This week’s show: Special Co-host: e Xbox newsInterview: Billy Mitchell, Pac-Man Expert and Video Game LegendName the GameXbox 101Gadgetsblah blah blah…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 (MP3)Format:01:17:54, 22.3 MB, MP3
Link dump (links to things I mention in this episode):http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/p/pacmanlivearcadexbox360/worldchampionship/default.htm?WText.camp=TS3-PacManTourneyWCG&WText.campSrc=Homehttp://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Tychohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catanhttp://catanlive.com/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/c/centipedexboxlivearcade/default.htmhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2007/0501-gowhiddenfronts.htmhttp://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12066/Microsoft-to-Epic-You-Cost-Me-a-Billion-Dollars/http://www.mygamercard.net/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/e/edf2017/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenboroughhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenboroughhttp://www.officialxboxmagazine.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mitchell_%28Pac-Man%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Manhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/c/commandandconquer3xbox360/http://cgi.ebay.com/Mazak-NTX-Champ-1500-Watt-Laser-New-2000_W0QQitemZ180096889722QQcmdZViewItemhttp://forzamotorsport.net/news/pitpassreports/pitpass45.htm?wa=wsignin1.0http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768212/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/6/default.mspxhttp://www.amazon.com/Westinghouse-LVM-37W3-1080p-Video-Monitor/dp/B000EYZ994/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-1675655-1652663?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1178410676&sr=1-2http://www.supercrossonline.com/http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/05/03/544632.aspxEdit: Since I am bound to have some new folks reading the comments here due to the coverage on this show, I wanted to say that I am sorry if I offended anyone. I was trying to lighten up the situation with a little humor, and clearly I failed. Sorry about that...no harm was intended. Commence flogging.
Downloading now Major
great thank you major
Thanks Major
Finally! I've stayed up till 1:30 for this (UK)
Thanks Mage.
Beat EDF2017 last night... er, this morning. Got into a zone and powered through it, wrapped it up around 4AM.
2nd
I haven't given it a shot yet e, is it adequate?
Good games. I have finished it 2 times. It´s a good co-op game.
Thanks Larry, looking forward to listening to it to get my monday off the ground.
Coffee + MN.com podcast = a good morning
Also, great to see e in as cohost again. nice work.
Another great Show! (hopefully ;) )
nice! ill give this a listen tomorrow :D
..at the same time when ups picks up my broken 360..
no console to play with :(
Sweet, E's a Co-host again. can't wait to listen, after SNL special edition though.
Nice. I was just getting bored.
It's DAVID Attenborough!!!! ><
Nothing about the new country-based marketplace download restrictions in the dashboard update? This certainly is a hot topic at the moment, and nobody from Microsoft seems to be able to explain how this is going to work exactly.
Yea...we know it's David...keep listening.Sorry if I upset anyone with my comments about the DLC..that was not my intention.
We talk about the Marketplace stuff towards the end. The rules are pretty straight forward. Not sure what more we can say.
Hey E,
Did you see if my message trick was accurate?
yey another podcast
Major, Halo 2 one of the most played online games ever.
Why don't you talk about all the problems everyone's having download the new Halo 2 content????
I still can't d/l the new maps on my 360, i've tried everything. check the bungie forums, you won't believe how any people are still having problems.
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e is on again, he should be yur permanent co-host.
Great, will download later. And good to hear that e is back as a co-host. Cheers.
lol People aaaalways get his name wrong.
Good show Major, now for bed time!
your headlines aren't enough to make me listen to a 1 hour show. they don't seem worth listening to. you need to say what the "blah blah blah" is. i suggest only having a 20 minute show and leave all the small stuff out and put it in the blog, xbox 101, gadgets, news, put it in the blog.
Lately the podcasts seem boring, the blog is where the good stuff is.
listening now. any word on halo2 pc's launch date. conflicting reports around here. game stores say end of the month bestbuy advertised tuesday?
Saying that Epic cost you a billion dollars is a pretty sad excuse to you forcing them to charge for the maps.
Look at it like this.
Without 256mb of RAM, the system likely wouldn't be doing as well as it is, Gears wouldn't be as big as it is, most of the titles on the system wouldn't look or run as good, the list goes on.
Because of this "billion dollar" decision, Microsoft has shipped over 10 million 400 dollar pieces of equipment. Then throw on that awesome attach rate, and suddenly that 1 billion dollars doesn't seem like so much.
Gears is a system seller. It is the top played game on Live, and has been since November.
If it weren't for Gears, the 360 likely would have been a "pass" to most users until Halo 3 came.
It's absurd to force Epic to charge for something they wanted to be free, considering that they have already lined your pockets quite nicely.
/rant