The best of 1UP Yours (2006); 4 hours of sheer brilliance

The debut year of what instantly became the most hard-hitting, thoughtful, and entertaining gaming podcast. Together with host Garnett Lee, 1UP and Ziff Davis editors Luke Smith and Shane Bettenhausen and editorial director John Davison (along with pinch hitter Mark MacDonald) gathered each week to mull over the last gaming topics and new releases. Always cutting edge and always controversial, 1UP Yours remains incisive and relevant today.

Timestamps
0:03:00 - Introductions
0:07:00 - What'cha Been Playin'?
0:23:00 - Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo discussion
1:54:00 - Various issues and topics including bad quality assurance, multiplatform games, video game journalism, review scores, video games in the media, and the state of the Electronics Entertainment Exposition
4:20:00 - Random clips

@wh4tshisface

" @PenguinDust said: 

"Please, please, please do one of these for GFW Radio.   "

@RelentlessKnight said: 

" how about GFW?  "

@classicdms said: 

"GFW is deff something that should be on your to do list.  "

   The people have spoken, good sir. "

The debut year of what instantly became the most hard-hitting, thoughtful, and entertaining gaming podcast. Together with host Garnett Lee, 1UP and Ziff Davis editors Luke Smith and Shane Bettenhausen and editorial director John Davison (along with pinch hitter Mark MacDonald) gathered each week to mull over the last gaming topics and new releases. Always cutting edge and always controversial, 1UP Yours remains incisive and relevant today.

Timestamps
0:03:00 - Introductions
0:07:00 - What'cha Been Playin'?
0:23:00 - Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo discussion
1:54:00 - Various issues and topics including bad quality assurance, multiplatform games, video game journalism, review scores, video games in the media, and the state of the Electronics Entertainment Exposition
4:20:00 - Random clips

@wh4tshisface

" @PenguinDust said: 

"Please, please, please do one of these for GFW Radio.   "

@RelentlessKnight said: 

" how about GFW?  "

@classicdms said: 

"GFW is deff something that should be on your to do list.  "

   The people have spoken, good sir. "

Great, 1UP Yours was my first podcast.

Oddly enough I never really listened to the audio podcasts 1Up had to offer. I was a big fan of the 1Up Show and have been rewatching some of the episodes for nostalgia's sake recently.

Thanks. I was just in need of a podcast and only having heard the talk about 1upyours, I'll give this a listen.

This is amazing. It was a time since the 1up Yours podcast ended, probably one of my favorite podcasts of all time. This will come in handy. Awesome work duder! <3

1up Yours were good times, Listen Up wasn't quite as good but Weekend Confirmed isn't even on the same level as 1up Yours.  What HAPPENED GARNETT!!!

4 Hours?! WOW!

The only 1UP podcast I really liked was Retronauts, but I can definitely appreciate the effort you're putting into these things.

Screw Adam Corolla! I want that next (last?) Hotspot! I'll listen to this though in the meantime.

Major Props to you good sir. This will help with many a work day.

Sounds awesome, thanks. This instantly turned a potentially productive evening into a pure nostalgia fest.  
 
One more thing though: Holy crap!!!! I can't believe that this was already 5 YEARS ago. 5 YEARS! Time flies, man.... and I'm getting old :(

You caught my attention with this.  1UP Yours was my favorite podcast for years and Weekend Confirmed is my current fav (yes slightly edging out the Bombcast).  I'll definitely be listening to this. 
 
Please, please, please do one of these for GFW Radio.  

I'm still making my way through Hot Spot 2006 (only 1:39:00 in so far!) but I'll download it and hold onto it for now.

Thanks for all your hard work man. I have been really enjoying all the This Year stuff so far.

how about GFW? 

I can't listen to 1up yours without getting depressed. I miss the old 1up so much. 

" how about GFW?  "

I wasn't a big podcast fan, but I loved the 1Up Show. Kathleen Sanders and her dog always caught my attention.
 

I love you, these recaps are very much appreciated!

" Please, please, please do one of these for GFW Radio. "

" how about GFW? "

" GFW is deff something that should be on your to do list. "

" Screw Adam Corolla! I want that next (last?) Hotspot! I'll listen to this though in the meantime. "

Wow, props to you sir. Loving the collections so far :D

So how much time does it take for you to do these recaps? And why did you decide to carry on this endeavor in the first place?

