Larry Hryb talks gaming, tech, and Unraid

Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, joins the Uncast Show to discuss his background in tech and gaming and his career at Microsoft on the Xbox team working on Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Kinect, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and much more.
Larry is also a fellow Unraider and discusses how he found Unraid, his main use cases, and other tech and homelab interests.
Later, Larry discusses his departure from Microsoft after 23 years, what he's up to now, and his new role as Director of Community at Unity.
We hope you enjoy this very special Uncast Show. Thanks for listening and watching.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction of Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson
06:19 Key milestones at Xbox Live
08:29 Where the Major Nelson moniker came from
10:10 Surprises in developing various Xbox platforms
12:34 Motion gaming struggles and early war stories about Gears of War
16:21 Larry and Ed's favorite Xbox Games
21:25 Memorable moments with fans on the Xbox podcast
26:07 How Larry discovered Unraid and main use cases
30:46 Larry's server hardware
35:01 Home Automation and other docker's
37:24 Rapid fire questions
45:49 Other tech interests
49:29 Gaming and Technology Trends
54:17 Life after Microsoft and his new role as Director of Community at Unity
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[@SpaceinvaderOne]

It was such a pleasure and privilege to chat to Larry Hryb in this podcast 🙂

[@hryb]

The pleasure was all mine!

[@klipseracer]

Larry, this was really cool, I didn't know you were into home assistant. My structured media cabinet is calling to me now, I never finished my setup.

[@hryb]

@@klipseracer I sure am! I love tinkering. Much to the dismay of my wife.

[@klipseracer]

​@@hrybHA, a solution in seek of a problem at its finest because it's fun.

[@theoriginaljrest]

Major Nelson was always one of my favorites when he represented the Xbox brand.

[@hryb]

[@BigBoxLittleBox]

Another excellent Uncast interview. Larry/Major Nelson's enthusiasm shines through - wishing him the best for his new role 👍

[@hryb]

Thank you!

[@MuttleyGriffin]

Fantastic episode, thanks to you both for the range of topics discussed. Great to hear Larry in his famous podcast guise once again, I could listen for hours. Best of luck in your new role at Unity!

[@hryb]

Thank you!

[@rallygallery]

Great show and guest Ed. Listened to both you and Larry for many years. Both have done so much for their respective communities in the tech world. Have them chat together here superb!

[@hryb]

Thank you!

[@darthkielbasa]

Excellent show Ed! I’ve never watched a more sophisticated American 39:06

[@hryb]

aww. Thank you. I think.

[@hjaltithomas]

Just amazing, thank you both!