Literally?
- sdigroup, on 01/07/2009, -6/+11EGM used to be really good back in the 16-bit/32-bit days, Now its about 90% advertising and 10% game coverage.
What has happened to good gaming mags??? - Matt2k, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5Not 'literally saw it', it was 'literally two years ago'
So he used it correctly. If perhaps superfluously
You punks!! - gamer13088, on 01/07/2009, -2/+7Hey Rev3 please save the 1up show and 1up yours you guys need more gaming programing. I would love to see a video podcast of 1up yours all the guys sitting in a round table drinking and talking about the latest gaming news its like the gaming equivalent of diggnation.
- MichiganJeep, on 01/07/2009, -1/+5CAG's Wombat was also let go from the UGO blog. Not cool.
- excalipoor, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4the design it's maxim like. it feels like you are reading a spike tv site.
- Matman302, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4dugg down because that's not what it says: it says the author was receiving word of layoffs FROM the employees twitter accounts.
Easy mistake though, I thought it said that when i first read over that part too. - ginnipig, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4i looked forward to Monday mornings at work with diggnation, twit, and my fave the 1UP show. poor 1UP show i will miss all of you greatly :(
- Thing2, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4You and me both - I have 24 issues supposedly coming....*sigh*....
- Ragone, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4Even though GI is still around, with EGM going down this is truly the end of an era for gaming magazines.
- GalacticCmdr, on 01/07/2009, -2/+6Then what replaced the good gaming websites - since what remains is crap.
- gart117, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4I really felt that all the people working at 1up were true gamers that you could ***** with for hours about games, just like a friend. I really admired their dedication and free spirit. 1up yours and the 1up show were the greatest video game shows ever next to Xplay in my opinion.
- bigfinger, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Legendary podcast, you will be missed *sniff*
- mythicflux, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3You are on it right now. It's called the web.
- LeviTheSmith, on 01/07/2009, -1/+4Maybe they will go and make their OWN games/tech site.
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