Marques Lyons, Microsoft MVP for Zune, is organizing an event in Mission Viejo at the Microsoft store, on Saturday, July 31st from 4 to 7 PM. A number of Microsoft MVP award winners will be there. I will be there with 40-50 faceplates on display, and will be telling people about Faceplate Addict, Xbox Addict, and the not yet up Kinecticon.com. I'll be talking to people about the hobby, community gaming sites, giving away some plates (not sure of the logistics of this yet, though) and whatever. My son Patrick will be with me, too.

If you're in the SoCal area and have some time, please drop by and say hi, and see some of the cool plates in person.