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736 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★ - 52 ratings

1UP Radio is the leading voice of the videogame community. Powered by the editors and personalities of the 1UP Network, the 1UP Radio podcast family covers the games industry from every possible angle. Start your week with the humor and insight of EGM Live* and GFW Radio, and continue on with the accessible, yet knowledgable Legendary Thread, Sports Anamoly and Retronauts. Then start your weekend right with 1UP Yours, the definitive videogame talk show. With multiple new episodes hitting every week, 1UP Radio is all you need to feed your gaming fix.

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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/19/2010

February 19, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 38.2 MB

Another week, another industry event. We're in Las Vegas for DICE, and we took the opportunity to invite some game insiders to talk about their experiences at the conference. Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe and Insomniac's James Stevenson join us in the first segment to talk about OnLive, interacting with the people that play their games, and the difficulty in creating products that reach a wide audience. In part two of this two segment episode, the MANGOD himself, Shane Bettenhausen, sits down ...

Retronauts Episode 87

February 18, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MB

When plans to talk about Data East go awry (again!), Jeremy, Ray, Sharkey, and Kohler improvise and babble about vaguely game-related things for almost 90 minutes. It's very free-form! But is it art?

Live Update - Season 2 - Episode 02 - 02/18/10

February 18, 2010 20:00 - 9 minutes - 108 MB Video

In the second episode of season 2, Alice and Justin chat about newly released The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom, Mike and Tina discuss Avatar creation for Xbox Live, and we finish with an interview from X10 for the upcoming Perfect Dark remake.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/12/2010

February 12, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

With Microsoft inviting a whopping mass of devs and press alike into town this week, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to invite an old friend on to break down all the happenings. It also turned out to be a great chance to make some new friends by chatting up some the biggest names in game development. We chat with Peter Molyneux about his ongoing ambitions in game design, Bungie's Brian Jarrard and Marcus Lehto give us a tiny peak behind Halo Reach's curtain and Peter, James, an...

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 148

February 11, 2010 20:00 - 38 minutes - 13.3 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch, David Ellis, TheWiire.com's Mike Suszek as they discuss MLB 2K10's brief hands-on, Madden's bogus cover athlete selection, the latest on UFC Undisputed 2010, what the Mike Wang NBA Live/NBA 2K situation really means, MLB 10 The Show's online league features, Madden's coming to Facebook, EA's first Super Bowl commercial, Kurt Warner booted from Madden 10 and oh, so much more!

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 02/11/2010

February 11, 2010 09:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MB

This week we talk about how a game idea on neogaf may become a reality, and what inspires Miyamoto to make games. Sharkey finds the best flash game with robot unicorns, stars and rainbows (really), and we have a few user blogs to share. Oh, and with Valentine's day almost here, gaming should be included in the romantic schedule.

1UP.com - Active Time Babble - 02/11/2010

February 11, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MB

Kat Bailey and Scott Sharkey talk about their tour of duty aboard the starship U.S.S. Freak Machine in Star Trek Online, and guest Stiv Tramer plays the role of historian in a lengthy exploration/defense of the roguelike genre.

Live Update - Season 2 - Episode 01 - 02/10/10

February 10, 2010 20:00 - 6 minutes - 76.9 MB Video

On the season premier of Live Update season 2, we show you how to get the latest HD movies like The Hangover, Paranormal Activity and District 9 on Xbox Live, and discuss the downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 and Assassin's Creed 2.

1UP.com - at1UP - 02/09/2010

February 09, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MB

Reviews Editor Justin Haywald sits in with the crew this week as the not-so-secret top secret game mentioned in last week's blog is revealed. This week¹s show is very game heavy, with discussions about Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2, Dragon Quest VII, Rock Band, some free online games; also an interpretation of the DOOM theme hides somewhere in the show.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/05/2010

February 05, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 40.7 MB

It's not every week that a sequel get's announced 16 years after the last title. Since Sega decided to pull back the curtain on Sonic 4: Episode 1 it was the perfect time to bring Ray Barnholt and Jeremy Parish to talk about the significance of Sega adding that 4 to the title. Not to be outdone we also talk about the latest Fallout game, the ESRB getting a little too descriptive, and Grasshopper games adding some serious talent. In Whatcha been playin Ray talks about the recently released No ...

Retronauts Episode 86

February 04, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MB

Jeremy, Ray, Chris, and a strangely transient Justin Haywald sleepily revisit the Lunar series and the overarching Game Arts ouevre. All through the niiiiight, keep marchiiiiing oooooon!

