Talk:Larry Hryb

Criticisms

 * Some commentators on his blog accuse Larry Hryb of being a shill for Microsoft; as some people have expressed in the comment sections on his blog. However, Larry does not hide his association with Microsoft, and openly admits to being a fan of the portable game systems Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP.  Even so, the blog is undoubtedly Microsoft and Xbox-centric.  Such a focus could be expected, given his position. He does include a disclaimer: "Everything in life has a disclaimer, so here is mine: Even though I work for Microsoft, not everything accurately reflects the views of my employer, my management, my co-workers, or is even true. So, little I say here is "Microsoft policy". The postings on this site are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights."


 * The work Larry Hryb has been doing in his blog, has led to some nasty results. He has received death threats when demos haven't been released as promised amongst other things. One of the most known incidents is the so called "Prey incident", when a demo for the game Prey was supposed to be released on a particular day, but instead was delayed, which caused much frustration among some of Larry Hryb's readers/listeners.


 * He has several times tried to explain the process of software engineering, why some things sometimes are delayed, as noted in the post Where is (insert title here)???, which was written in the midst of the heat from the before mentioned "Prey incident".


 * The first paragraph is weasely ("some commentators") and seems to be here solely to provide a way to use the word "shill". The man works for Microsoft - it's retarded to call him a "shill" for cryin' out loud.


 * The second para tries to feed on the first; I don't have a problem with the whole "Prey incident" but it needs to be reworded and not presented as "criticism", because that it is not.


 * And the third one is just so "please throw me away" that I won't even bother. --klaus

Page Redesign
Edited the page a bit. The previous version of the page read a lot like marketing material for Hryb's various social media outlets, with a lot of unsubstantiated/unverified claims, uncited claims, and flat-out opinionated information (without any of the criticisms referenced above). I edited it to try to make it more neutral. Honestly, it could probably use a lot more work in that area.98.203.240.70 (talk) 02:20, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

I added some biographical info in the first paragraph and under his photo while breaking up the page a little bit. I separated the podcast/blog information from his other media outlets. I added the section of Major's Minute and added information from a Reuters article. Hopefully I didn't step on anyone's toes as this is my first edit. Thanks! Flint3125 13:12 15 April 2008 (UTC)