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Engadget exodus ends with encouragement (updated)

by Jon Cole in News312 days ago

As an Engadget faithful and podcast junkie, news that Paul Miller, Joshua Topolsky, and Nilay Patel were leaving the site left me a bit distressed. In one fell sweep, the Engadget Podcast was no more. In a move to try to preserve some connection with the personalities at my favorite tech website, I began to listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast hosted by frequent flagship guest Chris Ziegler. Much to my surprise and continued dismay, Chris announced on his latest show that he was also leaving the site in favor of greener pastures. Luckily, these...

Layoffs strike IGN and Team Xbox

by Jonathan Downin in News696 days ago

Word is slowly trickling out regarding layoffs that took place today at some of the biggest gaming publications including IGN, Team Xbox and potentially others that fall under the News Corporation flag. IGN has seen several shakeups in their editorial structure over the past six months and this seems to be their latest effort to maintain profitability in the current economic climate. The number of people affected is not clear at this time. It has been confirmed that Chris Roper, former Editor-in-Chief of the IGN PlayStation Team and former Executive...

Garnett Lee’s Weekend Confirmed coming March 26th

by Jonathan Downin in News701 days ago

It has been 5 months since Garnett Lee moved to GameFly Media and he has finally announced a few details concerning his next podcasting endeavor. The new podcast will be called Weekend Confirmed with the inaugural episode hitting on Friday, March 26th– which makes sense considering the title. Garnett’s previous podcasts at 1UP, 1UP Yours and Listen UP, were also both Friday podcasts, so it seems like he is sticking with familiar territory. Although details are scarce at the moment, he does mention that the show will also feature...

David Ellis leaves 1UP for 343 Industries

by Jonathan Downin in News707 days ago

David Ellis has announced that he will be leaving 1UP after over 2 years at the outlet. He will be moving on to Microsoft’s Halo team, 343 Industries. In his departing 1UP blog, he states that he will be part of the Halo Waypoint team. Halo Waypoint is an interactive Halo franchise front-end for Xbox Live that was launched late last year to track individual stats and achievements across games in the franchise. Ellis’s stint as the front man of 1UP’s flagship podcast, 4 Guys 1UP, was short lived. He mentions that he will...

Garnett Lee becomes Editorial Director of GameFly Media

by Jonathan Downin in News864 days ago

The host of one of the biggest gaming podcasts around, Listen UP‘s Garnet Lee, is leaving 1UP to become Editorial Director of GameFly Media which includes Shacknews, FileShack, Ponged and Gameanswers.com. This is a step up for Garnett, but may prove to be a rather large loss for 1UP. He will certainly take a fair amount of listeners with him through his transition. Although he is quoted as planning to develop a future podcast, there are no details regarding the format or outlet for which it will be produced. This is not surprising as it is...

Diggnation | Episode 217 – Live from Arizona: Alex Hates Facebook

by Jonathan Downin in Misc, News, Tech899 days ago

Diggnation has been going crazy with the live shows recently and this week’s episode was shot live in Arizona.  Things get a little rowdy with the Go Daddy girls and Kevin hits a ball with a golf club right at an audience member.  No one was hurt and the person actually caught the incident on video with the ball hitting the camera.  Kevin, for future reference, don’t hit balls with golf clubs at people. Starting out the stories this week is the new Chevy Volt which is due to debut in 2011 at a claimed 230 miles per gallon– not...

OnLiveMedium launches

by Jonathan Downin in Blog, News1050 days ago

Many of you following the happenings at the Game Developer’s Conference this week probably have heard the announcement of the new gaming service/platform OnLive.  It has quickly caught the imagination of the industry while at the same time breeding skepticism. Today marks the launch of our first sister site OnLiveMedium.com.  The site will cover all relevant news in regards to the OnLive platform and occasionally provide more in-depth analysis pieces.  Like everyone else, we don’t know the fate of OnLive, but whatever it is, you...

Alex and Kevin on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tonight

by Jonathan Downin in News1066 days ago

For those of you who haven’t heard Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose from Diggnation are going to be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight. This is a big deal for all of us technology and Diggnation fans.  Jimmy Fallon is trying to bring technology and gaming more into the forefront with his new show and has already made big strides in that direction by having Joshua Topolsky from Engadget appear on the show on Monday. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon airs at 12:35 am (EST) on NBC so make sure not to miss it.  Alex and Kevin will be coming on...

CO-OP now a part of Revision3!

by Jonathan Downin in Games, News1068 days ago

For those of you that watched last week’s CO-OP you will remember that the guys were teasing that they had signed a new contract of sorts.  Well, it turns out that it was with Revision3.  Revision3 are the people that produce many of the video shows featured here on the site including: The Totally Rad Show, Diggnation and Tekzilla.  You can see they get a shout-out on another Revision3 show, The Digg Reel.  This is huge news indeed. If you have been following 1UP for the past year you know that Jeff Cannata, of The Totally Rad Show, has...

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