Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus

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So much fun in Mexico City at @xbox.com FanFest

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In Mexico City for a few days for @XBOX Fan Fest - looking forwarded to reminiscing with the fans.

I’m headed to Mexico City for the XBOX FanFest this weekend. Lmk if you are coming by !

I had a great time at @xbox.com Fan Fest in Japan and then London. Next stops: Mexico City and Toronto!

Just back from Tokyo. Now headed to London. It’s one big case of Jet Lag at this point

Duo on Duo

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.

I am looking for a self-hosted version of Start.me. Any suggestions? Ideally: Multi user support No YAML editing Widget support I looked at Homarr and a few others.

I have successfully connected Claude code to my @unraid.net server and @ubiquiti.bsky.social UDM. Read only access now to scan logs and suggest changes or alert me on security issues. I MAY give it more access. If I go missing for a few days, you will know why.

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

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...

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

That was a fun few hours

Are we at the point where there is a generation online who does NOT know or remember what FLASH was?

Special thanks to @lon.tv for the sending me two Heltec LoRa 32 (with cases) to play around with off grid comms with @meshtastic.org !

Summer !

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

Happy Monday gang. Let's do this.

It's a (Greek) tragedy that there is not a true IMAX 70MM Screen in the Seattle area. How will I see Odyssey ?

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.

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.

The weekend can not come soon enough.

In other news, I finally got around to ripping and cataloging many of the (hundreds) of CDs I collected during my years in radio. My @unraid.net server and Plex are helping me maximize my collection

Scrolling through my LinkedIn feed recently has been emotional.

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Happy 4th. And Happy Semiquincentennial America 🇺🇸🎆

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

Going all digital? That sounds familiar.

Fall 2026 will be R2 time

I have started carrying around my own reusable utensils, straws & chopsticks for dining out. Feels better than using disposable utensils.

Indeed, RIP OM. He was a remarkable force of genuine, thoughtful human intelligence in this age of artificial intelligence.

Happy Father’s Day, dads!

My non followers 'over there' are quite angry at me today.

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 !

PSA: We have announced @XBOX Fan Fest events coming to Cologne, London, Mexico City, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. The plan is I will attend and host each one. BUT: No dates or locations are locked in yet. Once they are, I will post here. So like & subscribe :) www.xbox.com/en-US/commun...

Headed back to Seattle - this time no travel disguise required. Hey @xbox.com thanks for letting me help out at FanFest. It was great to be a part of the all the surprises yesterday.

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.

I have said this for year. Untapped market. www.gamesindustry.biz/nobodys-maki...

Scott Pelley being let go from 60-Minutes is emblematic of the issue in today's media landscape. The serious, talented dedicated people with real journalists integrity are being marginalized. The focus is to be first, not right. This is completely wrong.

007 First Light is a lot of fun. Makes me yearn for a new stealthy Splinter Cell.