While most of the attention at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is devoted to gadgets rather than games, there were a few impressive showings of upcoming interactive entertainment. Here’s a glimpse at Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution, currently in development at Eidos Montreal. Sync readers, how do you think it looks?

2010 was a great year for tech advancements, but 2011 looks to be even better. Kind of.

Reach out and touch someone, emotionally, with a video call over Christmas. Here are a few thoughts on why webcam chats are the way to go, especially when you want to connect with friends and family over the holidays.

In this month’s “Gear Guide” video segment, which runs before the film starts at Cineplex movie theatres across Canada (and their sister chains), I chat about wireless televisions and DLNA technology, web-enabled printers (with apps), and more.

Worried about gaining a few pounds over the holidays? In this CNN “Tech Time” segment I chat about new fitness games that make it fun to exercise: EA Sports Active 2.0, THQ’s The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout and Ubisoft’s Your Shape Fitness Evolved.

In this video segment I chat about age-appropriate video games for the holidays, such as Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, Sony’s PlayStation Move, Active Life Explorer, Final Fantasy XIII, and others. No, there isn’t any Call of Duty: Black Ops or Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood here (though both awesome games)!

THQ next week will launch a new drawing device for the Wii, designed to help you unleash your creativity and play some family-friendly games. Here we find out six cool things about the new uDraw tablet for kids — and kids at heart.

Have the television manufacturers or retailers sold us a bill of goods? We first heard a 3D-capable Blu-ray Disc player requires a high-speed cable — such as HDMI v.1.4 — to see 3D movies on a 3DTV. Now companies are saying HDMI v.1.3 is just fine. To get to the bottom of it, we asked the editor of Canada HiFi Magazine for the dilly-o.

In this Cineplex “Gear Guide” segment seen at movie theatres across Canada, I chat about hot new video games, including the amazing Kinect for Xbox 360, Kirby’s Epic Yarn for Nintendo Wii and Gran Turismo 5 for PlayStation 3. What game(s) are you hoping for in your stocking this holiday season?

In this CNN ‘Tech Time’ interview I chat about the three new music games out this week — ‘Rock Band 3,’ ‘DJ Hero 2′ and ‘Power Gig: Rise of the SixString’ — and show the funky new peripherals for each game. Keyboards, turntables and a real electric guitar, oh my!