1Up Yours - Kefkataran Style!

[TrackZero]

Yes that's right ladies and gents. The circle is complete and Philip "Kefkataran" Kollar is on this weeks 1UP Yours (http://1upyours.1up.com).

While also being his debut outing on the show, there's also some discussion of Evil Avatar and our relationship with K*taku.

Give it a listen (http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://download.gamevideos.com/Podcasts/060608.mp3)!

I like the part where Shane calls Phil a Wiitard.

[Norse]

This is awesome:

And...and...this is the first time in a looooong while that Garnett was free from the shackles of the news list. Our own Philip Kollar (some of you might remember him from Evil Avatar Radio) did a bang-up job reading the news this week. We have plans for this young man, and you'll be hearing more of him -- not necessarily limited to 1UP Yours -- very soon.

So that's the new "permanent" structure of 1UP Yours: Garnett, Shane and myself. Featuring John Davison, news sometimes with Philip Kollar, and our usual stable of special guests.

Source (http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8761203&publicUserId=5848937)

Ah, the future is bright. The best podcast just got better. Congrats Kef on your celebrity status :)

[PathMaster]

Grats! Dood!

[Aggort]

Kef kicks ass

[TheEpicOfTyler]

That is excellent!

Our little Kef is all grown up! -tear-

[TrackZero]

Damnit, I posted this in the news hours ago, no one had approved it yet.

[Zander]

Wow, that sure didn't take long.

[Grifter]

I'd love to see Shane fall down a large flight of stairs right after being hit by a bus.
Anyway, just wanted to get that out of my system...I'll go check out the show now.

[n3rdXcore]

Fuck yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[jacob.armitage]

thats awesome kef. i'm a regular listener to 1up yours and am excited to hear your input on the show!

[Evil Avatar]

Um... I'm the only one who knows anything about our relationship with K*taku and we don't have a relationship with them, we just think they suck. I do so love it when people talk about things they know nothing about.

[iHap]

Um... I'm the only one who knows anything about our relationship with K*taku and we don't have a relationship with them, we just think they suck. I do so love it when people talk about things they know nothing about.

They usually have news up first, second so meh. I only come to EvAv for...huh...

I love EvAv btw.

[Kefkataran]

Um... I'm the only one who knows anything about our relationship with K*taku and we don't have a relationship with them, we just think they suck. I do so love it when people talk about things they know nothing about.

Garnett was just fanning the flames and joking around (as he went on to say).

Thanks for the support, all. I'm pretty psyched about those big plans of Skip's as well. ;) Stay tuned.

[Grifter]

Um... I'm the only one who knows anything about our relationship with K*taku and we don't have a relationship with them, we just think they suck. I do so love it when people talk about things they know nothing about.


I agree that the people who frequently post on Kotaku suck but Kotaku itself is a great place for news and I have yet to see a reason why the site can't be trusted. I often see things on Kotaku hours, some time days before it shows up here. I come to EvAv for the community and the conversation I go to Kotaku for quick news fixes.

[Psykoboy2]

I agree that the people who frequently post on Kotaku suck but Kotaku itself is a great place for news and I have yet to see a reason why the site can't be trusted. I often see things on Kotaku hours, some time days before it shows up here. I come to EvAv for the community and the conversation I go to Kotaku for quick news fixes.

Trust me....if I didn't have this damn day job, you'd be coming here for the news first.

[51|RandoM]

weekend confirmed!

Glad to hear John Davidson might be back on a regular basis, Shawn is back to just GFW and Skip is going to be 3rd chair.

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Congrats Phil!

I love 1UP Yours. I'll be listening to this week's episode at work tomorrow.

[TurboKinny]

Go Phil!!!!111eleventy!!!

[Grifter]

Trust me....if I didn't have this damn day job, you'd be coming here for the news first.


I do come here first, EvAv is my home page an I probably spend 70% of my internet browsing time here. I usually hit up the other sites between EvAv visits just to see if there is anything that got missed.

[bapenguin]

Listened to this earlier. Very awesome.

