Over the last few years, Valve’s Steam Deck has helped popularize the idea of handheld gaming PCs by offering a console-like experience while supporting tens of thousands of PC games. So there’s been ...

Rising manufacturing and RAM prices have affected nearly all corners of the gaming and tech markets, and even Valve, the giant behind Steam, isn’t immune. Valve still can’t say when the Steam Machine ...

What happens when a highly anticipated gaming device becomes the center of both excitement and confusion? In this breakdown, Deck Ready walks through how the recent Steam Machine price leak has ...

When the Steam Machine was announced just a few months ago, a lot of the hype around it was deservedly because of the amazing-looking hardware and the knowledge that SteamOS would make for an ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

Ever since the Steam Deck landed, gaming enthusiasts have increasingly found refuge in SteamOS. PC gaming, driven by the Linux-based software, is at an all-time high, partly owing to performance woes ...

For anyone hoping the price of the Steam Machine was going to be as competitive as the Steam Deck's, you might be in for some sticker shock. While some were already warning that the Steam Machine was ...

TL;DR: Valve's upcoming Steam Machine, set for release in 2026, aims to combine affordability and ease of use. Recent leaks suggest prices around $950 for a 512GB model and $1,070 for 2TB, comparable ...

There’s a huge demand for popcorn makers, which isn’t surprising. Eating popcorn, after all, is a cultural staple in the US. It’s what we shovel into our mouths on movie nights, at parties, during ...

I’m not much of a popcorn guy, but I’ve been weirdly delighted watching the popcorn bucket arms race escalate, with major blockbusters often trying to outdo others with concession stand flexes. We’ve ...

Steam is a popular computer gaming platform, and now, it has rocked the industry with the announcement of its TV-compatible console, the Steam Machine. It promises enough power to play an internal ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Earlier this year, a slightly balding man in spectacles, a black T-shirt, and bright high-top ...