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[I AM JOHN!]

In a few months, there won't be anyone left. Well, maybe Skip.

Skip and his plates.

Wooooooooo!

You're a dick.

 

[Rody]

Congrat to Shoe for the new job at MS

Oh, shit.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Those GTA4 achievements won't earn themselves.

Kind of a bummer, but good luck, Shoe.

 

[rollingstart]

Simon needs to make a "We'll miss you" template and just put Mark/Bryan/Luke/Shoe/John's name in the gaps.

also needs Che/Jane/Darren/Shane/Patrick and others.

 

[FrankT]

Simon needs to make a "We'll miss you" template and just put Mark/Bryan/Luke/Shoe/John's name in the gaps.

That is an amazing amount of loss in a year so for certain.

 

[tanod]

THe new Achievement Point Coordinator @ MS?

 

[ZeroTolerance]

Ziff Davis announced today that Dan "Shoe" Hsu, former editor-in-chief of Electronic Gaming Monthly, will be leaving Ziff Davis "to pursue personal interests." Site Director Sam Kennedy will be taking over Hsu's current role as Editorial Director of 1UP Networks.

Told ya..

 

[Creamium]

in before kittonwy's inevitable retarded 'now he has time to shovel my driveway' comment

 

[probune]

Sam, eh?

So it went from being pro-ms to pro sony?

Wooooooooo!

Sam will do well.

And this thread goes from good to shit. Thanks.

 

[DangerStepp]

Uh oh... here it goes. Given 1ups track record of announcements, this can't be a good thing.

 

[Dante]

Hopefully this means downloadable titles will get more coverage in EGM, since Sam seems to be a pretty big supporter.

 

[The Faceless Master]

NeoGAF buys the 1up Network from Ziff with googleas and amazon money?

edit: Shoe to Epic?

 

[RumFore]

I predict the next one to leave will be Shane going to Sony. I know people routinely leave jobs but its like a epidemic at 1UP but who can blame them with the uncertainty that seems to be Ziff Davis. Just this week GFW basically called it quits.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

in before kittonwy's inevitable retarded 'now he has time to shovel my driveway' comment

RAWR

 

[GDJustin]

I wonder if he's *really* taking time off, or if he has something lined up.

 

[McBacon]

also needs Che/Jane/Darren/Shane/Patrick and others.

Oh no you di'int!

 

[Felix Lighter]

I always liked Shoe. He gets a lot of flack around here, mainly because he doesn't really hide is MS leaning. Oh and his love of Halo never gained him any cred in these parts.

I've had an EGM subscription pretty much forever. I didn't always agree with the guy but I thought he did a damn good job.

Good luck to Shoe and good luck to Sam.

 

[adelante]

From Shoe himself:

http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5379799

Dear readers, industry friends, and colleagues,

It's with a heavy (and relieved) heart that I write this: I've tendered my resignation here at Ziff Davis Media and the 1UP Network. My last day here will be Friday, April 25.

This is my own decision; I'm not being forced out or laid off or anything like that. And this is not related to the recent news about Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (and I hope I'm not stealing any thunder away from those guys -- that's not my intention here). It's just time for me to move on. I've been here, mostly with EGM, since April of 1996. That's 11 years (taking off one year when I did a brief stint at Gamers.com)...quite a long time!

I've been through the good: Street Fighter III and IV world reveals; Halo 2 and 3 first-look covers; getting Yoshitaka Amano to create exclusive art for us for two Final Fantasy covers (really, current Editor-in-Chief James Mielke gets the most credit for making the Amano stuff happen)....

I've been through the bad: leaving the EGM staff once before (the Gamers.com thing, which turned out to be a bust); moving EGM from Illinois to San Francisco and losing half the staff in the hellish transition; beating my half of the bracket and getting to the final championship match in an E3 Soul Calibur tournament, only to lose in the end....