[RestlessAvenger]

Glad to hear John Davidson might be back on a regular basis, Shawn is back to just GFW and Skip is going to be 3rd chair.

Thats kind of a shame, I was quite enjoying the double dose of Shawn on a weekly basis.

[51|RandoM]

Thats kind of a shame, I was quite enjoying the double dose of Shawn on a weekly basis.

His pointless anecdotes get old, whether they're about his childhood or his most recent griefing methods.

I like when he goes in-depth on FPS or RTS, unfortunately there does not appear to be anybody else at 1up who can hang with him in those discussions.

[Kefkataran]

His pointless anecdotes get old, whether they're about his childhood or his most recent griefing methods.

I like when he goes in-depth on FPS or RTS, unfortunately there does not appear to be anybody else at 1up who can hang with him in those discussions.

I disagree on the first point just out of opinion, but on the second I think Anthony Gallegos and a few others would probably argue with you.

[karak]

Gawd it's always barely listenable with Shane but at least one of the EA is representing.
I will have to listen later today.

[RestlessAvenger]

His pointless anecdotes get old, whether they're about his childhood or his most recent griefing methods.

I like when he goes in-depth on FPS or RTS, unfortunately there does not appear to be anybody else at 1up who can hang with him in those discussions.

I still love his stories, and I would agre with Kef that since they have added Anthony to the show he has really helped to bring a balance to Shawn's more in-depth discussions.

[n3rdXcore]

I really like Shane and Shawn. While I don't always agree with Shane, he's entertaining to listen to, and Shawn's griefing stories always make me laugh out loud. Garnett is always really great at holding the show together, and I miss Luke Smith's humor. The show definitely needs 999% more Seanbaby though.

I haven't had a chance to listen to this one yet, though :(

[51|RandoM]

I disagree on the first point just out of opinion, but on the second I think Anthony Gallegos and a few others would probably argue with you.

They can argue all they want, but they're obviously just his banana riders. :D

What does his relative's crystal meth story have to do with Gaming For Windows? Nothing. What does his grocery retail experience have to do with GFW? Nothing. I can hear dorky stories like that in any local bar, but guess how often I can find good discussion about windows games in those bars? Not too often. That stuff is just as pointless as just about everything that comes out of Seanbaby's mouth is. Low-brow, juvenile humor, which really isn't a rare commodity.

I'm not shooting for hero of the web status here, lol.

[AgtFox]

I agree that the people who frequently post on Kotaku suck but Kotaku itself is a great place for news and I have yet to see a reason why the site can't be trusted. I often see things on Kotaku hours, some time days before it shows up here. I come to EvAv for the community and the conversation I go to Kotaku for quick news fixes.
I'll talk about my personal problems with Kotaku (and this doesn't represent the overall opinion of Evil Avatar in general). I still go to the site regularly, but I have a problem with all the "white noise" they have on their pages. When I say "white noise" I'm talking about the posts that don't really belong on the page and would be better off put into forums or elsewhere.

Now I know why they have roughly 30+ newsposts per day (including the news dead weekends), all the writers are trying to get the bonuses that Gawker hands out via their new payment methods (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45948) that went into effect earlier this year at Kotaku and other Gawker sites that hadn't moved over there yet (Gizmondo for example). With the carrot square in front of them of course they will post drivel such as the "e-mails" between the staff or some other Enquirer-like newspost. That's my major problem with them.

In the industry as a whole Kotaku has been majorly criticized for not giving credit where credit is due when they duplicate a story from another site. I know that is one of the biggest reasons they were banned from here for a while. They have gotten better, but there have been points where I've seen them write the news as if they are the first on the block with it when they actually are not.

There are many times, as someone else said, that Kotaku is a good place for news where they have the inside scoop no one else does, but the "white noise" just turns me off. I'd rather go to a site like Joystiq to see the news I haven't seen here yet.

Anyway, with that off my chest...I enjoyed the podcast Phil and I hope you become a more permanent member.

[Mdot23]

Kotaku stole our "What you playing this weekend" deal too. I noticed that recently.

