This week, El Diablo brings the fire to consoles, problems converge on the social media front and I'm a Brigadier.
Scott is a developer who has worked on projects of varying sizes, including all of the PLUGHITZ Corporation properties. He is also known in the gaming world for his time supporting the rhythm game community, through DDRLover and hosting tournaments throughout the Tampa Bay Area. Currently, when he is not working on software projects or hosting F5 Live: Refreshing Technology, Scott can often be found returning to his high school days working with the Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), mentoring teams and helping with ROBOTICON Tampa Bay. He has also helped found a student software learning group, the ASCII Warriors, currently housed at AMRoC Fab Lab.
Jon is a F5 Live co-host and UpStream contributor as well as the Chief Cash Officer of PLuGHiTz Corporation. We don't know how he wears so many hats so well or how he still finds time to feed his need for all things tech but some questions are best left unanswered. If you're up for a challenge go find him on Xbox Live @shinobiJon and if you figure him out...let us know.
This weekend was the first Miami ComicCon, Wizard World's first Florida event. Regular Florida con-goers and PLuGHiTz Live! Radio subscribers will know the 3000 Brigade. If you don't, they are "a troupe of performers committed to creating enjoyable Nintendo/Video Game-parody shows, rated "M" for mature!"
The staff of PLuGHiTz Live! have had the opportunity to attend a lot of events around the country since we started this thing 4 years ago. Some are great, some are terrible, most are tolerable. It is very unusual for a first-time event to be a huge success, but if someone could pull it off, it's Wizard World, and they certainly did.
PC gamers, go ahead and take a deep breath, and now let it out slowly. There is only a really good chance that Diablo III will find it's way to consoles, I promise. Blizzard dropped the hint last November and since then many veterans of the Diablo franchise have been waiting in anticipation to find out if one of the few remaining PC/Mac exclusive games will spread it's fiery, hellacious wings, and fly to other platforms. For hardened PC gaming veterans, it's not about holding on, it's about letting go.
All of us here at PLuGHiTz Live! have been or are currently involved in projects that have great potential to effect social change. We understand first hand the power and potential that technology has to make a positive impact in countless lives and are always grateful to find more and more groups taking up arms to do so.
The last time Blockbuster did something relevant enough to make the news they were filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last September and getting owned by Netflix. It seems like they finally decided to "shut it down" after 6 months of failing to rent relevance to their customers. Their courtship with bankruptcy reminds me of a movie called The Hours, it should have happened in 90 minutes or less but felt like it had taken months to finish. I'm sure it feels that way to creditors as well which is why four landlords asked a Manhattan bankruptcy judge to make Blockbuster pay rent for 38 locations or give them the authority to evict them. Summit Distribution LLC was told by Blockbuster they will not be compensated for the $6.8 million they are owed for DVDs that include but are not limited to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which is a double win as far as I'm concerned. Their financial fiasco can be partially contributed to no details being given about a restructuring plan that they promised after filing for bankruptcy last year. Seems to me like the #125 million they borrowed from billionaire investor Cal Icahn, in exchange for ownership, served another purpose that did not include them continuing business... and after all this they still had the nerve to charge me late fees.