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Major Nelson EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Major Nelson: Next Xbox 360 dashboard will be faster 25 You want a faster Xbox 360 dashboard, right? In his latest podcast, Major Nelson dropped hints about some performance enhancements that will make the next dashboard update faster."The team h... Prepare for next week's Xbox LIVE maintenance 12 Oh noes! I hope you don’t have any big Xbox LIVE plans for next Tuesday, because according to Major Nelson, it’s going to be offline. Starting Tuesday June 16th from 7:01AM UTC (12:01... Set your faces to palm: Major Nelson's friend gets a Castle Crashers tattoo 37 When one has a tattoo, one needs to pick something tasteful and understated, otherwise one looks like a total tit. Videogame-themed tattoos are difficult to pull off with this in mind. The above ... Major Nelson trolls for hits, promises early NXE possibility 25 Major Nelson loves pageviews as much as any other blogger, as evidenced by the fact that he recently urged people to keep an eye on his site next week. According to the cheeky Xbox Live funster, ... Too bad, so sad: Xbox Live Silver accounts get new limits 76 Having fun with that free Xbox Live Silver account? Sure, you can't play games with your buddies online, but you sure can compare high scores! And yeah, every now and then content will appear tha... Major Nelson responds to GayBoy Halo 3 video 46 Topher's Halo 3: Homophobia Evolved post showed us a video documenting what happened to a gamer named "xxx GayBoy xxx" after jumping in to an online game of Halo 3. Word of the homopho... Major Nelson: Xbox Originals will not have achievements 46 One of the first things we thought of when we heard that the Xbox 360 would get downloadable Xbox games was Achievements. Surely the addition of Achievements would make bargain bin games like Hal... Major Nelson: don't share accounts or hack your gamesaves 40 For those of you who value your Gamertag or Gamerscore (mine's so low that I couldn't care less), Xbox Live's Major Nelson is warning you to keep your account information to yourself. The consequ... Build your own freaky BioShock playlist for scares on-the-go 11 I don't know about you, but whenever I hear distant, old music playing on the radio, I find myself wanting to take cover from an incoming Big Daddy. In fact, an incident from a couple of nights a... Major Nelson invites you to tell him what Microsoft is doing wrong 34 Now's your chance! Hit up Billy G. and friends with all of your gripes. We hear it all the time; these days everyone is quick to say what they dislike about Microsoft's services, often comparing... Rainbow Six: Vegas hops on the free map pack train 14 Has it been a while since you dusted off that Xbox 360 version of Rainbow Six: Vegas? Well it's time to get back in the swing of things -- Tom Clancy style. According to the latest blog entry... Pac-Man World Championship: the tournament and the game 12 The tournament itself was...interesting. Basically, I got to wander around and watch people play Pac-Man. Nick Chester was just oozing with jealousy at that. Actually, the event was rather quiet ... Pac-Man World Championship: the people 8  So, with the Pac-Man World Championship now over, it's time for me to take a look back at what's gone on today. The event was host to all different sorts of people -- gamers represe... Major Xbox announcement revealed: Pac-Man Championship Edition XBLA 41 To everyone who e-mailed us about the "major" Xbox 360 announcement: thanks. We know. It's not a price drop, it's not a new hardware SKU, and no, Halo 3 Mini-Tales is not comin... OMG! New Dead Rising content ... wait a minute, what is this crap? 32 Major Nelson just posted about a slew of content that's been made available for Capcom's 360 zombie-evading romp, Dead Rising. We're talking some free new constumes for our roving re... Peter Moore yells at Pac-Man 15 Can you blame Peter though? Pac-Man is using Mr. Moore's car to pick up on women. That's not cool Pac-Man, not cool at all. In all seriousness, you know you have an awesome boss when he w... Major Nelson finds religion, wants Marketplace commandments 35 More proof that I wasn't talkin' crazy when I said Microsoft is all about the community, Major Nelson has come out today and asked the people what they'd want the Marketplace 10 Com... Ripped from the headlines: Microsoft's role in building a gaming community 61 In tomorrow's Metro (my day job for the next week before I go Hollywood), I'm running a column on Microsoft and their ever-increasing role in building a solid gaming community. Whether ... Phase one: Underpants; Phase two: Get in Halo 3 beta 17 In case you were under a rock and didn't realize today was the day to register for the Halo 3 beta, then get over there now and do it. Keep in mind, this is only for the peoples who played H... Xbox 360 going demo crazy: GRAW2 available now 19 Xbox Live friggin' rocks. I don't care what anyone else may tell you, the fact that we can download great demos on a regular basis is pretty much clutch. We got Crackdown recently, and... Sony marketing: We came, we saw, we stole your junk 53 Sony, let me break it down for you: You have an image problem. You continually f*ck up in the gaming public's eye. I'm here. I'm available. If you need someone with common sense to he... Warning: Do not download the Xbox 360 Call of Duty 3 Valor map pack 18 There have been continuing issues with Call of Duty 3 on the 360 since its release (mostly having to do with trouble getting into ranked games), but now with the release of a new Valor map pack (... Weekend Reading: Life at CES 16 Before I start this article, I'd like to thank a mystery man named Adrian who was kind enough to return my backpack to the Lost and Found on Thursday at the Convention Center. You saved my a... Got $40? Go buy Rainbow Six: Vegas for the 360 right now! 21 It appears as though Best Buy has slashed the price on, what I feel, is the best game on the Xbox 360 right now, Rainbow Six: Vegas. I'm not sure how long this sale will last, but you might ... Xbox Live peeps love Tom Cruise 15 According to some recent stats posted by Microsoft's Major Nelson, Mission Impossible III is the top movie download on the Xbox 360's new Video Marketplace. Shocker? A little. I would ha... December Xbox backwards compatibility now official and live 18 We brought you the list, now it's all official and junk. For all the real game fans, you can finally play Psychonauts on your Xbox 360 ... and BUFFY!!! Check out the list that comes fresh fro... Gears of War is the most played game on Xbox Live 3 According to Major Nelson, "Gears of War is now the top game on Xbox Live." In order to accomplish this, GoW had to top Halo 2 in terms of how many users were playing the game on Live. ... Tired of PS3 news? Go play Rainbow Six multiplayer 3 With all this PlayStation 3 nonsense, it's hard for other little gaming news snippets to even make a whimper. But, for 360 owners who already know a little something about next gen (sorry Son...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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