[Disgustipated]

Awesome job Phil, I might actually listen to 1UP Yours now!

[TrackZero]

They can argue all they want, but they're obviously just his banana riders. :D

What does his relative's crystal meth story have to do with Gaming For Windows? Nothing. What does his grocery retail experience have to do with GFW? Nothing. I can hear dorky stories like that in any local bar, but guess how often I can find good discussion about windows games in those bars? Not too often. That stuff is just as pointless as just about everything that comes out of Seanbaby's mouth is. Low-brow, juvenile humor, which really isn't a rare commodity.

I'm not shooting for hero of the web status here, lol.

I love his "pointless" stories. If for nothing other than to switch gears from time to time. And I swear, it's not even half the content of what he's saying, but how he tells it. The guy is a born storyteller.

[jadkins555]

Gawd it's always barely listenable with Shane but at least one of the EA is representing.
I will have to listen later today.

I agree with this. I find the best 1UP Yours to be the ones without Shane, as the mood on the show always seems to be more relaxed with him gone.

[rulyblue]

Please replace every "Kotaku" with "sausages."

Thank you.

[pheriannath]

1up Yours is one of my regular listens, I'm looking forward to this week's!

[bapenguin]

Kotaku stole our "What you playing this weekend" deal too. I noticed that recently.

Not to mention the "what did you play this past weekend" - they started that last week.

[PopoWRX]

Pfft, GFW Radio forever.

[DigStyle]

I am pretty sure I heard Kef on EGM Live the other day.... Congrats for your debut on 1up Yours!

[Kefkataran]

They can argue all they want, but they're obviously just his banana riders. :D

What does his relative's crystal meth story have to do with Gaming For Windows? Nothing. What does his grocery retail experience have to do with GFW? Nothing. I can hear dorky stories like that in any local bar, but guess how often I can find good discussion about windows games in those bars? Not too often. That stuff is just as pointless as just about everything that comes out of Seanbaby's mouth is. Low-brow, juvenile humor, which really isn't a rare commodity.

I'm not shooting for hero of the web status here, lol.

Again, that's a fine opinion; I just 100% disagree with you. Intelligent discussion of PC gaming and gaming in general is one reason I tune into GFW Radio constantly, but another -- honestly, a more important one -- is the great personalities and their interaction, including Shawn's ridiculous stories and the other guys' reactions to them. Before they got this kind of stuff down, I found GFW Radio a pretty boring slog, but sometime last year it all just clicked into place and it's been at the top of my podcast listening list since then.

I am pretty sure I heard Kef on EGM Live the other day.... Congrats for your debut on 1up Yours!

If it was the off-topic one from a couple weeks ago, yep, that was me. :)

[AgtFox]

Not to mention the "what did you play this past weekend" - they started that last week.
Kotaku is nothing if not original ;)

[Kefkataran]

I'm not saying the Kotaku guys didn't take inspiration from EvAv, but to be fair "What are you playing this weekend" and "What did you play this weekend" aren't exactly the pinnacle of unique ideas on a videogame forum. :)

[Deadend]

Again, that's a fine opinion; I just 100% disagree with you. Intelligent discussion of PC gaming and gaming in general is one reason I tune into GFW Radio constantly, but another -- honestly, a more important one -- is the great personalities and their interaction, including Shawn's ridiculous stories and the other guys' reactions to them. Before they got this kind of stuff down, I found GFW Radio a pretty boring slog, but sometime last year it all just clicked into place and it's been at the top of my podcast listening list since then.



If it was the off-topic one from a couple weeks ago, yep, that was me. :)

GFW is one of the most amusing podcasts out there. It's also smart whenever they get around to talking about games, which most of the time is pointless, as the news is old, they wrote previews already, or reviews. A podcast would ideally contain unique content and not just be a audio form of the same shit you can read yourself.

the 1up podcasts are quite good at being amusing and informative but not exactly the same way as the site.

Good cast Kef, even though you should speak up more, which I am sure you will once you get used to the flow of their show from behind the mic.

