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The Creator Of Xbox Is Also Fond Of Gore-Tex Backpacks

The Clymb, a flash sales website with a focus on outdoor gear, just raised two million dollars from an unlikely source – former Xbox exec J Allard, fan of all things extreme. [Via All Things D]


Last Xbox Creator Leaves Microsoft (and Why That’s Depressing)

Entertainment & Devices is the division of Microsoft that makes the cool shit. Xbox, Zune, Windows Phone. Courier. J. Allard was its figurehead for years. He left. And now Otto Berkes, the last original Xbox founder, is gone too.


Microsoft, Why Did You Lie To Velocity Girl?

You may not remember her, but Velocity Girl was one of the stars of E3 2005. Young, funky and a casual gamer, she was promised the Xbox 360 would be the console of her dreams.


J Allard’s Parting Advice To Microsoft

J Allard may have left Microsoft, leaving us heartbroken in his wake, but he leaves with some solid advice for the lumbering giant of the electronics world.


Microsoft Shake-Up Tied To Xbox Timeline

The departure of two key men involved in the Xbox 360 from Microsoft won’t cause major changes in the Xbox division, a source close to Microsoft told Kotaku today. But the timing of the next steps for the Xbox brand was a factor.


J Allard, We Will Miss You

It’s official. Our most beloved Microsoft exec, James “J” Allard, is leaving Microsoft after 19 years. The MIT grad tasked with injecting cool into the Xbox, Xbox 360 and Zune is moving on, leaving us only with fond, hoodie-filled memories


Father Of The Xbox, Head Of Gadgets And Fun Leave Microsoft

Sources have confirmed to Kotaku that both Robbie Bach, the current head of Xbox for Microsoft, and J. Allard, one of the top men behind the Xbox and Xbox 360, are leaving Microsoft.


Microsoft "Shaking Up" Gaming Division

According to a report on The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is looking to “shake up” the management structure of its Entertainment & Devices Division, which among other things is the group responsible for the Xbox 360.


The Father Of The Xbox Leaving Microsoft?

Say. It. Ain’t. So. Reports indicate that J Allard, a driving force behind the design of the Xbox (and the Zune) is leaving Microsoft, after his latest dream project was binned by the company.


J Allard Found, Working On Amazing New Tech

J Allard, otherwise known as Dr J Allard, otherwise known as the man we miss from the deepest recesses of our cold, black hearts, has re-surfaced today as the driving force behind a neat-looking new gadget from Microsoft.


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