Console Shock Podcast 157: End of year and 2026 catch-up!

Console Shock Podcast 157: End of year and 2026 catch-up!

From Console Shock, Retro and Modern Gaming Chat. by Stuart Trevor

January 17, 2026 · 1h 12m

About this episode

The hosts discuss their gaming experiences from 2025 and make predictions for 2026.

Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! We’re back for 2026! After a festive break, the crew return to kick off the new year with a big look back at 2025 and an even bigger look ahead to what gaming has in store for us next. From bargain-bin hauls to future tech, predictions, and surprises — it’s our first deep dive into gaming in 2026. We unpack our Steam Winter Sale pick-ups Our favourite games of 2025 Trev puts Lossless Scaling on the Steam Deck through its paces What’s coming in 2026? Are next-gen consoles about to be revealed? Will the Steam Machine price make us cheer… or choke? 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

  • retro gaming
  • current gen gaming
  • gaming predictions
  • Steam Winter Sale
  • gaming technology

Keywords

  • Steam Deck
  • Lossless Scaling
  • next-gen consoles
  • Steam Machine

Mentioned in this episode

Products: the Console Shockcast, Lossless Scaling, the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Ridge Racer Type 4, Steam Deck

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

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