Peace out 1UP

I find it so ironic that the day after I post the first episode of my very own podcast, the reason and the inspiration for my love of podcasts has bid farewell. 1UP was bought today buy UGO, and pretty much almost all of 1UP's staff was laid off. All UGO wanted, at least this is everyone's interpretation of the situation, was the name. The problem is gaming enthusiasts went to 1UP for the people who wrote and did podcasts for the site. Now, almost half of the podcasts I listen to are gone, and podcasting will never be the same for me.

I didn't think 1UP's demise would bother me so much. At the same time, I didn't think it would be this bad. I constantly heard about EGM getting shut down because print media is dying, but I really didn't think they would get rid of almost the whole staff and kill the podcasts at the same time. Hopefully all of those people that I enjoy reading and listening to find jobs somewhere else in the video game media. I just hope they find any job really. Thanks for everything 1UP crew. Simply the best.



I like this intro better.

The Podcast of a Middle Distance Circle Jerk #0

For shits and giggles and still awfully rough but it was fun.

No server as of now but:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/61hf7k

In this podcast, Alvin and I discuss New Year's, White Elephant, Teenage porn-viewing etiquette then-and-now, bowling scholarships, Chinese Democracy, Magic Johnson getting blowjobs, etc. I also kind of make a stupid alpha generalization about wedding receptions and am apologizing for it.