When I first heard the news that Garnett Lee would be leaving 1Up for Game Fly Media, it wasn't hard to remember many entertaining moments with him on the 1Up Yours podcast. Even after the New Year's shakedown at 1Up.com, when the show lost Shane Bettenhausen and changed its name to Listen Up, in my head it was always Yours. Garnett, it was your goddamn show, and I loved it. I'm sad to see you go, but maybe with youngbloods like David Ellis at the helm I'll finally be able to accept the transition.

I want to congratulate Garnett on his new position, and thank him for all that he brought to 1Up's table. I felt that our gaming tastes matched well most of the time, and sometimes I thought you were flat-out wrong, but I always appreciated your attitude towards the industry on the whole. You're always looking out for what matters most in the games business: gamers. You consistently hold gamers' best interests at heart. That's important in an artistic entertainment industry that can too caught up turf wars and the bottom line, and forget what makes people fall in love with games. You clearly love games, and I hope you keep shouting that to the world. Good luck out there, Sir...

What I'm Playing:

• Main Campaign: The Beatles: Rock Band
• Side Quest : Castle Age, Mr. AahH!

Whether you liked him or not, you have to recognize that an era has now completely passed behind us. I don't know if 1up was the first website to have a podcast, but they're certainly how I first got the habit of listening to dudes talk about games, thanks to them I learned quite a bit about the games industry.

" I don't really even know who Garnett Lee is, but I'm positive he's not big enough to have his own era. There's a 0% chance anyone will consider the last several years the Garnett Lee Era. "

Since UGO bought 1up, in my eyes 1up was dead then. I stopped ever going there the day after that happened. Also, Garnett was never anything special in my eyes at all...I liked from time to time that was always someone to tell it like it is, no matter who disagreed with him about whatever the topic, but even before that 1up was long dead with the brodeo was all but finished.

I've been listening to 1UP Yours and ListenUp for years now.  Hell, on occasion, I even listened to podcasts where Garnett was a guest.  I really enjoyed his enthusiasm, off-center sense of humor and his willingness to play "devil's advocate" by challenging panel members to defend their opinions.  Sadly, with him leaving 1UP, their podcast will slip from my "must listen to" list to my "if I have spare time" list.  Maybe someone on the new crew will distinguish themselves and make the show a priority again.  After all, I was sad when Luke left but life went on.
 
I know that just as I followed Jeff and the crew here to Giant Bomb because of my love for the old Hot Spot podcast, I'll follow Garnett to Shacknews and subscribe to whatever new podcast he develops in the coming months.

I definitely feel like Garnett's departure, along with the news today that John Davidson has sold What They Play to IGN and is going over to GamePro, is the final nail in the coffin for the old EGM/1UP era. Maybe people like BiffMcBlumpkin don't see any significance, but for me, and a lot of other people, this is something huge.

Like many other gamers, the 1UP podcasts were pretty much the first place that I started listening to guys talking about games. Personally, I don't really have any friends that are into gaming to the same degree that I am, so those podcasts have always served as a stand in for the conversations that I couldn't have.
 
I wish the best of luck to both John and Garnett in their new ventures, and I can only hope that we'll be able to continue hearing their opinions and enjoying their discussions on gaming for a long time to come.

i will miss garnett. he and shane were the reasons i listened to 1up yours and would eagerly listen to their 2+ hour shows. best of luck to him!

I tried listening to this guy once, and couldn't make it through 10 minutes. His jokes were so fucking bad and he monotone.

" I don't really even know who Garnett Lee is, but I'm positive he's not big enough to have his own era. There's a 0% chance anyone will consider the last several years the Garnett Lee Era. "

This is sad to hear - 1up Yours will be weird without Garnett and John.
 
But hey if they're moving to better things, good on them.

With Garnett leaving Listen UP and Hilary Goldstein leaving Three Red Lights, two of my favorite podcasts just became a lot less awesome.

" I definitely feel like Garnett's departure, along with the news today that John Davidson has sold What They Play to IGN and is going over to GamePro, is the final nail in the coffin for the old EGM/1UP era. Maybe people like BiffMcBlumpkin don't see any significance, but for me, and a lot of other people, this is something huge.Like many other gamers, the 1UP podcasts were pretty much the first place that I started listening to guys talking about games. Personally, I don't really have any friends that are into gaming to the same degree that I am, so those podcasts have always served as a stand in for the conversations that I couldn't have.  I wish the best of luck to both John and Garnett in their new ventures, and I can only hope that we'll be able to continue hearing their opinions and enjoying their discussions on gaming for a long time to come. "

So Garnett Lee is leaving 1up?   What is 1up? Is it anything like 7up?  I like 7up, it has a lemon lime flavor and is quite refreshing.

" I don't really even know who Garnett Lee is, but I'm positive he's not big enough to have his own era. There's a 0% chance anyone will consider the last several years the Garnett Lee Era. "

All I know about Garnette Lee is that he used to work at 1up.  Why does the guy get so much hate?