1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer - Kotaku Comments

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

ParadoxControl — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:06:37 MST

Good for him! Though, I can't say I will miss him on the 1up show.

ParadoxControl

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

louven — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:28:29 MST

Good luck to him. I stopped reading 1UP because every article that he wrote seemed to find a way to bash the PS3 and praise the Xbox, no matter what the original topic. Always thought he'd be a good writer for an Xbox blog, but not a major gaming site that writes about other systems. Anyway, now that he's gone maybe I'll check out 1UP from time to time again.

louven

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Demaar — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:03:44 MST

A shame he's leaving 1UP. He almost raged as well as Luke. Well, not quite, but he was the closest they had.

Demaar

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Hopanoe — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:03:48 MST

Boy, aren't you guys a happy bunch?

I understand you have opinions about journalists, but some of the words said here are really harsh. I mean, the guy didn't do anything Kevin McCullough-bad. He was a good writer. Young, but good.

Everybody has an opinion. Why can't they write it in an article? I mean, Kotaku's all about comments in the articles!

Hopanoe

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:32:57 MST

1Up sure knows how to loose News Editors :\

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

cactaur — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:25:42 MST

He needs a Zohan makeover. You don't mess with the Klepek!

cactaur

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

robokasey — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:23:44 MST

Isn't this the guy who's every article was how much the ps3 sucked and how awesome the 360 was? yea he's a joke. good riddance

robokasey

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

aka Bitter — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:28:25 MST

1up hemorrhages yet another staffer... How many people are left working there?

aka Bitter

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Luis — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:25:06 MST

@Jest: Agreed. Glad his skinny ass and big hair are out of my favorite podcasts.

Luis

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Anarchist_Gamer — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:57 MST

@BauerStyle: I concur. Have any of you read his work? It disappoints continuously. Then again, if it wasn't already rudely apparent, the games industry is ripe with nepotism.

Anarchist_Gamer

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

catapult37 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:55:05 MST

oops...sorry for the double post. sometimes it's hard to tell when the comment widget is serious about accepting your comments. :-)

catapult37

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

catapult37 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:54:04 MST

@Striderhayasa: Michael Donahoe is a close second. At first I thought he was funny, but the whole "faux credulity" schtick wears out fast.

BTW, anyone catch the "Sports Night" reference on the last 1up show? That was awesome!

catapult37

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

jollydwarf — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:51:53 MST

@catapult37:

Yes, yes he did. The question is how much does he miss it now? And can/will he ever get it back (should he leave Bungie and yet stay in the gaming industry)?

jollydwarf

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live. — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:45:36 MST

@Lebensbaum: not the most annoying but close. I wanted to reach into my computer monitor and choke the him for his some of his retarded comments during his 1up Show reviews. He's one of the people that made me question if "reviewers actually needed skill to get their jobs.." I certainly skipped more than a few segments of the 1up show because of him. He will not be missed.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

catapult37 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:45:05 MST

BTW, did anyone catch the "Sports Night" reference on the last 1up show? That made my day. :-)

catapult37

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

catapult37 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:43:56 MST

@Lebensbaum: I'll second that. But I have to admit a little sliver of it is jealousy that someone younger than me was working at 1up ,on the 1up show, etc.

As for Luke Smith, well, I hate to slag off on a Kotaku alum, but I lost respect for him pretty quick after he left 1up. He was hilarious on 1up Yours, but when he returned for the "live" podcast with the 1up crew, he was nothing but a Halo 3 shill, and his sense of humor had gone from really funny to annoying. I really hated the way he kept interjecting "Believe" (the halo 3 tagline) into every sentence. This from a guy who first made his name by calling out Bungie on how they screwed up Halo 2. He was promising as a journalist, but he traded his credibility in pretty quick.

catapult37

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Lebensbaum — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:47:54 MST

Good riddance - Patrick was always the most annoying at Ziff.

Lebensbaum

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Keegs79 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:33:28 MST

He does need to cut his hair. I always looked like an idiot with that hair.

