Xbox Live's Major Nelson

Show #260 The 2007 End of Year Special

This week’s show: 
Co-host : e
Geeking out at Child’s Play
Interview: Mario and Josh, GripShift (20:56–35:13)
Interview: Ralf Herbrich and Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, TrueSkill (35:14–1:15:08)
Interview: Brian Jarrard, Bungie and Halo 3 (1:14:09–1:51:05)
Interview: Jesse Alexander, Co-executive producer ‘Heroes’ (1:51:06–2:32:15)
Name the Game
Xbox 101
Plus, listen and you could win an Xbox 360 and HD DVD player signed by the cast of ‘Heroes’!

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Format:
03:06:46, 53.4 MB, MP3 (Yes….over three-hours)

Link dump (links to a few of the things I mention in this episode):
http://www.childsplaycharity.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Wheaton
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000696/

http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/12/13/geeking-out-child-s-play.aspx
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/12/the-joy-of-mutu.html
http://flickr.com/photos/thekiko/2109505140/
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/g/gripshiftxboxlivearcade/
http://www.sidheinteractive.com/
http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/832/832692p1.html
http://research.microsoft.com/mlp/apg/
http://research.microsoft.com/mlp/apg/trueskill.aspx
http://atom.research.microsoft.com/trueskillranking/rankcalculator.aspx
http://www.dreambuildplay.com/main/default.aspx
http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/default.aspx
http://nips.cc/Conferences/2007/
http://xnagamefest.com/presentations.htm#LIVE
http://www.bungie.net/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018504/
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=snapmanifesto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28video_game%29
http://www.thelookandsoundofperfect.com/
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360hddvdplayer/
http://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Season-1-HD-DVD/dp/B000QTD5TS/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1197832395&sr=8-4
http://www.cesweb.org/
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=e
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=litheon

Halo gift items can all be viewed here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/catalog.aspx?WT.svl=nav

Or at the individual sites:
http://www.mimobots.com
http://www.gamergraffix.com
http://www.halo3ost.com
http://www.bagrepublic.com
http://topps.com/ent/brands/halo/halo.html

MLB 2K7
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Nicely done, Major.  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your team!

December 16, 2007 12:55 PM [Direct Link]
Mountain Dew
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Wow, three hours. When am I ever going to find time to listen to this?

Looking forward to it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Larry!

December 16, 2007 12:59 PM [Direct Link]
GTA IV
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WOW! 3 hours!! I'm gonna download this right now!
December 16, 2007 1:00 PM [Direct Link]
Indiana Jones
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Rock BandHalo 3ZumaOblivionViva Piñata
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Great, thanks Major, I just hope there is enough show for me to be able to shovel the snow out of my driveway.  :)

December 16, 2007 1:04 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 1
Cool. Will listen to this while i'm stucking plowing through snow on my way to work in the morning. :)
December 16, 2007 1:04 PM [Direct Link]
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WoOooo Larry!  Half my day at work tomorrow (almost) will be made easier with your show!!!  Good work!

December 16, 2007 1:05 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 2
Hey Major! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanks for your "support" here in 2007. Thanks! TripleZero (from Cologne, Germany)
December 16, 2007 1:05 PM [Direct Link]
Anon 3
Hey, good show but um just a quick question. Why can't a download M for Mature demo's. It's never happened until today and I've got my console setup to where I can play M games...why not Demo's???????
December 16, 2007 1:05 PM [Direct Link]
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
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Great job on the show. iTunes dished it up for download in a minute.

December 16, 2007 1:12 PM [Direct Link]
Xbox LIVE is 5IVE
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Wow this probably is the biggest show ever! Thanks for giving me something to do on sunday. And of course Merry Christmas!

December 16, 2007 1:22 PM [Direct Link]
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