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April 2006 - Posts

Show # 172 The one about Australia

This week’s show:
Xbox week in review
Final waterballon event thoughts
Interview: Guiness World Book of Records Expert
E3 Community Party
…and much more!

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Link dump (links to things I mention in this episode):
http://www.xbox.com/en-AU/community/news/2006/0421-waterballoonpress.htm
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wbc-360/xbox-360-is-made-of-people-168999.php
http://www.xboxic.com/news/category/xboxic-down-under/
http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=wbc360&pagenum=1
http://www.guinessworldrecords.com/
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/events/e32006/default.htm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/events/e32006/rss/rss.xml
http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/04/28/534532.aspx
http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.34.042028_-118.267687_Blogger%20Bus_
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Litheon
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earn.mspx
http://www.360voice.com/blog.asp?tag=Major%20Nelson
http://ds.ign.com/objects/740/740437.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/29/nintendo-invokes-good-names-to-defend-a-bad-one/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148462.html
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/portal/gamerspeak/20060424-xbox360soundtrack.htm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/fullauto/default.htm
http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/index.php
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/29/q-to-be-launched-may-22nd/
http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3629&CatID=19&SubCatID=180
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=2&year=2006&hour=2&min=0&sec=0&p1=234

Show # 172 (WMA) The one about Australia

This week’s show:
Xbox week in review
Final waterballon event thoughts
Interview: Guiness World Book of Records Expert
E3 Community Party
…and much more!

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[RSS] Add the Major Nelson Blogcast feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically (WMA).
[WMA] Download the show 
Format:
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Link dump (links to things I mention in this episode):
http://www.xbox.com/en-AU/community/news/2006/0421-waterballoonpress.htm
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wbc-360/xbox-360-is-made-of-people-168999.php
http://www.xboxic.com/news/category/xboxic-down-under/
http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=wbc360&pagenum=1
http://www.guinessworldrecords.com/
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/events/e32006/default.htm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/events/e32006/rss/rss.xml
http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/04/28/534532.aspx
http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.34.042028_-118.267687_Blogger%20Bus_
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Litheon
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earn.mspx
http://www.360voice.com/blog.asp?tag=Major%20Nelson
http://ds.ign.com/objects/740/740437.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/29/nintendo-invokes-good-names-to-defend-a-bad-one/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148462.html
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/portal/gamerspeak/20060424-xbox360soundtrack.htm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/fullauto/default.htm
http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/index.php
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/29/q-to-be-launched-may-22nd/
http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3629&CatID=19&SubCatID=180
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=5&day=2&year=2006&hour=2&min=0&sec=0&p1=234

Now your Xbox 360 can blog
It's creepy and curious...all at the same time. XboxVoice.com give your Xbox 360 the ability to blog all by itself. In other words, you enter your gamertag at the site, and based on what you do on Xbox Live (games played etc) Xbox360voice will automatically create a blog for your Xbox 360.  Each day your Xbox 360 will blog an entry…even if you don’t game. I told you, it’s kinda scary huh? You can even subscribe to an RSS feed of your Xbox’s blog…or anyone else's Xbox that signed up for the service. Gives a new meaning to the term stalker, huh?

So, the next time you go to game and your significant other gives you ‘that look’…just let them know you need to keep your console company or it will get lonely…and point them to your console’s blog as proof.


Major props to Xbox MVP  Fatty Chubbs who created this Blogject.

 

Edit: fixed grammar

This weeks Top 10 List

I have not posted this in a while, so I thought I'd get back into the swing of things. Here is this past weeks Xbox Live Top 10 list (based on users playing):

1    Halo 2
2    Oblivion
3    Ghost Recon 3
4    Call of Duty 2
5    BFMC (Xbox)
6    プレイオンラインビューアー
7    PGR3
8    EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3
9    Battlefield 2: MC (Xbox 360)
10   DEAD OR ALIVE 4

Note: Number 6 is 'PlayOnline Viewer' which means ‘Final Fantasy XI.’

Posted: Apr 29 2006, 04:21 AM by Major Nelson | with 56 comment(s) |
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All aboard the Magic Bus

E3 is a couple of weeks away, and guess what we're rolling out at the event? It's called the 'Blogging Bus.' If you are going to E3 and you are a blogger...then swing by the bus to blog, get out of the sun or just to meet some of the Xbox community team. I'll be dropping in now and then between working on the videos I'll be doing for the Xbox.com E3 coverage. But I know that John, Cesar and Tony from the Gamerscore blog plus Xbox's TriXie will be hanging out as well. Where will the bus be parked? Right out in front of the convention center of course. See you there.

Posted: Apr 28 2006, 09:52 PM by Major Nelson | with 12 comment(s) |
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MN.com …now with tags!

We spent some time today upgrading to the new version of Community Server that now includes tagging. This will allow me to add tags to posts. See that ‘tags’ box in the column, that’s called a tag cloud and as I make posts and add tags to them the tag cloud will fill up and you can look at it and see what’s going on (and hot) on the site. Yea, I know we did an upgrade last week, but tagging was too cool NOT to add once we got our hands on this updated version. We're testing this version, so things may continue to be a little weird  Smile [:)]

Edit: You can browse by tags here

Posted: Apr 28 2006, 07:14 PM by Major Nelson | with 34 comment(s) |
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PGR3 Leaderboard reset

I just found out that the PGR3 Online Career leaderboard is being reset tonight. Bizzare posted details over at their site if you want to find out more.

Major League Baseball 2K6 Themes and Picture Packs
The following  MLB2K6 content is now available on Marketplace. Due to licensing, this content is available in North America only. Although, the 2k Sports theme is available in all Xbox Live regions.
PICTURE PACKS (7)
The following picture packs are 80 points:
MLB2K6 Picture Pack
AL Central Picture Pack
AL East Picture Pack
AL West Picture Pack
NL Central Picture Pack
NL East Picture Pack
NL West Picture Pack
THEMES (32)
The following themes are 150 points each:
Los Angeles Angels
MLB 2K6
Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Florida Marlins
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Dodgers
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
Washington Nationals
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
Seattle Mariners
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays
2K Sports (Available in all Xbox Live regions)
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