Podcasts / The Steam Frame Is Good, But For Who? On this week's podcast we were joined by The Verge's Sean Hollister to talk VR, retro games and more By Luke Plunkett / 18 Sep 2026
valve / Will There Ever Be Another Half-Life: Alyx? Half-Life: Alyx remains the big budget killer app of VR. But playing it again makes you wonder if anyone will ever be allowed to match that ambition. By Chris Person / 17 Sep 2026
valve / The Steam Frame Is More Than Just Another VR Headset The Steam Frame is Valve's latest VR headset and a worthy successor to the Index. But what powers it might be more consequential than many realize. By Chris Person / 14 Sep 2026
Video Games / Steam Is Asking Australians To Verify They're Adults By Linking A Credit Card, Something Millions Of Australians Don't Have Not everyone has a credit card! By Luke Plunkett / 9 Sep 2026
Video Games / There Are More Video Games Coming Out Than We Can Ever Hope To See Or Play Nobody says you have to play everything, but the chances of missing a classic are getting higher by the day By Luke Plunkett / 7 Sep 2026
Feature / 'Who’s Deciding The Fate Of This Game?' The Secretive Process Of Getting A Game With Sexual Content On Steam 'You work six years on a game, you line up press and events for the launch, and then some guy at Valve clicks on a checkbox and blocks everything.' By Jay Castello / 17 Aug 2026
Hardware / The Steam Machine's ePaper Faceplate Is Open Source And Full Of Possibility Valve made the eInk Steam Machine faceplate open source to see what the community could do. We're already seeing results. By Chris Person / 24 Jul 2026
steam machine / I Gave My Steam Machine A Second Stick Of RAM Because Valve Couldn't I had to buy a 16GB stick of DDR5 RAM at 2026 prices so I hope you read this. By Chris Person / 9 Jul 2026
Unforced Errors / Accessory Company Yanks Companion Cube Steam Machine Case Because It Never Actually Asked Valve For Permission “We’re going to regret that decision for a very long time” By Nathan Grayson / 29 Jun 2026
Hardware / The Steam Machine Is An Iconoclastic Computer Born In Unforgiving Times Valve has released a tiny, silent, entry level PC that does important work bringing PCs gaming to the living room and desktop Linux to the masses. The timing could not be worse. By Chris Person / 22 Jun 2026
News / Gamers Sue Microsoft, Claiming It Colludes With Valve On Store Pricing A new lawsuit filed Sunday in Washington court claims Microsoft is in cahoots with Valve By Nicole Carpenter / 2 Jun 2026
Podcasts / When Playing A Good Game Benefits Bad People "If you’ve thought about it, then guess what? You’ve done more than 99 percent of the people who play video games" By Nathan Grayson / 29 May 2026
