One of the best parts of attending a massive convention is getting to meet like minded individuals. For example, Steve and I can have endless conversations about whether or not Chrono Trigger is the greatest game ever made (note to Steve, it’s not), but having this same debate with random people at normal parties isn’t a naturally occurring phenomenon. With CES, you’re almost always guaranteed to have something in common with anyone on the show floor or at a sponsored party. This year we ran into Ricardo Trejo-Castro of up and coming (though from the looks of it, I’d say “already there”) blog T3ch H3lp, and we had an elongated conversation about the state of the industry that I wish we would have recorded and podcasterized. Also there was SCEA’s Alex Armour, who somehow found time for me to exhaust every question I had about Heavy Rain. Kindly asking Steve to stop chatting up the bartender at the Lenovo party lead me to meeting Ubergizmo co-founder Eliane Fiolet, a highly charming and widely knowledgeable individual who shares an appreciation for Hideo Kojima’s work.
All of these awesome people had one thing in common; Facebook and/or Twitter on their business cards. It appears Digital Chumps is slightly behind the curve on this one!
PS – Special mention goes out to our new friend Tim, whose last name I can’t recall (because it was extremely late and we might have been consuming brain fogging beverages) but was responsible for leading us on an adventure that I don’t think we’ll ever forget…well, the parts that we remember, anyway.
