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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 30/08/2026

Sales: Research says that consumers are looking for non-Chinese made goods. What do we do. Our products are made in China. Marketing: BRB that's a simple copy change, no one will ever suspect.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 13/08/2026

A reminder to opt out of Twitch (Amazon) AI learning

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 04/08/2026

PSA: Login to your XBOX account and claim your XBOX 25th Anniversary Badge (lower left on my profile below.) Detals here news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 04/08/2026

When I was hosting/producing the podcast, I always tried to focus on the audio of games. And get the orignal files used in games to showcase them. This is one of my favs that I got from Vince and the Respawn team for Titanfall. I loved hearing this when my Atlas Class Titan was dropping down

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 22/07/2026

Found an old USB drive with some oooooold podcast episodes on it.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 16/07/2026

Each summer evening, I am treated to a piano recital from one of my neighbors who lives on the other side of the forest behind my home. I need to find out who they are and thank them for this midsummer musical gift.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 15/07/2026

From a gaming press event we did in the late 2000's where I got to fly (and 'shoot') in a real live dogfight. And I did pretty damn good too.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 10/07/2026

How to opt out: 1️⃣ Go to your profile 2️⃣ Click the 3 bars in the top right 3️⃣ Scroll down to ‘Sharing and reuse’ 4️⃣ Turn off for both Posts & Reels Note: the wording on this is also troublesome. Is on opt out? or off opt out?

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 03/07/2026

My hot sauce taste has changed (matured?) over the years. I don’t care about how hot a sauce is, I want one that is of course tasty, but also complex. This is my new favorite. It’s just three ingredients as well. A bit pricey, but quality costs. stuzzihotsauce.com

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 15/06/2026

My ONN card is no longer recognized by my Switch 2 - from what I can gather a console firmware update hosed it. Time for a warranty replacement! If you have one - be careful !

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 08/06/2026

Some News: @XBOX is kicking off its 25th anniversary and they invited me as a special guest to celebrate the community! I'll be hosting today's fanfest celebration in LA and I can't wait to catch up with all of you.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 26/05/2026

One bans the U-turn. The other bans figuring out how to dodge the first one. The bureaucracy has achieved self-awareness.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 14/05/2026

💿Mixtape is the best narrative experience I've played this year. A mixtape, one night, and 3 teenagers in 90's Northern California all wrapped it in a pitch perfect soundtrack that beat for beat nails it. On Gamepass. P.S. If your only metric for a game is hours per dollar, I can't help you.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 13/04/2026

If you came here from my Xbox post, LMK :)

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 02/04/2026

If astronauts can’t figure out why there are two, what chance do the rest of us have?

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 02/04/2026

I had a fancy dinner meeting last night and got to wear one of my favorite lapel pins. I've been waiting YEARS for the right moment to wear it. 🌖

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 30/03/2026

Is this the AI version of the Gen Z stare ?

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 30/03/2026

During my time at @microsoft.com, employees had a small Azure allowance we can use each month to experiment. I created an azure VM that hosted a script I wrote (way before 'vibe coding') that each day at 2am PT, would go to Bing and copy the image of the day to a One Drive folder.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 18/03/2026

Some of those Linkedin 'recruiters' are <insert pithy observations here>

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 18/03/2026

While I don't use AI to post here - I decided to experiment with it in my home lab by connecting Claude ai up to my n8n container. Within three hours of opening a Pro Plan account and connecting it up, I was shut off. No clear warning. AND w/ a 5-day cool down. 😑

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 16/03/2026

Was trying to use claudeai to code up a simple project for my server. Starting to think that free tiers are being throttled...hard.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 16/03/2026

When a game tells you it's time to stop playing for the day

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 11/03/2026

My copy of "Apple: The First 50 Years" just arrived. Excellent book by @davidpogue.bsky.social Shown here with my tiny operating Mac Plus (not included.) Over 500 pages documenting the history of Apple and a rare glimpse into the engineering and artistry that happens in Cupertino. amzn.to/4blLsVi

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 11/03/2026

Great day at #GDC yesterday, seeing so many industry friends and taking meetings about upcoming projects, and then wrapping up the day by emceeing the @gamesbeat.bsky.social Crossfire 2026 event

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 09/03/2026

No idea what happened here. I think the shell I fired ricocheted back at me? Note kill feed

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 06/03/2026

Tip: If have an AppleTV subscription, you can connect your Apple ID to your @f1tv.bsky.social account and get F1 TV Premium at no additional cost. (at least in the US, YMMV in other regions)

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 04/03/2026

ABL A - Always B - Be L - Learning

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 26/02/2026

Had a great meeting with the new CEO of @xbox.com this week

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 17/02/2026

Did I mention I am ordained minister ? Add that to the list of weird "talents" I have.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 11/02/2026

I think we finally can update "The Wilhelm scream" Ouuuuchhhhhhh

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 29/01/2026

Fun time with @thevowel.bsky.social at the Kraken game earlier this week. AND we got a see a hat trick (note hats on ice!)

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 23/01/2026

If you are looking for a different type of movie to watch this weekend...check out "Sunlight" written, directed by and starring the incredibluy talented @ninaconti.bsky.social You can rent or buy it on Amazon and AppleTV - this is one WILD RIDE. Enjoy and LMK what you think.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 08/01/2026

Albert was responsible for many product while at Xbox, including what many consider one of the best versions of Xbox 360: The R2D2 Console. RIP Albert. I will miss you every day. 💔

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 19/12/2025

Proper start to the day. The best holiday soundtrack ever. Nothing comes close.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 22/11/2025

The only sweatshirt I coudl possibly wear today

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 22/11/2025

A little Xbox 360 nostalgia for you: Back in 2005, we had business cards, and these were mine. A few fun details: My direct phone extension actually spelled Xbox (9269), When traveling to Japan, I carried special localized cards to present to partners.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 18/11/2025

Tanking for the win in Battlefield REDSEC

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 12/11/2025

I can Battlefield REDSEC too! # 1

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 09/11/2025

Later this month marks the 20th anniversary of kicking off the HD era with the launch of Xbox 360. Helping build, ship and launch this console was one of ther most magical professional moments of my career. Here are photos of my launch console. Fun fact: I have NEVER turned this console on.

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 27/10/2025

I picked up a POP Phone from Native Union and join online meetings with it. I have been enjoying the quizzical looks from those too young to understand days of the landline. I got yellow to remind me of the Harvest Gold wall phone we had in my childhood home in CT

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 14/10/2025

I appreaciate that the Battlefield 6 devs are thinking like gamers.

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