EGM goes the way of the dodo, Jan 09 will be the last

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:06 pm

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=21759

This sucks, I always enjoyed it for bathroom reading material. I think I had like 5 years of free subscriptions left.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:20 pm

Wow...the end of an era. I can remember back in the days before the internet, standing in the supermarket reading EGM to get an early glimpse of the next Madden or the next baseball or hockey game. Used to look forward to it, actually. Then sites like DSP and OS came along and I started caring less and less about the EGMs of the world. It's still a shame.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:48 pm

I didn't subscribe to EGM, but I have been listening to the 1up podcasts for 18 months and now they're gone.

As are these people's jobs:

Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:33 pm

Hey Feanor,

I too was a massive fan of 1UP Yours (audio podcast) and also the 1Up Show (video podcast) and I'm really bummed they'll be gone. The actual content on 1Up and EGM doesn't bother me as much those 200 word 'reviews' were a waste of paper/time/space/bytes.

With the layoffs I am absolutely amazed that Teanah/Tina Sanchez still kept her 'job' as she's utterly useless - particularly on 1UP FM - I've heard heroin addicts coming down that are more eloquent (and exciting to listen to) than she is.

Also surprised they fired Milky and Shane.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:37 pm

A lot of their reviews were too short to be worth reading, but some reviews I read at 1up were long and well written. But like you, I will mainly miss their podcasts.

On Shane's 1up blog he says he was about to leave anyway to do something exciting, so maybe he'll reveal what that is sometime soon.

DrCosta · Post by **DrCosta** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:59 pm

that Tina chick stayed b/c she was able to bend over for anything or anyone in the company to keep her job, most people let go we their for awhile, yet this chick stays wtf. thats what happens when a cute chick is working in games, cant get rid of a little TNA b/c they think most people who play games are 12-18 yr old males who will listen to a cute girl, with no exp, or entertaining qualities about games. PS I would nail her just to see if she is as boring as she is on the podcasts

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:05 pm

Very harsh, but very amusing.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:17 pm

DrCosta wrote:that Tina chick stayed b/c she was able to bend over for anything or anyone in the company to keep her job, most people let go we their for awhile, yet this chick stays wtf. thats what happens when a cute chick is working in games, cant get rid of a little TNA b/c they think most people who play games are 12-18 yr old males who will listen to a cute girl, with no exp, or entertaining qualities about games. PS I would nail her just to see if she is as boring as she is on the podcasts

Cute girl? Boy they got duped. Average looking would be more accurate.

DrCosta · Post by **DrCosta** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:33 pm

bdoughty wrote:
DrCosta wrote:that Tina chick stayed b/c she was able to bend over for anything or anyone in the company to keep her job, most people let go we their for awhile, yet this chick stays wtf. thats what happens when a cute chick is working in games, cant get rid of a little TNA b/c they think most people who play games are 12-18 yr old males who will listen to a cute girl, with no exp, or entertaining qualities about games. PS I would nail her just to see if she is as boring as she is on the podcasts
Cute girl? Boy they got duped. Average looking would be more accurate.

Average looking chicks who talk about games is like super model status for most average gamers see G4TV, remember. but its sad that people were let go, who were their alot longer and contributed more than this chick.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:19 pm

DrCosta wrote:Average looking chicks who talk about games is like super model status for most average gamers see G4TV, remember. but its sad that people were let go, who were their alot longer and contributed more than this chick.

Wow, the hater-ade is strong with this one.

Actually, Costa, I completely f***in agree and I suspect you're spot on as to the reason why she's there which makes it all the more sad.

PS I too would bang her for 'research' but only after few beers to upgrade her to 'average' status, I suspect I would fall asleep halfway through, however.

I think Garnett Lee, John Davidson and Shane Bettenhausen should do a non-Ziff Davis/1Up podcast of their own. Shane makes me laugh (at him), he's the Simpsons 'comic-book collector' of mainstream gaming reviewers.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:44 pm

Macca00 wrote:Hey Feanor,

I too was a massive fan of 1UP Yours (audio podcast) and also the 1Up Show (video podcast) and I'm really bummed they'll be gone. The actual content on 1Up and EGM doesn't bother me as much those 200 word 'reviews' were a waste of paper/time/space/bytes.

Did you listen to Retronauts? I usually really enjoyed it even for shows about games that I never played.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:31 am

Feanor wrote:
Did you listen to Retronauts? I usually really enjoyed it even for shows about games that I never played.

You know I just very recently started listening to it and enjoyed it quite a bit - again, bummed that it's ending. Much better than 1UP FM *ack* - though I still skimmed through FM to listen to the 'Backlog' section.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:41 am

I listened to most of the Backlog segments even though they were all games I never played or had only watched other people play. It was cool to kind of experience a classic game like Shadow of the Colussus without having to sink the hours in to actually playing it.

I get to listen to podcasts most of the time at work so I listen to quite a lot of them, especially since Kidd Chris got taken off the radio. Other gaming podcasts I like are:

Giant Bombcast
Gamespot Hotspot
CAGcast (Cheap Ass Gamer)
Uncle Gamer Radio
PC Gamer podcast

Waddupcouzin · Post by **Waddupcouzin** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:30 am

EGM...

Over the years, HUNDREDS of Dollars(maybe not hundreds, but too much) spent just to see some damn SCREENSHOTS! Thank you Internet!