1UP Radio Network

The 1UP Radio Network is a series of podcasts that are hosted by 1UP.com.

The 1UP Show

Since October 21, 2005, 1UP.com has been host to "The 1UP Show", a weekly video podcast. The show often presents previews and reviews of games, though it also focuses on video gaming events, interviews with game designers and in-house discussions and debates on gaming topics.

The latest episodes of "The 1UP Show" (currently in its tenth season) can be downloaded/viewed from their site every Friday, or from podcast managers such as iTunes.

1UP Yours

1Up Yours is a weekly discussion-centric podcast released every Friday hosted by Garnett Lee.

1UP FM

On June 10, 2008 it was announced that EGM Live* would be re-structured into a new program. [http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8765045&publicUserId=4549029 Andrew's 1UP Blog: EGM Live* is changing ] ] The show aired first on June 16, 2008 and is released every Monday. The show, hosted by Nick Suttner and Phillip Kohler is more structured than it's predecessor. The "FM" in the title stands for "Feature Mondays", as the show often centers around one or several main features, including developer interviews or hands-on previews of an upcoming game.

The show also contains several regular segments, including Shelf Life, Top 5, a rant by Anthony Gallegos, Mailbag, and the Backlog, which takes place after the outro every week. The concept of the Backlog is that the hosts play through and discuss a game that received a great deal of critical acclaim, but was mostly overlooked by the gaming masses. A list of games is listed below.

* 1. Shadow of the Colossus
* 2. Psychonauts
* 3. Indigo Prophecy

Retronauts

The Retronauts podcast concerns older ("classic") games and systems and is hosted by 1UP editors Jeremy "T Frog" Parish and Scott Sharkey. Often, an episode will be devoted to the history of a particular gaming franchise, genre or console system. While often being focused on Japanese games, particularly those from the RPG genre, episodes have been devoted to North American titles such as Starcraft. A recurring segment is the "Retro Roundup" wherein older games that have been recently re-released (whether through retail or through services such as Virtual Console or Xbox Live Arcade) are briefly discussed, and whether the games would be recommended for purchase.

While the podcast does still have new episodes, it has not had a consistent release schedule for several months. But with the recent end of GFW Radio, the podcast is planned to go weekly, starting with the September 24th, 2008 edition. [cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8883447&publicUserId=5379721|title=Retronauts episode 50|publisher=1UP.com|accessdate=2008-09-24]

Retronauts also produces the supplement video podcast, Bonus Stage, which looks at specific retro tiles more closely. However, Bonus Stage has not been updated since April 9, 2007, and is presumed dead.

Legendary Thread

Legendary Thread is a podcast mostly devoted to the MMO "World of Warcraft" and other MMOs. It is hosted by Game Videos managing editor Demian Linn. Usual guests are Karen Chu, formerly of the 1UP.com art department, Alice Liang of 1up.com, Jason Bertrand, and Ryan Scott of "GFW". Former regulars are ex-1up News Editor Luke Smith, Andrew "Skip" Pfister of 1up.com, and Jeff Green, former editor-in-chief of "".

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly

The newest 1UP Radio podcast, Sports Anomaly presents discussions on both sports games and actual sports. The show is known for its boisterous energy and the panel's frequent, spontaneous chanting. Among these chants is the "Yak Attack", a reference to "the wicked yakker" (or a curveball). Other popular chants are "Day and Date" and "Breaking News". The Sports Anomaly panel includes host Todd "Casual Sports Game Guy" Zuniga, Greg "Play It Safe" Ford, GameVideos producer David "Big Fun" Ellis and Andrew Fitch. Former 1UP/EGM editor Bryan "Fragile EAgle" Intihar also contributed to the podcast.

Review Crew

Review Crew is the newest video podcast from 1UP Radio. On the weekly show, members of 1UP's Review Crew discuss the quality of newly-released games. The early shows have featured host Garnett Lee asking guests about the games being covered on that show. The video podcast also features video of the games while they are being discussed. At the end of a segment a letter grade is assigned to the game in accordance to 1UP's review policy. [ [http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3167218 Review Crew Podcast ] ] [ [http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3158991 Review Crew ] ]

Broken Pixels

Broken Pixels (or "BROK3N PIX3LS") is a weekly video podcast that premiered on the April 21, 2006 episode The 1UP Show's "Not The 1UP Show" series, originially billed as "Crapterpiece Theater". Though originally made for the previously stated podcast, the show has since branched off into its own series.

The show features Former EGM Senior Editor Crispin Boyer, EGM Executive Editor Shane Bettenhausen and regular EGM contributer Seanbaby playing and 'riffing' on famously bad and obscure video games, in similar vien to SomethingAwful's "Let's Play!" show. The show was updated on a 'whenever-we-feel-like-it' basis for the first thirteen episodes. These original episodes have been dubbed 'Season 0', and also featured other contributors such as former 1UP editors Mark McDonald, Luke Smith, former 1UP/GFW editor Darren Gladstone and 1UP podcast producer Andrew Pfister.

