Major Nelson

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Larry Hryb, known by the pseudonym Major Nelson, is the Director of Programming for Xbox Live, the popular Microsoft gaming network. His popular blog Xbox Live's Major Nelson provides an "inside" (if corporately approved) look at operations at Microsoft's Xbox division; in particular, he discusses the online features and functionality first and foremost. He also discusses recent games and other news that interests him. Additionally, he conducts interviews with people involved with the Xbox 360 at Microsoft

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Show #337: DJ Hero, MUA2, Lego Rock Band and MW2
Show #339: Getting Ready for Holiday 2009
Show #336: NPD's, Borderlands and more Tasty conversation
Show #300: After NXE Launch
Show #331: Seattle Penny Arcade Expo 2009
Show #335: Forza Motorsport 3 and more
Show #328: Xbox 360 System update, BIGS 2 and Trials HD
Show #334: Tokyo Game Show, NBA 2K10 and Left 4 Dead's Crash Course
Show #299: NXE Preview, Tomb Raider, Quantum of Solace, Janitor and Fallout 3
Show #299.5 : Mirror's Edge, You're in the Movies, World At War, Banjo-Kazooie and Left 4 Dead

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Show 353: Wil Wheaton, MW2 Stimulus Package and Supreme Commander
Show #298: The New Xbox Experience Preview Program
Show #329: DiRT2, Arkham Asylum and Shadow Complex
Show #332: NHL 2K10, Defense Grid and Scribblenauts
Show #302: Wil Wheaton, Turtle Beach and Geoff Keighley
Show 347: Welcome to 2010
Show 349: BioShock 2, NFS: Shift and Windows Home Server
Show 345: Last show of 2009
Show #306 : Felicia Day, RE5 and enforcement on Xbox LIVE
Show #330: Madden NFL 10, Beatles Rock Band and Felicia Day
Show 344: VGA’s, GH Van Halen, Borderlands and Splinter Cell Conviction
Show #323: E3 2009 and Iraq
Show 341: The one with e & Stepto discussing how they got into the industry
Show 348: Mass Effect 2 and an 80's history lesson
Show #320 :Tekken 6 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Show #326: Gaming in Germany, Gears of War and 'Splosion Man
Show #327: COD WaW Map Pack 3 and Guitar Hero 5
Show 343: Interviews with members of the 343 Team about Halo and more
Show #292: New Xbox Experience and Burnout Paradise Motorcycles
Show #287: E3 and the new Xbox Experience
A bonus show....with lollip0p and friends
Show #307 : F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin and MLB Front Office Manager
Show #303: The final show of 2008
Show 342: Video Game Awards, Dark Void and more
Show #314 :MLB 2K9 and Cliff Bleszinski discusses Gears of War 2 Maps
Show #311 : The (Mini) Unscheduled Show
Show 357: We say good bye to Original Xbox support for LIVE and more
Show #308 : GTA IV The Lost and Damned
Show #301: Phil Spencer, Keiichi Yano, Jerry Johnson and Seth Killian
Show #305 : The Maw and Ed Boone
Show #325: NCAA, BF:1943, Madden, Babo:Invasion and gdgt.com
The MNR Show without Major Nelson
Show #310 : Xbox LIVE Policy, H.A.W.X and Wheelman
Show 354: SXSW, MIX, PAX East, Game Room and more
Show #312 : Resident Evil 5
PAX East Panel: Enforcement on Xbox LIVE: Tales from the Din Part 2
e and stepto record a show
Show #323: Geoff Keighly, Worms 2 and behind the scenes at E3
Show #315 : A quick show, but time to chat about Xbox LIVE Policy
Show #317 : Wolverine, The Maw DLC and Todd McFarlane
Show #297: TGS, EndWar, Dead Space and Age of Booty
Show #319 :Gel, Gamerscore Reset and Fight Night Round 4
Show 356: PAX East wrap up and Splinter Cell Conviction
Show 350: X10, MLB2K10 and more
Show 352: Xbox LIVE Profile Policy change, SXSW community event and more
Show 358.5: Lost Planet 2 and Halo Reach Multiplayer Beta
Show #293: Rock Band 2
Show #313 : NCAA basketball 09 March Madness Edition, The Pitt and NFS Shift
Show 351: PAX East, SXSW and Battlefield Bad Company 2
Show 361: Crackdown 2 and more
Show #289: Braid, Bionic Commando Rearmed and the Summer of Arcade
Show #294: Zune 3.0, BF:BC and GTA IV Live Weekend
Show #316 : Lode Runner and photo editing laptops
Show #318 : First show from the new office
Show 360: E3 2010 and Battlefield Bad Company 2
Show #290: Tiger Woods and PAX '08
Show 358: Left4Dead's The Passing, BioShock 2 MP DLC and Split/Second
Show #291: Post PAX '08
Show #309 : GTA IV The Lost and Damned (Part 2)
Show 358.99: E32010, Ninja Bee, Blur, UFC 2010, Alan Wake & more
Show #321: Zune HD, CellFactor and Steve Wiebe
Show 355: LIVE from PAX East
Show 359: Transformers: War for Cybertron and getting ready for E3 2010
Show 358.75: Happy (US) Mother's Day
Show 358.999: Alpha Protocol, Devo and more
An Interview with Robert Bowling on the MW 2 Resurgence Package
Xbox 360 Project Natal Creators panel from Tokyo Game Show 2009
Show #277 GTA IV and, umm...more GTA IV
Show #279: Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade
Show 362: Vacations, Games and Comic Con
Show #280: XNA, DRM and more
TGS 2008: Aaron Greenberg
Show 364: Madden NFL 11, online safety and more
Show #265 The one with Burnout and the Garageband test
Show #288: Comic Con and Madden NFL '09
Show 365: Lara Croft, NPD’s etc.
Microsoft CES 2010 Keynote
Show 375: Call of Duty: Black Ops MP, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Fable III
Show 366: Shank, Summer of Arcade ends and more
Show #284: Battlefield: Bad Company and Kane's Wrath
Show #263 The one after CES
Show 363: Kinect Pricing, Bundles, MOH Beta and more
Show #261 The first show of 2008
Show 370: Halo Reach, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and TGS
Show #272: Battlefield: Bad Company, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Peter Molyneux
PAX Prime: Xbox LIVE Enforcement: Tales from the Din Part 3: The Conclusioning
Show 376: The one before the dashboard update and the Kinect launch
Show #282: Capcom, NPD and more
2009 E3 Xbox Media Briefing
Show #281: Astro Gaming, Aces of the Galaxy and Deadliest Catch

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