My thoughts on the 1up.com layoffs

First and foremost no one should be surprised. Ziff was in freaking bankruptcy, we already knew this. Second, the U.S economy is in a severe recession and that obviously effects the video game industry and it’s related industries aswell. Lastly, look at how many people jumped ship last year, that should have told you everything you needed to know. Personally my interest in 1up pretty much ended when the legendary Shawn Elliott left. I still tuned into 1up yours to hear my remaining favorites, Shane and Garnet Lee, but I knew eventually they’d be gone too.

To UGO, here is a comment that i left on Jeff Greens blog
I had never heard of UGO until you mentioned it on the GWJ podcast. I’ve never even looked at UGO’s website until today, and I’m not surprised to see that it’s a piece of shit that looks like a poor man’s version of IGN, (which btw is a piece of shit in and of itself).      

I have no interest in UGO’s version of 1up.com just like I have no interest in Gamespot post Gerstmangate.

To the people who made 1up.com great, I want to say thank you for all the entertainment and information you guys provided. I loved the Brodeo, 1up yours was the greatest (until david ellis became a regular) and the 1up Show was always fun. Thank you guys, I will continue to read your blogs and twitters and  I look forward to hearing you on various podcasts in the future.