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The 1UP Radio Network is a collection of podcasts that are hosted by 1UP.com.
The 1UP Show
Since October 21, 2005, 1UP.com has been host to The 1UP Show, a weekly video podcast. The show often presents previews and reviews of games, though it also focuses on video gaming events, interviews with game designers and in-house discussions and debates on gaming topics.
The latest episodes of The 1UP Show (currently in its sixth season) can be downloaded/viewed from their site every Friday, or from podcast managers such as iTunes.
1UP Yours
Previously the 1UP Podcast, 1UP Yours is a weekly internet radio show that takes the form of a discussion among several editors from the 1UP network. The radio show began October 21, 2005 as a weekly news show hosted by Jane Pinckard.
As with The 1UP Show, the 1UP Yours podcast has gradually become a more complex and organized radio show. Topics of the podcast include press announcements, news from gaming conferences, and discussion of game design. In its current form, the show is hosted by Garnett Lee, with John Davison, Shane Bettenhausen, and Mark MacDonald, as well as Andrew "Skip" Pfister on the audio board. Former 1UP.com news editor Luke Smith was also a regular on the show before leaving the network to accept a position at Microsoft game development studio Bungie. On August 24, 2007, Mark MacDonald was declared the show's official "fourth chair" member. John Davison then announced that he was leaving the 1UP staff, though he would continue his participation with the podcast despite his change in career. The first ever "live" recording of 1UP Yours was at PAX (Penny Arcade Expo)2007, with huge turnout.
Generally, the program begins with "Whatcha been playing?", wherein the editors discuss games they are currently playing for fun or, as is more often the case, games they are either reviewing or are previewing, and a community segment where they discuss a few questions or thread topics taken from their official message board.
This segment is followed by a more focused feature, which may include a more in-depth discussion on a particular topic (such as reactions to new system launches or the concept of micro-transactions in games) or quasi-regular features such as the Four-Minute Warning (an ESPN Pardon the Interruption-style "toss-up" segment) featuring a discussion on a menagerie of subject matters or the "squadron of Shame", in which the editors discuss acclaimed games they've yet to play.
The third segment reviews the news from the past week, complete with reactions from the editors after each topic is brought up. Occasionally, guests from the industry, including Cliff Bleszinski and Mark Rein from Epic Games, Cameron from Angry Gamer and Ted Price from Insomniac Games, visit the show to discuss their various products or just participate in the program itself. The podcast usually lasts about two hours, and is recorded on Thursdays, with the podcast publishing every Friday.
EGM Live*
EGM Live* (the asterisk diclaiming that the podcast is "not actually live"), is a supplement to the magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. Originally similar to 1UP Yours, the podcast featured round-table discussions about subjects usually relevant to upcoming magazine issues. Recently, the podcast has become substantially more structured, with the show being comprised of separately recorded segments. Such segments include interviews with game developers and "review crew" gaming reviews. The podcast usually ends with the Question of the Week, a contest in which fans receive prizes for correctly answering a trivia question or writing a short essay.
EGM Live* is hosted by Electronic Gaming Monthly Managing Editor Jennifer Tsao.
GFW Radio
The companion podcast for Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, GFW Radio presents discussions on PC games and events. Occasionally featured is Shawn Elliot's "Heroes of the Web", which offers "dramatic readings" of unintentionally humorous message board posts on the 1UP.com forums or elsewhere.
GFW Radio is hosted by Games for Windows Editor-in-Chief, Jeff Green.
Retronauts
The Retronauts podcast concerns older ("classic") games and systems and is hosted by 1UP editors Jeremy Parish and Scott Sharkey. Often, an episode will be devoted to the history of a particular gaming franchise or genre. A recurring segment is the "Retro Roundup" wherein older games that have been recently re-released (whether through retail or through services such as Virtual Console or Xbox Live Arcade) are briefly discussed, and whether the games would be reccommended for purchase.
More recently, the podcast has gone from a weekly format to a bi-weekly format.
Retronauts also produces the supplement video podcast, Bonus Stage, which looks at specific retro tiles more closely.
Legendary Thread
Legendary Thread is a podcast devoted to the MMO World of Warcraft. It is hosted by Game Videos managing editor Demian Linn. Usual guests are Jeff Green, editor in chief of Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, Sean Molloy of GFW, Karen Chu of the 1UP.com art department, and Ryan Scott of GFW.
The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly
The newest 1UP Radio podcast, Sports Anomaly presents discussions on both sports games and actual sports. The show is known for its boisterous energy and the panel's frequent, spontaneous chanting. Among these chants is the "Yak Attack", a reference to "the wicked yakker" (or a curveball). Other popular chants are "Day and Date" and "Breaking News". The Sports Anomaly panel includes host Todd "Casual Sports Game Guy" Zuniga, Greg "The Yakker" Ford, and Bryan "Fragile Eagle" Intihar.
Former podcasts
RadiOPM
Hosted by former Senior Editor Joe Rybicki, RadiOPM was a supplement to the now-defunct Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine.