Shawn Elliot leaves 1UP, GFW Radio

by Justin McElroy { Sep 18th 2008 at 9:15AM }

Remember when the Podcast Rodeo told you that GFW Radio, The Brodeo, would continue to soldier on in the absence of fearless leader Jeff Green? It would seem that we were lying. Though it probably could have withstood the dissolution of its magazine and the loss of Green, the departure of Shawn Elliot was apparently more than it could handle. Our favorite philosophizing, rap master game journalist announced yesterday that he was leaving 1UP for 2K Boston (as if we needed another reason to creepy stalk poor KennyL). The final episode of GFW Radio is up now.

Elliot joins a list of recently departed 1UP staffers that has become too long for us to remember. He'll be associate producing a mystery project at the 2K Boston: great news for the "us" two years from now, but absolutely bad news for us today. See you later, boss. Give Ken a back rub for us.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]

Tags: 1UP, shawn-elliot

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SHAZAM! @ Sep 18th 2008 9:24AM

Bad, Bad news. I can see why this may have been a little too much for the Brodeo to recover from. They say there will be something new in the future though, so I hope that's just as good.

Good luck to Shawn.

Lucifon @ Sep 18th 2008 9:30AM

It was a joke :P he said so on the latest podcast.

ste @ Sep 18th 2008 9:36AM

you never listened to the whole of the last gfw podcast jump to 30 mins in

richie579 @ Sep 18th 2008 9:42AM

I hope it was a joke...Shawn is too cool for skool and always hilarious on the 1up yours podcasts...if true, he will be missed.

Brad @ Sep 18th 2008 9:43AM

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it were a joke. Not even if he actually stopped working there for a few months, then popped back in sometime in 2009, "Ha! Gotcha!"

Logic Bus @ Sep 18th 2008 9:50AM

He makes it clear pretty early on in this week's podcast that it was a joke -- He's not really leaving.

SHAZAM! @ Sep 18th 2008 10:08AM

Listen to the whole thing. He definitely is leaving...

Veko @ Sep 18th 2008 10:09AM

Haha, Justin just got Shawn-rolled!

I believed it because of this post before I started listening. Shawn Elliot wins again.

Veko @ Sep 18th 2008 10:13AM

Oh, I see...I was Shawn-rolled. >.>

WhoMe @ Sep 18th 2008 10:44AM

Classic Shawn Elliot.

Classic Joystiq.

Wubbytoes @ Sep 18th 2008 10:18AM

Man, this really sucks.

angryemu @ Sep 18th 2008 11:12AM

I've taken for granted that every week I'm going to get top-notch commentary from the Brodeo. 1up Yours is good, but the Brodeo seemed to be a step above when it came to quality discussion. It's a shame to have such a valued industry perspective silenced. I only hope that Green and Elliot find another venue to continue their excellent intellectual dialog in a public forum.

Jonah Falcon @ Sep 18th 2008 11:51AM

Joystiq, just a reminder:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/05/ziff-davis-egm-1up-publisher-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/

You think THAT has nothing to do with Hsu, Green, and Smith, as well as the closing of GFW?

princeofshapeir @ Sep 18th 2008 11:56AM

The Brodeo is Dead. Long Live the Brodeo.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Sep 18th 2008 12:02PM

Thank God.

He just spent all his time explaining how he's more literate than you. Listen to his big stroke session about Braid.

Protip:
Don't ever use the word "deconstructing".

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Sep 18th 2008 12:27PM

Well, I guess I can nix GFW from my podcast lineup. God, if Shane and Garnett go it'll make a clean sweep of my favorite 1UP personalities.

Nick Suttner, Anthony G., & the new blood are cool guys, but many of the core luminaries are leaving.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Sep 18th 2008 1:35PM

Yeah, the way it's going, Shane, Garnett and Skip will just have to leave and take the podcast with them. It's almost all that's left.

princeofshapeir @ Sep 18th 2008 2:23PM

I still feel the loss of Bryan Intihar the most (he and Zuniga had great chemistry on the anomaly and both were really into it), and EGM Live going the way of the do-do sucked too (although 1UP FM is good in it's own right). That being said, Nick Suttner is pretty cool, and Garnett/Shane are the flagship of the 1UP network. Having John Davidson on for the last month hasn't hurt either. If Garnett/Shane ever leave then 1UP would be in the same boat as Gamespot was after the Gerstmann incident.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Sep 18th 2008 2:32PM

Fragile Eagle is awesome! Although the Insomniac podcast leaves something to be desired (not his fault).

John is fantastic too.

Nick, et al. on 1UP FM are doing a good job. It's taking a bit of time to get it into tune, but all the right ingredients are there. It should be a good podcast in no time.