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 02/04/2010

February 04, 2010 09:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MB

This week, the gang talks about PS3-powered supercomputers, High Voltage's Wii fighting game and a blogger's challenge to 1UP's readers. Sharkey also carves out some time to discuss US tax law.

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 147

February 02, 2010 20:00 - 47 minutes - 16.4 MB

The most XLVIan Sports Anomaly to date features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and TheWiire.com's Mike Suszek as they forget, then remember, to predict the Super Bowl using Madden NFL 10, discuss Madden Ultimate Team's issues, Madden 11's cover athlete to be fan-voted, how to win a million bucks with MLB 2K10, why EA brought FIFA Online for free, NBA Live 10 loses Mike Wang, heads on sticks (!), and replacement players in MLB video games. "There are things that mea...

1UP.com - at1UP - 02/02/2010

February 02, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 29.1 MB

The show is back after an unfortunate week off that saw Mike battling the office sick cloud -- and losing. Things start with a warning about LOST and then move on to Travis and Mike's adventure with the new UGO. After that, it's all the at1UP gaming and pop culture goodness you've come to expect.

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 01/29/2010

January 29, 2010 09:00 - 52 minutes - 24.3 MB

Tina attempts to get people to care about FIFA games, Sam raves about the iPad, we chat about RPGs, and share the weirdest comments we've seen on 1UP this week.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/29/2010

January 29, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MB

Between the iPad and Monster Hunter Frontier port it's been a week filled with underwhelming announcements. That's ok because we've been playing plenty of games that will pick up the slack. While Sam and John talk about their hands-on experience with Apple new wundertablet, Scooter and David spent some quality time with Resident Evil 5's first DLC package and blew a bunch of stuff up in Split-Second. Then we round it out with our spoiler-free love in for Mass Effect 2. (Note: If you haven't p...

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 146

January 28, 2010 20:00 - 41 minutes - 14.3 MB

The most fumbleitisized Sports Anomaly ever features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they predict 2010's Sports Anomaly's Sports Game of the Year, dig into more Madden NFL 10 online franchise depth, discuss Backbreaker's box art, the lack of check swings in MLB 2K10 and the announcement of FIFA World Cup 2010. "I thought it would be a slow sports gaming news week on the Sports Anomaly, so I threw that interception to spice things up. I didn't know Backbreaker'...

1UP.com - Active Time Babble - 01/28/2010

January 28, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

Jeremy, Kat, Thierry, and Mike Nelson touch briefly on the weirdness of Sands of Destruction before embarking on an hour-long examination of Mass Effect 2. (Spoiler material is limited strictly to incidental, non-plot-related matters, because we love you.)

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/27/2010

January 27, 2010 09:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MB

Last week Bioware's Casey Hudson was kind enough to drop by the studio to chat about Mass Effect 2. We decided to hang onto the episode until the game launched as there are a few bits of information are best heard after you've played through the opening of the game. During the conversation we talk about the process of creating Bioware's first true sequel in a long time, making changes based on consumer feedback, and creating a potentially controversial new DLC network.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/22/2010

January 22, 2010 09:00 - 2 hours - 55.5 MB

With the Independent Games Festival and GDC coming up we thought it would be a good week to go a little indie. We welcome Braid artist David Hellman, Area 5's Ryan O'donnell, and Scott Sharkey to talk about their experiences in the independent gaming scene. Along the way we sing the praises of Darksiders and lament on the future of the Zelda franchise while shining our collective light on some interesting titles that you can download now for FREE.

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 145

January 21, 2010 20:00 - 34 minutes - 11.8 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they use Madden NFL 10 to tackle the AFC and NFC championship predictions, who might be on the cover of NCAA Football 11, MLB 10 The Show's pre-order special and who we want to battle with in UFC 2010 Undisputed.

Retronauts Episode 85

January 21, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Frank Cifaldi joins Jeremy, Ray, and Chris again to discuss the potential of Microsoft's Game Room, the fake history of Dark Void Zero, and the mysterious history of Sunsoft.

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 01/21/2010

January 21, 2010 09:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MB

Joy! A new week, another oddcast! We're joined by 1UP's Alan Johnson as we ask folks to play Halo for Haiti, joke about how DSi XL is for old people, and Sharkey tells us about vvvvvv. Yes, that's a real game.

