The 1UP Show
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The 1UP Show is a popular video podcast that is updated weekly on the video gaming website, 1UP.com. It features editors of said web network along with the magazine editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly and Games for Windows: The Official Magazine. Like the website, the podcast focuses on various aspects of modern gaming culture. Since its creation in 2005, the show has featured previews and reviews of games, as well as in-house debates and discussions on recent developments in the gaming community.
The latest episodes of The 1UP Show (currently in its fifth season) can be downloaded/viewed from their site every Friday, or from podcast managers such as iTunes.
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[edit] History
The first episode of The 1UP Show became available on October 21, 2005. It began as a low-budget side project created by Jane Pinckard and Ryan O'Donnell, both of whom also wrote the majority of the show's scripted segments. The two were aided in the show's production by then-Managing Editor of 1UP.com, Che Chou.
In the show's second season, production values of the show were raised significantly, with the addition of professionaly made video graphics and high quality footage, as well as a theme song written and performed by Jane Pinckard and Eric Haller.
[edit] Style
The show is shot largely in and nearby the offices of 1UP and its affiliated magazines, though some portions are filmed on location at press events and game shows. Though various episodes of The 1UP Show feature brief segments of scripted skits and light-hearted segues, the majority of content is off-the-cuff.
[edit] This Is Not The 1UP Show
When The 1UP Show can not make its weekly deadline, it is usually replaced with alternate video series titled This Is Not The 1UP Show that features its own, less news-related segments, including "Broken Pixels", in which members of the staff (notably "Rest of the Crap" writer Seanbaby of Electronic Gaming Monthly) are simply filmed laughing and "enjoying" playing poorly-received video games such as Bible Adventures on the NES and Necro-Nesia on the Wii.
[edit] Seasons
[edit] Season One: October 2005 - December 2005
The first season of The 1UP Show contains 10 episodes, loosely tied together through a series of ongoing skits. Usually, these skits will take place during the cold open of an episode and before the closing title card. Original music for the series was composed by Ryan O'Donnell. Though the show featured an opening title sequence featuring members of the 1UP.com staff, neither the cast nor crew of The 1UP Show were formally credited.
[edit] Season Two: January 2006 - June 2006
Season Two of The 1UP Show saw the introduction of a standard opening credits sequence, accompanied by an original theme song written and performed by Eric Haller and Jane Pinckard. Managing Editor Che Chou left the 1UP.com staff and Ziff Davis early in the season to work under Microsoft (under the Turn 10 development team) to develop an Xbox game, Forza Motorsport 2. In May, the events of E3 2006 were covered in a 3-part special.
The season features 21 episodes, including the first four episodes of This Is Not The 1UP Show.
Season Two Main Cast:
- Team 1UP Show - Jane Pinckard, Ryan O'Donnell, Che Chou
- The High Rollers - John Davison, Sam Kennedy, Mark MacDonald, Simon Cox
- Guitar Heroes: 'Liberante' - Garnett Lee, Kimi Matsuzaki, Matt Leone, Andrew "Skip" Pfister
- Video Prod. Squad - Mikey Nguyen, Jason Bertrand, Cesar Quintero, Robert Bowen
- 1UP.com Art Ops - Greg Ma, Karen Chu
- The 'Core Club - Jared Rea, Patrick Klepek, Richard Li
- with James Mielke
[edit] Season Three: June 2006 - October 2006
The third season of The 1UP Show began on June 9th, 2006. The series introduced a new summertime opening sequence with an alternate Beach Boys inspired version of the theme song, arranged by Jane Pinckard, Eric Haller, Ryan O'Donnell and Chris Groves. The Tokyo Game Show was featured in September. Near the end of the season, Jane Pinckard left Ziff Davis to work as a conference manager for the Game Developers Conference.
Season Three contains 18 episodes.
[edit] Season Four: October 13, 2006 - December 22, 2006
The fourth season of The 1UP Show began October 13, 2006.
Season Four Main Cast:
- Ryan O'Donnell, Kathleen Sanders, Cesar Quintero, Mark MacDonald, Demian Linn, Jason Bertrand, Rob Bowen, Nelson Laut, Mike Nelson, Crispin Boyer, Bryan Intihar, Dan "Shoe" Hsu, Shane Bettenhausen, Luke Smith, Garnett Lee, Andrew "Skip" Pfister, Matt Leone, Sam Kennedy, John Davison, Shawn Elliott, James "Milky" Mielke, Electronic Gaming Monthly staff, Official PlayStation Magazine staff, Games For Windows staff.
The impending launches of the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 were heavily explored this season, as were other anticipated games such as Final Fantasy 12, Bully, Elite Beat Agents, Gears of War, and even an early feature on the following fall's Halo 3.
Season 4 contains 11 episodes, with one episode of "This is Not the 1Up Show" and another of "Broken Pixels".
[edit] Season Five: January 19, 2007 - Present
The fifth season of The 1UP Show began January 19, 2007. 8 episodes, along with one episode of Not The 1Up Show, are scheduled to be shown throughout the season up until the season finale on April 20, 2007.
Season Five Main Cast:
Ryan O'Donnell, Kathleen Sanders, Cesar Quintero, Mark MacDonald, Demian Linn, Jason Bertrand, Rob Bowen, Nelson Laut, and Mike Nelson from Game Videos; Crispin Boyer, Greg Ford, Bryan Intihar, Dan "Shoe" Hsu, Shane Bettenhausen, Michael Donahoe, and Jennifer Tsao from EGM; Shawn Elliott, Sean Molloy, Ryan Scott, Darren Gladstone, and Jeff Green from GFW; Luke Smith, Garnett Lee, Andrew "Skip" Pfister, Matt Leone, Sam Kennedy, John Davison, Karen Chu, Seana Lyn, Jeenn Frank, Jared Rea, Todd Zuniga, and James "Milkman" Mielke from 1Up.