Btw, am I the only one who's not getting the second part of The HotSpot 2006 on his iTunes feed?  
 
It's obviously no biggie because I can always resort to direct downloads but just wondering..

" 1up Yours were good times, Listen Up wasn't quite as good but Weekend Confirmed isn't even on the same level as 1up Yours.  What HAPPENED GARNETT!!! "

I had never really bothered with podcast before the Bombcast so naturally I never listened to 1UP Yours. I have seen a lot of people remembering it fondly, calling it the height of video game podcasts, and after really enjoying the Hotspot recaps, I figured I'd give this a shot. I'm about an hour and a half in and I just don't get it. It all sounds like fanboy bickering. Everyone is either being super defensive or bashing things they don't understand. Every Luke Smith who I knew and loved from his PR work at Bungie is annoying to listen to here.
 
Maybe it's just hearing to it now, knowing the fates of everything they are discussing, that makes them all sound foolish. Yet I didn't have that issue with the Hotspot. To me these guys just seem like jerks.

Fuck I hate you so much OP. I started listening to it and the moment that twangy intro music played it made a tear roll down my face. So many good memories. So much sadness knowing it will never be again.

I'm listening now, and at around 56 minutes into this one, John argues that Sony can't market that this thing does everything and not just sell it on what it's good at. I find it hilarious that Sony's most successful ad campaign since this podcast probably aired has been their "It only does everything" campaign. 

holy crap dude. this is my first one of these i saw and well thanks. you get a thumbs up from me.

Thanks for doing these, really digging them.

Nice job man. Listened to both of your Hotspot recaps and really enjoyed them. And even though I've never heard a 1up podcast before, I'm gonna listen to this recap anyway because I hear nothing but good things about those guys. I'm looking forward to your 07 hotspot recap and the potential wonders you may get up to with the Bombcast at some point. Keep on keepin' on dude.

" So how much time does it take for you to do these recaps? And why did you decide to carry on this endeavor in the first place? "

" @ZanzibarBreeze: How do you actually subscribe to this podcast? Is there a RSS link somewhere? It's been taken off iTunes. "

" Btw, am I the only one who's not getting the second part of The HotSpot 2006 on his iTunes feed?   It's obviously no biggie because I can always resort to direct downloads but just wondering.. "

Its was fuuny to here you guys talk about how wrong some people are but please remember hindsight is 20/20

" how about GFW?  "

"hey third place" 
 
oh how hilarious it is looking back.

I'll probably listen to this later, but man, what a herculean effort. congrats on your production.

umm... wow this is pretty amazing. Not just this but the whole project itself, this is the first time I've heard about it. I'll definitely start following this craziness from now on

1up Yours was THE reason I wanted to write about games, if it wasn't for 1up Yours, I wouldn't be here right now. I'd have gotten on that whole "go into business" thing my parents wanted me to do.
 
Been waiting for this, thank you very much!

I love you.

" You caught my attention with this.  1UP Yours was my favorite podcast for years and Weekend Confirmed is my current fav (yes slightly edging out the Bombcast).  I'll definitely be listening to this.  Please, please, please do one of these for GFW Radio.   "

Thank you for doing this.

I listened to all the Hotspot podcasts during last summer at work to catch up on what I was missing. 1up is completely new to me so thank you for making this I look forward to listening to it :)

Ugh, this used to be my favorite podcast, but listening to this reminds me how I can't stand Garnett Lee.  Luke, John, and Shane were legendary, though.

I'm really glad Garnett Lee is still trying. Weekend Confirmed isn't all that bad, but Brian Leahy quitting is hurting it. The guy replacing him is who I would call the guy in the corner cubicle they grabbed for the podcast because someone called in sick.

Listening to this, I have no idea how Garnett Lee has a job in the games journalism business. I had better foresight at 14 about the industry than he did when he was hosting the premiere video game podcast.

Thanks for putting this together man, it must have been hard work. 2006, especially towards the end, was a great year for the show, and the Luke, Shane back and forths were classic, looking forward to revisiting that group dynamic.