Keegs79

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Guitaratomik — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:05:45 MST

I like Patrick but I wish he'd cut his hair. At least a little bit.

Guitaratomik

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

jollydwarf — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:37:29 MST

I wonder how much of it has to do with his young age, his big 'fro, and his overall 'geek chic' vibe. Basically what I'm saying is that Jeff Gerstmann would never get this position, years and years of credentials or not.

Didn't really get a good enough 'feel' for his writing to have formed an opinion. Nevertheless, another week, another now-former 1up staffer.

jollydwarf

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

bbzz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:32:03 MST

wowee...I love mr. Klepek. Good for him! that will make a fun edition to the MTV crew. Sorry for 1up.

bbzz

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

GamingNinja — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:13:45 MST

@Jest:

I agree.

GamingNinja

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

smitty1123 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:56:36 MST

@Moonshadow101: He didn't do any tests. He said he got word from IGN that GH3 works in Rock Band, and then explicitly stated that as a fact. Granted, I'm foolish for taking his word for it, but he is still an asshole for stating that something is fact based solely on hearsay.
[www.1up.com]

smitty1123

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Speedstars13 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:43:25 MST

Wow I didn't know Carrot Top worked for 1up.

Speedstars13

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Speedstars13 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:40:39 MST

I hate that Carrot Top-WannaBe. So glad he is effing gone. Anyway good luck ^_^

Speedstars13

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

BauerStyle — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:35:07 MST

@Plunkett:
I calls em like i sees em

BauerStyle

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Jest — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:23:56 MST

@BauerStyle: I concur. He was one of the worst aspects about 1UP, and all of his writing over there is a testament to the fact.

Jest

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

heretrix — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:22:48 MST

He always annoyed me when he was on 1up yours. I always felt he was doing a bad Luke Smith impression.

Congrats and good luck to him though.

heretrix

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

jspeerbr — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:16:33 MST

Didn't he start last June?

I remember that he moved out to SF around the same time that I did. Barely there a half a year eh?

jspeerbr

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:16:21 MST

@BauerStyle: Little harsh, yes?

Luke Plunkett

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

CHU BOI — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:05:57 MST

@smitty1123: Yeah, Pat def had some highs and some embarassing lows.

Luke Smith's departure>>>>>>Klepek's in terms of importance. If Shane, Shoe, or Bryan Intihar leave THEN it's a big deal. If Pat got a Kotaku post, then they would get a week-long Kotaku feature/retrospective.

CHU BOI

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Moonshadow101 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:47:14 MST

@smitty1123: Doesn't it stand to reason that, in his tests, they did? Maybe the preview controllers had less restrictive software?

Doesn't that make more sense than him simply trying to be an asshole?

Moonshadow101

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

BauerStyle — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:46:09 MST

Too bad this kid is the worst games journalist around

BauerStyle

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

smitty1123 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:39:56 MST

He's still an asshole for doing that story explicitly stating that the Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band guitars worked on both games.

smitty1123

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

darkthanatos — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:36:00 MST

Hmmm... maybe an Office Space comparison would have been better...

Totilo as the Lumbergh
N'Gai as Tom Smykowski

Kotaku as 'The Bobs'

;)

darkthanatos

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

crazyscreenwriter — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:34:24 MST

So basically in six months the only ones left at 1UP are the ones that can't get better jobs elsewhere?

crazyscreenwriter

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Chief2BeaR — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:32:26 MST

I love that movie!

Chief2BeaR

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Irenicus-the one and only — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:29:38 MST

Thats a shame. I still miss Luke :(

Irenicus-the one and only

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi. — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:26:11 MST

ahhh, a new position, the soul is filled to the rim with Brim...no wait...optimism...well...maybe some Brim too. The world seems as if it's your oyster, then the gravitational pull of the corp monster you work for begins sucking your life force from you.

congrats.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

1UP's Patrick Klepek Joins MTV Multiplayer

Moonshadow101 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:24:18 MST

So, that makes two people on MTV who won't burn your eyes to watch. Good to know.

Moonshadow101