And I've been through the unforgettable, which funny enough, is usually not directly business related. Many times in our Oakbrook, Illinois offices, power would go out (even when the weather's perfectly nice and stable). And for some reason, our inability to get any work done led us to throw high-speed flying discs at each other in dark, emergency-lighting-lit hallways (a game we called Decapitato for obvious and not-so-obvious reasons). I remember organizing (and winning, thank you) office NFL Blitz tournaments with the arcade units we had in-house. I remember the first day walking around the EGM offices for my interview -- it was amazing to see a professional work environment where desk materials consisted of televisions, Super Nintendos and Sega Genesis consoles! And I'll never forget about the extra sleep I could've had if only we didn't screw around so much during deadlines (no thanks to Halo LAN parties, Soul Calibur, Tetris Attack, etc. etc.). I think I'd be five years younger now if it weren't for those games....

I know this sounds horribly clichéd, but I will miss my buddies most of all. There are some awesome, awesome people here at the 1UP Network...guys and girls I'll consider my friends for the rest of my life (I don't want to list any names here, because there are way, way too many to list). These are the people that make the content so awesome -- not me. If I ever get remarried, I'm sure my wedding will look like an EGM/GFW/1UP/GameVideos reunion.

As for me, I plan on taking some much-needed time off...maybe two to four weeks before I get too antsy about seeing my savings account go down instead of up. It's been literally 10 years since I've last taken a proper vacation that's lasted more than 3-4 days, so I'm gonna use this time to sleep, rest, sleep, play videogames, and sleep and play videogames. In that order. The time off will give me a chance to work on my bucket list:


Get all Achievements in Burnout Paradise
Get all Achievements in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Finish veteran Mile High Club in Call of Duty 4 (for an Achievement)
Get all Achievements in Grand Theft Auto 4
Finish Patapon
Finish Pixel Junk Monsters
Finish the 100-coin purple comet level on 2D Luigi level in Mario Galaxy
Play Company of Heroes
Finish Sins of a Solar Empire

Maybe try World of WarCraft? That may be a bad idea...then my daily to-do list might only consist of one item....

As for here, long-time 1UP.com Editor-in-Chief and current 1UP Network site director Sam Kennedy will be taking over my role as Editorial Director. The group's in excellent hands with this guy. I've been working with Sam for years. He's smart, enthusiastic...and not addicted to Achievements, so he should be able to get a lot more done here than I was able to.

For better or for worse, you'll hear from me again in the near future. I love the videogame business too much to stay away (plus, I'm too old to become a professional snowboarder). Besides, I will miss you guys too much. You all have been fantastic. I sincerely appreciate all the support you've thrown my way over the years -- and that, I'll never forget, either.

Thanks and good bye...for now.

-Dan "Shoe" Hsu

Former Associate Editor, EGM
Former Previews Editor, EGM
Former Editor-in-Chief, Videogame Buyers Guide
Former Executive Editor, Gamers.com
Former Editor-in-Chief, Gamers.com
Former Editor-in-Chief, EGM
Soon to be former Editorial Director, 1UP Network

 

[gstaff]

1UP Show to be available on Xbox LIVE.

That would have been cool.

 

[Tron 2.0]

I never really cared for Shoe's writing or editorial direction. Nothing against the guy personally, maybe it was like being the captain of a sinking ship, but the direction the magazine has taken under his tenure was not to my liking.

That being said, I wish him well in his further adventures.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

12 years dude? i cant imagine

 

[dfyb]

can't say i'll miss him. all he did was brag about how much he whoops others in... dead or alive.

 

[plaidtopia]

Wow, this sucks. Shoe = EGM. Total bummer and he will be sorely missed.

 

[cw_sasuke]

WTF

 

[I AM JOHN!]

can't say i'll miss him. all he did was brag about how much he whoops others in... dead or alive.

That's Milky. :|

 

[Brandon F]

I got the Mile High achievement last week myself! Twas a bitch...flash grenades FTW.

