This week’s show:Co-host : e (contact e over LIVE or email him)TGS NewsNew Xbox Experience coming November 19thInterview: Michael de Plater, Tom Clancy’s EndWar (26:37–38:06)Interview: Rich Briggs, Dead Space (38:07–52:37)Interview: Max Hoberman, Age of Booty (52:39–1:06:53)Name the GameXbox 101Much more…Get the blogcast[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3) Listen in iTunes? Submit a review[RSS] Add the Major Nelson Blogcast feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically (MP3).
[MP3] Download the show Format:1:51:10, 203.0 MB, (MP3)Link dump (some of the things mentioned in this episode:http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/events/tgs2008/default.htmhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/majornelson/sets/72157607819126299/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Blazershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamatohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/majornelson/2958973285/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/t/tomclancysendwar/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/d/deadspace/http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Sgt%20Justin%20Samhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/a/ageofbootyxboxlivearcade/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/nxe/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/fracture/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/f/fable2/http://lionhead.com/http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/10/17/new-xbox-experience-community-games.aspx http://www.apple.com/iphone/http://www.apple.com/macbook/http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=BIGVIPhttp://www.flagtournament.com/
I am experimenting with a new CDN for this show that will provide me with better reporting. Please let me know if you have any comments about the delivery, speed etc.Edit: Added Flickr photo of Albert’s toys
204MB ??!?!?! Whaaaaat?!
Thanks major!!!
I love the hidden beta codes in there. Rofl.
Big one...
holy moly, 203MB?
I am stress testing the CDN...so I jacked up the bitrate on this show. It's a 256k file..so it's pretty darn high quality ;)
bitrate = 256 is pretty high but not 200+ MB big..
Yes, it is very high quality. Great Cast!
Download speed averaged about 450kB/s for me. Not too shabby. 256kbps? Holy crap.
For people with small mp3 Players like the ipod nano or the 4G or 8G zune, 203.0 MB for an "audio" podcast is just not good.
Great stuff good show tonight! :)
I am going to upload a 64k version (the usual bitrate) to the itunes/zune feed in a bit. I'll leave the 256k on here if you want to use that instead.
COD 5 beta is very fun, geat giveaway major!
Might want to just make it 128 kbps next time. 256k for a podcast is a bit...Unnecessary.
Good stuff! This is such a huge month coming up....
You're coming close to episode 300 Major. I hope you have enough codes for everyone for that episode!
I'm gonna wait for the normal show. 203 MB is way too big for a podcast.
as far as speed goes, i used to get better speeds from cachefly. the new cdn top out for me in the 800Kbps range and fluctuates a lot. 800 -> 400 -> 600, etc. Cachefly was over 1MB/sec and didn't fluctuate. however, the new one isn't horrible, i can live with it if it does more of what you need.
I've already transcribed your "NXE" information and posted it on the Xbox.com Forums. I'll be checking this site religiously this week.
As a Origeonal Live beta tester I want to check out the NXE so bad I've been tracking Live services since the last maintenace. I've had less sleep than E. Waiting for any NXE sights sounds or news But Windows Live got a few new things out in beta to keep till then me subdude till NXE comes out. Ok I hate waiting from What I've read everthing I've begged xbox for in dash is in NXE I can't wait no more.
This going to take almost an hour to download!! I don't like to use the embedded player because it doesn't seem to work well, at least in Firefox. Please upload a smaller file if you can. My boss is glaring at me for sucking the life force out of our network.
i hope your happy major now i can't hear your great podcast on my cell phone because of the 256kbps, you should leave it at 64.
Ahh! With Fable 2 coming out this week I won't have time to routinely check the blog for whatever you're doing with the NXE!
Oh cruel fate!
I agree. 256k is kinda silly for a primarily voice podcast. Thanks for the experimentation. It sounds wonderful.
128k? Maybe, I guess but I've never thought to myself... boy, I wish this podcast was encoded higher.. 64K FTW!
Great show BTW.
i can Haz NXE?