The 1UP Show

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The 1UP Show
Opening titles for season eight of The 1UP Show
Hosting	N/A
Updates	Weekly
Debut	October 21, 2005
Genre	Video podcast
Website	The 1UP Show

The 1UP Show is a popular video podcast that is updated weekly on the video gaming website, 1UP.com. It features editors of 1UP.com 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 eighth season) can be downloaded/viewed from their website every Friday, or from podcast managers such as iTunes.

1 History
2 Style
- 2.1 Not The 1UP Show
3 Seasons
4 Awards and nominations
5 References
6 External links

[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 professionally 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] Not The 1UP Show

When The 1UP Show can not make its weekly deadline, it is usually replaced with alternate video series titled Not The 1UP Show that features its own, less news-related segments.

This includes 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" poorly-received video games such as Bible Adventures on the NES and Escape from Bug Island on the Wii. This segment is now seen as an offshoot from the show it started on.

While The 1UP Show is more focused on game coverage, Not The 1UP Show is more focused on gaming and gaming culture.

[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 360 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 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 9, 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. The impending launches of the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 were heavily explored in 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 "Not The 1UP Show" and another of "Broken Pixels".

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 "Fragile EAgle" 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.

[edit] Season Five: January 19, 2007 - April 20, 2007

The fifth season of The 1UP Show began on January 19, 2007. 8 episodes, along with 3 episode of "Not The 1UP Show", were shown. Two more episodes of "Not The 1UP Show" were aired post-Season Five. During this season, Luke Smith had announced his departure from Ziff Davis to work at Bungie.

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 "The Yakker" Ford, Bryan "Fragile EAgle" 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, Jenn Frank, Jared Rea, Todd Zuniga, and James "Milkman" Mielke from 1Up.

[edit] Season Six: May 11, 2007 - August 24, 2007

Episode 1 of the sixth season of The 1UP Show commenced on May 11, 2007 including a new summer season intro (accompanied by the theme song first introduced in season two). 15 episodes aired for the season, 2 episodes being "Not The 1UP Show" and 5 for E3.

[edit] Season Seven: August 31, 2007 - December 21, 2007

The seventh season of The 1UP Show began on August 31, 2007. Season seven is scheduled to have 16 episodes, one being "Not The 1UP Show" and another for a 1UP Show Special. The season premiere episode was the 100th episode of The 1UP Show, and also saw the departure of John Davison and Kathleen Sanders. John Davison will still take part in the 1UP Yours podcast.

[edit] Awards and nominations

In 2007 and in 2008, The 1UP Show was nominated for a "Best of the Web Award" in "Best Podcast or Vodcast" by Media Industry Newsletter (min). In 2007, it lost to the Slate Magazine podcast. Results for the 2008 awards will be announced at Access Intelligence's "min day" Digital Media Summit on April 18, 2008.^[1]^[2]

The 1UP Show has been a mainstay of the Top 10 Games & Hobbies podcasts on iTunes's website. It's the gaming podcast with the highest number of Diggs at Digg.com. It is also the most popular podcast by 1UP (a Featured Provider in iTunes's podcast space).