Shoe was probably the only game journalist I can think of that would defend the controls for BFME2 and C&C3 on 360. Therefore, he gets some respect out of me.

 

[dskillzhtown]

Skip and his plates.

I hope Shoe got a plate in this week's episode.

 

[GitarooMan]

Good luck to him, big loss for 1up. I've always enjoyed his work and his effort to keep EGM independent from publisher's influences and expose some of the underbelly of the industry.

 

[beelzebozo]

that really sucks. always seemed like such a nice, gracious, professional guy. look to any thread in which egm or shoe himself get "called out" on gaf, and he pops in to comment: always makes a good point, but always with a smile--even when some people try to spit in his face. i really look forward to seeing what he's up to next, but it's a big loss for 1up to see him go.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Another one leaves, and one with so much history on EGM. Well this sucks.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Wooooooooo!

You've got to be fucking kidding.

 

[Draft]

So he's retiring... to play videogames?

When he used to get paid... to play videogames?

 

[dfyb]

That's Milky. :|

fine!

whatever. they are similar. who said killzone 2 looked like half-life 2?

 

[DangerStepp]

.... That's it. From now on, any news regarding 1up is to be assumed bad news. It seems they never let us down in that department.

 

[Grecco]

So he's retiring... to play videogames?

When he used to get paid... to play videogames?

Well he can choose what to play now when he was probably forced to play stuff he probably didnt like. (Even if he got payed)


and anyways he will probably get a job in development in a month.

 

[skip]

So he's retiring... to play videogames?

When he used to get paid... to play videogames?

the editorial director job pretty much guarantees that there's zero free time for gaming, or anything else personal for that matter.

 

[anachronous_one]

From Shoe himself:

Finish Sins of a Solar Empire

http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5379799

Wait ... I thought there wasn't a single player campaign in SoaSE?

It's a shame to see him go. Godspeed, Shoe!

 

[plaidtopia]

EDIT: nm

 

[DC R1D3R]

that sucks

THIS.

 

[gofreak]

Aww

I wonder if he'll continue the cliche of going into a community management/PR/something-like -that kind of role at a developer. The last 3 1up-ers I can remember all did that.

 

[VictimOfGrief]

It was a good run.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Anyway. Best of luck, Shoe. You'll always be remembered as the man who took on Peter Moore and lived to tell the tale.

 

[Deleted member 20415]

So he's retiring... to play videogames?

When he used to get paid... to play videogames?

There's most likely more to this story than what we know or will ever know. I'm sure it's personal issues or whatever. But that's really none of our damn business.

Crispin Boyer am cry? I think that dude is one of the only remaining links to their Chicago days.

Edit: Oh, and at least we know he's not going to Ubisoft or work on the Mortal Kombat games.

 

[Dante]

You've got to be fucking kidding.

I'm not, and he left on his own accord. The mag needs a new direction, and hopefully these changes will inject some much needed energy into the mag. it's gone to shit IMO.

 

[adelante]

Anyway. Best of luck, Shoe. You'll always be remembered as the man who took on Peter Moore and lived to tell the tale.

damn right. that was a pretty AWESOME interview

I'm not, and he left on his own accord. The mag needs a new direction it's gone to shit.

Someone's bitter

 

[WrikaWrek]

I'm not, and he left on his own accord. The mag needs a new direction, and hopefully these changes will inject some much needed energy into the mag. it's gone to shit IMO.

We all know why you want Sam to be there.

 

[Tieno]

DAMMIT SKIP!!!


In a few years only skip will be left and he'll be posting his articles directly on neogaf

fine!

whatever. they are similar. who said killzone 2 looked like half-life 2?

BURN HIM ALIVE

 

[ToxicAdam]

Another job/life lost to WoW. I can read between the lines.

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

Anyway. Best of luck, Shoe. You'll always be remembered as the man who took on Peter Moore and lived to tell the tale.

Yes, that was epic.

 

[Reilly]

We should all play a game and try to guess who leaves Ziff next week.