How This DIY Build Destroys the Steam Machine for Half the Price

Learn how to build a custom Steam Machine alternative using a Dell Optiplex and AMD RX7600 that outperforms the official ...

Valve’s Steam Machine is pricey. I built a DIY rival for $150 less

Valve's Steam Machine finally has a price, and it's a high one. But if you're handy with a screwdriver, you can roll your own ...

Unhinged: Netflix's Video Game Developer on That Ending and Fincher, Zach Cregger

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Night School Studio’s new horror game "Unhinged,” now available on Netflix.
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Building Your Own Steam Machine? Now You Can Use Discrete AMD GPUs

Valve has updated its SteamOS compatibility list to include AMD discrete GPUs, enabling the use of any AMD Radeon graphics ...
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Steam Controller vibration motor hacks: Play music, drive it like a RC car, and even make it return to its charger automatically

Valve’s new Steam Controller is a $99 game controller that went on sale in May (and quickly sold out). It has all the usual features like dual analog sticks, a D-Pad, ABXY buttons, and shoulder ...

GeekWire 200 update: New unicorns and a hardware surge remake our list of top Pacific NW startups

The latest GeekWire 200, our quarterly ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups, reflects a shift toward companies ...
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Forget the waitlist: Build your own Steam Machine and come out ahead

The eagerly awaited Steam Machine is finally here, but between the reservation waitlist and the $1049 price tag, plenty of gamers are being left on the sidelines. Luckily for them, SteamOS 3.8 now ...

“Let’s make a miracle computer out of garbage.”

At Aftermath, Chris Person (who else?) explains how to hack together a bootleg Steam Machine using a cheap castoff cryptomining GPU. It’s a high-effort, low-cost build made possible by 3D printing, ...