Man, it has been a whirlwind of a last few months for Ziff Davis/1UP/EGM. After filing for bankruptcy just a month ago, it now looks like 1UP and Electronic Gaming Monthly staple Dan “Shoe” Hsu is leaving ... for good.
According to Vice President Simon Cox’s blog on 1UP, Shoe will be leaving Ziff Davis on April 25 for “change in his life.”
This news comes as a shock since Shoe just announced in the last issue of EGM that he was promoted within the company (with James Mielke taking over his position as Editor-in-Chief).
On a personal note: I never had the pleasure of meeting Dan, but I have been a fan of his since I was a teenager. I equated him with Electronic Gaming Monthly and it is very sad to see him go. I’m sure I am speaking for all of us here at Destructoid when I wish him the best. Good luck, Shoe. You will be missed.
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2:14 PM on 04.11.2008
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Thanks for running EGM all of those years.
I can't wait for the "print media is dead, harharharhahar" comments. Before that happens, go fuck yourselves.
So long, Sushi-X
Shoe is awesome. I'm very much interested in seeing where he ends up now.
Remember that matlocking c-blog about the "new Destructoid?"
CONFIRMED FOR DESTRUCTOID: SHOE IS THE NEW WORKMAN!*
*Not actually confirmed at all, but damn that would be awesome if he came here wouldn't it? :D
Regardless, I hope he finds what he's looking for.
Now the magazine will return to non-Halo-worshipping mode.
who's next? Foxgirl Chad? :(
Destructoid: The Next Generation! Niero will be replaced with a bald guy, and Dan Hsu will be his "Number One"! Chobot will be the counselor, and an albino Kevin Perererera will be the team's robot. Skin-tight uniforms for all!
I am a fan of Shoe, but I can't say that I've read EGM in a long time, especially not since finding this place. What does "a change in his life" mean? He's going to work somewhere else, or he's going to do something entirely different?
Shoe on Destructoid would own so much.
Hope he pops up again soon... he's always fun to read.
*i am not saying he is old, just that he's been doing this for a long time.
Where will Sushi X go now?
So all in all, don't really care, I might actually read the magazine now with him gone.
He fuckin' better be able to.
Still, as an avid reader of 1up.com it sort of saddens me to see ZD seemingly go through such a hard time. First the filed bankruptcy, then the discontinuation of GFW Magazine, and now Hsu leaving... oh well, as long as I have my Retronauts and 97.5: The Brodeo I'm okay.
I'd laugh though if he ends up joining Bungie.
Thanks, Dan.