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Title: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: TR0N on February 21, 2013, 04:11:43 PM
This sucks for me any ways since i like listening to retronauts and activetimebabble.
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/21/1up-gamespy-shut-down-by-ziff-davis-ign-suffers-layoffs/
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: SignOfZeta on February 21, 2013, 06:18:00 PM
Victory!

Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: TR0N on February 21, 2013, 06:19:29 PM
Victory!


It's only a victory if it was ign instead  :roll:
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: TheClash603 on February 21, 2013, 11:13:56 PM
1up had the worst page design ever, but their content was so-so.

Gamespy was junk.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: Tatsujin on February 21, 2013, 11:34:54 PM
who was them again?
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: bob on February 22, 2013, 12:12:56 AM
I agree TRON, retronauts got me through many a plane flight. But all in all, I never looked at the sites much.
Sucks for anybody being laid off.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: Ji-L87 on February 22, 2013, 03:09:41 AM
: /

I kind of liked retronauts.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: roflmao on February 22, 2013, 01:24:39 PM
Never heard of any of it.  But if it was retro-related in them media, it probably was a loss. :(
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: Sadler on February 22, 2013, 02:36:18 PM
Retronauts was my favorite podcast by a huge margin. Their release schedule had gotten pretty bad recently. They used to be weekly. Sometime last year that started to degrade. Between November and December I think we got one show, and one show since then. Regardless, check out their archive (http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?pager.offset=4&cId=3156908). Yes, they make mistakes, but overall it was a really good podcast. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.the1upnetwork.com/flat/Retronauts/R082009.mp3
their TG16 show.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: TR0N on February 22, 2013, 05:07:29 PM
I agree TRON, retronauts got me through many a plane flight. But all in all, I never looked at the sites much.
Sucks for anybody being laid off.
Yeah the,retronauts podcast was the only thing i liked about 1up.com.We shall see if they will be around still or not.Unless the people there find jobs at another site.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: NightWolve on February 22, 2013, 08:36:23 PM
Retronauts = RIP ? I had linked their Victor Ireland interview way back... They had done that, if you might remember. Well, that sucks. Personally, I never got into podcasts, but I appreciated that one interview. I recall that 1up had done a nice, big Ys review or something way back as well, but with so much content out there, they were just another review site of many and I developed no further interest.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: TheClash603 on February 23, 2013, 02:33:16 AM
P.S., I feel guilty for mentioning how the sites sucked and I won't miss them without saying that I DO feel ad for the people impacted.

I have had awful co-workers let go in the past that for years had been a burden on my life and I still always wish them the best.  Hopefully these people get back on their feet.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: Johnny Turbo on February 23, 2013, 02:54:17 AM
Even if the quality of these sites was at best so-so it's strange to see them shutting down. I really don't understand all of these video game related closures lately.
Title: Re: 1up,GameSpy Shut Down By Ziff-Daivs IGN Suffers Layoffs
Post by: TR0N on February 23, 2013, 04:36:00 PM
Even if the quality of these sites was at best so-so it's strange to see them shutting down. I really don't understand all of these video game related closures lately.
Greed mostly ign parent company bought them years ago.Since there not making the profit they want,they are cutting them loose.