1UP.com - at1UP - 01/20/2010

January 20, 2010 09:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MB

The crew braves the cold, rainy weather and marches into the studio to talk about 1UP's new video show, Backstage, a behind-the-scenes look with game developers. The 1UP Awards surpisingly don't cause a lot of controversy, and the gang delves into Darksiders, Raving Rabbids, and Earthbound.

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 01/15/2010

January 15, 2010 09:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MB

So this week we discover the Chinese made another game rip off, talk beat-em ups, and that "party bus" and "final fantasy" somehow blended together. Two new recession games are shared and we close with a video games and their endings topic discussion. How fitting

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/15/2010

January 15, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MB

We're back from the holiday break detour to CES, and with four peope in-studio finally living up to our namesake. Former EA producer Amer Ajami joins us to talk about his experience working as part of the team that spawned the "EA Spouse" controversy, and also hints a little at what the future has in store for him. In news, some games are getting delayed (Splinter Cell Conviction) while others are announced out of nowhere (New Assassin's Creed). Finally we round out whatcha been playin' with ...

1UP.com - Active Time Babble - 01/14/2010

January 14, 2010 09:00 - 2 hours - 56.3 MB

Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Alice Liang, and Gamasutra's Christian Nutt start the year right with a look at our favorite RPGs of 2009 and the games we're anticipating in 2010. Plus, lots of import talk about Final Fantasy XIII.

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 144

January 13, 2010 20:00 - 32 minutes - 11.2 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they once again look to Madden NFL 10 to predict the playoffs, discuss the future of an "innovative new take on Madden," the first NBA Jam screenshot — maybe, and EA signs on an arcade legend to creative direct, plus the biggest idiot playing Madden Ultimate Team

1UP.com - at1UP - 01/12/2010

January 12, 2010 09:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MB

Our first episode of 2010 sees the return of a familiar face, and the disastrous debut of a new one. The gang catch up with their holiday gaming stories (LOTRO, Darksiders, Spirit Tracks), some Avatar talk, movie 2010 vs. real 2010, and what's a Fatty Melt?

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 143

January 11, 2010 20:00 - 33 minutes - 11.7 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they tackle the NFL playoffs via a Madden NFL 10 simulation, react to MLB 10 The Show first footage and to Backbreaker's debut trailer, plus discuss NBA Jam for the Wii and EA Sports' decision to stick with Tiger Woods.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/08/2010

January 08, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 32.9 MB

They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Screw that noise. G4TV's Patrick Klepek joins Matt Leone and David Ellis to talk about all the gaming business going down at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Along the way they discuss whether Natal has been effectively neutered even before its release and offer hands-on impressions from Splinter Cell Conviction, Split Second, Scrap Metal, and other games on the show floor. Also, what the heck is Xbox Live Game Room all about? Tune in ...

Retronauts Episode 84

January 07, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

We kick off 2010 with our annual look-back to bygone years. Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Frank Cifaldi, and Chris Kohler explore the mysteries of 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, and 1995 in this entirely too lengthy episode!

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 01/07/2010

January 07, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 32.8 MB

The Oddcast wobbles back to the airwaves with a yuletide hangover. Grouchy, with eggnog stink still on our breath, we commiserate over lame Christmas gifts and pick a bone with 2009. But before allow ourselves to succumb to total self-pity, we carve out some time to discuss Genetos, an indie game Tina likes!

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/01/2010

January 01, 2010 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MB

We're still recovering from the holiday break, but that doesn't mean we're skipping a week. Recorded before the break, Constantine Hantzopoulos (Sega of America) joins David Ellis and Matt Leone in-studio to talk about his career and transition from developer to publisher back to developer.

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 142

December 31, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 25.3 MB

The most "decade"nt. Sports Anomaly ever recorded since sound was invented by Jawas features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and the Ghost of Bryan Intihar as they discuss "sports gaming's greatest decade" as they their favorite sports gaming moments, the top Cyber-Athlete of the last 10 years, MVP of the Decade, and an exhaustive, amazing tournament for Sports Anomaly Sports Game of the Decade.

1UP.com - Active Time Babble - 12/31/2009

December 31, 2009 09:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB

With everyone else out for the holidays, Jeremy Parish talks to Spiderweb Software's Jeff Vogel about the finale of the long-running Avernum series.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/25/2009

December 25, 2009 09:00 - 2 hours - 63.2 MB

It's Christmas time, and the year is winding down. That means an empty office around here, but boisterous Brit and all-around great guy John Davison drops by to talk about his transition back to hardcore games press. He joins David Ellis to discuss the themes that stood out in 2009, and put on their psychic caps to make some bold predictions for 2010. When will the Wii HD be announced? Will the PSP survive the year? When will Facebook take over the games space?

