Steam Machine review: A singular living room PC that's more expensive than I'd like, but too special not to love (opens in new tab)

Have to say, it was more fun when the Steam Deck launched. That was a cool thing, afforded the space and the grace to just be a cool thing. The new Steam Machine, by contrast, arrives at a time when the creative industry it relies upon is being stripped to the bone, and the physical components it’s built upon are trapped in a historically terrible econo-ravaging. Also, everyone hates each other. As powerful as Valve are, there’s only so much a little SteamOS box can shrug off. The original St...