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{{Infobox person
|title = Jason Major
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|real_name = Jason Major
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|occupation = Lead Bedrock Software Developer / Author<ref>{{tweet|argo_major|722637902673354752|My first novel is now available to nominate on Kindle Scout. By nominating you may earn a free copy from Amazon!!! https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3OHQ2ZMCKVKQU|April 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref>
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'''Jason Major''' is a former member of the Minecraft Redmond studio and a developer for ''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]''.<ref name="pe_rabbits">{{tweet|jeb|663657035595186176|Good Monday! @argo_major's rabbit improvements (for MC:PE) have now been added back to MC:PC, and will be included in the next snapshot|November 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|argo_major|1451975692338352128| Watching Minecon last weekend was weird for me as it is the last one where I was a member of the Minecraft team. After ~7 years of working on Minecraft, yesterday was my last day. Excited about the opportunities that are in front of me but it’s hard not to be a little sad.|October 23, 2021}}</ref> He has also written a novel.
He has helped program over a dozen AAA video games including NBA Live 98, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Halo 2 along with numerous others. He was born and raised in Canada but currently lives in the Seattle area with his wife and two sons.

== Trivia ==
* Jason contributed major changes to [[Minecraft:rabbit]]s, which were introduced with the first Bedrock Edition rabbits for [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.13.0 alpha|Alpha 0.13]], and later ported to [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9]].<ref name="pe_rabbits" />
* During a game jam, Jason first came up with the [[Minecraft:stray]], among a bunch of other mobs – [[Minecraft:Jeb]] "thought these particular ones fitted really well with what we were already planning [for [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.10]]]" <ref>[https://minecraft.net/en/article/meet-stray They’re based on a concept that emerged from a game jam the Bellevue team had, where they were just adding a bunch of stuff to Minecraft - whatever they wanted. Jason Major made a bunch of cool mobs and I thought these particular ones fitted really well with what we were already planning. So we added them!] – Jens Bergensten, December 16, 2016</ref>
* Root beer is one of his favorite drinks and he usually has some in glass bottles by his desk.
* He occasionally joins the official Minecraft livestreams and he was present on the livestream where the dyeable beds were previewed

== Gallery ==
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Jason Major Twitter.jpg|Jason's current Twitter avatar
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