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The Return of GFW Radio?

I miss GFW Radio. In the six months that it's been gone, there's been a legitimate absence in the podcast world; fantastic shows like Idle Thumbs have appeared in the meantime with the same incisive commentary and great sense of humor, but there was something about the interplay between all of the GFW guys that's impossible to replicate. Sure, I was happy to hear about the proposed GFW Radio reunion that might happen at this year's Penny Arcade Expo, but that's a whole six months from now.

But we might not have to wait that long; GFW Radio veterans Shawn Elliott, Jeff Green, and Robert Ashley--along gaming podcast celebs Luke Smith and N'Gai Croal--have recently gathered for a new podcast called Out of the Game. And, believe it or not, it may be just as good as the GFW Radio of yore.

Posted Mar 18 2009, 12:00 PM by Bob Mackey with | with no comments

Filed under: 1up Yours, 1up, shawn elliot, n’gai croal, bob mackey, gfw radio, podcasts, jeff green

Watcha Listening To: The Final 1UP Yours

If you're a podcast-savvy gamer, then you probably know that Friday is very special; for on this day, over the past one-hundred-and-sixty-some weeks (give or take a week), we saw the release of a new episode of 1UP Yours, 1UP.com's flagship podcast before the UGO buyout. Now that 1UP is under new management, things have changed a little; the site's once-robust collection of weekly podcasts has now been whittled down to just one. The fine folks at other 1UP productions like 1UPFM, Lan Party, and The 1UP Show might not have gotten a chance to say goodbye, but, with this Friday's final episode of 1UP Yours, host Garnett Lee and company provide what feels like the final chapter of 1UP's Ziff-Davis era.

You might want to have a Kleenex handy.

Posted Jan 26 2009, 02:00 PM by Bob Mackey with | with no comments

Filed under: 1up Yours, 1up, bob mackey, watcha listening to, podcasts

Serious Business: Dennis Dyack Blames the Internet

Developer Dennis Dyack of Silicon Knights opened up about the butthurt he's received from gaming forums, namely NeoGAF on last week's 1UP Yours podcast.

"I went through all of this for two reasons.... If you're going to look at the NeoGAF forum as a non-profit organization, if it does not reform itself, it's eventually going to crumble. There's going to be a point where they step over the line where someone's going to shut them down. That would be a loss for everyone.... The question I have to ask the moderators of GAF: Are you going to follow your own rules? With people making GIFs of myself that are, I would say, attacking me.... Why haven't 180 people been banned now? If I wanted to move in and shut that place down, do I have grounds under their own forum policy?"

Eh, probably not. Forums like NeoGAF are so popular because they provide the unhinged, unmoderated commentary that you simply won't find anywhere else. No one expects it to be 100% factual or unbiased. Trying to fight the subculture is so futile.

Basically, Dyack went on NeoGAF and challenged the forum to speak out against his game.

Posted Jul 07 2008, 02:00 PM by Cole Stryker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: neogaf, 1up Yours, too human, silicon knights, dennis dyack

Raised on the Stuff

As I listened to this past Friday’s 1up Yours podcast, lazily typing away and sipping coffee, I perked up when the crew got on the topic of how they planned to introduce their children to videogames. While What They Play’s John Davison is already raising two very young gamers of his own, the other three gents still aren’t fathers but they all mentioned that they definitely want to see their kids weaned on classics from a young age. This is interesting to me because I’ve given the subject quite a lot of thought. My plan? Bed time stories.

Posted May 13 2008, 03:00 PM by John Constantine with | with no comments

Filed under: john constantine, 1up Yours, john davison, garnett lee, mega man 2, 1up, legend of zelda, shane bettenhausen, what they play, shawn elliot

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John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.

Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.

Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.

Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.

Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.

Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.

Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.