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Major Nelson - ROI

I have known Larry " Major Nelson " Hyrb for a few years now . Larry is the Director of Programming for Xbox Live. He has become the Face of the Xbox 360 and his blog is the first stop for avid gamers looking for the latest info on upcoming titles, Xbox...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, marketing, viral marketing, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, ROI, Community ROI, Word of Mouth, Web 2.0 ROI, The Black Fin, Microsoft, Social Networking, Game of the Week, Social Media

New Xbox Experience Preview

Today the New Xbox Experience Preview (The Xbox Live Fall Update) was released to a small group of users to provide feedback on the upcoming NXE release on the 19th of November. Thanks again to Major Nelson for adding me to the queue to review the NXE...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, The Black Fin, Game of the Week, NXE, New Xbox Experience, Xbox Live Fall Update

Game of the Week - Dead Space

Overview : When we first started talking to Electronic Arts (EA) about our platform powering the Dead Space pre-launch site I was hooked on the concept. Born from a rouge EA team, DeadSpace is a bold step forward for EA. It is a brand new IP and it is...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Black Fin, Xbox 360, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, EA, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Bioshock, Game of the Week, Dead Space, Gears of War, Gearsofwar2, Gears of War 2, Playstation 3, PS3, Dead Space Level 6 RIG, Blackfin360

Game of the Week: Gears of War 2

When the dust settled on the original Gears of War release over four million copies were sold and some of the highest critical praise of any title on the 360 to date. So it is easy to say that the expectations around Gears of War 2 are pretty high. Epic...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Microsoft, Bioshock, Game of the Week, Gears of War, Dark Sector, Gearsofwar2, Gears of War 2, Epic Games

Microsoft Outing 'Cheaters' on Xbox Live

Major Nelson announced today that Microsoft has instituted new policies to further crack down on cheaters on Xbox Live. Major stated that they have already taken action to punish " accounts we have identified as the most serious offenders who have violated...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Gamerscoreblog, Major Nelson, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Game of the Week

Interview with Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb

During GDC 2008 I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb of the Xbox Live team. Larry is the Director of Xbox Live Programming and is the author of one of the most popular gaming blogs on the web. Between posts, blogcasts...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, EA, community, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Blogging, Halo 3, GDC 2008

Game Developers Conference 2008

I am in transit to San Francisco to attend the Game Developers Conference 2008. I look forward to the numerous sessions and networking as well as all of the latest and greatest gaming demonstrations during the expo portion of the conference. On Wednesday...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, The Black Fin, Social Networking, GDC 2008, Blackfin360

CES Day 3

Coming to you live from Las Vegas at CES 2008. Today was another good day. After some early meetings with the Microsoft Vista team and the High Tech team it was on to the convention floor for additional networking. There were 35 football fields worth...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, The Black Fin, Microsoft, CES 2008, Blackfin360, Social Media

CES Day 2

Hello from Las Vegas. Today was another eventful day in Las Vegas. For most of the day I met again with the Microsoft High Tech Sales teams. Later in the day we did hit the expo floor here in the Venetian. The Panasonic "life wall" presentation was the...

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CES Day 1

Coming to you live from the Palazzo in Las Vegas... Day one is now in the books. Registration, networking and Rock Band were the orders of the day. The focus of today was to meet with all of the Microsoft Sales reps that service the High Tech industry...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, The Black Fin, CES 2008, Blackfin360, Social Media

1000 pts w00t!!!

Alright, I have finally broken the 1000 pt barrier on a game. Thanks to EA's Fight Night 3 (Great game btw) and 5 nights of gaming and a very understanding wife (love you babe). In the latest news Rob Howard had a big collision during a pick up game of...

Filed under: Xbox 360, Rob Howard, Scott Dockendorf, hockey, Kevin Cunningham, Gamerscoreblog, Dallas, Major Nelson, EA, Xbox forums, Ensemble Studios

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