What do you mean by independent?  1up have always been owned by corperations.  Ziff Davis, Hearst and now News Corp.

You, good sir, just won.

1 UP ?

IMO they are more like the evil poison mushroom now

I agree.

I stopped using 1UP when EGM got discontinued and UGO bought out 1UP, fired the EGM staff and raped the site sideways. I go on it every now and then because I used to be a big deal over there.

Nooo i actually  like their reviews better than igns.

IGN are a good website and are much, much better than anyone who posted in this thread dissing them, and 1UP...

So yeah.

Good for 1UP.

meh, doesn't harm me as I never visit either.

Exactly why do people hate IGN so much (expect for some unfair review scores perhaps, but who hasn't them?)?

doesnt make sense but 1up is worst than IGN, I like IGN because they cover more than just games