Hijinks Inc.

Category: Fred Smith

  • Dear ex-1UPers

    (Ed: This is meant to be an open letter to the fine folks at 1UP.com and EGM who lost their jobs a couple days ago. It covers a general concept of what I’d do if I were in their shoes. Enjoy.)

    Hey guys,

    After listening to the first episode of Rebel FM, I started thinking about what I would do in your situation.

    Try this on for size (all names subject to change of course).

    1UP Show 2.0
    Rebel FM
    1UP Yours 2.0
    LAN Party 2.0
    Sports Anomaly 2.0

    All for the low price of [insert price here] per month/week.

    As I write this Anthony, Nick, and Phillip all have between 2,500 and 3,000 followers on their Twitters. Its safe to say a good amount of them would pay to hear Anthony, Nick, and Phillip every week. Right now Garnett Lee has 6,592 followers, and ShaneWatch has 3,541 followers. I bet a LOT of those people would pay to hear Garnett and Shane podcast together every week. It wouldn’t have to be a completely coordinated deal, but even just a central portal to access these podcasts would be marketable.

    I have no idea what John, Garnett, and Shane have planned for the rebirth of 1UP Yours, or if Todd Zuniga will still desire to continue to lead the Sports Anomaly, or if Ryan Scott has time to host a PC podcast every week; but if there was a way to launch an informal rebirth of the 1UP Radio Network with the majority of the core personalities intact, THAT’S something you could charge for and THAT’S what the community wants right now. (more…)

  • How much is World of Warcraft costing you?

    A subscription to World of Warcraft costs 14.99 a month (a buck or two less if you buy your subscription in 3 or 6 month chunks). That comes out to $180 bucks a year. Not bad. Quite a bit cheaper then just about any other hobby you could name. Or is it?

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  • Metal Gear Solid Touch (?!)

    If you were waiting for the next big name publisher to make a game for the iPhone, wait no longer. Kojima Productions, developers of the much acclaimed Metal Gear series are bringing their stealth action shooter to the iPhone and iPod Touch. 1UP is reporting that the game will be based on characters from MGS4, that it will ship with 8 initial levels, and that there is precious little information available besides that.

    And if doesn’t do it for you, Konami is also bringing Dance Dance Revolution, Silent Hill, and Frogger to the iPhone.

    DDR? Really?At least the Tap Tap Revolution people were honest with their name.

    Kojima Productions

    1UP

  • Finals Week

    Yep, it’s that time again. The editors of Hijinks Inc are hard at work procrastinating and putting off studying for finals. See you in a week!

    If you want links to cool gadgets that geeks appreciate, follow @fwdfwdfwd on twitter. Yep, that’s www.twitter.com/fwdfwdfwd. You’ll be glad you did.

  • As seen in [1. General]

    If you’ve been playing the latest World of Warcraft expansion the past couple weeks, you’ve probably sampled the inanity that is [1: General]. The starting zones are filled with people asking stupid questions, and getting equally stupid answers most of the time. I dinged 80 a few days ago, so I thought I’d shed some light on a few more common questions I saw on the grind to 80. (more…)