Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus
@hryb
The gamer formerly known as Xbox's Major Nelson (TGFKAXMN) I WAS that Xbox guy from 2003-2023 (Major Nelson) - Not anymore though - I retired from Xbox in 2023. Formerly at Unity. Now: looking for the next challenge 🧊🍕🚽officiando
PSA: Login to your XBOX account and claim your XBOX 25th Anniversary Badge (lower left on my profile below.) Detals here news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
When I was hosting/producing the podcast, I always tried to focus on the audio of games. And get the orignal files used in games to showcase them. This is one of my favs that I got from Vince and the Respawn team for Titanfall. I loved hearing this when my Atlas Class Titan was dropping down
Found an old USB drive with some oooooold podcast episodes on it.
Each summer evening, I am treated to a piano recital from one of my neighbors who lives on the other side of the forest behind my home. I need to find out who they are and thank them for this midsummer musical gift.
From a gaming press event we did in the late 2000's where I got to fly (and 'shoot') in a real live dogfight. And I did pretty damn good too.
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My hot sauce taste has changed (matured?) over the years. I don’t care about how hot a sauce is, I want one that is of course tasty, but also complex. This is my new favorite. It’s just three ingredients as well. A bit pricey, but quality costs. stuzzihotsauce.com
My ONN card is no longer recognized by my Switch 2 - from what I can gather a console firmware update hosed it. Time for a warranty replacement! If you have one - be careful !
Some News: @XBOX is kicking off its 25th anniversary and they invited me as a special guest to celebrate the community! I'll be hosting today's fanfest celebration in LA and I can't wait to catch up with all of you.
One bans the U-turn. The other bans figuring out how to dodge the first one. The bureaucracy has achieved self-awareness.
💿Mixtape is the best narrative experience I've played this year. A mixtape, one night, and 3 teenagers in 90's Northern California all wrapped it in a pitch perfect soundtrack that beat for beat nails it. On Gamepass. P.S. If your only metric for a game is hours per dollar, I can't help you.
If astronauts can’t figure out why there are two, what chance do the rest of us have?
I had a fancy dinner meeting last night and got to wear one of my favorite lapel pins. I've been waiting YEARS for the right moment to wear it. 🌖
During my time at @microsoft.com, employees had a small Azure allowance we can use each month to experiment. I created an azure VM that hosted a script I wrote (way before 'vibe coding') that each day at 2am PT, would go to Bing and copy the image of the day to a One Drive folder.
Some of those Linkedin 'recruiters' are <insert pithy observations here>
While I don't use AI to post here - I decided to experiment with it in my home lab by connecting Claude ai up to my n8n container. Within three hours of opening a Pro Plan account and connecting it up, I was shut off. No clear warning. AND w/ a 5-day cool down. 😑
Was trying to use claudeai to code up a simple project for my server. Starting to think that free tiers are being throttled...hard.
My copy of "Apple: The First 50 Years" just arrived. Excellent book by @davidpogue.bsky.social Shown here with my tiny operating Mac Plus (not included.) Over 500 pages documenting the history of Apple and a rare glimpse into the engineering and artistry that happens in Cupertino. amzn.to/4blLsVi
Great day at #GDC yesterday, seeing so many industry friends and taking meetings about upcoming projects, and then wrapping up the day by emceeing the @gamesbeat.bsky.social Crossfire 2026 event
No idea what happened here. I think the shell I fired ricocheted back at me? Note kill feed
Tip: If have an AppleTV subscription, you can connect your Apple ID to your @f1tv.bsky.social account and get F1 TV Premium at no additional cost. (at least in the US, YMMV in other regions)