So I’m a little late to the party here, but I just read yesterday that The 1UP Show is no more.  As of January 7, 2009 the 1UP Network was sold by Ziff Davis to UGO.  I don’t know UGO and I don’t really care, but they’ve chosen not to continue The 1UP Show after taking ownership. This makes me very, very sad.  The 1UP Show is the only game-related podcast that I’ve found to be bearable, and I’m a hardcore gamer.

I love The 1UP Show for the same reason I love Conan O’Brien.  Conan makes the desk-and-chair-based talk show fun because he’s a presence and a personality unto himself.  He’s an entertaining and innovative glue that keeps all the “content” (celebrity interviews and comedy bits) together in one piece.  In the same way, Ryan O’Donnell et al. are a fun and talented group of guys that provide the glue between game videos and developer interviews.  They are passionate about games and have smart things to say about the industry.  It doesn’t hurt that most of them qualify as one sort of eye candy or another (beards & stubble eeeeverywhere *drool*).

I will miss The 1UP Show, but I’m going to follow these guys wherever they go.  Some of them have already landed at eat-sleep-game.com and started an audio podcast called Rebel FM and a new video podcast is in the works at talkingorange.com (Matt Chandronait’s personal site).   I leave you with some of the lyrics to the 1UP Show theme song, which serve as a good explanation of how I feel about my games:

Hey

I don’t wanna go to work today

Wanna stay home and play

All my video games

No

I don’t wanna take it nice and slow

Wanna get ready to go

On the 1UP Show

On the 1UP Show

You know you’ll be a star

On the 1UP Show

You already are

Every day is like some holiday

So long, goodbye

I’m gonna run away right now

Game on, all night

I’m gonna be on the 1UP Show