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 141

December 23, 2009 20:00 - 42 minutes - 14.9 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Davis Ellis, Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they shock the world by declaring the Sports Anomaly Game of the Year, shout at each other about general silliness, and basically celebrate the reason for the season: sports video games!

1UP.com - The Oddcast - 12/23/2009

December 23, 2009 09:00 - 43 minutes - 22.4 MB

Happy Holidays everyone! For our final podcast of the year, we decided to do things a little differently. We close out the year with the first-ever Oddcast Awards, share our favorite gaming moments of 2009 while also reading listener submissions.

Retronauts Episode 83

December 22, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

We've checked out for the year, so Sharkey, Tina, and Mike join Jeremy for an aimless, rambling discussion of random holiday gaming memories. Then Sharkey sticks around to talk about Habitat before Justin and Jade hop in to talk about FFVIII's on PSN.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/18/2009

December 18, 2009 09:00 - 2 hours - 69.4 MB

Games, dammit! That's the mantra this week as we talk almost too many titles to list. We go two segments deep with Mass Effect 2 (one spoiler free) and find out if Matt Leone or David Ellis would make a better digital parent. Then we follow that up with exploitation central via No More Heroes and Bayonetta. Finally we round out the show with tales of Splinter Cell Conviction Co-op and Red Dead Redemption.

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 140

December 17, 2009 20:00 - 40 minutes - 14.1 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Davis Ellis, Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they discuss the coming of Madden Ultimate Team, reactions to UFC 2010's trailer, the latest Madden roster update, hot stove league's wheeling-and-dealing and the VGA Awards sports games of the year.

1UP.com - Active Time Babble - 12/17/2009

December 17, 2009 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Travis Williams, and Christian Nutt ask themselves, "What is an RPG?" It's a soul-searching, history-spanning semantics argument for the ages. Also: Talking about Etrian Odyssey III and the rebirth of Nihon Telenet.

1UP.com - at1UP - 12/14/2009

December 14, 2009 09:00 - 1 hour - 30.1 MB

1UP's BioShock 2 cover story kicks off today's discussion as Travis and Mike drool over the cover artwork a little bit, Jade tells us about the choo-choo mechanics in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and Paleolithic Bruce Wayne gets our attention in Final Notes.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/11/2009

December 11, 2009 09:00 - 2 hours - 58.1 MB

With the VGA's looming we're recording on the road (pardon our echoes) in not-so-sunny LA. Friend of the show Billy Berghammer joins former Pandemic producer Cory Lewis as we talk about the studio closing and relive memories of the Gamecube launch. Along the way we discuss our favorite games of the year and what the VGA's need to do to become the Academy Awards of video games.

Retronauts Episode 82

December 10, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

Parish, Barnholt, Haywald, and Kohler discuss the strange resuscitation of Virtual Console, the overlooked legacy of Zelda's portable entries, and the 15th anniversary of PlayStation.

The Sports Game Guy's Sports Anomaly 139

December 10, 2009 20:00 - 33 minutes - 11.6 MB

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Davis Ellis, Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they discuss EA Sports' new game, make their picks in a World Cup preview, announce the schedule for Madden NFL 10's roster updates, along with NBA Live 10 and NBA Unrivaled patches, and finally dig in to Friday Night Lights Season 4!

1UP.com - Active Time Babble - 12/10/2009

December 10, 2009 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

Our long-delayed fourth chapter arrives at last, with a flashback sequence in which we interrogate members of the World of Warcraft dev team before discussing Dragon Age in alarming detail.

1UP.com - at1UP - 12/08/2009

December 08, 2009 09:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MB

It's a jam-packed show this week as Justin Haywald joins the crew in the studio for the main show to discuss Silent Hill Shattered Memories. In the first after-show segment, Nelson Laut joins Mike to talk with Brandon and Hilary from UGO's TV podcast, Toob Tied. Finally, Mike gets on the line with Bitmob.com's Dan Hsu discuss his team's involvment with the new EGM.

1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/04/2009

December 04, 2009 09:00 - 2 hours - 57.7 MB

We go a little Hollywood this week as PC Gamer founder turned motion picture writer Gary Whitta joins us to talk about his career transition.

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