Get Your (Ex-) EGM Fix

Man, I remember reading EGM in the Ed Semrad, Sushi X days...good times.

I bought a 2 year digital subscription to EGM in November.  It's really too bad they're closing up.

Too soon brad, or should I say, too late.

Heh, some of the video's lyrics are funny. Not bad for something just thrown together considering how recently this happened.

How long is it gonna be till Shane Bettenhausen joins Giant Bomb?  I say...3 months.

EGM forever.

Eh didn`t like the rap or his voice but I understand what he is saying, sad that this is happening.

Whatever happened to Joe Fielder? He did some video reviews at GameSpot that I know of and Jeff has talked about him a few times here and there. I always wondered what happened to him.

LMAO!!!

I think that video explains why EGM failed.

Dude's an over night rap star. 

Loved EGM for the short time that I red it.

Loved EGM for the short time that I red it.

I am gonna miss EGM so much... my absolute favorite magazine since early 90's.

By the way, that would be awesome if Shane joined Giant Bomb.

It was because of that whole business of Nov. 2007 that I first ventured away from my cuddly internet gaming home to broaden my horizons.  I landed at 1Up and promptly subscribed to their podcasts.  I got to hear the final glory days of Jeff Greene and Shawn Elliot and hear the synergy that was the GB crew mix it up with the 1up yours staff.  If they land on their feet half as well as the Giant Bomb gentlemen did, they'll be alright.  Either there's been to much of this stuff going on as of late, or I'm just getting old and don't know how the industry works.

I second, third or whatever that it would be awesome if Shane joined Giant Bomb.

That video was pretty good. Considering it was made in the matter of a day.. it was pretty creative.

Never read EGM(lived in UK), and the only 1UP videos I watched were the Dead Pixels ones, did anyone from those videos get layed off?

Thanks for the update, please keep us posted on the former 1up staffs' projects.

That was awesome

Yeah please help keep us up to date on what happens to those guys.  A lot of good people lost their jobs and it's pretty sad that I feel like I've spent a lot of good years "with them" through the mag and podcasts.  Unfortunately, they probably won't all move somewhere together because it's the whole staff that made listening to them so freakin awesome.  It's the same reason that I love listening to the BombCast.  Individually, you guys would suck and if I had to listen to you each alone I'd drive pencils into my ears; but you make a great team!  

=/ i feel like i shouldve bought more issues of EGM. The issues i bought were great reads :P best of luck to those who were laid off...also shane should come here lol

I will miss the EMG magazine run by "Dan Dan Phan Phan Shoe Shoe".  In all reality UGO has always sucked.  That song was seriously great though.

I can't believe 1up is over.  Their show was really solid. They did, like, 10 podcasts a week over there, one for whatever you were into.  God knows they were working their asses off.  Big props for those guys.

It's sad to see the EGM is ending.  I read it every month for years.  I hope they all get some great gigs soon.

this sux, I really enjoyed what all those cats did over there. Best luck to all of them

What I want to know is how UGO site gets more traffic than 1ups site did?

Stopped reading over the years, but Jesus..I remember salivating over my subscription in 1991. Seeing EGM go down is kind of like seeing a part of my kid self die.

Crispin Boyer
Was: Senior Editor
Is: Vice President of Playing Peggle in my PJs, self

Priceless.

yeah, don't care about EGM

I never really read EGM, but the loss of the 1up radio family  makes me tear up....this really has been a bad time, loss of  Shawn, loss of Jeff, now loss of the whole site basically.  Even after shawn and jeff left the LAN-Party podcast(replacement for GFW radio) was still pretty good, and all their podcasts were pretty solid. I loved hearing shane make people mad with his proclimations of  how RE5 just "looked like RE4" and "Mega Man 9 dosent have enough colors".

I wasn't a reader of EGM at any point, but I was an avid listener of 1up Yours.  I really liked the joint effort that GB did with those guys over the holidays, and I've been listening to their podcast since Jeff was fired from his previous gig at a site that I refuse to name and have not visited since that incident.  I hope that Garnett, Shane, and the others find some way to keep bringing such great games coverage.