[AgtFox]

I'm not saying the Kotaku guys didn't take inspiration from EvAv, but to be fair "What are you playing this weekend" and "What did you play this weekend" aren't exactly the pinnacle of unique ideas on a videogame forum. :)
I was more joking about it. My other longer post cuts to the chase far more.

[Evil Avatar]

Not to mention the "what did you play this past weekend" - they started that last week.

I also don't believe the idea that they have news before us (or anyone else) -- what they do is that they copy stuff we may not have posted yet from other major sites, but they don't post anything of their own at all... they just don't credit their sources the way most places do.

We also seldom (never?) lift news from print magazines, which is where a lot of sites get their "scoops".

[ElfShotTheFood]

Kotaku also likes to ban people for really trivial reasons and then not tell you why you got banned.

[Shodan2020]

Dayum! I didn't know about this until I started listening to this weeks podcast a few moments ago! Mega Gratz Phil!

[Variable Gear]

weekend confirmed!
I swear...if I don't hear that my weekend just isn't the same :D

Phil, it's great to hear you on 1UP Yours. Hopefully this becomes a pattern!

[Brady]

I actually stopped listening pretty much right after Luke left... Which is really such a shame since they really did always have such a well rounded crew. What always made the show for me was Shane and Luke butting heads. After Luke left it just didn't feel the same.

Still though without Luke its one of the best video game podcasts (second only to good old EvAv radio ;) )

Congrats Kef! I'm happy things are going well there, I'll begin listening again - I really do miss 1up yours.

[bapenguin]

I also don't believe the idea that they have news before us (or anyone else) -- what they do is that they copy stuff we may not have posted yet from other major sites, but they don't post anything of their own at all... they just don't credit their sources the way most places do.

We also seldom (never?) lift news from print magazines, which is where a lot of sites get their "scoops".

Well, that's the real reason we despise them. The way Brian behaved when Kotaku launched and how he used to cross post here.

[Kefkataran]

I also don't believe the idea that they have news before us (or anyone else) -- what they do is that they copy stuff we may not have posted yet from other major sites, but they don't post anything of their own at all... they just don't credit their sources the way most places do.

We also seldom (never?) lift news from print magazines, which is where a lot of sites get their "scoops".

Again, I'm not really into defending Kotaku that much, but they almost always post sources now. And they do have unique content these days -- previews, reviews, and such.

I'd say lifting from print mags is okay as long as you source, but yeah, writing anything based off another site's story without sourcing them is baaaad.

Thanks for all the kind remarks, folks. Reaction's been pretty good both here and on other boards, so I'm hoping to do more 1UP Yours in the future. Also, some other stuff... keep listening! <3

[AgtFox]

Again, I'm not really into defending Kotaku that much, but they almost always post sources now. And they do have unique content these days -- previews, reviews, and such.

Thanks for all the kind remarks, folks. Reaction's been pretty good both here and on other boards, so I'm hoping to do more 1UP Yours in the future. Also, some other stuff... keep listening! <3
The first paragraph: I was wondering why all of a sudden they were starting to do previews and reviews. Maybe they got some publishers leaning on them to start doing so or they might pull support? I know, conspiracy theory, but you do have to wonder why it's taken so long for them to start doing that stuff. Then again maybe it has to do with the new pay scale ;)

Phil, it's awesome that you're doing well and I look forward to future stuff you'll be involved in (and maybe ongoing stuff you'll be involved in as well).

[Kefkataran]

The first paragraph: I was wondering why all of a sudden they were starting to do previews and reviews. Maybe they got some publishers leaning on them to start doing so or they might pull support? I know, conspiracy theory, but you do have to wonder why it's taken so long for them to start doing that stuff. Then again maybe it has to do with the new pay scale ;)

I'm more inclined to believe they just wanted to start having more original content. That, plus since Kotaku's a fairly big name now, they get invited to all these preview events/get sent review copies of games that they just weren't doing anything with before now.

I'd also be willing to bet that 9 times out of 10 a hot new preview or review still doesn't pull in more hits than a crazy headline.

[Variable Gear]

Also, some other stuff... keep listening! <3
That was quite the tease.