The first episode of Season One debuted on September 9, 2008 with the crew playing "Robocop" for the original Xbox.

Former podcasts

RadiOPM

Hosted by former Senior Editor Joe Rybicki, RadiOPM was a supplement to the now-defunct "Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine".

EGM Live*

EGM Live* (the asterisk disclaiming that the podcast is "not actually live"), was a supplement to the magazine "Electronic Gaming Monthly". Originally similar to 1UP Yours, the podcast featured round-table discussions about subjects usually relevant to upcoming magazine issues. As time went on, the podcast became substantially more structured, with the show being composed of separately recorded segments. Such segments included interviews with game developers and "review crew" gaming reviews led by EGM Reviews Editor Greg Ford and a variety of contributors. For a period of time, the podcast would end with a "question of the week," a contest in which fans received prizes for correctly answering a trivia question or writing a short essay.

EGM Live* did not have a regular host, but the show was often hosted by "Electronic Gaming Monthly" Managing Editor Jennifer Tsao.

On June 10, 2008 it was announced that the show would be completely re-structured. The new incarnation of the podcast, 1UP FM, is co-hosted by Nick Suttner and Phillip Kohler.

CGW/GFW Radio

Created in early 2006 as a companion podcast for "Computer Gaming World", CGW Radio was a PC-centric podcast hosted by Jeff Green and included a regular lineup of editors Shawn Elliott, Ryan Scott, Sean Molloy, and Darren Gladstone. When "Computer Gaming World" was re-branded as "" in late 2006, the podcast was retitled GFW Radio to reflect the change (though the format and content of the show remained unchanged). Darren Gladstone left the magazine and podcast in late 2007 to join "PC World". In April 2008, "Games for Windows: The Official Magazine" was discontinued, and the editing staff of the magazine was moved to the PC editing staff for 1UP.com. Sean Molloy left 1UP.com to join Blizzard Entertainment, and recorded his final podcast on June 18, 2008. The podcast continued as GFW Radio until its final episode on September 17, 2008.

Though the focus of the podcast was primarily PC-related topics, the unedited, free-form nature of the podcast often led to several other fields of discussion including gaming in general, games press and journalism, entertainment in other mediums, and a variety of stories and tangents. Occasionally featured were comedic segments created by Shawn Elliott such as "Heroes of the Web", which offered "dramatic readings" of unintentionally humorous message board posts on the 1UP.com forums or elsewhere and "Chuff Love," where Anthony Gallegos discussed his romantic quest for a relationship with a girl he met at a local game store.

During it's run, the podcast hosted several notable figures within the gaming industry as guests. Some were on the program on a professional level, often to promote games such as Cevat Yerli's guest appearance to promote Crysis. However, other guests came on the program with no specific project to discuss, such as Rod Humble's appearance on the show or American McGee's guest appearance.. Other guests would come on during one of the many special episodes produced during one of the industry's many trade shows such as the Game Developers Conference or E3. These guests included Josh Mosqueira and Mark Noseworthy from Relic Entertainment, Warren Spector of Junction Point Studios, Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift from Valve, and Chris Taylor from Gas Powered Games.

It was announced on September 4, 2008, that Jeff Green would leave Ziff Davis after 17 years to join Electronic Arts to work on the "Sim" franchise. [http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/gfws-jeff-green-leaves-1up-for-sims-team/] Shortly afterward on September 17, co-host Shawn Elliott also announced that he would be leaving the company to work under Ken Levine as associate producer on the next 2K Boston video game. [http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8876360&publicUserId=4551247]

The podcast is often affectionately referred to its nickname "97.5 The Brodeo". [http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/16/podcast-rodeo-special-edition-remembering-the-brodeo/] '.

After the departures of several regular podcast contributors, the final episode of GFW Radio was released on September 17, 2008. In the final episode, Ryan Scott assured that another podcast would "fill the void", presumably with recent GFW Radio contributors Robert "Bobito Dr. Max Chill" Ashley and Anthony Gallegos. Such was the case when a test episode was produced on October 7th, which was listed under the GFW Radio moniker, but is currently subject to change names. [http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?pager.offset=0&cId=3148397]

References

External links

* [http://podcasts.1up.com/ 1UP Radio Network]
** [http://the1upshow.1up.com/ The 1UP Show]
** [http://1upyours.1up.com/ 1UP Yours]
** [http://egmlive.1up.com/ 1UP FM]
** [http://gfwradio.1up.com/ GFW Radio]
** [http://retronauts.1up.com/ Retronauts]
** [http://legendarythread.1up.com/ Legendary Thread]
** [http://sportsanomaly.1up.com/ The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly]
** [http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3167218 Review Crew]