Independent Games Festival
The finalists for 2012's Indie Games Festival have been announced, and there are many games, so I'll link you to the news article so you can check them out for yourselves:
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/these-are-2012s-independent-games-festival-finalists/3901/
There are a lot of cool looking games on there, and a few I remember playing last year and maybe before that when they were just in their infancy. I have a feeling FEZ may win the Grand Prize, but all of those games are in with a shot.
Winners of various categories in previous years have included big names such as Minecraft, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Limbo, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Machinarium, World of Goo, Audiosurf and more, so it's exciting to see the big indie names of tomorrow competing for the prize today.
Consumer Electronics Show
It's that time of year when the big names in consumer electronics head over to Las Vegas for CES, one of the biggest trade shows around.
This year, the main focus is on televisions, and smart devices (phones, tablets and the like). Early this week we got the announcement that USB 3.0 would be in phones and tablets by the end of 2012, meaning faster data transfer for all, hurrah!
Not long after, Samsung unveiled their new "Super OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) TV", which will introduce "Smart Evolution", whereby consumers can upgrade both the hardware and software, using a small chip that fits into the back of the set. Samsung say that you will be able to keep up with television advancements, without having to fork out the extra cash for a new TV each year. They also showed off "Smart Interaction", where the user can navigate channels using gestures or be speaking to the device, much like the recent developments with the Xbox 360.
Ever competing with Samsung are Sony, and they got set to show their new "Crystal LED" TV, which boasts 6 million LEDs making up the screen, offering a self emitting HD display. They say that the device is comparable to current OLEDs, so it will be interesting to see who wins this war.
HP unveiled their new Notebook range, "Envy", which seems to be focussed more on style than function (are Notebooks really relevant these days?). Everything from the lid, to the palm rest to the trackpad is made of glass, and damn, they look nice. And then you see that the 14" "ultrabook" version is $1400 and you back off immediately, "I'm just gonna buy an iPad".
Beyond that, there were thin tablets, huge smartphones and everything in between flying all over the place, and everything looks very shiny and pretty, but at the time of writing, nothing hugely exciting catches my attention. I'll be sure to let you know if anything does.
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