Console Shock Podcast 155: Valve Steam Machine

About this episode

The episode discusses the surprise announcements from Valve regarding new hardware and the implications for the gaming world.

Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! Valve drops a surprise wave of new hardware announcements, leaving a completely unprepared Trev and Stu to unravel the chaos and excitement rippling through the SteamOS/PC gaming world! GTA VI delayed again — but is that actually good news? Stu experiments with Bazzite on an Intel NUC PC. The Valve SteamCast (Steam Machine) is finally revealed! Steam Machine vs. Current-Gen Consoles — how do the specs stack up? Can the Steam Machine finally deliver true sofa-friendly PC gaming? A sequel to the Steam Controller appears! — but will it be practical? Valve announces a new VR headset — can it take on the Meta Quest? What will all this new Valve hardware cost? Check out Trev and Al’s other podcast where they reminisce about a different episode of Star Trek every month! : https://longrangesensors.com/episodes Intro/Outro Music – Turn The Page (Tutorial Theme) – Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998) – Sony Playstation – Composer(s): Hiroshi Okubo

People in this episode

Hosts: Trev, Stu

Topics covered

• Valve Steam Machine
• SteamOS
• PC gaming
• GTA VI
• Bazzite
• Steam Controller

Keywords

• gaming chat
• hardware announcements
• current gen consoles
• sofa-friendly gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Steam Machine, the Console Shockcast, GTA VI, Bazzite, NUC, the Steam Machine, the Steam Controller, the Meta Quest, Ridge Racer Type 4, Steam Controller

Books & works: Console Shock Podcast, Star Trek, Turn The Page

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