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Jeff Green on 1Up/UGO

[Jan 07, 2009, 3:30 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Greenspeak, the blog of one-time Computer Gaming World and Games for Windows editor Jeff Green, offers a counterpoint to the story below, as Jeff takes issue with Sam Kennedy's upbeat assessment of UGO's acquisition of 1Up. He says Sam is, "in a horrid position here, having to put a brave face on what is an unequivocally ugly mess. So I wish no ill-will on the guy, and, more important, those following this story need to know that none of this is his 'fault'. All this sh*t happened way above him. He's just trying to make the best of a bad situation. And to that I offer him a heartfelt and sincere good luck." Jeff goes through some of Sam's statements line-by-line, sorting through what he considers spin, saying, "You're not the same 1UP because you just lost a gigantic chunk of what made 1up 1up," and disbelieving that this is the "best news" 1Up could have received, he says the following: "Again, no. If this can be called 'the best news', I'd hate to see the bad news. In fact, it might be the best bit of news that you and the others who kept their jobs ever had, since you now don't have to be looking for work at the start of a new year, in the worst economic climate this country has been in in the last 80 years."

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Re: Jeff Green on 1Up & UGO

Jan 9, 2009, 15:04

elefunk

2 of the most important pieces of information I need from a review is whether the game uses checkpoint saves or a save-anywhere function, and what kind of DRM it uses and the specific limitations. With very few exceptions, a lack of a save anywhere function is a deal-breaker, and the inclusion of anything more intrusive than something like a disk-check makes it a non-purchase. It is shocking how few reviews actually even mention these things. I know from the reviews I have read that 1up, like most review sources, wasn't very good in this regard. Again, why the hell do you need a review to tell you this when a billion other sources around the web already are? Game reviews should review the game, not the product.

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